by Ian Diddams
images by Sarah Bec
Have you got an empty weekend coming? Fancy a last minute, first field festival of the year? Don’t want to travel far? Then fill your boots with BecFest2, this Saturday, with camping available for those that want to over imbibe or just get into the festival groove around a late-night campfire.
The brainchild of Sarah Bec and following the huge success of her first foray into low key affordable festivals last year, BecFest2 promises all the festival fun to kick the festival season off in style, with great independent bands, great food, great drink, great merch and a chilled vibe without having to deal with tens of thousands of others. Think of it more as a family gathering, of like-minded souls, rather than a field of strangers. And the weather is looking FABULOUS BABY!!!
The line-up features fully independent musicians – no covers bands here folks – and the day headlines with the phenomenal Revelation Roots, the energetic reggae, ska and dub band from the South-West, more than ably aided and abetted by
- James Harriman, a Bristolian performing a Brit-Pop, folk-rock inspired sound
- Plot 32, a party ska band from Leeds
- Tabitha Wild, a mischievous singer-song writer with a sparkle in her eyes and a ukulele in her hands,
- Mexican Dave, all the way from Swindon with his whacky approach to music, fun and drinking games
- F.M.I. Clatters, who likes Cornish pasties amongst other hilarious musical offerings
- Andras Droppa, delivering a hard rock blues style set
- Dub Catalyst, with a reggae/dub/hip hop feel also from then South-West
- with Ed Liner as compere and DJ throughout the festival.
The music stage is in a barn, but the weather is looking fine anyway, and camping is available from Friday 2th April through to Sunday 26th. For post music festivities there’s a campfire for a jam session and chat with new found friends including undoubtedly many of the musicians – no “green room” away from the fans here at BecFest2!
Food is provided by the fantastic festival feeders Events Horizon with breakfast and all-day menus with snacks and spuds, chips, burgers, nachos, curry, pies and toasted sandwiches, with carnivore, vegetarian and vegan options amongst those.
Tickets are priced from £40 for Saturday, through to £70 with Saturday camping and Friday camping an additional £22, which in effect is for the campsite itself. And the best bit – kids go free, with just a small fee for camping, and pre-schoolers not even that! There’s even bell tent glamping options fo0r extra – truly a festival catering for everybody.
So, grab a ticket, and your tent or live-in vehicle – or glamp! – and get down to Stonehenge campsite for a wonderful weekend of music, meals and madness 
Tickets and further information from https://wegottickets.com/f/13935, and there’s a Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ApfzDaXrW/ for chat and further information.
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