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DJ Luke Vibert is an integral part of the Bang Face
weekender. “In a holiday camp, it doesn’t matter what the
weather does, which is great,” he says, “and it seems very
civilised to sleep in chalets instead of tents.”
Promoter Alex Benson of Bloc Weekend agrees:
“My personal feeling is that the invention of the house
made the field obsolete as a sleeping environment.
Other festivals evoke a retro vibe and have the people
attending them sleeping on the ground like pre-industrial
serfs. No wonder they’re not that popular.”
If you don’t have the cash, or the inclination, to hit the Alps you can
check out these weekenders, which are held in traditional British
holiday camps. By Charlotte Hotham
Leftfield indie rock festival All Tomorrow’s Parties kickstarted the craze back
in 1999, hosting weekenders at both Pontin’s in Camber Sands, and Butlins
in Minehead, Somerset. But this month, the neo-rave Bang Face and eclectic
electronica soirée Bloc Weekend are both hitting the holiday camps.
And what does Bang Face or Bloc Weekend have over a more traditional festival-in-afield?
Would you prefer to bed down in a chalet rather than a waterlogged tent? Would a
proper toilet win hands down over squatting above yet another stinking portaloo?
Chalets v tents
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No longer used by small children to out bomb each other,
the pools at Bloc and Bang Face are pit stops for mini
rave-ups. Bags of neon-coloured inflatables are frequently
distributed among the crowd for some pretty wild pool
parties.
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