Since Bestival’s inception in 2004, Rob Da Bank’s carefully curated festival has grown from a mere 10,000 in attendance to now well over 50,000. With a reputation as a friendly festival and gaining in credibility with each passing year, attendees of Bestival 2015 are sure to be treated to an unforgettable festival experience, with a top notch atmosphere.

Bestival is no stranger to huge headliners either, with the likes of The Cure, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, My Bloody Valentine, Massive Attack, Kraftwerk, The Prodigy and Bjork visiting the Isle of Wight over the past few years – Bestival 2015 will be no different.

Bestival also regularly picks up well deserved accolades including best medium sized festival, and best major UK festival on a number of occasions.

For the sheer size, scale and fun loving atmosphere that permeates proceedings, Bestival remains an unparalleled, essential experience for all festival lovers.

Bestival 2014 was a record breaker! The four-day Desert Island Disco was an incredible paradise filled with the coolest castaways having the best party of all time. Ever.

Rocking the magical Desert Island location and casting their spell across a sea of sequins, they had headline sets from OutKast, Foals and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, plus unbelievable disco action from Major Lazer, Disclosure, London Grammar, Basement Jaxx, Sven Väth, Annie Mac, Chase & Status, DJ Yoda, and The Cuban Brothers. There was more off the hook dancefloor behaviour at our brain-exploding rave boat The Port, the debut of our Invaders of the Future and Reggae Roots stages, the return of BBC Introducing and the magnificence of The Big Top hosted by BBC 6 Music, making it an incredible year for catching the best music around.

But as ever it’s not just about the music, there was food glorious food at the brand new Feast Collective, delicious cocktails at Josie da Bank’s Jam Jar Bar, jaw-dropping genius at Caravanserai, glam joy at the Grand Palace of Entertainment, madness and mayhem in the Ambient Forest, pageantry aplenty with the amazing Carnival Parade, and some especially epic fancy dress from you lot, beloved Bestivalites, who make this festival so special.

Pushing the boundaries of mind blowing spectacle to new levels, there’s also the small matter of a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the largest Disco Ball. Glittering like a bejewelled colossus in the Magic Meadow, it topped the tape at a record breaking 10.33 metres, it’s as high as a three storey building, is covered in 2,500 mirrored tiles that would stretch out for a kilometre if you laid them end to end, and is filled with 350 cubic metres of air; equivalent to one thousand beach balls!

Marking a monumental end to the 11th Bestival, the record breaking joy was followed by the disco kings themselves, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, and their utterly magnificent Desert Island Disco finale set. Emotional and predictably next level, it was brimming with a pantheon of the greatest hits that have benefitted from Nile’s golden touch, and was brought to a close with our legendary and exquisitely beautiful fireworks.

As the dust settles, plans for Bestival 2015’s Isle of Wight adventures are already underway and it’s going to be a corker! So if you want join in, put 10th – 13th September 2015 in your diary and grab an early bird ticket when they go on sale.