Thursday, 19 August 2010

Nottinghill Carnival, Secret Garden Success and sold-out Bestival "Fantastic"

Feet, touched, ground. No chance.

But, what a great July we've had, blessed with great weather and some fantastic events - such as bar operations at 1234 Shoreditch, Tony Hawks in Brighton and Ben & Jerry's Summer Sundae on the Common.

An amazing return for Secret Garden Party this year and some cracking weather to boot. Camp Bestival saw everyone dive down to Dorset for a long weekend with the kids and family - we have never seen such a clean and tidy festival! Tiesto at Victoria Park didn't disappoint, once again Loudsound putting on a cracking show. Closely followed by the very-cool Field Day at the same venue headed by Marcus and another great turnout - with some fantastic music and cocktails to boot!

Our Cowes Week event saw London nightclub Raffles join our party, with their VIP bar on the Pier which attracted the likes of England Rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio, broadsheet journalists and the Pineapple Dance studios film crew.

Coconut Joe's - our pop up bar bang in the middle of the amazing new Liverpool ONE shopping centre and complex has gone down an absolute hit with the locals - sipping cocktails on the man made beach whilst the sun goes down has been very popular. It runs until the first week in September - if you haven't been down already - check it out at www.coconutjoes.co.uk - also checkout some amazing pictures here.

Phew.

Now we've just done the bars for Hevy Festival and the simply jaw-dropping Red Bull X Fighters at Battersea Power Station -which doubled in size since last year.

All that leaves is LED Festival in Victoria Park and Nottinghill Carnival. We have been awarded the contract to run all the official bar sites within the Carnival which attracts over a million visitors over three days. We start with the Panorama Parade in Emslie Horniman's Pleasance on Saturday evening, followed by Blenheim Cresent and Westbourne Grove - where we'll be serving ice cold Mojitos on Sunday and Monday. Come see us!

Then, its back to the Isle of Wight for Bestival celebrating its 7th year. This year it's the year of the "Fantastic." We'll be running all 20 bars, including 8 cocktail bars.

800 bar staff, 4 days, 50,000 revellers - can't wait.