THE big day is here.
One of the south’s biggest music festivals will explode into life today as 55,000 revellers get ready for the ultimate party.
Bestival returns to the Isle of Wight for an action-packed weekend of music and madness hosted by some of the world’s biggest bands.
Thousands of partygoers set sail for the Island yesterday as low-fi rocker Beck starred on the opening night at Robin Hill Country Park.
Today is the first full day of action with an exclusive headline set from hip hop kings Outkast after Disclosure, Sam Smith and Laura Mvula and others take to the stage.
But for one Hampshire couple it will be even more of a fairytale weekend.
Donna Clark and Darren Smith got engaged at last year’s festival and will finally tie the knot at this weekend’s bash.
The couple, from Totton, will wed in the Big Love Inflatable Church – one of many magical structures set up across the site’s ten fields.
This year’s Bestival theme is “desert island disco”, with revellers grabbing their funkiest flairs and platform shoes.
Tomorrow’s headliners are Foals, before disco kings Chic, featuring Nile Rodgers, round off the party during a world record attempt to suspend the planet’s biggest mirror ball.
Other acts include Basement Jaxx, Paloma Faith, London Grammar, Major Lazer, Chvrches and Chase and Status
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