That Festival Life

That Festival Life’s Essential Festivals 2021

I am very, very cautiously (and excitedly!) sharing this year’s festival calendar with you! It feels like such an awfully long time since I’ve written one of these pre-season roundups!! What a weird old couple of year’s it’s been eh?! The round-ups from 2017, 2018 and 2019 feel like another world. Since then I’ve had to cancel three festivals in my day job at Boomtown, moved home to Devon from…

5 Festival Inspired Camping Holidays in the UK

After a summer without festivals, whilst there’s definitely hope on the horizon this year there still remains uncertainty about which festivals will definitely go ahead in 2021. For many (including me!) leaping straight back into the festival melee might not sound that desirable just yet anyway! So, to scratch that festival itch, here are a selection of 6 amazing festival-esque camping weekends!…

7 Ways You Can be a Greener Festival Goer this Summer

With festivals looking like they’re back on for 2021 (fingers crossed!) we’re going to be sharing lots of top tips for you to get the most out of your music festival season, starting with these seven surprisingly easy ways to be more eco-friendly at festivals! Festivals can be intrinsically wasteful spaces. We’ve all seen the war-zone like photos of tent strewn fields, overflowing bins and…

10 Best Family-Friendly Festivals in the UK [Updated for 2021]

I am so excited to be hosting the guest bloggers for this Best Family-Friendly Festivals in the UK post! Keeley, Pete and Emerson, aka Vibes Life Us, are absolute festival family GOALS and certainly know through experience which the best festivals for kids are. I met them through Instagram a couple of years ago and their little one Emerson has been to so many festivals in his short life already…

The Best UK Festivals Happening in 2021

THE GREAT BRITISH FESTIVAL. In my humble opinion, no one does it better than the UK at festivals. Rain or shine (or potential hurricane) we’re always (sometimes inexplicably) UP FER IT! Though the festival industry has had a shocking year, following the government’s recent announcements there seems to finally be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So, pack up your sequins and your…

We’ve launched a UK Festival Chat Facebook Group & Clubhouse Room!

My fellow festival blogger Jessi aka Where’s My Tent and I are big fans of a Facebook festival chat group… and big fans of chatting about festivals in general! But whilst there are big and lively groups for most of our favourite festivals, there aren’t any particularly good ones for UK festivals in general! So, we’ve started a brand new Facebook group; UK Festivals – music, fields & fun! What’s…

Ramblings 02: Settling into Country Life

Ramblings is a regular(ish) life update from me, Dulcie – the person behind That Festival Life. Expect to hear all my non-festival musings as well as assorted favourite things, from food to fashion. Read #1 here. So, big life news, I’ve moved home to Devon for Lockdown 2.0. Lamentedly I’ve crossed off the flight to Thailand that was in my diary for 14.05 this Friday because I’m not going…

15 Must-Read Books about Festivals for Festival Goers and Festival Culture Fanatics

Get a slice of that festival field magic on your bookshelf, these are the greatest books about festivals around. From the perfect gifts and coffee table tomes to practical festival guide books.

The links to all these festival books will take you to bookshop.org; an amazing new challenger site to Amazon which gives a platform and funds to independent bookstores! How great is that?

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Ramblings 01: Witchy Villages, The Best Dress in the World & a Big Move…

Hello friends,

Welcome to something a little bit new from me. This is ramblings.

Over the past few months of what, let’s face it, has been a very, very weird year I’ve been desperately yearning for a different space on the internet and some kind of creative outlet. For the most part, That Festival Life, has aimed to be an all singing all dancing, SEO-d up to its eyeballs, dedication to…

That Festival Guide to… Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand

Wonderfruit Festival pulls together all of the things I value most in a great festival experience; epic stage builds, a diverse musical line-up, attention to detail on the decor, delicious food, thoughtful and intriguing workshops, robust sustainability initiatives and, most importantly… a proper good party. Hello, 24-hour licence!All of this, with the bonus of glorious weather pretty much…

10 Reasons Why Shambala Might Just be the Best Festival Ever…

Shambala, Shambles, Shamblabla! In Tibetan Buddhist tradition ‘Shambhala’ is a mythical kingdom… so I think a rather fitting name for this glorious little festival. I’ve been going to Shambala* Festival in Northamptonshire every August bank holiday since 2014 but these self-proclaimed ‘Adventures in Utopia’ have been happening for 20 whole years now!

I’ve never actually done a review/guide of…

The Best Music Festivals in Africa You Have To Experience

Who better to write a guest post on the best African festivals than Yolisa Segone, founder of the platform ‘African Festival Adventures’, a festival lover who has made it her mission to discover and experience all of the very best music festivals around the African continent. Yolisa and I met through our Instagram pages and I am so excited for her to share her 8 favourite festival selections from…

What is a Summer Without Festivals!? Some Festival Feelings and a Summer 2020 Bucketlist…

The sun is shining, the skies are blue, the smell of freshly cut grass is in the air and the scene is set for the most delicious of British institutions; the late May bank holiday! Which, for hundreds of thousands of us, means one thing… the grand opening of festival season.

This weekend I would have probably been heading off to Love Saves The Day in Bristol or to Shindig Festivalin Somerset……

Don’t Rush Challenge – Festival Fashion Style!

If you follow me on either my personal instagram or on my festival blog Instagram, you’ll see that I’ve been doing a loooot of internet fashion challengeswhilst I’ve been in lockdown… Some may say it’s peak boredom, others think I’ve reached full insanity levels but I’m choosing to see it as a much needed creative outlet! I’d highly recommend it to anyone feeling a little stir crazy in these…

The Most Fun & Fashionable Face Masks from Festival Wear Designers

Fun & fashionable face masks have long been a festival style staple for all the rave gang over in the States and elsewhere… So I thought in these current ‘strange & uncertain times’ it might be fun to do a round-up of some designers who are making fun & stylish masks which you can use now. Then, when this craziness is all over you’ve got something to style out on the playa anyway, right?!

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How to Upcycle your Tote Bag in 4 Steps… Fashion Revolution Thailand at Wonderfruit Festival 2019

I’m very lucky to have visited Wonderfruit Festival in Thailand in December; an incredible festival that prides itself on its ethical and environmental values. I didn’t know it then but it might have been my last festival for a long while! Here’s a quick post sharing some tote bag DIY ideas from my experience at the festival’s workshops but watch this space for the full festival review and guide…

A Guide to Shopping for more Ethical & Sustainable Festival Outfits

Today marks Fashion Revolution Day 2020 but I’ve had this post in my drafts since Fashion Revolution Week last year! I was a bit scared to post it because I didn’t have all the answers and felt my buying habits weren’t good enough – but I’ve come to the conclusion it’s better to risk being called out for some hypocrisy if you’re getting the ethical fashion conversation going. To quote someone…