All We Need Is Love

Spread love, sweet, sweet loveā€¦ Take inspiration, tis THE day to express your eternal gratitude to the people in your life who make you sandwiches and embrace the smelliness of your feet. Check out our Facebook page for delightful, Shambala style hugs and kisses. Pucker-up Shamballians and drop us some romantic advice. What gestures are you making this year to make your loved one feel just that little bit special?

Over the next few months we will be posting up themed galleries and would love you all to get involved by commenting, sharing and tagging these images, or showing off your own.

So get involved and we might just see about sending some tickets out to the best ones!

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World Festival Exclusive!

We are proud to announce confirmation that DJ Dynamo and his experimental solar powered wheelbarrow disco made from reclaimed waste will be at this year’s event. 

Tip of the Pops is the antidote to Apple's ipod- a subversive and anarchic discotheque made from waste transported in a wheelbarrow. Playing dumped vinyl records on discarded equipment, Tip of the Pops is a lot of fun but also a serious statement about our throw-away society. There is a hidden beauty to found objects and upcycling them. 

Shambala is the only event anywhere on the planet that you can see Tip of Pops this year.

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Brainfood

This year we have truly exceeded ourselves in bringing you the best thought leaders in the country. Although the world may seem a bit of a mess, we hope that with our collective and collaborative thinking caps the people of Shambala can up with some radical, feasible, playful and intelligent solutions.

To guide you through the mental maze we our proud to welcome back Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler Magazine. He will be bringing his Idler Academy and teaching us the joys of how to live an idle life full of pleasure and philosophy. Workshops include Ancient Greek for beginners, Calligraphy and grammar lessons.

'The Future is Beautiful,' this is the belief of Futerra, a brilliant group of visionaries, who have spent a decade communicating sustainability to the world. Join them in their Emporium of Invaluable Insights: capturing and harvesting the revelations, observations and moments of clarity that festival-goers experience. They have one outcome firmly in their minds- to leave the festival with a tangible set of actions that people can take away to ensure that the future is indeed beautiful!

Does anyone understand how to save our economy? Well to help us to get some insight we have invited the N.E.F (the new economics foundation) an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being, to come and share their knowledge and expertise in this area. The N.E.F are unique in combining rigorous analysis and policy debate with practical solutions on the ground, often run and designed with the help of local people. They also create new ways of measuring progress towards increased well-being and environmental sustainability.

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A Family Experience Like No Other

We are confident that this year's Shambala will be the best family experience you could hope for. So whether you want relax in the sun by the lake with a pint while the kids play in the sand-pit (sounds like heaven) or check out the family matinee shows at the Social Club and films at The Lost Picture House cinema, or participate in the many 100’s of brilliant diverse workshops and activities, there is never a dull family moment to be had.

To make life even easier for families we have doubled the amount of compost loos on site, increased the number of “Posh Wash” showers and introduced a new dedicated family vehicle field.  We will be offering wheel barrows you can borrow for free to help get you kit to camp from car parks and all food traders will offer reasonably priced kids meals on their menus.

But, best of all, Shambala Festival is a famously warm natured and friendly festival with a wild side - parents like to party too!

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Hold Tight, It's Ladies' Night

A homage to all things that glitter and shimmer, “Ladies' Night” is our brand spanking new hidden venue waiting for you to discover your inner disco diva.

Disco balls, dance podiums, sequined cat suits and, best of all, shameless party tunes that will have the crowd purring for more and more and even more! We will be inviting the best girl DJs to dig out their favourite party tunes.

The only rule of entry to the "Ladies' Night Discotheque" is that you have to be of the female of the species to get in! But don’t worry, the gents amongst you will be helped to transform yourselves into femme fatales by a team of makeover experts.

 

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Treat Yourself Get Your Ticket Now

Tickets are flying out so get your's quick. We will be releasing some very big news in a few weeks so check our Facebook and website for all the happenings...

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