Love Summer Festival 2018
– Newnham Park Estate, Plympton, Devon, PL75BN, 10-12th August 2018
Rastamouse at Love Summer Festival
A Huge Thank You
3,2,1, Back In The Room!!!!
We got back to the office today after 16 days straight in the fields and have returned with the most overwhelming feeling of LOVE for The Festival, Crew, Performers and most of all The People that came and partied for the weekend. Each year the Festival increases our faith in human nature and gives us inspiration to take things further and work even harder for the next year.
Start with a Green Field, 5 days, 5 Venues & Outdoor Stage, 900 Customers + Children, 1200 Crew & Performers, 30 Traders, 21 Engines Running at Peak, 2500 litres of diesel, just under 8 tonnes of refuse, a good time had by all & end with a Green Field.
We work as a small team all year in the office planning the Festival, but it takes over 1000 people to deliver the event over the 14 days we are on site.
We have so many people to thank so I will start at the beginning from the Front Gate, many teams are too large to list by name but be assured your work is valued by us, each and every one of you, the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts!
Big Thanks to Scott, Pete and the amazing Team at Brandon Hire and Exmoor Luxury Loos for all our Infrastructure, Toilets, Showers and Power Generation.
A massive thank you to Pro-Tect Security for keeping us all Safe & Sound, what an amazing friendly and Professional Team, Tom your Security Manager rocked!
We definitely have the best Car Parking Team there is, all weathers, all hours and always happy. Barry Welch and Crew your work did not go unnoticed, talk about squeeze em in, thanks soooo much!
The Box Office Team – Charlotte, Jay, Julia, Sarah, Serefin, Alice, Elly-May, Nikki, Vicky and all that helped out over the weekend, it’s not an easy job and you miss the show, we love you all and couldn’t do it without you.
Our Music, Venue & Stage Managers – Paddy, Matt, Shaun, Dave, Angela, Kenty, Alex, Pottsy, Kate, Phil, Paul and all that worked to deliver a ground-breaking music program across all 3 days.
The Site Crew… Adam our Superman of a Site Manager, Dom, Javen, Fraser, Lee, Dave John, Dave The Builder, Lulu, Louis, Kaleb, Nathan & of course Campbell, all went stupidly beyond anything we could have ever expected.
Our Amazing Stewards and Gate Crews – We had soooo many Stewards and Fire Stewards on site this year it would be impossible to list them all here but be assured this event would not run without your hard work and determination in difficult conditions. We do hope you enjoyed the Festival as much as we did.
A special shout to our Dynamic Duo in Artist Liaison – Windmill & Winston with the formidable force that is Lulu in the back office running the accreditation – What a Team!
To our Site Decorators, you are the NUTS!, Eric, Teri, Karl, Anji, Fraser, Dave the Flag, Tick Tock & a special shout to our Seamstress’ Teri & Lady Ang who were working for weeks before hand on flags, drapes and bunting
This years Tech Crews were all Outstanding! – Neil & Jo and the Super Professional Team at Future Technical Solutions. Dave, Joe & all the Crew that is Recharged Sound and Light and John at Soundslive – No let up in Quality or Commitment for The Duration! Belted it out!! Chris and his amazing lasers, James from Astral and a Big Shout to “Turn It Down\UP Tim” for keeping us within acceptable noise limits.
Our Tent Suppliers – Stretch with Intent, Ashley Events, Southwest Domes & The Tipi Hire Company – Great Service and Quality Erections 😉
Our Amazing Medical Team, I know where we would be without this Crew and it would not be nice! Mary, Catherine, Sue, Mandy, Anita & Philip, we all thank you SO MUCH for looking after us. Quality Job!!!!!!!!
Jackie and her Refuse and Cleaning Team – This is one of the hardest jobs on site and goes on all weekend, the site is always cleaner at finish than when we arrive, Jackie and her Crew will not leave until the last fag butt is removed. This Team are volunteers and stay on afterwards for the clean up, words cannot express how integral you are to the production of this event.
Our Media Crews – Team 360 Media, Charlesworth Films, James Hitchcock, David Walker & Trevor Moskwa & Team
Our wonderful Children’s Entertainers, from Alfredo to Zig Zag & Crafty Monkeys to Flotsam the Fool. We need to give a special mention this year to Naomi, Airfish, Angelina’s Love Hearts and all the wonderful Circus Performers, Jugglers & Stilt Walkers that made the weekend super special.
Our amazing Arts & Workshops Team, Jazzy, Yannis, Hayley, Mansour, Barbara, Yasmin, Cyrus, Paula, Louise & all the amazing artists and craftspeople that shared their skills with us.
Our amazing performers who waive their fee’s or work on reduced payment, so we can run the show at a reasonable ticket price. Each and every one of our Performers “Buy In” to what we do. To have quality entertainment running all the time in 6 Venues is an accolade for such a small event and couldn’t be done without the approach that is taken by all.
And Finally…… To all our wonderful customers who came and partied with us, we LOVE you all very much and hope to see you all again in 2019.
Big Love & See you in the fields
Billy & Jane and the Love Summer Team xx
Children’s Fun at Love Summer Festival
Love Summer is a Festival made for Family , if the children are happy…. Everybody’s happy! Together with our full program of Entertainers, Magicians, Jesters and General Fools we look to provide activities where all children can learn new skills whilst having fun.
The Pottery is a little bit special… Yes!… We have an on-site Pottery Studio!! Complete with Pedal Powered Potters Wheels (try and say that after a few ciders) and our Resident Master Potter Mansour
This truly is an amazing space and Mansour is one of the most fun people we have ever met, his team will give you a warm welcome and there’s never a dull moment when Manz is involved!
The Pottery is open pretty much all the time and you can just pop in but the wheels get very busy at peak times and if pottery is your big thing you can book some undivided attention from The Manz himself.
Flotsam’s circus skills workshop suitable for all ages and abilities and will run each day. All his instructors have many years of experience teaching circus skills and include instruction in:
- Juggling – with balls, clubs, rings and scarves
- Diabolo
- Devil Stick
- Poi
- Hula Hoop
- Pedal-Go
- Spinning Staff
- Spinning Plates
- Skipping
- Chinese Ribbons
It gives us great pleasure to welcome Naomi and her Crew from Airfish back to Love Summer Festival 2018. Quite frankly we wouldn’t trust anyone else to deliver this service for us. Please remember many do this but Naomi, Airfish & all Associated are PROPER! Performers and come fully Trained and Insured. Be assured you are safe in their hands 🙂
Airfish will be bringing lots of performers, workshops & performances to Love Summer on Saturday 11th August so you will be given every opportunity to RUN AWAY AND JOIN THE CIRCUS!!
Flying Lessons are short as it requires great strength and you may be able to have a quick go in quiet times but this is one activity we must make a nominal charge for. The running costs for the Safety, Equipment, Insurance,etc….. are really high, anyway “if you want the best”… believe me its well worth it, we’ve all been on a Big Wheel or Roller-coaster but have you Flown The Trapeze.
This activity is limited to Under 18’s and really just for teenagers. We have some amazing DJ’s and Sound Systems at Love Summer and they aren’t being used in a morning. So there’s no reason why our young DJ’s from beginner through to those already “playing out” to pick up some skills from our Master Craftsmen DJ Che.
We have some Brilliant DJ’s lined up to help across all the venues and sessions will be run every morning.
We loved the Animal HQ and Simon’s knowledge of animals is amazing. Animal Activities do some great work using animals for therapy and relaxation…. Still not sure about that spider though!
Animal HQ
Streetdance workshops for all ages 12+
Shuffling, breakbeats, house, hiphop
Scrub up some skills, and throw some cosmic shapes for the rest of weekend 👌
Sylvan Adventures (AKA Dangerous Dads) will be on site to get us that little bit closer to nature – No Wifi Connection Required!!!
SOFT ARCHERY
Soft Archery with Dan and Crew a Fully Qualified Archery Instructor. This is Soft Archery with MOST (not all!) Danger Removed 😉
Sylvan Adventures will also be providing wood carving for the – Younger Adventurer
We are very proud to have Alfredo the Magician and his Pirates back at Love Summer for 2018 – Not only is Alfredo a hugely successful children’s entertainer, he is an accomplished Magician who never ceases to amaze, he’s mind boggling!
We LOVE Hayley and her Little Secret Craft Studio, it POPS UP in the middle of our Arena in an Afternoon and the Creativity that flows out of people when they are happy and relaxed and have a little encouragement and help if needed is phenominominominal!!!!!!
TAKE A LOOK
Wonderful workshops from Yannis Nicolaou Art These are great fun and all paint is provided, numbers are limited so you will need to get signed up early for this one.
Mainly for the Under 18’s bur who doesn’t like spraying on a freshly painted wall!!
Come and try one of our amazing Drum Workshops with Paula and her Team from Singing Drum. These are great fun and open to everyone from total beginners to serious percussionists
There will be workshops each day and the one on Saturday morning is for children. You will usually find Paula and her Crew drumming and making music all over the site for most of the weekend.
Crafty Monkeys is a “Children’s Festival” just on it’s own! They have everything to keep the younger (and not so young) children happy and entertained.
They have everything from SWING BOATS and every type of Art & Craft you can think of to Bubbleologists & Face Painting
Mr Zig Zag Loves his Summer Festivals and we LOVE Mr Zig Zag – Catch him when you least expect him, makes us smile just writing about him.
This will be one huge Family Afternoon Disco Party and will feature the Devon Disco Dancing Championships
Featuring
Now it’s not everyday you get to see 3 generations of the same family DJ together Back to Back.
Airfish Circus will be around all day providing Workshops & Performances throughout the day.
Sam and the Womp are a British group experimenting by mixing different genres from Dub and Drum N Bass to big brass fueled Balkan Funk and beyond.
Fronted by trumpeter and chief rabble-rouser Sam Ritchie and Dutch born singer/songwriter Bloom de Wilde. The group’s debut single ‘Bom Bom’ shot straight to No 1 in the UK music charts in August 2012 and has sold over a million copies worldwide.
The band prioritize the party and break free of conventional genres creating a fun, upbeat dance-floor vibe.
Bassfunk presents… FUN BASS with Bassfunk Bandits featuring Sam and the Womp!…
Sunday Bassfunk takeover for the Festival Finale!… Expect Giant Pass-The-Parcel, Musical Statues and many more games and activities alongside Bassfunk’s quirky and eclectic mix of funky tunes!
At Love Summer Festivals we like to Reward our Customers who go that extra mile in the pursuit of fun and party. Categories are fixed by the judges as the Festival progresses but be assured if you excel at anything in particular you are likely to be mentioned in dispatches and may even make it home in time for Tea & Medals.
We will be announcing the Winner of Saturdays Disco Dancing Championship together with Best Fancy Dress, Best Decorated Camp, Funniest Dog and a whole host of other categories, so get out there and just do your party thing, its not a race…. but I am sure you won’t be coming second.
Expect Free Tickets for Next Year, Medals & a Trophy!
Here’s Some Happy Children from Previous Years
When we see small children having tantrums and locking themselves in vehicles on Sunday because they don’t want to go home you know you’re on the right track! Stick with us Kids we’ll look after you 😉 Here’s just a few of the things that go on down where the little lovelies play……..
Alfredo – Probably the Best Pirate Magician on the Seven Seas – This is real Magic!
Love Summer – Festival Food
At Love Summer Festivals we DO NOT restrict access for your own Food & Drink. But just to warn you.
Achar Street Food are devoted to preparing the finest 100% pure veg Indian food. Including going on research trips in Kerala. Come find them for crisp bhajia, zappy chutneys, spicy thali and the best masala chai ever!
The Big Kebabski was born from our love and hunger for outstanding vegan food. Often struggling to find good quality, tasty vegan meals we’ve decided to take things in our own hands! Dedicated to sourcing and using only the highest quality ingredients, we believe there’s no compromise when it comes to making food! Our passion gave us the strength to continuously thrive to improve the texture and flavours of our dishes and after long time of searching and experimenting we have created delicious vegetarian and vegan kebabs – with a TWIST ….quite literally! At the Big Kebabski we feel very strong about saving the environment. From packaging, designing menu, cleaning products to sourcing ingredients we believe that every little helps to reduce impact on our planet. very strong about saving the environment. As cruelty free, as we can be….. we say: eat plants, save the animals!
The Mexican Bean
Vegetarian and vegan Mexican from a 1952 Citroen trailer
Awesome sourdough pizza hand made and cooked to perfection in our 450 degree woodfired oven
Jerk Chicken & Goat Curry – Traditional Jamaican Food from Mr B
Breakfast wouldn’t be Breakfast without The Humble Egg, here’s just a taste of their Menu
Eggs Benedict
Toasted muffin topped with smoked back bacon, poached eggs and hollandaise.
Eggs Florentine
Toasted muffin topped with spinach, poached eggs and hollandaise.
Eggs Royale
Toasted muffin topped with smoked salmon, poached eggs and hollandaise.
Bubble Waffles in a huge Variety of Flavours from the Smart Bar
Offering an array of wonderful ,tasty salads in a Persian flat bread topped with saffron marinated chicken,spicy meatballs or falafel ,all cooked fresh
Breakfasts & Burgers Served All Day Long & Half Way Though The Night
Surf and Turf, Rump steak, king prawns or Scampi with chips and salad
Beer battered fish and chips + salad and tartare sauce
Seafood Box : calamari , scampi and small cod chips and salad
Smoked haddock and Mozzarella fish cakes chips and salad
Calamari, chips and salad Scampi,chips salad and tartare sauce
Veggie and halloumi burger with chips and salad
Griddled veggies with chips and salad
Side orders Calamari cone Scampi cone Mixed seafood cone Chips Wedges
SNOW ZONE
Shaved Ice Snow Cones
We have loads more lovely treats for you from Donuts & Sweets to Authentic Thai Food and Freshly made Coffee from Justin and Glen & CAMP COFFEE!
Love Summer Festival – Day Tickets and Line Up
We have a very limited amount of Day Tickets Available (200) . This is in response to the High Volume of requests we have received – See You In The Fields x
BUY TICKETS FOR FRIDAY HERE
(No U18 Tickets available for Friday night)
BUY SATURDAY TICKETS HERE
BUY SUNDAY TICKETS HERE
NO ADMITTANCE TO UNACCOMPANIED UNDER 18’S
Love Summer Festival 2018 – Line Up
At Love Summer Festival we operate 5 Covered Venues, an outdoor Main Stage, Children’s Program and over 30 Separate Workshops & Activities.
Click on the individual venue lineups below to see the DAY SPLITS AND FULL DETAILS
– Sam & The Womp at Love Summer Festival 2018
Sam and the Womp are a British group experimenting by mixing different genres from Dub and Drum N Bass to big brass fueled Balkan Funk and beyond.
Fronted by trumpeter and chief rabble-rouser Sam Ritchie and Dutch born singer/songwriter Bloom de Wilde. The group’s debut single ‘Bom Bom’ shot straight to No 1 in the UK music charts in August 2012 and has sold over a million copies worldwide.
The band prioritize the party and break free of conventional genres creating a fun, upbeat dance-floor vibe.
Download the Latest Release from Sam & The Womp here
Find out more and Listen to Sam & The Womp Below
Day Tickets Now Available
After lots of inquiries and requests we have made a very limited number of Day Tickets available (100 for each day)
Tickets for U18’s are available for the Saturday & Sunday Only (All U18’s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian).
Click on the ticket you require below to visit the BOX OFFICE
Headline acts for each day Include
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Love Summer Festival 2018 Headline Acts
It’s beginning to hot right up down at Love Summer HQ, if you had told us a few years ago we would be booking performers at all the different levels we are, we never would have believed you. Here’s some of the Headline Acts we have on our stages at Love Summer Festival 2018.
– Suburban Symphony at Love Summer Festival 2018
At Love Summer Festival it gives us great pleasure to feature an enormous line up of Live & Original Music on the Apollo & Sputnik Stages. The line up is immense and has been put together by our good friends the Supersonics.
Each day over April we will be featuring one of the Acts that will performing in 2018 There are links to their Social Media Channels at the bottom so have a listen and give them a like and a share.
A great example of a Band that really delivered for us in 2017 is Suburban Symphony, they made a 600 round mile trip to make their debut in the Devon fields at Love Summer Festival 17. Tony Edwards ex front man of Torquay band Pipeline brought his new band Giz,Sam,Tom and Lewis down from there Lancashire base to play on the SuperSonics main stage on Saturday night. The Penultimate band on the bill took to the stage at 10pm and did not disappoint. Their support who traveled with the band to the festival were leading the charge at the front, even in the sound check the band and crowd were bouncing off each other. Local super fan Gladys was overcome with emotion and invaded the stage, it most of took her back to her Bay City Rollers days. The 40 minute set seemed to be over very quickly finishing up with their new release ‘Stepping Stones’ out now on Hilltown records #upthesymphony We really cannot thank you enough, what a gig!. Here’s a few “snaps” our Photographer James Hitchcock took.
If you want to show your support for Live Music and show support for Real Live Musicians why not download their latest track Stepping Stones Here we did
I you would like to catch Suburban Symphony Play Live again you will find their upcoming gigs HERE
Find out more and Listen to Suburban Symphony Below
Book Tickets Here
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