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17 August - 19 August 2012

Escot Park, EX111LU

Beautiful Days is celebrating its TENTH ANNIVERSARY in 2012. The festival has music across SIX stages plus a huge children’s area in the centre of the festival, walkabout theatre, amazing site art, comedy, theatre, family camping, food & craft stalls, healing area, play areas and pub-price bars run by Otter Brewery. Beautiful Days is a family-friendly weekend camping festival attended by people of all ages. We won BEST FAMILY FESTIVAL at the 2011 UK Festival Awards. 

Beautiful Days does not advertise and has no corporate sponsorship or branding.

The festival has six stages – Main Stage, The Big Top, The Little Big Top, The Band Stand and The Bimble Inn plus the brand new THEATRE TENT. The Sunday dressing up theme in 2012 is HEARTS.

BY CAR: 

Escot is just off the A30, between Exeter and Honiton. Exit the A30 at Daisymount (eastbound) and at Iron Bridge (westbound). Please follow AA signs for the Blue Route to get to the festival site. Don’t follow your sat nav – follow the AA signs! Your routing sticker (car routing/parking pass or campervan pass) will help us to guide you on to the site and parked. There is ample parking on site, please try and car share to avoid traffic and congestion. If you are being dropped off please follow signs for the RED ROUTE.  If you are planning to travel to the festival in a car or campervan then please buy a routing pass in advance. It will make your entry to the festival much smoother. Please note: we cannot accommodate caravans. Please do not park off the festival site. Vehicles parked illegally will be towed.

PLEASE NOTE: CAR & CAMPERVAN PASSES ALLOW PARKING ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. There is no extra charge to enter the site on Thursday (gates open 2pm – 9pm for entry).

PARKING & WRISTBANDS: 

Cars will be parked in the car parks and then you will walk to one of two Pedestrian Gates (whichever is closer to you, they will be clearly signed) where you will exchange your tickets for wristbands. You will then go through the Pedestrian Gates and into the campsites! If you are in a Campervan then you will exchange your tickets for wristbands as you enter the Campervan fields.

CAR SHARE: 

Save money, save the planet and meet new people at the same time. We’ve teamed up with LIFT SHARE to make sharing transport to Beautiful Days a lot easier. By car sharing you can save on travelling costs, reduce cO2 emissions and cut congestion.

BY BUS: 

This is the Stagecoach bus timetable for Beautiful Days 2012. Buses will run to the festival site from Exeter on Thursday and Friday this year and return to Exeter on the Monday morning. No buses will run on Saturday or Sunday. You do not need to book tickets, more buses will run as needed and they will be clearly marked for Beautiful Days. Adult single ticket will be £5 and Child single £3. The times are:

  • Thursday 16 August 2012 From Exeter St Davids Station via the Paris Street Bus Station to Escot Park Departs Exeter at 2pm, 4pm & 6pm
  • Friday 17 August 2012 From Exeter St Davids Station via the Paris Street Bus Station to Escot Park Departs Exeter at 10am, 12 noon, 2pm & 4pm
  • Monday 20 August 2012 From Escot Park (Red Gate) to Exeter St Davids Station via the Paris Street Bus Station Departs Escot at 9am, 10am, 11am & 12 noon.

There will also be a free shuttle bus running between Feniton Station and the RED GATE at the festival site. The shuttle will run on Thursday 2 – 8pm, Friday 9am – 1pm and Monday 9am – 12noon.

BY TRAIN:

Call the 24hr National Rail Enquiries Line on 08457 48 49 50 for rail information and booking. Festival buses will run from Exeter to Escot, see bus information for times and details. The nearest train station to Escot is Feniton. The festival runs a FREE SHUTTLE BUS service from Feniton station on the Thursday (2pm – 8pm) and Friday (9am – 1pm). Please look out for the bus which will be clearly marked to get a lift to the festival site’s red pedestrian gate rather than walking from the station.

Bellowhead Main Stage
New Model Army Main Stage
Alabama 3 Main Stage
The Waterboys Main Stage
Inspiral Carpets Main Stage
Reel Big Fish Main Stage
Midlake Big Top
Richard Thompson Big Top
Ian Anderson Big Top
Subgiant Bimble Inn
Back To The Planet Bimble Inn
Ratz Bimble Inn
Small Town Jones Bimble Inn
Gary J Armstrong Bimble Inn
Matthew and Me Bimble Inn
Bubblies Bimble Inn
Charcoal Sunset Bimble Inn
Maz Totterdell Bimble Inn
Steve Axel B Bimble Inn
Utopian Love Revival Bimble Inn
Eat Static The Little Big Top
Mr Nice The Little Big Top
Maxxi P The Little Big Top
Uno The Little Big Top
Ben And Lex The Little Big Top
Zinc The Little Big Top
Shy FX The Little Big Top
Lewah The Little Big Top
Don Johnston The Little Big Top
Dr Meaker The Little Big Top
King Kapisi The Little Big Top
Zetan Spore The Little Big Top
solarference The Little Big Top
Grudge The Little Big Top
Mampi Swift The Little Big Top
Alexia Coley The Little Big Top
Dub From Atlantis The Little Big Top
Duncan Disorderly & The Scallywags The Little Big Top
Future Sound Of Exeter DJs The Little Big Top
MCs Stamina, Script, Johnny G, Jay Tuns, J Man, Agony, Detail and Westman The Little Big Top
Mr Woodnote and Lil Rys The Little Big Top
NZShapeShifter The Little Big Top
Ollie Freshold The Little Big Top
Tony Thorpe The Little Big Top
Dub Pistols unknown stage
Dreadzone unknown stage
Peatbog Faeries unknown stage
3 Daft Monkeys unknown stage
Spiro unknown stage
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo unknown stage
Chris Wood unknown stage
Show of Hands unknown stage
Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs unknown stage
Toots and the Maytals unknown stage
The Travelling Band unknown stage
The Black Seeds unknown stage
The Skints unknown stage
Sam Carter unknown stage
Karima Francis unknown stage
Benjamin Francis Leftwich unknown stage
Crowns unknown stage
Duke Special unknown stage
Mad Dog McRea unknown stage
Katzenjammer unknown stage
Billy Bragg unknown stage
Little Barrie unknown stage
The Miserable Rich unknown stage
Lara conley unknown stage
Juan Zelada unknown stage
Baskery unknown stage
Liz Green unknown stage
Larkin Poe unknown stage
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party unknown stage
Simon and Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene) unknown stage
Artist Stage Day
3 Daft Monkeys unknown stage day TBC
Alabama 3 Main Stage day TBC
Alexia Coley The Little Big Top day TBC
Back To The Planet Bimble Inn day TBC
Baskery unknown stage day TBC
Bellowhead Main Stage day TBC
Ben And Lex The Little Big Top day TBC
Benjamin Francis Leftwich unknown stage day TBC
Billy Bragg unknown stage day TBC
Bubblies Bimble Inn day TBC
Charcoal Sunset Bimble Inn day TBC
Chris Wood unknown stage day TBC
Crowns unknown stage day TBC
Don Johnston The Little Big Top day TBC
Dr Meaker The Little Big Top day TBC
Dreadzone unknown stage day TBC
Dub From Atlantis The Little Big Top day TBC
Dub Pistols unknown stage day TBC
Duke Special unknown stage day TBC
Duncan Disorderly & The Scallywags The Little Big Top day TBC
Eat Static The Little Big Top day TBC
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo unknown stage day TBC
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party unknown stage day TBC
Frank Turner Main Stage Fri 17th
Future Sound Of Exeter DJs The Little Big Top day TBC
Gary J Armstrong Bimble Inn day TBC
Grudge The Little Big Top day TBC
Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs unknown stage day TBC
Ian Anderson Big Top day TBC
Inspiral Carpets Main Stage day TBC
Juan Zelada unknown stage day TBC
Karima Francis unknown stage day TBC
Katzenjammer unknown stage day TBC
King Kapisi The Little Big Top day TBC
Lara conley unknown stage day TBC
Larkin Poe unknown stage day TBC
Levellers Main Stage Sun 19th
Lewah The Little Big Top day TBC
Little Barrie unknown stage day TBC
Liz Green unknown stage day TBC
Mad Dog McRea unknown stage day TBC
Mampi Swift The Little Big Top day TBC
Matthew and Me Bimble Inn day TBC
Maxxi P The Little Big Top day TBC
Maz Totterdell Bimble Inn day TBC
MCs Stamina, Script, Johnny G, Jay Tuns, J Man, Agony, Detail and Westman The Little Big Top day TBC
Midlake Big Top day TBC
Mr Nice The Little Big Top day TBC
Mr Woodnote and Lil Rys The Little Big Top day TBC
New Model Army Main Stage day TBC
NZShapeShifter The Little Big Top day TBC
Ollie Freshold The Little Big Top day TBC
Peatbog Faeries unknown stage day TBC
Public Image Ltd. Main Stage Sat 18th
Ratz Bimble Inn day TBC
Reel Big Fish Main Stage day TBC
Richard Thompson Big Top day TBC
Sam Carter unknown stage day TBC
Show of Hands unknown stage day TBC
Shy FX The Little Big Top day TBC
Simon and Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene) unknown stage day TBC
Small Town Jones Bimble Inn day TBC
solarference The Little Big Top day TBC
Spiro unknown stage day TBC
Steve Axel B Bimble Inn day TBC
Subgiant Bimble Inn day TBC
The Black Seeds unknown stage day TBC
The Miserable Rich unknown stage day TBC
The Skints unknown stage day TBC
The Travelling Band unknown stage day TBC
The Waterboys Main Stage day TBC
Tony Thorpe The Little Big Top day TBC
Toots and the Maytals unknown stage day TBC
Uno The Little Big Top day TBC
Utopian Love Revival Bimble Inn day TBC
Zetan Spore The Little Big Top day TBC
Zinc The Little Big Top day TBC
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Escot Park, EX111LU