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.
Frank Turner | Main Stage |
Public Image Ltd. | Main Stage |
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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