Over The Moon Festival
Lunar landscape
An amazing adventure awaits you with ‘The Circus of Mythical Dreams’ at September’s Over The Moon Festival
Nestled into the Sussex Countryside Over the Moon is one of the UK festival scene’s best kept secrets, and a truly intimate affair with just 3,000 attendees. Over the Moon is more than just a music festival, it is a genuine celebration of art and culture. Music is not the only art form to take the spotlight and people are not just attracted by the headline acts but by the wonderfully unique festival atmosphere and experience which is guaranteed at Over the Moon. Attending this festival ensures that for at least three days and nights, regardless of what else you have or haven’t done this summer, it will have been one to remember. To experience Over the Moon is to return to your childhood, and come away with your own fairytale story to tell. This is the place where your imagination knows no boundaries and you can explore your wildest fantasies.
This family friendly festival is a playground for all ages with a host of local, national and international musicians, installation art, theatrical performances, circus, cabaret, film and lots, lots more! There’s the chance to get involved in music lessons, bush-craft, stone-carving, blacksmithing and wood turning workshops, yoga, tai-chi and reiki classes, or to get involved in flash mob art installations that are sure to leave you inspired and eager to create.
“To experience Over the Moon is to return to your childhood, and come away with your own fairytale story to tell”
This year’s event will see the likes of the Freestylers performing a live set to coincide with the release of their new album, The Coming Storm. Expect some classic dance floor fillers and some brand new material guaranteed to get things jumping. The acts performing across the festival’s stages will cover genres including Balkan, Folk, Blues, Funk, Roots, Dub, Electro, Electro Swing and more. Acts to look out for include Brighton’s Physics House Band, the festival powerhouse that is the Carnival Collective and Gypsy Disco who will be bringing a cornucopia of performance pieces. Another hotly tipped act is the Hackney Colliery Band who have been receiving airplay and rave reviews across the BBC. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘The Circus of Mythical Dreams’ represented through installations and performances designed to take your mind on an adventure, to kindle the wonders of the imagination and the mystery of dreams. Set up with a great deal of ingenuity and inventiveness, the grounds will be transformed into a haven of magical delights, full of awe-inspiring art and spontaneous circus performances, actors and acrobats gadding about amongst the lights, pixies, fairies and other mystical beings, interacting with fellow party-goers who have made the effort of turning out in elaborate costumes. The festival site will become an art installation in itself with the festival goers in their brightly coloured dress up becoming part of the exhibit.
The feeling of freedom felt at this festival will seep into you on arrival, pure silliness is encouraged and no-one is here to judge. Sleep under the stars and weave floral garlands through your hair, put on your best festival get-up and dust yourself in glitter. You can truly lose yourself at this festival so come along and, as Allen Ginsberg once said: “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.”
Over The Moon Festival, Friday 13–Sunday 15 September 2013, Hempstead Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex. Weekend adult tickets: £88
Weekend accompanied teen ticket (13-18 years): £45; Weekend child (7-12 years) tickets: £25
Child (Under 7 years) Free! www.overthemoonfestival.com
