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10 Ethical Gifts for Valentine's Day
10th February 2019
By Jodie Boyd According to research, British consumers spent £650 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts in 2018 and sales are on the increase every year. I dread to think how much plastic is produced and discarded from all those gifts!However, Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be a big, expensive commercial affair.…
Top 10 Family Festivals in 2019
27th January 2019
By Jodie Boyd Are you planning on a family festival adventure this year but not sure which festival is for you?We’ve put together a list of some of our favourite family festivals in 2019, from small boutique festivals to some of the bigger mainstream ones. They all have one thing in…
6 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Natural Sunscreen
22nd June 2018
By Jodie Boyd Glorious sun, stay a bit longer (pretty please)! Well, so far, we’ve had a cracking summer and we’ve only just passed summer solstice (21st June was the longest day of the year and marked the official start of summer).The Met Office predicts next week (at the time of…
Top 5 Music Festivals in Barcelona
27th May 2018
By Jodie Boyd I recently got back from an amazing birthday weekend in one of my favourite cities in the world, Barcelona. I love so much about this place – the food, wine, culture, history, architecture, and of course, the music. From cool bars playing some of the city's top DJs…
3 Tips for a Plastic-Free Gin Festival
29th April 2018
By Jodie Boyd What better way to start the festival season than by going to a gin festival? A guaranteed night drinking lots of new varieties of my favourite tipple more than made up for the lack of sunshine you’d expect, or at least want, at a festival.So off I headed…
We're Going Drastic On Plastic
21st April 2018
By Jodie Boyd Pic ‘n’ Mix Festival Kit is joining over 60 festivals that have pledged to eliminate single-use plastics from their events by 2021. The Drastic on Plastic campaign aims to raise awareness of the impact of plastics at festivals and provide consumers with information that encourages behavioural change when…
Is it Possible To Throw A Non-Plastic Kids Party?
13th April 2018
By Jodie Boyd Whether you’ve watched Blue Planet or not, you’ve probably heard all about the damage that plastic causes, that it pollutes our waterways, harms our wildlife, our health and because it doesn’t ever biodegrade, it sticks around forever. Like many, we think that’s all a bit rubbish and want…
7 of the Best Folk Festivals
30th March 2018
By Jodie Boyd The folk festival scene in the UK has been popular since the 60s, but with the emergence of new contemporary folk artists and a revival of traditional folk over the last decade, it’s more popular now than ever. If you love both traditional folk and cutting edge contemporary…
3 Reasons to Ditch The Plastic For Bio-Glitter
19th March 2018
By Jodie Boyd Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last year, you’ve probably heard a lot about how damaging that shimmery, sparkly, shiny thing we love called glitter is to our environment, especially for marine life in our precious seas and oceans.Photo Credit: Nicole Honeywill on UnsplashDid you…
Confessions With: Oh My God! It's The Church
24th February 2018
By Jodie Boyd We first met Oh My God! It’s The Church at the after party at last year’s AIF (Association of Independent Festivals) Festival Congress Awards, where they were nominated for ‘Live Act of The Year’. Dubbed as a "Leftfield Church service that has their congregation rolling in the aisles…
6 Of The Weirdest UK Festivals
9th February 2018
By Jodie Boyd Us Brits are often regarded as an eccentric nation, so if you like the idea of going to a very unusual festival or are just intrigued to know what sort of unconventional events exist in the UK, check out this list of bizarre festivals. Weird maybe, but possibly…
5 (More) Great Festival Aftermovies of 2017
23rd January 2018
By Jodie Boyd If you already read our previous blog post, 5 Great Festival Aftermovies of 2017, you probably already know that there's no better way to reminisce the festivals of yesteryear by watching some amazing professional aftermovies which capture the highlights and spirit of what festivals are all about! Our…
Introducing our New Day Festival Kit
6th January 2018
By Jodie Boyd Whether it’s the idea of camping, the cost of tickets, or just not wanting to commit to a whole weekend of festival shenanigans, weekend festivals are not for everybody. The good news is that there are plenty of day festivals in most major cities and elsewhere across the…
5 New Year's Resolutions for Festival Lovers
31st December 2017
By Jodie Boyd Have you already set your New Year’s resolutions or are you even thinking about setting any at all? Rather than the typical resolutions around eating healthier and working out more (yes, these are great goals), how about adding some fun resolutions to your list? We’ve come up with…
5 Great Festival Aftermovies of 2017
16th November 2017
By Jodie Boyd If you’re suffering from the post-festival blues and already dreaming about next year’s festival season, what better way to get in the mood than reminiscing and watching these amazing aftermovies from some of our favourite UK festivals from this year. Sit back and enjoy! 1. DownloadLocation:Donington ParkDate:8-10 June 2018The…
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