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8 Aftermovies of 2018 from Europe’s Biggest Festivals
9th April 2019
By Jodie Boyd If you love a big crowd and want to see on stage only the best artists in the world in your chosen genre, a large festival may be right up your street.There are some huge festivals in the UK but you don’t need to be confined to those…
Biodegradable vs Compostable
10th March 2019
By Jodie Boyd When you choose eco-friendly products and packaging, reusable is always the best solution but sometimes that’s just not feasible or even possible.Take glitter, for example – you might shower yourself in the stuff at festivals but once you clean it off, it’s gone (although you might find it…
7 Amazing Festival Aftermovies of 2018
21st February 2019
By Jodie Boyd Do you want to remember the magic of the festivals you attended last year? Or have you still not decided which festival to go to this year? Well you're in for a treat as we've pulled together some of the best official aftermovies from UK festivals held in 2018.…
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…
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