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Bido Lito! June 2015
Words: Matthew Cooper / @C00pasaurus
Illustration: Gareth Arrowsmith / garetharrowsmith.com
There’s
something
gloriously upbeat about the
British traditions of sun worship
during June, July and August. The
moment that it’s deemed warm
enough to start drinking cider outside,
you’ll
see the covers come off the barbecues and
trouser lengths get progressively shorter until a sea of pasty flesh
stretches in to the distance. It’s also that time of year to think
about what festival you’re going to attend, and with such a host
of great events catering to all kinds of mainstream and niche
tastes, it can be a bit of a daunting task. Well worry ye not: Bido
Lito!’s serial wristband and lanyard collector Matthew Cooper has
traversed this year’s mammoth festival calendar, and put together
this selection of the best festivals taking place on our doorstep
over the next few months. If you end up at that scooter festival in
Runcorn again, don’t blame us…
Festival No. 6
3rd-6th September / Portmeirion, Wales
Bido Lito! Highlight: YOUNG FATHERS
Now in its fourth year, FESTIVAL NO. 6 is becoming a staple
in the latter stages of the festival calendar. Set to the iconic
backdrop of Portmeirion’s Mediterranean village, it certainly
has its
visual elements nailed to a tee. It more than
matches this musically too, as disco
heavyweight GRACE JONES and
Mercury Prizewinners
YOUNG
FATHERS
both
feature, with many
more acts, stages
and activities hidden
away in the surrounding
woods and beyond.
Elsewhere BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, STORNOWAY and 2 BEARS catch
the eye, but the honour of closing the event once again falls to
the stunning BRYTHONIAID WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR. Art and
culture are once again hugely present in the form of the muchcelebrated comedy tent. festivalnumbersix.com
Africa Oyé
20th-21st June / Sefton Park, Liverpool
Bido Lito! Highlight: CUMBIA ALL STARS
AFRICA OYÉ is one of those Liverpool institutions that you can
rely on, with an unrivalled track record for bringing feelgood
summer vibes to Sefton Park that stretches back 22 ye