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2010-01-22T08:49:00.001-08:00

Pukkelpop

2009-03-20T07:18:00.001-07:00

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Pukkelpop is one Belgium’s largest music festivals. Lasting 3 days and spanning over an incredible 8 stages, Pukkelpop brings together an eclectic mix of world music for your viewing pleasure located in Kiewit, Belgium. Pukkelpop have not confirmed an acts.

Pukkelpop starts on August 20th and runs until August 22d. Festivalbus coaches to Pukkelpop depart the UK in the morning of August 19th, arriving later the same day. This means you’ll have plenty of time to arrange your camping spot before the music starts on August 20th.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Pukkelpop from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Pukkelpop!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

A Camping Flight to Lowlands Paradise

2009-03-20T07:17:00.000-07:00

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A Camping Flight to Lowlands Paradise (Lowlands for short!) is an alternative music festival with a difference. Located in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, Lowlands boats an impressive musical line up every year along with film, stand up comedy, visual arts and more. The only acts currently confirmed for Lowlands are Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Bon Iver, Crookers and La Caravane Passe.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Lowlands from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Lowlands!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Dour Festival

2009-03-20T07:16:00.000-07:00

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Festivalbus is delighted to be official UK travel provider and ticket agent for Dour Festival.

Dour Festival is a 4 day extravaganza of world music that takes place in Dour, a old Belgian coal mining village.Dour is the ultimate alternative music festival, with 6 different stages offering music to suit everyone’s taste. Performing at Dour this year are 5 Elements of Hip-Hop, 65 Days of Static, Andy C, Aphex Twin + Hecker, Bob Log III, Boy 8 Bit, Does it Offend You, Yeah? Venetian Snares, Rusko, Roots Manuva, Digitalism and many, many more

Dour starts on July 16th and runs until July 19th. Festivalbus coaches to Dour depart the UK in the morning of July 16nd, arriving later the same day. This means you’ll have plenty of time to arrange your camping spot before the music starts on July 16th.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Dour from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Dour!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Summerjam

2009-03-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

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Festivalbus is delighted to be official UK travel provider and ticket agent for Summerjam.

Summerjam is Germany’s premier reggae festival; offering 3 days of reggae vibes from the worlds leading reggae, ska ad dancehall acts. It takes place in Koln, Germany. Performing at Reggae Summerjam this year are Bunny Wailer, Jan Delay and Disko No.1, UB40, Anthony B, Baaba Maal, Samy Deluxe, Junior Kelly and many, many more.
Summerjam starts on July 3rd and runs until July 5th. Festivalbus coaches to Summerjam depart the UK in the early hours of July 2nd, arriving later the same day. This means you’ll have plenty of time to arrange your camping spot before the music starts on July 3rd.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Summerjam from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Summerjam!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Rock Werchter 2009

2009-03-20T07:13:00.000-07:00

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Festivalbus is delighted to be the official UK travel provider and ticket agent for Rock Werchter.

Rock Werchter is Belgium’s biggest rock festival; offering 4 days of international acts from all genres of music on 2 great stages. It takes place in Werchter. Performing at Rock Werchter this year are The Prodigy, Oasis, Placebo, Kings of Leon, Lilly Allen, Dave Matthews, Pendulum, Coldplay, The Killers, Lady Gaga, Elbow, 2manyDJs, Katy Perry and many, many more.

Rock Werchter starts on July 2nd and runs until July 5th. Festivalbus coaches to Rock Werchter depart the UK in the evening of July 1st, cross the channel on a late night ferry and arrive in Werchter in the morning of July 2nd. This means you’ll have plenty of time to arrange camping before the music starts later in the day.
This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Rock Werchter from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Rock Werchter!

Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Graspop Metal Meeting

2009-03-20T07:12:00.000-07:00

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Festivalbus is delighted to be an official UK travel provider and ticket agent for Graspop Metal Meeting.

Graspop Metal Meeting is Belgium’s best known metal festival. It takes place in Dessel. Performing at Graspop this year are Motley Crue, Slipknot, Korn, Heaven and Hell, Disturbed, Soulfly, Papa Roach, Journey, Childre of Bodom and many, many more.

Graspop starts on June 26th and runs until June 28th. Festivalbus coaches to Graspop depart the UK in the morning of June 25th and arrive the same day. The campsite at Graspop Metal meeting opens on June 25th so you’ll be able to set up camp and relax on site for the evening before it all kicks off on June 26th.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Graspop Metal Meeting from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Graspop Metal Meeting!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Rock am Ring 2009

2009-03-20T07:11:00.000-07:00

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Rock am Ring is the Germany’s most popular festival. It takes place in Nurburgring in the Eiffel Mountains. Rock am Ring boasts 3 stages that will this year be graced by The Prodigy, Slipknot , Bloc Party, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Scouting for Girls, The Subways, Billy Talent and many, many more.

Rock am Ring starts on June 5th and runs until June 7th. Festivalbus coaches to Rock am Ring depart the UK in the early hours of June 4th and arrive the same day. The campsite at Rock am Ring opens on June 4th so you’ll be able to set up camp and relax on site for the evening before it all kicks off on June 5th.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Rock am Ring from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Rock am Ring!
Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Pinkpop 2009

2009-03-20T07:05:00.000-07:00

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Festivalbus is delighted to be the official UK travel provider for Pinkpop 2009.

Pinkpop is the Netherlands premier rock festival. It takes place in Landgraaf in the Limburg region of the Netherlands. Pinkpop celebrates its 40^th birthday in 2009 and they’ve put together a line up sure to get everyone into the party mood! This years line up includes Bruce Springsten, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, Anouk, The Killers, Chris Cornell, Pendulum, Novastar and many, many more.

Pinkpop starts on 30^th May and runs until June 1^st. Festivalbus coaches depart the UK on 29^th May, cross the channel on a late night ferry and arrive in the morning on the 30^th, meaning you’ll have plenty of time to sort your camping area out before the music starts.

This year Festivalbus is running coaches to Pinkpop from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton so it’s even easier to get to Pinkpop!

Head over to www.festivalbus.co.uk/booking.asp to get your tickets

Some information on our chosen festivals

2009-03-20T06:59:00.000-07:00

We thought it would be nice if we added a little bit of information about all the festivals we stop at to our blog. We're going to add them all individually so they are nice and easy for you all to navigate through.
Although we do our best to make sure all the information contained is accurate, line ups can change so please check the festival sites for the most up to date news!!

Big love

Festivalbus Team

Festivalbus - Official Ticket Agent!

2009-03-09T04:42:00.000-07:00

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Hey everyone,

We're delighted to announce that Festivalbus is now an official ticket agent for Rock Werchter, Graspop Metal Meeting and Summerjam. Tickets are for sale on our bookings page, just select the festival ticket you want and fill in your details. You'll receive a receipt by email and we'll be posting all tickets out once we've given our final orders to the festivals and received them ourselves.

We're also the only place in the UK selling campsite tickets for Rock Werchter that allow access to any campsite, so if you've been looking for a way around the limited options for UK Rock Werchter goers, you've found it!

More news to follow....

So, what's new at Festivalbus?

2009-02-19T01:54:00.000-08:00

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Hi again friends,

As tickets for the 2009 festival season have just gone on sale, we thought we'd do an entry on what's changed at Festivalbus since last year.

The first and most obvious change is our new booking system, offering more festivals and more pick up points. We're really excited about the new booking system because we received a lot of emails last year from our passengers wanting information on when tickets will be delivered. The new system sends your tickets as attachments to an email as soon as your order is completed, you print them off, present them to your rep and hey presto!

Another really important change we've made is the way we approach festivals in which the music starts the same day as the campsite opens such as Pinkpop and Rock Werchter. For festivals like this, our coaches depart the day before, have an overnight ferry and arrive at the festival site in the morning. Not only does this mean the roads will be much quieter, and the journey faster, it also means we'll be getting you to your festivals and a great time so you can have your pick of the camping spots!

Unlike last year, the Festivalbus coaches will remain at the festival site for the duration of the festival, meaning that when it's time to leave, your coach will be waiting for you to board, making the journey home even easier, just sit back and relax!

We're constantly looking to improve the service we provide and would love to hear any suggestions you may have (hi@festivalbus.co.uk). If not we hope to see you onboard soon!

Festivalbus - Coaches to European Music Festivals

2009-02-16T11:15:00.000-08:00

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Hello hello hello!

In case you didn't know, you've found your way to the Festivalbus blog, the place for all things Festivalbus. First things first, let's tell you a bit about ourselves.

We provide coaches from the UK to Europe's best music festivals. You'd be wrong to think a Festivalbus journey is like any other coach journey though! Every coach we run has a Festivalbus rep on board who hosts the coach, play music and makes sure all our passengers are having a good time.

We work closely with all the festivals that our coaches stop at to arrange drop off and pick up points to make things as easy as possible for our passengers. This means that all you need to do is board the coach at your chosen pick up point, meet some new festival goers, enjoy some good tunes and before you know it you'll be at your festival!

This year we're running coaches to Pinkpop, Rock AM Ring, Graspop Metal Meeting, Dour, Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, White Air, Reggae Summerjam, Oxegen, Lowlands and we might even add some more!

We'll be taking people to European music festivals from Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester and Southampton

We'll be updating this blog with all the latest news so make sure you come back.