GOT ISSUES 1 For laid back lifestylers... with a sense of humour 2017 WE WANT MORE Festivals are in a constant state of A half-century later, it’s not just bellbottoms and wanderlust and desire for unique and memory-making evolution, there are now literally hundreds marijuana anymore. Music festivals have evolved into moments – the world is now literally your glittering, of them all over the country and they have a booming multimillion-pound business. But why is it flower-crown-filled oyster! It seems many of us no that so many of us time and time again clear an entire longer have the ‘Woodstock mentality’ and are not up gone from just being a place where you weekend to spend it camping in a foreign town with for pitching our dodgy tents in the rain to hear our watch bands in a field, to an entire four thousands of strangers? favourite band and roughing it anymore, so what do day immersive experience. we want from our festivals? We are craving and chasing experiences over It has been 47 years since Generation X dressed in belongings more than ever before and what better suede hippie vests and flower crowns and gathered at place than in a fairytale haze of escapism in the the firstPilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival (now more middle of the British countryside…or further afield if commonly known as one of the best festivals in the you really want to live out those hedonistic dreams. world –Glastonbury!), for 1 night of music and peace. Festivals are having to work harder to satisfy our Single-eState gift S S traight from the farmer | cha S ediS tillery.co.uk 2 2017 2017 3 What’s cookin One thing we do know is that festi- joy of spontaneity and is both designed and built by 60 Seconds food is fast becoming just as central teams of emerging artists, architects and musicians; all good lookin’ to the experience as the music. Yes, of whom live in the woods for the month of August, of course the line-up is important but festi-goers are collaborating, dreaming and building a giant three- with our asking what’s on the menu. Whether it’s street food dimensional canvas for its new visitors to explore, FESTIVALS FOR YOU FOODIES! feasting or long table banqueting in the middle of a adapt and enjoy. field, in fact you can barely move without seeing a friends... feudal field being transported into a festi-campus, Waking up in a sweaty tent stinking of cider, a half- Not your average weekend in the country... festooned with celebrity chef pop-ups. The double eaten mystery meat burger and fuzzy memories of the Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge apparently night before might have become a ‘right of passage’ for Jack Held at THE PIG hotels and Lime Wood sold out his new food, drink and music festival in young people but a new pack of wellness warriors are throughout the summer! Street-food feasting, Marlow ‘Pub in the Park’ in a matter of hours; while championing the health benefits of being at one with Angela Hartnett is cooking up festival feasts in a Guinness day-long drinking, dancing like no one is nature with many festivals daring to suggest that you THINGS WE LOVE in the city... watching and sleeping under the stars; Food field at Wilderness, along with Thomasina Miers and can actually leave feeling more rejuvenated that when and Music festivals from Smoked Yotam Ottolenghi, and at The Big Feastival you can you arrived. Soul Circus festival in the Cotswolds is & Uncut. even brush up on your skills in the kitchen with free all about balance; spend your days doing hot yoga, SCRATCH MENU AT SPRING THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS daily cookery classes…your music tastes may not be indulging in the spa, sipping on juice, and then spend Shockingly, 40 per cent of all fruit and vegetables grown in WITH JULIAN FELLOWS THE PIG-on the Beach: Saturday 10th June tickled the way you want but your foody fantasies are your evenings drinking local brews, shaking your this country are discarded before ever reaching a shop shelf, Oscar-winning TV scriptwriter – Sunday 11th June guaranteed to be fulfilled. booty to a DJ and eating locally sourced food at their as they are considered ugly, misshapen, too big, too small or Julian Fellowes’ musical adaptation supper clubs. Just thinking about it makes you feel a simply have the odd hole here and there. One third of all food (together with George Stiles and THE PIG, Brockenhurst: Saturday 8th Festivals have the power not only to bring gangs of us bit more Zen. grown or manufactured in the world is thrown out – enough Anthony Drewe) of Kenneth – Sunday 9th July together, but also to educate and inspire; the cultural to feed 870 million people. Grahame’s The Wind in the and arts movement often now takes centre stage in the You can even take a round the world trip in Willows is now showing at the Lime Wood: Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd festival scene. Aside from the big players such as The one weekend with festivals such as WOMAD, a Skye Gyngell’s London restaurant Spring is raising awareness London Palladium, with comedian Rufus July Glamping ticket £995 for two people Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, The Edinburgh celebration of the world’s many forms of music, arts, and doing its bit to cut waste with a new pre-theatre ‘Scratch’ Hound as Mr Toad. On London’s welcoming Fringe Festival and Port Elliot Festival a whole host dance and food. The lush fields of Wiltshire will be menu that uses leftovers and food that would otherwise be committee is Kit Kemp’s The Haymarket hotel, THE PIG-near Bath: Saturday 19th of boutique offerings are emerging just for the culture offering up a veritable feast from every corner of discarded to create simple, delicious which is creating a Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr – Sunday 20th August vultures. The Curious Arts Festival, set in the palacios the globe, embracing an eclectic fusion of flavours dishes. The menu changes depending Toad themed afternoon tea, from June until Glamping ticket £995 for two people grounds of Pylewell Park in Hampshire, boasts a line- including Goan curries made with fresh Cornish fish, on the availability of ingredients September – taking place in the hotel’s up of novelists, historians, poet laureates, comedians Damascene falafel with Marrakechi fries, authentic (freshness is still key) - think shooting room. What are you reading? THE PIG-at Combe: Saturday 9th September as well as life drawing, snail racing and just about East End pie and mash, Filipino noodles and Spanish soups made from potato skins I’m really enjoying reading non-fiction everything in between. paella and churros. and beetroot tops, or leftover PETERSHAM NURSERIES at the moment and have read about Ticket from £35 to £120 bread transformed into warm IN COVENT GARDEN three Jon Ronson books in a row. He’s an For the really free-spirited folk, Aespia festival is So whether you are looking to dance the night away, bread pudding. Summer is here and something suitably flowery is freshening investigative journalist with a fascination with the weird and wonderful. The last Please visit www.smokedanduncut.com described as ‘a 24-hour celebration of art and escapism’, get stuck into the latest foodie trend, expand your up the big city. Petersham Nurseries – the rustic Richmond one I read was ‘So You’ve Been Publicly for more information and to book! and begins by whisking ticket holders away in blacked- mind, get to grips with downward dog or completely Dishes from the Scratch menu café and garden centre that boasts a real-life meadow – is out coaches where they will swap the hustle and bustle escape the real world for a weekend there is a festival are served from 5.30pm to opening a 16,000-square-foot destination in Covent Garden Shamed’- a brilliant take on the shame of London for a secret woodland - sans phones. The for you. 6.45pm daily and the menu is in London, and it looks blooming marvellous. Based around culture in our press and on social media. Aespia world is split into five different worlds where priced at £20 for three courses. a central courtyard called Floral Court (of course) Petersham visitors will be able to fully immerse themselves in the Nurseries Covent Garden will feature two restaurants, a bar, Where are you eating? Skye is also popping up at delicatessen, florist, wine cellar, and a homes and garden shop. There’s lovely little Italian restaurant Lime Wood on Fri 28th July The retail venues open in June; the food and drink offering called Campania on Columbia Road in East London, the home of the Flower – don’t miss this. follows in September. Market is one of my favourites- set on a cobbled road with old street lamps... feels like you’re in a movie. A romantic spot with delicious authentic food. THE PIG-in the Wilderness Fave new find? 3rd - 6th August 2017 Thomas Farthing clothing. It’s tucked away on a little road by The British This year THE PIG will be taking the tastes Museum.. they create beautiful classic of the countryside to Wilderness Festival, tailoring, hats and gloves- a real Oxfordshire (3rd - 6th August) gentleman’s treasure trove. British style at it’s best. Festival-goers will be able to tuck into tasty take- away Piggy Plates throughout the weekend, and www.thomasfarthing.co.uk for those ‘wanting more’ THE PIG will be taking over a Wilderness feasting tent, serving long- Who are you listening to? table family-style lunches and dinners.