It’s not just about the music!

We all know that the best festival memories usually stem from the little adventures you have away from the main stage, meeting new friends, that amazing massage you had after a late night, and that random person you saw…doing…you don’t know what they were doing but it was really funny.

Explore this section of the website to get a taster of some of the extra fun and nice bits we have lined up for you at Bloom this summer.

Opening Times

Thursday 7th August

From 6pm, Thursday, 9 August you will be permitted into the campsite to pitch your tent, meet your neighbours and get ready for the festival action that commences the following day.

Friday 8th August

Campsite opens 08:00

Festival Gates open 10:00

Box Office closes 00:00

NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.

Saturday 9th August

Campsite reopens 08:00

Festival Gates open 10:00

Box office closes 22:00

NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.

Sunday 10th August

Campsite reopens 08:00

Festival Gates open 10:00

Box Office closes 22:00

NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.

Monday 11th August

All guests must vacate the site BEFORE 12:00 noon.

2008 Line-Up (so far…)

• Akil the MC (Jurassic 5)
• Altern-8
• Ame (Innervisions)
• Another Fine Mess
• Audio Sculptors
• Autokratz
• Average White DJ
• Barry Adamson
• Beardyman
• Benga
• Black Rabbit
• Brand New Heavies
• Buoyancy
• Caspa
• Chew the Fat!
• Chris Woodward
• Chromatouch
• Dan Foat (Phonica Records)
• Danny and the Champions of the World
• Darius Syrossian
• Deep Groove
• Detectives of Perspective
• Dim Sum
• DJ Shine
• Dom Coyote
• Dom Kreep
• Drum Club
• DrumAttic Twins
• Dubnium
• Duke
• Electric Chair
• Elite Force
• Ewan Pearson
• Finger Lickin’ 10 Year Anniversary
• Flipron
• Florence and the Machine
• Freeform Five
• Funk From The Trunk
• Futureboogie
• Gloria Cycles
• Good Groove
• High Contrast
• Hit & Run
• Hot 8 Brass Band
• I Ruff
• I-Dread
• Itchysoul
• Jalapeno Sound System
• James Yuill
• Jaymin Doe
• Jujuman and the Program
• Just Jack
• Justin Robertson
• Kathy Diamond
• Kid Fiesta
• Kissy Sell Out
• Kraak & Smaak
• Kyte
• Lady Free
• Lizzie Curious
• London Breakbeat Orchestra
• Luke Solomon
• Maurice Fulton
• Max Sedgley and The Shoots
• May Contain Nuts
• MC Tenja
• Meat Katie
• Mids
• Moe Foe
• Neil Thornton & Johnny Hiller (Lasermagnetic)
• Nick Luscombe
• Nookie
• Part Time Heroes
• Paul T
• Phonica Records
• Qumulus
• Rainy and the Dust
• Rainy Gai Band
• Riton
• Rob Mello
• Roisin Murphy
• Roni Size “Reprazent”
• Salon Kitty
• Sam Kills Two
• Scratch Perverts
• Scubaroots
• Shades of Rhythm
• Shuffle
• Slyde
• Soft Rocks
• Soul of Man
• Stereo MCs
• Super Nashwan
• Tawdry-G
• The Bays
• The Black Seeds
• The Blast
• The Domino State
• The Glimmers
• The Mandibles
• The Nextmen
• The Presets
• The She Creatures
• Thumbs Aloft
• Tommy Rio
• Triggerset
• Trojan Soundsystem
• Tunng
• Turbowolf
• Two Long Peoples
• Two Spot Gobi
• Unabombers present the Electric Chair
• Urbanite
• We Like To Party
• XX Teens