B’ESTFEST 1st JULY – 5th JULY -> ROMEXPO, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

The festival has 3 stages (2 open air and one tent) and also includes Games & Entertainment area, VIP Hospitality Village, Corporate responsibility area (ONGs), Food & drinks area and chill-out and lounge areas with special green and beach zones.

Other delights include the Silent Disco and The Dukes Box, which is a custom built audio-visual show that combines music and performance. An entire band dressed in gold and spandex is crammed into a jukebox the size of a wardrobe and is the adventurous and hilarious performance you will ever see!  Poles Apart will also put a smile on your face, as they take the the concept of street music to great heights literally, they are 10 feet tall! Elvis ain't dead, but a little stretched! With the arsenal of sousaphone, banjo, sax and percussion they will be playing your favourite heavy metal favs, as well as some cheesy pop tunes. 

There is also The Miniscule of Sound theatre sideshow, which is based on a club that first opened in Hackney and was the world’s smallest nightclub in 1998 as a parody of the Ministry of Sound. It has since travelled the world, being a regular presence at summer music and arts festivals! The audience first have to negotiate their way past the bouncers, who, like their real life counterparts, control proceedings and issue arbitrary decisions on who might or might not be allowed entry or offered preferential treatment.

Launched in 2007, the first edition of B’ESTFEST included a line up of over 30 artists with headliners such as Faithless, Kasabian, Morcheeba, Pink, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Wu-Tang Clan and drawing a crowd of 50,000 during the three day event. 

2008 saw the festival grow with the addition of an extra stage and an extra day with performances from 36 artists and headliners including: Alanis Morissette, Cypress Hill, UNKLE, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, Manu Chao, Roisin Murphy, Judas Priest.

B’ESTFEST is also proud member of Yourope, an association of the most important European festivals which helps promote new European artists at top international festivals and a part of ETEP (European Talent Exchange Program).

FULL LINE UP FOR THE 2 MAIN STAGES (ROMTELECOM STAGE & CIUC STAGE);
1st July: The Killers (US), White Lies (UK), Patrice (D), Snails (MD)
2nd July: Moby (US), Motorhead (UK), Polarkreis 18 (D), Ayo (D), Grimus (RO), Les Elephants Bizarre (RO)
3rd July: Orbital (UK), Franz Ferdinand (UK), Klaxons (UK), Gabriella Cilmi (A), Alternosfera (MD), Oceana (D), AB4 (RO)
4th July: Santana (US), Charlatans (UK), The Ting Tings (UK), Looptroop Rockers (SE) The MOOod (RO), Gravity Co (BG), Persona (RO)
5th July (Aftershock): Manowar (US) Holyhell (US), Trooper (RO), Thunderstorm (RO), Nexus (RO), Ulytau (KZ)

TRAVEL PACKAGES WITH LASTMINUTE.COM
3, 4 and 5 day packages are available with lastminute.com from £134.21.  Packages include festival tickets and hotel accommodation.

TICKETS:
Three day tickets (2, 3 and 4 July) - 270 RON (approx: €62 / £57) are available for presale only on www.myticket.ro and in Diverta outlets.

Day Zero tickets (valid for 1st of July), one day tickets (valid for 2, 3 or 4 July) and B’ESTFEST AFTERSHOCK tickets (valid for 5 July) are available on www.myticket.ro and in Diverta outlets, prices starting from 100 lei to 150 lei (from approx £23/£21 to €35/£31)
(Details on www.bestfest.ro / www.myticket.ro).

€1 = approx. 4.3 RON
£1 = approx. 4.7 RON

WHERE TO STAY:
Special hotel prices for festival goers have been arranged with all hotels in the list for reservations on the B’ESTFEST website. Visitors from outside Bucharest or from abroad can contact one of the hotels in the list and show a valid B’ESTFEST t ticket upon check-in to enjoy the special rates! See list of the hotels on www.bestfest.ro

B’ESTFEST SLEEPOVER FORUM:
Coming from outside Bucharest to B'ESTFEST? Looking for a place to crash overnight or in search of a cheap sleepover place? Want to make new friends and have some fun after enjoying each day of B'ESTFEST? Are you from Bucharest, and you have an extra mattress or sofa or a bed, or some place in your garden to put up a small tent? Are you open to share some space and time with like minded B'ESTFEST visitors from outside Bucharest who can use a place to stay? Post your announcement on www.bestfest.ro forum and/or place a request /availability. Get in touch with each other and let's all have some fun at B'ESTFEST!

HOW TO GET THERE:
From Otopeni Airport:
Taxi to the B'ESTFEST site costs approx. 30 RON (€8). Travel time approx 20 min
Bus 783, a 2 ride card costs 7 RON (€1.6). Travel time approx 30 min

From Baneasa airport:
Taxi to the B'ESTFEST site costs approx. 10 RON (€2.3). Travel time approx 10 min
Bus 783 express, a 2 ride card costs 7 RON (€1.6). Travel time approx 7-8 min
Bus 131 & 335, one ride ticket costs 1.3 RON (€0.33). Travel time approx 10 min

From Uniri Square (Piata Unirii)
Taxi to the B'ESTFEST site costs approx 25 RON (€8). Travel time approx 20 min
Bus 783 express, a 2 ride card costs 7 RON (€1.6). Travel time approx  30 min

>From the Train Station (Gara de Nord)
Taxi to the B'ESTFEST site costs approx 20 RON (€7). Travel time approx 20 min
Bus 105, one ride ticket costs 1.3 RON (€0.33). Travel time approx 20-25 min

QUOTES:
Emma, agent for Nelly Furtado: “I was with the band last night and everyone seemed very happy!  If I hear any ideas from them as to how to improve the event I will let you know but right now all I know is that they were very happy!”

Gus, management for Cypress Hill: “I just REALLY wanted to thank you for making our experience in Romania such a pleasant one. The guys and our tour manager Derek had nothing but GREAT things to say about the professionalism, hospitality, and precise production. We look forward to the next time we play a show together either with Cypress or another one of our artists. Again, thank you dearly”