Skip to content

Festival No. 0000772 · Est. 2004

Bestival 2014

Bestival 2014

-
Robin Hill Country Park - Arreton, UK
Rate Share your memory
Weekend of the year No. 0007757

Who's playing, and when

Festival lineup

We need your help - registered users can drag the artists onto the correct days.

Thursday

Tap + on an act to mark it as seen.

Friday

Nothing logged for this day yet.

Saturday

Nothing logged for this day yet.

Sunday

Nothing logged for this day yet.

Voices from the field

Reviews

Write a review →

Nothing written about this edition concerts yet - pick whoever you watched and be the first.

Four questions, one answer each

Rate this festival

You haven't answered yet

Nobody has said what this weekend was like

151+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Bestival 2014 was actually like to be at.

Create an account Then put the weekend in your memories, and the questions open up.

A ticket stub built from this edition

Share your memory

PNG, 1080 wide · 4:5 or 9:16

Every edition since 2004

Bestival editions

Somewhere in Arreton

Where it happens

Open in maps →
Festival site Festival grounds

The details

Venue
Robin Hill Country Park
Address
Robin Hill, Downend Road PO30 2NU
City
Arreton, UK

Somewhere to sleep it off

Where to stay

Apartments and hotels near Robin Hill Country Park, Arreton for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.

For the record

About the artists

  • Ady Suleiman
    Ady Suleiman was born in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 1 July 1992.
  • Airhead
    Airhead plays minimal drum and bass.
  • Alice Jemima
    Alice Jemima was born on 11 June 1993. Plays pop.
  • Andy C
    Andy C was born on 7 April 1976. Plays afro house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, drum and bass, edm.
  • Annie Mac
    Annie Mac was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 18 July 1978. Plays electronica, house, uk garage.
  • Arthur Beatrice
  • Astronomyy
  • Bad Rabbits
    Bad Rabbits formed in Boston, United States, in September 2007.
  • Basement Jaxx
    Basement Jaxx formed in Brixton, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays big beat, dance, dance-pop, electro house, electronic, funky house, house, latin house.
  • BECK
    BECK was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 8 July 1970. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, anti-folk, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental hip hop, experimental rock.
  • Becky Hill
    Becky Hill was born in Bewdley, United Kingdom, on 14 February 1994. Plays house, pop.
  • Ben Ottewell
    Ben Ottewell was born in Matlock, United Kingdom, on 23 June 1976. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie rock.
  • Bicep
    Bicep formed in 2009. Plays club, edm, electronic, house, leftfield, stutter house, techno.
  • Bipolar Sunshine
    Bipolar Sunshine was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 13 January 1984. Plays alternative r&b.
  • Bo Saris
    Bo Saris plays funk, jazz, soul.
  • Bob Moses
    Bob Moses formed in Vancouver, Canada. Plays deep house, electronic, house, jazz.
  • Bonobo
    Bonobo was born in Brighton, United Kingdom, on 30 March 1976. Plays acid jazz, downtempo, electronic, electronica, jazz, nu jazz, trip hop.
  • Boys Noize
    Boys Noize was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 22 August 1982. Plays acid techno, ebm, electro, electro house, electronic, electronica, french electro, midtempo bass.
  • Candi Staton
    Candi Staton was born in Hanceville, United States, on 13 March 1940. Plays disco, electronic, funk, r&b, soul.
  • Caribou
    Caribou was born in Dundas, Canada, on 29 March 1978. Plays dream pop, electronic, folktronica, house, indietronica, neo-psychedelia.
  • Cate Le Bon
    Cate Le Bon was born on 4 March 1983.
  • Catfish and the Bottlemen
    Catfish and the Bottlemen plays alternative rock, garage punk, indie rock, post-punk revival.
  • Charming
    Charming formed in 1994.
  • Chase & Status
    Chase & Status formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, disco, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
  • CHIC
    CHIC formed in New York, United States, in 1976. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, disco, electronic, funk, r&b, synth funk.
  • Childhood
    Childhood formed in 2010.
  • CHVRCHES
    CHVRCHES formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays dance, electronica, indie pop, indietronica, pop, rock, synth-pop.
  • Clean Bandit
    Clean Bandit formed in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays dance, dance-pop, electronic, electropop, house, pop, tech house.
  • congopunQ
    congopunQ formed in 2008.
  • Damian Lazarus
    Damian Lazarus was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, tech house.
  • Dan Foat
  • dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip
    dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip formed in Stanford-Le-Hope, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in September 2014, after 7 years. Plays electronic, spoken word.
  • Denai Moore
  • Dense & Pika
  • Disclosure
    Disclosure formed in Reigate, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays afro house, bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, dance-pop.
  • DJ Ez
    DJ Ez plays uk garage.
  • DJ Yoda
    DJ Yoda was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays hip hop, turntablism.
  • Drew (US)
  • Dub Pistols
    Dub Pistols formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays dub, electronic.
  • Dusky
  • Eats Everything
    Eats Everything was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 12 May 1980. Plays house, techno.
  • EKKOES
  • Eva Lazarus
  • Ezra Furman
    Ezra Furman was born in Evanston, United States, on 5 September 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter.
  • Factory Floor
    Factory Floor formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electronic rock, post-industrial.
  • Fine Lines
  • Foals
    Foals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, math rock, new wave, rock.
  • FTSE
  • Gideon Conn
  • Glass Animals
    Glass Animals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, on 1 January 2010. Plays electronic, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, pop, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
  • God Damn
    God Damn formed in June 2010. Plays grunge, heavy metal, rock.
  • Gorgon City
    Gorgon City formed in 2012. Plays deep house, electronic, house.
  • Green Velvet
    Green Velvet was born on 26 April 1967. Plays edm, electro, electronic, house, minimal techno, tech house.
  • Happyness
    Happyness formed in 2013.
  • Hockeysmith
  • Indiana
  • Jaguar Skills
  • James Zabiela
    James Zabiela was born in Southampton, United Kingdom, on 7 August 1979.
  • Jenny Lewis
    Jenny Lewis was born in Las Vegas, United States, on 8 January 1976. Plays indie rock, rock.
  • Jessy Lanza
    Jessy Lanza was born in Hamilton, Canada, in 1985.
  • JME
    JME was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 4 May 1985. Plays grime.
  • John Wizards
    John Wizards formed in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010. Plays shangaan electro, soukous.
  • Jus Now
    Jus Now formed in 2012.
  • Kassassin Street
    Kassassin Street plays dance, electronic, pop, psychedelic, rock.
  • Kate Tempest
    Kate Tempest was born on 22 December 1985. Plays hip hop, political hip hop, spoken word.
  • Kaytranada
    Kaytranada was born in Port-au-Prince, Canada, on 25 August 1992. Plays afro house, alternative r&b, bass house, bassline, club, contemporary r&b, dance, deep house.
  • Kiesza
    Kiesza was born in Calgary, Canada, on 16 January 1989. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, deep house, electronic, pop, tech house, uk garage.
  • Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
    Kitty, Daisy & Lewis formed in 2000. Plays r&b, rockabilly.
  • Krystal Klear
  • La Roux
    La Roux formed in Brixton, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays electronic, synth-pop.
  • Land of the Giants
    Land of the Giants formed in Plymouth, United Kingdom, in 2010.
  • Laura Mvula
    Laura Mvula was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 23 April 1986. Plays r&b.
  • Laurel
    Laurel was born on 7 May 1994. Plays pop, singer-songwriter.
  • Loadstar
    Loadstar formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays drum and bass, electronic.
  • London Grammar
    London Grammar formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays alternative rock, art pop, dream pop, electronic, electronica, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
  • Lux Lisbon
  • Mad Professor
    Mad Professor was born in Georgetown, United Kingdom, on 27 March 1955. Plays ambient dub, dub, reggae, roots reggae.
  • Major Lazer
    Major Lazer formed in Los Angeles, Jamaica, in 2008. Plays art pop, dance-pop, dancehall, downtempo, dub, edm, electro, electronic.
  • Maribou State
    Maribou State formed in 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, house, leftfield.
  • Medlar
  • Melt Yourself Down
    Melt Yourself Down formed in London, United Kingdom, in June 2012. Plays afrobeat.
  • MK
    MK was born in Detroit, United States, on 3 August 1972. Plays edm, house.
  • MNEK
    MNEK was born on 9 November 1994. Plays dance, electropop.
  • Monki
  • Mouse on Mars
    Mouse on Mars formed in 1993. Plays ambient, electronic, experimental, glitch, idm, techno.
  • MØ
    MØ was born in Odense, Denmark, on 13 August 1988. Plays dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, synth-pop.
  • Nick Mulvey
    Nick Mulvey was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom, on 4 November 1984. Plays indie folk.
  • Night Flowers
    Night Flowers formed on 6 January 2013. Plays dream pop, shoegaze.
  • Nile Rodgers
    Nile Rodgers was born in New York, United States, on 19 September 1952. Plays club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-rock, disco, pop, r&b.
  • Nimmo
  • Outkast
    Outkast formed in East Point, United States, in 1991. Plays conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, dirty south, funk, hip hop, pop, pop rap, southern hip hop.
  • Paloma Faith
    Paloma Faith was born in Stoke Newington, United Kingdom, on 21 July 1981. Plays art pop, dance-pop, neo soul, pop soul, r&b.
  • Paul Armfield
    Paul Armfield was born on 24 October 1967.
  • Pedestrian
  • Peter Hook & The Light
    Peter Hook & The Light formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in May 2010. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, new wave, post-punk.
  • Pional
    Pional plays dance, edm, electronic, pop.
  • Plastic Mermaids
    Plastic Mermaids plays dream pop, electronica, experimental, folk, pop, post-rock.
  • Plastician
    Plastician was born on 30 October 1982. Plays chillwave, downtempo, dubstep, future garage, grime, speed garage, uk garage, wave.
  • Preditah
    Preditah plays grime.
  • Public Service Broadcasting
    Public Service Broadcasting formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, electronic, electronica, indie rock, indietronica, instrumental, krautrock, post-rock.
  • Radiophonic Workshop
    Radiophonic Workshop formed on 1 April 1958, and split up in 1998, after 39 years. Plays electronic.
  • Raphaella
    Raphaella was born in Yeovil, United Kingdom.
  • Redinho
    Redinho was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays indie pop.
  • Reeps One
  • Reverend and The Makers
    Reverend and The Makers formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays indie rock.
  • Richy Ahmed
    Richy Ahmed plays acid house, bassline, dance, deep house, deep tech, electronica, house, pop.
  • Riko Dan
    Riko Dan plays bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, drum and bass, dubstep.
  • Rob da Bank
    Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
  • Rodney P
    Rodney P was born on 12 December 1969.
  • Rosie Lowe
    Rosie Lowe was born in Devon, United Kingdom. Plays alternative r&b, electropop, indie pop.
  • Route 94
    Route 94 was born on 21 May 1993.
  • Ruth Theodore
  • Sam Smith
    Sam Smith was born in London, United Kingdom, on 19 May 1992. Plays alternative r&b, blue-eyed soul, contemporary r&b, pop, pop soul, r&b, soul, synth funk.
  • Say Lou Lou
    Say Lou Lou formed in 2012. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dream pop, electronic, indie pop, pop.
  • SBTRKT
    SBTRKT was born in London, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, future garage, post-dubstep.
  • Seb Wildblood
  • Seán McGowan
  • Shoot The Moon
  • Signals
    Signals formed in 2004.
  • Sivu
    Sivu was born on 22 February 1988.
  • Skindred
    Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
  • SL2
    SL2 formed in Loughton, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays breakbeat hardcore, electronic, rave.
  • SomaHigh
  • Sophie Barker
    Sophie Barker was born in London, United Kingdom, on 5 November 1971.
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor
    Sophie Ellis-Bextor was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 10 April 1979. Plays dance-pop, disco, folk pop, house, pop, rock.
  • Sounds of Harlowe
  • South London Ordnance
  • Sven Vath
    Sven Vath was born in Obertshausen, Germany, on 26 October 1964. Plays electronic, techno, trance.
  • Tall Ships
    Tall Ships formed in Falmouth, United Kingdom, in 2009, and split up in 2017, after 8 years. Plays dance-punk, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, melodic hardcore, rock.
  • Temples
    Temples formed in Kettering, United Kingdom, in 2012. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
  • Ten Fé
    Ten Fé formed on 1 January 2012.
  • The 2 Bears
    The 2 Bears formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010.
  • The Amazing Snakeheads
    The Amazing Snakeheads formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2010.
  • The Bulletproof Bomb
  • The Correspondents
    The Correspondents formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up on 20 October 2020, after 13 years. Plays electro, electronic, jazz, pop, swing.
  • The Cuban Brothers
    The Cuban Brothers formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • The Fat White Family
    The Fat White Family formed in Peckham, United Kingdom, on 1 April 2011. Plays garage rock revival, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-punk.
  • The Front Bottoms
    The Front Bottoms formed in Woodcliff Lake, United States, in 2006. Plays emo, folk, folk punk, indie rock, pop punk.
  • The Pharcyde
    The Pharcyde formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative hip hop, hip hop, west coast hip hop.
  • The Wytches
    The Wytches formed in Peterborough, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays psychedelic.
  • Tourist
    Tourist was born in London, United Kingdom, on 12 February 1987. Plays chillwave, deep house, downtempo, electronic, future garage, indietronica, melodic house, progressive breaks.
  • tUnE-yArDs
    tUnE-yArDs was born in 1979. Plays art pop, lo-fi.
  • Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats
    Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats formed in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays doom metal, heavy psych, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, stoner rock, traditional doom metal.
  • Uzimon
  • Vaults
    Vaults formed on 30 August 2013, and split up on 25 May 2017, after 3 years.
  • Wild Beasts
    Wild Beasts formed in Kendal, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2018, after 16 years. Plays art pop, cabaret, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, progressive pop, synth-pop.
  • Wild Smiles
  • Wilkinson
    Wilkinson was born in London, United Kingdom, on 18 April 1989. Plays drum and bass, electronic.
  • Wolf Alice
    Wolf Alice formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop.
  • Woman's Hour
    Woman's Hour formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays indie pop.
  • Âme
    Âme formed in 2001. Plays afro house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, disco, drum and bass.