So some of you are thinking ‘Jeez, she missed LOADS of bands that I would have gone to see.’ And yeah you’re right, not only did I miss(catch) a lot of music there was also LOTS of performance art and other things going on - again this list is in vaguely chronological order.

Strange Fruit - ‘Spheres’ @ The o2 Blueroom. THIS was amazing, balanced on 4 metre poles above huge paper spheres lit from underneath they swayed and bent and literally flew. Actually just go here and watch the promo video for an explanation.
Silent Disco - silent disco tent. Two DJ’s, a pair of headphones and two channels to flick between. The only sound from outside was the crowd singing along.
Disco Fiasco - The Village Green. Possibly the worst disco I have ever been at and its deliberately done like that. Loads of fun.
Lost Vagueness - The Asylum. Some familiar faces from the Tassel Club here (Sarah and Miss Epiphany) and some just weird acts. We watched a guy dance on broken glass. The Asylum itself is as the name says. Furnished with hospital beds, medical chairs and other pieces of ‘equipment’ - the ketamine simulator proved of especial interest to some of our party. At different times people in doctors and nurses outfits would abduct people from the dancefloor, tie them to a bed, stick a leather strop in their mouth and whip them. Normally you’d have to pay for treatment like that.
Lucent Dossier - Dolab stage in Body and Soul. Burlesque ballet set on a pirate ship by men and women dressed like (dead) extras from Pirates of the Carribean. Stage was set in about 5 inches of water, I assume it was warm as the nights were cold. We went to the 2.30am show. Utterly fabulous stuff.
Lovely Girls\Lads competition - The Village Hall. Just like Father Ted. Lovely girls, Lovely lads, Lovely Garda, Hunky Priest, Nosy Nun, etc. The villagers were great, they stayed in character for the entire weekend.
The Carnival - They had CHAIROPLANES! I hadn’t been on them since I was 12. Sooo much fun. Also an old style carousel where we met a couple of bananas.
Tower of Truth - this was supposed to be burnt at 12am. However the gards moved the barrier out for safety and it was delayed till 2am - the rain started at 1.50am.
The tower once it was eventually lit took about 45 minutes to burn and fall, we were soaked through by the end of it despite my poncho.

Once again I haven’t mentioned lots of stuff: the Chai bar where we were too late to get a hookah and smoke some shisha. Chilling on a bed in Bollywood. Knitting with some of the Gin Lady’s friends in the Zen Garden. Drinks in the SoCo bar and the wee Mardi Gras parade (I’ve got enough strings of golden beads to make a half decent Mr T costume.) Bacardi and cranberry in the sun at the Bacardi B Bar. Many, many, many pints of Heineken. Swinging in the hammocks in Body and Soul, watching the waterfall in the Dingly Dell, drinking Miz Rabbits champagne bought for 15 quid in Tarts&Tease, Y’s vodka with the weird twig\herb in it, swigging wine from a milk jug…