REVIEW: The Mighty Boosh Festival [Festival Fever]

REVIEW: The Mighty Boosh Festival

Posted on July 8, 2008 11:42 AM
2 comments

Jamie Hince fancies the crowd at The Mighty Boosh Festival.

Hop Farm
5th July 2008

By Zarina Raja

The Mighty Boosh Festival, an event showcasing a variety of comedy and music, took place on Saturday 5th July at the Hop Farm in Kent.

Along with the sun came hundreds of Boosh fanatics, many of whom were dressed as characters from the hit BBC series.

Throughout the day, Boosh fans saw the likes of Gary Numan, White Denim, Polar Bear, Robots in Disguise, The Kills, Jarvis Cocker, Har Mar Superstar, Peaches and The Charlatans, take to the main stage.

Rich Fulcher, otherwise known as the irrepressible Bob Fossil in The Mighty Boosh, entertained the audience between performances. Dressed as a fetching woman he threw in some slap dash comedy and a handful of smutty jokes.

The crowd, a mixture of families, teenagers and twenty-somethings, thoroughly enjoying the whole day and Fulcher’s cheeky witticisms.

The Mighty Boosh boys, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, headlined the one-day festival with a medley of their own songs from the TV series, including Isolation, Nanageddon, Eels, Space Pirates and The Funk Song.

Dee Plume of Robots in Disguise, and girlfriend of Noel Fielding, said it was:

“A family festival. It’s a bit like a soap opera, all our friends are here and we’ve been dancing with our niece and nephews.”

Alison Mosshart of The Kills said of their performance:

“I liked the gig a lot. It was way too sunny though, next time, let’s do it in the dark.”

Jamie Hince of The Kills and boyfriend of Kate Moss said:

‘The sun was in my face; I couldn’t really see anyone. There were a couple I fancied in the crowd though…’

Comments (2)

Iona
Wow you know when Dee Plume said she was dancing with her Niece and Nephew? I was there x) Good times and it was a whole load of fun x
Posted on July 8, 2008 4:23 PM

Jenny
The Boosh Fest was fantastic, Gary Numan was by far the best performance on the music front. Shame I didn't get to meet my love Julian though, but there's always a next time! Xx
Posted on July 8, 2008 5:12 PM