Brighton & Hove Pride weekend

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Brighton & Hove Pride weekend 5th – 7th August 2016. 

Organised by not for profit community interest company Brighton Pride CIC, Brighton & Hove Pride weekend’s ticket revenue goes directly to the Pride Festival, Pride Community Parade, Pride Village Party production costs and their community fundraising for the Social Impact Fund and Rainbow Fund.

If you are looking for a local campsite during Pride, The Pop-Up Brighton Campsite is gay-friendly and just a 5 minute taxi ride from all of the Pride festivities whilst catering for self pitching as well as Bell tent and Teepee hire so that you can go glamping in extreme style.

Pride entertainment this year includes Brut, Fierce Angel presenting Shine On at Ohso,Pride Unplugged with Heather Peace and Lucy Spraggan, Koochy featuring the Fuel Girls, Pam Ann,Queer Nation and Handsome ,Ruby Rose as well as English Disco Lovers, Sink the Pink and Line Dancing at the all new Pride Pleasure Gardens.

Alesha Dixon, Anne-Marie, DJ Fresh, Jordan Grey and Seann Miley Moore are just some of the great artists performing at Pride this year.

To find out about Pride events, news and tickets visit http://www.brighton-pride.org/

 

Brighton Pride 30th July – 2nd August 2015

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Brighton Pride Festival time is here and what better way to visit Brighton for the event than to stay at the Pop up Pride Campsite, which is in an excellent location 5 minutes taxi ride away and on a main bus route into Brighton. There are tents to suit all price ranges from empty bell tents to kitted bell tents, which include beds, bedding, carpet, lighting, bedside tables and bunting. The sites include the essential toilets, showers, mains power and a pampering area…so you will be ready to party at Brighton Pride 2015!

To find out more about the Pride terrace parties, Pride festival, Pride diversity games, Pride village party, Pride dog show, Pride parade, the Rainbow colour run and to sign up for the Pride newsletter click here

Knockhatch Adventure Park situated close to Pop-up Campsites

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Knockhatch is set in eighty acres of lush countryside and offers a fantastic choice of East Sussex Adventure Park Experiences for families including a boating lake where you can a row boats and have a picnic whilst enjoying the various water loving animals, picnic areas throughout the park, go karts, mini quads, paddling pool, a Falconry Centre with a variety of amazing Birds of Prey, a petting farm including the Wallaby Walkthrough, Farm Animal Keeper Experiences, a large indoor play centre, outdoor adventure playgrounds, the fantastic Wave Runner waterslide, Quadapillar ride and Tommy Tractor Play Barn.

Knockhatch Adventure Park is situated close to our Pop-up Campsites off the A22, about 9 miles north of Eastbourne and to the west of Hailsham, East Sussex and there are always special events taking place such as the Knockhatch Easter Eggstravaganza with Easter Egg Hunts and Fun over the Easter weekend 3rd – 6th April 2015 and Father’s Day celebrations in June.

Additionally, the Knockhatch Ski and Snowboard Centre is located very close to Knockhatch Adventure Park and offers skiing and snowboarding fun and action for all abilities, Ringo Run, lessons, open practice, toboggan parties and more. They have an impressive 110m dry ski slope covered with the renowned artificial surface with a cushioned backing called “Powderpac”.

To find out more visit knockhatch.com

Wild Life Festival June 6th and 7th 2015

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Disclosure and Rudimental are extremely proud to present Wild Life Festival at Brighton City Airport this June with a superb line up throughout the weekend including music from Wu Tang Clan, Soul II Soul, Adam Beyer, Mark Ronson, Annie Mac, Andy C, MJ Cole and Cashmere Cat.

On both Saturday and Sunday the main stage ends at 11pm whilst the other stages continue until 1am on Saturday and until midnight on Sunday 7th. The promoters are running a shuttle bus service back to Worthing and Brighton locations as there is no public transport after the end of Wild Life.

Pop-up campsites have a choice of two campsites close to Shoreham-by-Sea for Wild Life Festival goers to ensure that your weekend is hassle free and comfortable. Our river site is just a twenty minute drive away from the festival site and our Brighton campsite that is nestled in the heart of the downs, is a five minute taxi journey from the town centre and then a train ride away from your festival destination.

Both Pop-up campsites are ideal for self-pitching or groups of campers and we have various packages and extra camping options available such as Teepee and Bell Tent hire along with The Big Green Dining Tent that is ideal for large groups eating together. Alternatively, individuals can pitch your own tent and campers can treat themselves to a farm cooked breakfast at a very reasonable price.

Rugby World Cup 2015

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Rugby World Cup comes to the Amex

If you are one of the lucky people to have tickets for these games we at Pop-up campsites are happy to offer a gorgeous location to camp and  tranquil walk across the south downs way to the Amex stadium, roughly lasting 30 minutes.

The campsite will have have all the usual amenities toilets and showers, self pitching slots closest to the stadium but also ready prepped Boutique Bell tents, so all you have to do is turn up and light a match on the fire pit relax and unwind, after a hard day watching the rugby. We have our very own farm house catering department ready to serve pre cooked dinners and snacks for your return to camp, or if you fancy a much into town we have plenty of restaurants the staff can recommend.

About the Rugby World Cup 2015 in Brighton

Brighton & Hove is one of the 11 host cities of the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Two matches will take place at the Brighton Community Stadium on the weekend of 19 & 20 September 2015:

  • 19 September 2015 (8pm kick off) – South Africa vs. Japan
  • 20 September 2015 (12 noon kick off) – Samoa vs. USA

South Downs events for campers

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From recitals at the local church to annual arts, music and literary festivals, ad hoc town and village community gatherings and regular farmers markets there are a many events that take place throughout the South Downs including the following exhibition and cycle ride.

The ‘Land & Sea’ Art Exhibition at the National Trust Countryside Centre, Burling Gap, East Dean embraces the stunning diversity of the South Downs and features paintings in various media from two local artists Janet Mc Gowan and Louise Chatfield. With free entry and easy parking, this exhibition runs from 6th January – 1st March 2015 with National Trust shop and café facilities available.

Wiggle Southern Rough Ride Cycle event will start from Amberley Working Museum at 8am on Saturday 28th February. With three ride lengths to cater for everyone’s capabilities, this classic South Downs mountain bike route has a number of exciting descents and leg warming hills.  This ride is the opening MTB event for the 2015 Wiggle Super series and is a great way to enjoy the stunning countryside of Amberley, Arundel and Steyning.

To find out about more local activities and events click and visit nationaltrail