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Away Resorts rolls out One Big Weekend warm-up festival at Isle of Wight park
Hello,
Hope you are well.
UK holiday parks operator Away Resorts is holding an unofficial warm-up Isle of Wight festival at its Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park on the island from June 15-17.
With Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Tom Petty kicking off the official festival calendar the following weekend, Away Resorts thought it would get into the festival spirit a little bit earlier with its own One Big Weekend.
It’s the only holiday park on the island to offer a venue for local bands to play and is a great opportunity for guests to enjoy some live music without having to pay festival prices. In keeping with the festival feel, Whitecliff Bay also has the Magic Loungeabout, an area for holidaymakers who don’t fancy the club house to chill out with a drink. It has bean bags and hay bales to relax on and a bar made out of apple crates, along with free wifi.
Prices for camping start at £20 per night for a standard tent pitch that sleeps six, with glamping accommodation and luxury lodges also available.
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Away Resorts rolls out One Big Weekend warm-up festival at Isle of Wight holiday park
Whitecliff Bay to host weekend of live music from June 15-17
UK holiday parks operator Away Resorts is warming up for the Isle of Wight festival season with its very own One Big Weekend festival at its Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park on the island from June 15-17.
At Whitecliff Bay, the festival line-up will include:
- Covers band Jetset performing hits from the ‘70s through to today on Friday and festival-bands music on Saturday and Sunday
- The Abba Story – a musical tribute
- The Champions of Rock – a musical retrospective of rock through the ages
- The Big '60s Show – a musical and theatrical tribute to the era of the ‘60s
- Non-stop live music performances from Away Resorts entertainments team
- Kids' activities throughout the day, including water walkerz, walking trails, cheerleading school, geocoaching and much more
- Live screening of the Euro 2012 championships
The focus of One Big Weekend is to embrace the resurgence of the Isle of Wight on the festival circuit and create a festival feel at Whitecliff Bay with lots of barbecues, picnics and non-stop live performances from Away Resorts’ entertainment team and bands.
Prices start at £20 per night for a standard tent pitch that sleeps six.
The One Big Weekend festival is also taking place at Away Resorts’ lake-side retreat in Tattershall Lakes in Lincolnshire from June 8-10 with a similar line-up and a Rock the Lakes stage right next to the country park’s biggest lake.
Prices start at £25 per night for a standard tent pitch that sleeps six.
Glamping options, holiday homes and luxury lodges are also available
Glamping options, holiday homes and luxury lodges are also available
Notes to editors:
THE PARKS
WHITECLIFF BAY (Isle of Wight) – WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park has a comforting retro feel to it, with some quirky contemporary twists that really make it stand out from other holiday parks on the ever-popular Isle of Wight.
The jewel in this park’s crown is its beautiful secluded sandy beach, which has gets the top rating from the Good Beach Guide.
It’s the only holiday park on the island to offer a venue for local bands to play and is a great opportunity for guests to enjoy some live music without having to pay festival prices. In keeping with the festival feel, Whitecliff Bay also provided The Magic Loungeabout: an area for holiday-makers who don’t fancy the club house to chill out with a drink. With bean bags and hay bales to relax on and a bar made out of apple crates, along with free wifi, you will really think you’re at Glastonbury.
For the children Whitecliff bay offers ‘A Midsummer Night’s Screen’: a free outdoor family cinema experience set around a campfire with marshmallow toasting, barbecue and a bar, all on the lawn overlooking the bay.
Whitecliff Bay has also introduced glamping to its park, with a 'Canvas Village' comprising bell tents already made up with lovely interiors, beds, heaters, TVs and stylish furnishings.
Booking number 01983 872671
TATTERSHALL LAKES (Lincolnshire) WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Tattershall Lakes Country Park is great for families and individuals who like water activities. It makes the most of its wonderful lakeside setting, offering water-skiing, wake-boarding, banana boating and pedalos with lessons available for all water sports. For those who like a slightly slower pace, it has some well stocked lakes exclusively for fishing, and it also has an 18-hole golf course.
The park has also recently opened a £1.2m leisure complex that includes a pool, a gym and a spa – something for the mums to make the most of. Other activities include water walkerz (zorbing on water), archery, aquajets, and with 365 acres of parkland, lakes and woodland, there is plenty of opportunity to go walking and cycling (bike hire is available).
The evenings are full of activity too. This summer Tattershall Lakes staged musicals at its outdoor performance area, the Midnight Screen, which is set against the stunning backdrop of the park’s biggest lake. The audience could relax at an outside bar and bbq on hay bales, with blankets and camp fires to ward off the cooler nights. From Abba to Champions of Rock, there was music to appeal to every member of the family.
Tattershall Lakes Country Park has also introduced a 'Canvas Village' with bell tents already made up with lovely interiors, beds, heaters, TVs and stylish furnishings.
www.tattershall-lakes.com Booking number 01526 348800
MILL RYTHE (Hayling Island) – WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Mill Rythe Holiday Village is the ultimate park for entertainment. The creative director at the park is Max Barraclough and he works alongside Jenna Lee-James, who is a leading lady form the West End.The park's entertainment team, known as Showcast, provide musical shows for the season with direction from West End professionals, who have performed in hit shows We Will Rock You, The Witches Of Eastwick, Never Forget, Grease, Footloose and Legally Blonde.
Jenna has had played the female lead in We will Rock You and Joseph alongside Lee Mead and Gareth Gates. Jenna has been involved in all aspects of creating the shows for this season at Mill Rythe, and has also brought in musical director Chris Egan, who is a well-known name in the West End and has worked in all genres of music as a composer, arranger, orchestrator and musical director. He’s worked on musicals such as; The Witches Of Eastwick, Never Forget, Grease and Footloose. Chris has written arrangements and performed with many artists including: Lionel Richie, Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga and Ronan Keating. He is currently Elaine Paige’s musical director. He has worked on the orchestrations and musical arrangements for our shows.
www.mill-rythe.com Booking number 02392 460044
All parks - activities for the kids:
pool snorkelling, abseiling archery, kayaking, flying remote control helicopters, water walkerz, walking trails, cheerleading school, geocoaching (high-tech treasure hunting game using GPS devices), archery, body sorbing, Junior Geo (kids can pan for gold, make their own fossils, they also get sand-pouring souvenirs, dig for dinosaurs and a membership pack), Crack Pots (painting pottery, puppets, faces and hands) and Science Bugs (children can try out a collection of experiments and nature discoveries).
For the pre-schoolers, there is a big friendly character called Bear in the Woods. Bear has friends Lucy and Scratch, who take the kids on little adventures live on stage.
GENERAL INFO:
Away Resorts operates holiday parks in three fantastic UK locations.
- The owners of Away Resorts have many years' experience between them at a senior level working for the biggest UK holiday parks, and are very passionate about offering the great British holiday experience at really affordable prices, but with a contemporary twist and done really well.
- Managing director Carl Castledine, finance director Neill Ryder and operations director Greg Lashley set up Away Resorts early in 2008 when they purchased Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park on the Isle of Wight. The company also acquired Tattershall Lakes Country Park in Lincolnshire in November 2009 and more recently Mill Rythe Holiday Village on Hayling Island in September 2010.
- Away Resorts has improved each park greatly:
- At Tattershall Lakes Country Park – an investment of £1.2m on a new leisure complex and spa, which comes on top of £500k already spent on improving facilities and refurbishments
- At Whitecliff Bay - the addition of brand new holiday caravan accommodation, and the refurbishment of the restaurant and public spaces: a total investment of £3.2m
- At Mill Rythe Holiday Village - a large refurbishment programme is underway, improving all bedrooms and public spaces: over £1m already spent.