The A-Z of Festivals with Rob da Bank
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The A-Z of Festivals with Rob da Bank
A foray into the world of festivals with music man and festival guru Rob da Bank, exploring the underbelly and secrets of how the world's best festivals run. One week he may chat to a megastar headliner, then someone behind the scenes spilling the beans on what it takes to run a festival and ot...
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Scroobius Pip
Rob catches up with king of podcasts, rapper, poet, wrestling addict and all round good egg Scroobius Pip on what Tom Hardy's really like, why he won’...
Arcadia: Bertie Cole
Bertie is half of the pioneering Arcadia crew who have been making world beating insane stages and immersive festival experiences like the Afterburner...
Matt the Hat
Robby meets Matt the Hat who wears numerous hats from owning The Worlds biggest Bouncy Castle with Mr da Bank himself to running the Inflatable Church...
Bestival: Rob da Bank
Back this week as Rob da Bank reminisces over his top 10 Bestival headliners from over the years. He talks through them one by one, with fun backstage...
Greenpeace: Bob Wilson
This week, Rob chats to Bob Wilson who looks after Special Events at Greenpeace. They chat Glastonbury, positive action and everything festivals!
A Greener Festival: Claire O'Neill
Rob da Bank's A-Z of Festivals is back with a bang! Listen and delve into the world of green festivals with Claire O'Neill and what you can do as a pu...
Camp Bestival: Rob da Bank
This week Rob chats to... himself! That's right, it's Camp Bestival this weekend at Lulworth Castle, Dorset so Rob talks us through the A-Z of Camp Be...
Secret Solstice: Fred Olafsson
Rob da Bank is joined by Fred Olafsson, founder for the midnight sun festival, Secret Solstice in Iceland.
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Latitude: Kirsty Taylor and Ed Lilo
Rob catches up with the arts and special events promoter, Kirsty Taylor and talent buyer, Ed Lilo for Suffolk's Latitude Festival which takes place 18...
Glastonbury: Emily Eavis (Re-Edit)
Ahead of Glastonbury this weekend, we’ve done a re-edit of the first ever A-Z of Festivals Podcast to include some juicy bits we couldn’t before!
Beans on Toast
Beans on Toast AKA Jay is one of the most colourful and charismatic fellows on the UK festival scene. He's worked with everyone from Mumford and Sons,...
Isle of Wight Festival: Ray Foulk
Rob catches up with Ray who set up the original Isle of Wight Festival with his brother and ended up beating Woodstock to book Bob Dylan and bring hun...
Download: Andy Copping
Download is possibly the world's biggest rock festival and has a rabid fanbase in the nicest possible way. The man behind it and occasional cowboy hat...
Chris Tofu
Rob chats to the mighty Chris Tofu MBE, vibemaster and the beating heart of the UK left field scene. They discuss Glastonbury, Global Local, Continent...
Take Your Tent Home
The biggest discussion yet, Robby chats to Paul Reed from AIF, Kevin Moore from Boardmasters and NASS, Mary Corfield from Green Belt and Liam Mayet fr...
Camp Bestival: Josie da Bank
Special one this week! Introducing Rob’s wife, Josie da Bank who is spilling the beans on her wisdom of 15 years of running festivals including Camp B...
Trew Fields: Sophie Trew
Robby goes behind the scenes of Trew Fields, the brainchild of Sophie Trew and the world's first cancer awareness and holistic health festival.
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Gemma Cairney
Rob met with broadcaster Gemma Cairney in sunny Margate on Bank Holiday Monday to swim and to chat all things festivals!
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End of the Road: Simon Taffe
The sweet smell of festival season is upon us! Episode 6 of the A-Z of Festivals is with my old sparring partner Simon Taffe who founded End of the Ro...
Sara Cox
For podcast 5, we managed to get time with Sara Cox! Her and her family have been staunch festival supporters, she has her own best selling book and I...
Boomtown: Kaptin Barrett
Drum roll please for one of the most innovative and downright insane festivals out there- Boomtown! Rob catches up with Head of Music, Kaptin and gets...
Lost & Found: Annie Mac
Step up the queen of Radio 1, party starter, mum of boys and festival guru Annie Mac for my latest foray into festies. Annie goes deep into gender equ...
Wilderness: John Empson
The second in Rob da Bank's A-Z of Festivals is a chat with John Empson, promoter and programmer for Wilderness, Eden Sessions and Citadel Festivals....
Glastonbury: Emily Eavis
Starting in the best of places for an a-z with the letter G, it's Glastonbury.
After 23 Glastonbury visits, Rob goes down to Worthy Farm to cha...
Introducing The A-Z of Festivals with Rob da Bank
A foray into the world of festivals with music man and festival guru Rob da Bank, exploring the underbelly and secrets of how the world's best festiva...