Benicassim is a small beach town on the Costa De Azahar located between Valencia and Barcelona. The Festival takes place from Thursday 16th July until Sunday 19th July
A cross between a music festival and a summer holiday with your mates, Benicassim's popularity has soared in recent years due to its guaranteed hot climate and lack of rain plus the attraction of a beautiful beach to laze around on during the day in typical Spanish siesta style. Four days of indie pop and electronica across the Main Stage and several smaller stages in tents will keep your thirst for music well and truly quenched. Bands start around 6pm, headliners hit the stages around 1am and DJs keep the party alive 'til 6am, meaning Benicassim is ideal for all those who prefer to stay up all night and sleep all day.

At least that is the plan!!!

I got a text from Bella about an hour ago saying there were extreme winds all night and the music was stopped at 10 pm because of unsafe stage cancelling all the main acts!!! people were packing up as tents were blowing everywhere. Fortunately theirs is still on the ground!8|
She's worried that the festival won't go ahead tonight either but as there are no forecasts for winds on any of the weather sites i've told her to hold fire and stay put for a while as it may pass..

Latest text says the arena is out of bounds as they are working on the stage so they are heading into the 'old town' with the optimistic thought that all will be resolved by 6pm this evening!

Deary, deary me ...the trials and tribulations of a rock music festival fan :))

p.s
I have resignedly cancelled my stewarding and camping weekend at Warwick folk festival for next weekend which I was looking forward to immensely :(
I guess i'll just write this summer off completely!