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10 reasons you should add the Just So Festival to your family’s 2018 bucket list

10 reasons you should add the Just So Festival to your family’s 2018 bucket list

This year was our fifth adventure with Just So. Half of me can’t fathom how quickly those years have flown by, the other half can’t imagine a year without the Just So Festival knitted into the fabric of our family life. Five years in, I know my way around, I recognise the same volunteers, the same festival goers, the same costumes. We’ve got our festival rhythm down pat, but that feeling of magic, of being swept up in a glorious weekend of pure joy, has never faded. I still have those skin-tingling moments when you suddenly look around you and…

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Our Just So adventure 2015

Our Just So adventure 2015

“The Just So Festival Tourist Board are delighted to be welcoming you on our 2015 expedition. Expect to tour the most curious of lands and encounter creatures and characters beyond your wildest dreams.” I’m absolutely delighted to announce that this summer we’ll be journeying to the Just So Festival for the third time for another wonderful weekend full of creativity, imagination and magic. The festival provides a magical experience where art, music and literature come together in a stunning location, with fantastic  musical, theatrical, and visual performances, workshops and installations to explore and it has won itself a permanent place…

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Just So Festival 2014: Our tribe reveal

Just So Festival 2014: Our tribe reveal

Each year, the wonderful Just So Festival finishes with the Tribal Tournament, where the winning tribe (owls, foxes, stags, fish, frogs or lions) is announced amidst a final fantastic knees up. At last year’s festival we were all part of 2013’s winning tribe, the Owls! But this year, changes are afoot and some of us might have jumped ship…. Just So 2014 Tribe Reveal from Heather Young on Vimeo.

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