Here are just selection of some of the festivals and events we have been involved with:
- Bestival (Isle of Wight)
- Secret Garden Party (Cambridgeshire)
- Glade Festival (South West)
- Lovebox Festival (London)
- T4 on the Beach (Weston-Super-Mare)
- Magic Loungabout (Yorkshire)
- Electric Gardens (Kent)
- Field Day (London)
- Metro Weekender (Cardiff)
- Russian Winter Festival (London)
- Renaissance (Knebworth House)
- Innocent Village Fete (London)
- B Live (London)
- Skandia Cowes Week (Isle of Wight)
- Henley Regatta (Henley-upon-Thames)
- Kew Gardens (London)
- Bollywood Bar (Bestival)
- Southern Comfort Fat Tuesdays (Bestival)
- JD Set (Jack Daniels - Various)
- Heat UK (London)
- Kent Music Festival (Kent)
- We also provide outdoor bar hire services for events and festivals
Our experience speaks for itself. Why not read some of our Case Studies:
Case Studies
Bestival, Isle of Wight
Bestival has been dubbed "all the best bits from the other festivals, rolled into one mad weekend." Our outdoor bar operation comprised 15 bars, including two mass-serve cocktail bars: the Bollywood Bar & Black Dahlia, Brother's Cider Bar, the Bestiv-ale Pub, the Havana Club Brand Experience, the cockney Knees Up, Come Dancing, two mass-serve serve bars (using 44,000 pint tankers) as well as further themed bars and fast can stations. Bestival has sold out on the last three occasions and expected to grow to 35,000+ next year.
www.bestival.net
FIELD DAY
Sharing the same venue as the Lovebox Weekender - Field Day returned to Victoria Park in East London at the beginning of August. The organiser employed us to run all 8 outdoor bars including a prestigious backstage VIP cocktail bar. Cold draught lager and 'pokey' Mojito's were the order of the day for the 20,000 guests. Planning is already underway for 2009.
www.fielddayfestivals.com
NOTTINGHILL CARNIVAL
Red Bull approached us to showcase their Red Bull Cola drink at London's Notting Hill Carnival on the August Bank Holiday weekend. The event was a huge success - "Just want to say what a great job Steve and the team did. It was a pleasure to work with such a professional and hard working team. The overall event was a great success for Red Bull and created excellent awareness of Red Bull Cola throughout the carnival. Having fun loving bar staff, serving premium drinks helped make this happen. I look forward to working with you all in the near future." (Ben Kendall - Red Bull Marketing)
www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk
MAGIC LOUNGEABOUT
"A new and more refined way of experiencing live music" The inaugural year for Magic Loungeabout - a 24 hour party based in North Yorkshire at an amazing site for a new "grown-up" festival experience. We ran a number of bars for Simon and the Magic Loungeabout team, including a cocktail bar - whilst everyone enjoyed a bit of Gary Numan or classic house DJ John Kelly. One to watch.
www.themagicloungeabout.net
GLADE FESTIVAL
After an extremely busy month in May and June to include the Radio 1 after-party, Rockness, Artemis Transat and Mark Ronson at the Old Billingsgate to name but a few - the Glade festival returned this year with some glorious weather. A more intimate affair this year and a huge success and definitely re-kindled the Glade vibe with some great music, excellent weather and of course a lot of beer! - as well as cocktails on the Sancho Panza Bar and real ale courtesy of Otter Ale - keeping Glade crowd happy throughout the weekend. We're already looking forward to next year.
www.gladefestival.com
Lovebox
Now in its 4th year, we returned to Victoria Park to run the bars for Lovebox - London's coolest day festival in the summer calendar. 12 Bars including a huge 40 metre main stage bar, several cocktail bars and Cuervo frozen margaritas were just some of the outlets available to thirsty London festival-goers throughout the weekend.
www.lovebox.net
CAMP BESTIVAL
It was the inaugural year for Camp Bestival (Bestival's Sister event) at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. Set in an idyllic setting in the Dorset countryside the event's first year was a huge success and cemented its future for years to come. We provided a colourful mix of cocktail bars, satellite bars and mass-service outdoor bars throughout the weekend.
www.campbestival.co.uk
SECRET GARDEN PARTY
Definitely this summer's talking point. The Secret Garden Party has grown a loyal, eclectic and fun following in its five year history and this year the event sold out well before they opened the gates. Cocktails are always a popular with this crowd and we didn't disappoint - especially our head mixologist's Glen's "secret" Bloody Mary recipe - it was the talking point of the weekend and certainly helped with the hangovers! As well as the main bars we also built the Aspalls Cyder Barn and provided a rum bar on a pirate ship in the middle of the lake (which was only accessible via canoe-water-taxi) and was consequently exploded into a flurry of fireworks on Saturday night (after we vacated it we may add) and watched as 200 flamed-lanterns ascended into the night sky - it was quite a show. Next year's antics are already being planned but we're sworn to secrecy!
www.secretgardenparty.com
BLOOM FESTIVAL
Set in idyllic Gloucestershire countryside, now in its 3rd year, Bloom returned with a bang this year with an eclectic line up of music, fun and hedonism with acts including Kissy Sell Out, Roisin Murphy and Roni Size. Franc and Olivia brought us in to run the outdoor bars this year which included a fun Cabaret Bar, a Cuervo Bar and a mass-service bar throughout the weekend.
www.bloomfestival.com
ROCKNESS
Peppermint Bars were behind running the cocktail & brand experience bars at Rockness in Inverness, Scotland. The weather held up and the festival was fantastic for all concerned. Thanks to all our hard-working team. Full review to follow.
RADIO 1'S BIG WEEKEND - The After-Show Party
When? Saturday 10th May 2008 Where? Maidstone TV Studios, Kent
'The biggest line up in ClubClass history' greeted Peppermint, who provided the bar services at the highly anticipated after party for Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone, Kent. The event was broadcast live from the largest TV studio in the UK and welcomed a celebrity spotted crowd who partied into the small hours. Peppermint designed and ran a fully stocked main bar with the intensity and professionalism it is famous for, ensuring a perfect service to a crowd buzzing with anticipation for each amazing act. This was complimented by the VIP area, with it's chilled out vibes and funky seating areas providing a break from the madness.
Greg from ClubClass commented "Peppermint Bars provide a first class and stylish service to any event they are involved in. They are reliable, secure and very efficient when it comes to planning and setting up of the bar space. All staff are professional and very friendly from management right down to serving staff, and it's reassuring to know that a first class service is provided to the people that attend our events"
METRO WEEKENDER, CARDIFF
A spin-off of the hugely popular London based event, in Cooper's field in Cardiff city centre. Acts have included Snow Patrol, Stone Roses, Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox. Our outdoor bar operation comprised of two main service bars and a VIP backstage bar. Attendance: approx 10k per day.
Testimonials
"Part of the attraction with our festival is that it does not follow the norm - people like to explore the site, find new places, get lost even - that is why it was important to have plenty of bars within reach. We sat down with Peppermint and talked through the logistics, they were very flexible and sensitive to our requirements."
Josie da Bank, Organiser, Bestival
"Just want to say what a great job Steve and the team did. It was a pleasure to work with such a professional and hard working team. The overall event was a great success for Red Bull and created excellent awareness of Red Bull Cola throughout the carnival. Having fun loving bar staff, serving premium drinks helped make this happen. I look forward to working with you all in the near future."
Ben Kendall - Red Bull Marketing
"Peppermint Bars provide a first class and stylish service to any event they are involved in. They are reliable, secure and very efficient when it comes to planning and setting up of the bar space. All staff are professional and very friendly from management right down to serving staff, and it's reassuring to know that a first class service is provided to the people that attend our events"
Greg from ClubClass. (Speaking after Radio 1's Big Weekend after show party)
