LOST VAGUENESS ‘FESTIVAL WITHIN A FESTIVAL’ GROWS AT GLASTONBURY 2004

May 13, 2004 - Press Dispensary - Lost Vagueness (www.lostvagueness.com), the original instigator of
Burlesque festival glitz-sleaze, follows its 2003 success with another exotic extravaganza in the Green Area of Glastonbury Festival 2004. The Lost Vagueness area is a free-spirited festival of its own within the overall festival experience, and has grown again this year, with more even more surreal sub-cultural entertainments and pursuits.

New for 2004 is the Paradise Lost Trailer Park - sole purveyor of deluxe on-site accommodation for those who want to escape muddy tents and terrible toilets; the Cinema, with its line-up of independent and 50s nostalgia flicks; and the Dome, which stages exotic Eastern flavours and global crossover music. Programmed by the Asian Music Awards and Continental Drifts, the Dome will see performances from Future World Funk, Eskimo Rockers, and other major acts, from 8pm till late.

Established Lost Vagueness favourites include the dining decadence of The Silver Service Restaurant, where you can enjoy a more civilised Saturday night in the stylish surrounds of the high class establishment. Here, gourmet cuisine is prepared for your delectation by moonlighting chefs from award-winning restaurants so famous we're not allowed to say which ones! Diners are requested to book in advance, and dress for dinner. To reserve your table, please call 07956 627945.

The Rock n' Roll Diner - one of our most popular spots – is always kicking with 24hrs of rockin' vibes. Serving the best English breakfast hangover cure on site, and veggie-burgers to keep you dancing all night!

The Chapel of Love and Loathe - by day, a haven of fluffy love; by night, a vision of Babylonian excess, the Chapel brings matrimonial mayhem to the young lovers of Glastonbury. Our squad of heavenly nuns and twisted vicars will help you tie the knot with all the pomp and ceremony they can muster. Your deepest darkest secrets will be treated with the confidentiality they deserve in our multi-media confessional.


As the Chapel bell strikes 12, we hand over to our host, The Velvet Tipped Saloon, which brings you a full night of thrills, spills and unexpected delights as it presents some of the most extreme and challenging cabaret to be found anywhere on site.

The Ballroom, with its old time dance hall atmosphere, brings dance workshops and tea-dances by day, followed by some of Britain’s best underground bands at night (until 6am).

Guests in eveningwear can enter the inner sanctum of the legendary Casino, which hosts the swinging Elvises, Swizelshaker, Grrrlesque, Can Booty Can, Lucifire, The Flaming Dudettes, erotic burlesque, live swing bands, DJs, Blackjack, and Roulette for fun.

Meanwhile, the Changing Room transforms ordinary festival-goers who aren't fully glamorised into fabulous night-time players!

Roy Gurvitz comments: "Lost Vagueness was christened at Glastonbury a few years ago - aptly so - because people had incredible, hazy experiences in our mad, late-night bar on the outskirts, but had difficulty remembering where to find it again! We might be easier to track down these days, but the experience remains the same. One thing's for sure: we've always been the first place to open and most definitely the last place to close."

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Lost Vagueness, in its guise as a Casino, started in 1998, after
originating from an illicit travellers' bar that appeared on the outskirts of Glastonbury Festival. The original irony of travellers in top hats is now overshadowed by the sheer quality of the show; however the grass-roots humour remains the same to this day.

Growing from pallets to palace during the last six years, The Lost Vagueness field at Glastonbury now involves a 900 strong team of performers and crew.

In 2003, Lost Vagueness was the only field in the festival's 35 year history to be closed because of overcrowding.

For further information please contact:
Roy Gurvitz, Lost Vagueness
Email:
Site: www.lostvagueness.com