Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Jun 14th, 2010
With the summer festival season well underway, it’s time to pack the tent, put on your shorts and wellies and MAKE SOME NOOOOISE! Britain is home to an overwhelming selection of summer music festival fun so picking just 10 Britain Summer Music Festivals was painfully difficult. We opted for a good mix of mass madness, [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Jun 4th, 2010
Summer is here and you’re already planning your seaside escape. It won’t be long before you’re breathing the sea breeze and sipping cocktails while working on your seriously neglected tan. Could it get any better than this? Actually, yes, it can.
Here at camp Joobili we believe a good festival or unique event can improve any [...]
Posted in Travelosophy, Where I'd Rather Be on May 18th, 2010
Festival fanatics love to boast of the rave they attended in Goa or the tribal festival in the Philippines. Don’t get us wrong, these are incredible experiences, but who wants to pay extravagant fees for world festival entertainment when there is so much festival fun right here in Europe.
Summer means its European music festival season. [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Feb 12th, 2010
We scoured the Joobili archives to find the best, most romantic escape for the Valentines Day weekend and I think we have a winner: The Festival of the Kiss in Roquemaure France. The 14th century church in Roquemaure houses the relics of St. Valentine making it the capital of romance each February. In 1868 the [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Jan 5th, 2010
Most Nudity: Las Palmas Carnival
Second only to Rio, and like nothing else this side of the Atlantic, get ready for weeks of non-stop Latin rhythms and drunken revelry. Costumes are intricate works of art fitted to expose maximum skin. The highlight of the carnival is the crowing of the carnival queens, both drag and [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Sep 18th, 2009
Summer is closing, days are getting shorter, and if you’re like me, the early signs of the the Autumn blues are setting in. No fear, these festivals are guaranteed to cheer you up! From banging your beers at the incredibly popular Oktoberfest in Munich to dressing up as a Gorilla in London, to racing your [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Aug 26th, 2009
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a ‘where I’d rather be’ post, but with Leeds Festival starting tomorrow I just couldn’t resist. Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, and Kings of Leon are headlining this year, but it’s the Saturday Radiohead show I’d love to see. I saw Thom Yorke do a solo performance in San Francisco a [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Jul 14th, 2009
Harrods is the world’s most luxurious shopping destination and not where you would normally come to find a bargin. But Joobili is not about ‘normal’ so we’re here to remind you there is just one week left in the annual Harrods Summer Sale. Every premium fashion brand with an Italian name (and even those without) [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on May 30th, 2009
I not much of what you’d call a “greenthumb” but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a good garden when I see one. So it shouldn’t come as a total shock that this week’s ‘where I’d rather be’ post is Dublin’s Bloom Day. Actually it’s not one day, it’s five days of blooming beauty ending [...]
Posted in Where I'd Rather Be on Apr 27th, 2009
Queens Day competes for the title of biggest street party in Europe. Koninginnedag is 24-hours of partying that started as a celebration hosted by the now deceased former Queen Julianna. Lucky for everyone, her daughter Beatrix kept the festivities alive, and even encourages them by visiting various towns throughout the Netherlands. Amsterdam is the epicenter [...]
