Information:
Lake of Stars 2008: October 10th -– 12th @Sunbird Livingstonia Beach,, Malawi

Email: will@lakeofstars.co.uk
Phone: (+ 44) (0) 772 542 8377 / + 44) (0) 208 880 6519

www.myspace.com/lakeofstars

Tickets:
Tickets outside of Malawi available from Ticketline:
Visit: www.ticketline.co.uk
Phone: (+44) (0) 161 832 1111
£40 plus booking fee

Tickets in Malawi available from the following outlets:
Harry's Bar, Old Town, Lilongwe
Phone: (+265) (1) 757 979
James' Joint, Lilongwe

If you cannot reach any of these outlets please email will@lakeofstars.co.uk to reserve a ticket on the gate at the festival.

Rough price guide to accommodation:
Camping £3 per night
Dorm bed £4 per night
Private room £7 per night
Ensuite room £12 per night
Hotel room £25 per night

Festival accommodation and enquiries:
Lake of Stars 2008 will be at the incredible Sunbird Livingstonia Beach. The venue is just 90 mins drive from Lilongwe International Airport and sits right on the edge of Lake Malawi.

There is a wide range of accommodation here from deluxe rooms to camping.  Please contact Sunbird to reserve your accommodation:
Email: Livingstonia@sunbirdmalawi.com
Phone: (00 265) 1 263 222
Visit the venue's website: http://www.sunbirdmalawi.com/livingstonia/livingstonia_beach.htm

Find out more about the country:
Visit: www.malawitourism.com
Email: enquiries@malawitourism.com
Call: (+ 44) (0) 115 982 1903

Also check 'The Spectrum Guide to Malawi' by John Douglas and Kelly White or any of the Rough Guides or Lonely Planet guidebooks on Central Africa.

How to get there from the UK

Global Link Travel:
Lake of Stars has teamed up with Global Link Travel and Kenya Airways to bring you some of the lowest fares available. Global Link Travel is a charity travel company specializing in dealing with Humanitarian, Aid, Disaster relief organizations as well as charities and missionaries. Head office based in London with locations in Africa, India, USA and Brazil. Global Link will donate £5 for every air ticket issued for this festival to the Lake of Stars charity of choice. Please quote ‘Lake of Stars’ when making your booking.

Global Link Travel offer return flights from London Heathrow to Malawi from £495 (includes current prepaid taxes).

Phone: 0207 224 7766
Email: fabian@globallinktravel.co.uk
Office: Capricorn House, 1 Mandeville Place, London, W1U 3AW

'I was born a little hippy kid running naked at festivals so I've seen a few, but the Lake of Stars is far and beyond the most beautiful setting for a party as well as the wickedest mixture of people and music I've ever seen.... blaaaoooowww!!'
- Skitz, BBC Radio 1/1Xtra

'Lake of Stars was without doubt one of the most memorable shows I've ever played. I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone up for an adventure and a laugh'
- DJ Yoda

Language:
English and Chichewa are Malawi's two main languages. Strictly English is the "official" language and Chichewa is the "national" language. Chi (language of) Chewa (the Chewa people).

Other languages are of the Tumbuka (common in the north) and Yao (south) English is widely understood, some words, when pronounced, are almost the same in Chichewa and English: e.g. ti/tea; khofi/coffee.

A full introductory course (book & audio-CD) in Chichewa, called "Tiyeni! Chichewa Course for Newcomers to Malawi", is available from www.malawitourism.com and www.africabookcentre.com.