A Vague History
Within the outlandish cosmos of Glastonbury Festival was born a world, an illuminated field of bizarre zones and happenings where memorable myths and surreal stories are born.
Over the years, Lost Vagueness has picked up a reputation for being the most anarchic and culturally twisted location at the festival, a place where performers and guests languish together in the warped decadence of the surroundings.
These days Lost Vagueness can be found at venues and festival sites of its own. Over the last couple years we've manifested our unique world in a 1930's London Musichall, launched our members party, Lost Idol and the Lost Vagueness festival. We'd like to say a big thanks to all who came to the first ever LV festy, we hope y'all come again...
The Scissor Sisters (Jake Shears) The Observer, 2004: "I spent the rest of the night with my friends in the Lost Vagueness field. I've never seen such madness… At one point I turned to a friend and said: 'I think this must be what heaven is like."
A brief history of Lost Vagueness at Glastonbury Festival
Lost Vagueness is remarkable in that it has literally evolved from pallets to a palace, in an evolution spanning over18 years.The precursor to “Lost Vagueness” was a series of small surreptitious venues, hidden away in the madness of Glastonbury Festival and going back as far as 1986.
Lost Vagueness the casino was born in 1998, as a theatrical human backdrop to a small cabaret venue, visible only through glass behind the bar.
In the year 2000, people were astonished to stumble across a full casino, ballroom and restaurant, where you had to be dressed in evening-wear. This was in stark contrast to the muddy wastelands of the rest of site that year.
In 2002 we presented Casino, Ballroom, Roller-Disco, Changing Room, Cabaret Stage and Silver-Service Restaurant, also the Chapel of Love and Loathe, Circus Stage and American Diner.
By 2003 Lost Vagueness had been well and truly found, with the field proving so popular that it had to be closed for heath and safety. This made it the first and only field to be closed, due to overcrowding, in 35 years of Glastonbury Festival history. This years’ new additions included; The Big Brother Caravan, The Freak Show, The Launderette, The Meccadonalds Venue and Sculpture Park by The Mutoid Waste Company.
2003
2003 was a year of remarkable progress for Lost Vagueness, one in which we firmly established ourselves as a reputable and innovative cultural organisation. This development was made possible by the support and recognition of The Arts Council of England. Funding encouraged us to launch the company Lost Vagueness Ltd, and enabled us to tour a series of venues over the summer, including Stokefest (Hackney), Strawberry Fair (Cambridge), and The Coronet (London).
Other events include:
Godskitchen (VIP décor)
Fabrics 4th Birthday Party (Changing Room)
The Xmas Extravaganza (The Coronet, London)