Embrace your inner tribal warrior for a four-day festival which asks you to join one of three tribes - LeeFest's Neverworld.

You'll need to make decisions before you can don the eco-glitter and colourful festival gear though.

Organisers of the festival with 11 stages require festivalgoers to make a choice before they head in for some summer vibes in the Kent countryside near Hever.

You can choose one of three tribes: The Pirates, The Mermaids or The Lost Boys.

The festival, which has been running for more than a decade and has been in the county for three years, wants a fun and easy-going festival feel for its 5,000 festivalgoers alongside its serious music business.

Big names join up and coming acts and local bands for the massive music event. Chart topping trio Clean Bandit will headline, appearing on the Friday night.

Bastille play the Saturday night, while other bands booked include New York rock veterans We Are Scientists, singer Rae Morris, and singer songwriter Declan McKenna.

It's a rare festival appearance for four-piece rock band Bastille, known for hits including Pompeii and Good Grief, they last played LeeFest in 2012. The BRIT Award winners and Grammy nominated band come to Kent also have a new album on the horizon.

Clean Bandit, who will tease fans with new tracks from their upcoming new album, have topped the charts with hits including Rather Be and with collaborations with Marina & The Diamonds, Zara Larsson and Sean Paul.

Also on the line-up are Hey Zues, the afrobeat pop sensation AADAE, Asylums, DJ Abbie McCarthy, All The Above, Amapola, China Bears, Cove, FOXE, JC Palmer, LUCIA, Muffin, Orestea, Placid and folk-metal collective Scars of Sense.

Annabell Allum will bring emotive slacker-rock to the stage alongside indie four-piece Childcare, Duncan Smith and grunge act Five Kites while critically acclaimed Auckland pop star Fazerdaze join Asylums.

BBC Introducing in Kent is presenting Ten Tonnes, Marsicans and singer Fenne Lilly.

Other acts include Brighton-based Yonaka and Youth Sector with Lion and breaking new acts Whenyoung, Be Charlotte, Bloxx and Fazerdaze.

LOVING THE PLANET

Eco warriors heading will be well catered for. The festival will have plenty of Vegan offerings, alongside food for vegetarians and meat eaters, and those wanting to channel their love for the planet.

Eco Star Dust will be helping love the planet with biodegradable glitter and vegan glue application.

There's also vegan offerings including vegan churros and gluten-free vegan pancakes plus for meat eaters, there will be Spit & Roast, Burrito Boys and festival favourite Mac Attacks.

THE BACK STORY

The four-day event was originally started by Lee Denny in his parents’ back garden in Beckenham while they were on holiday. They grounded him when they found out, but the event has since grown over the years to a festival which takes a year of planning and has previously been called LeeFest and Neverland.

DETAILS

Neverworld by LeeFest will run from Thursday, August 2 to Sunday, August 5 and will be staged at John Darlings Farm near Hever. Tickets, which cost from £119, are almost sold out. Under 12s go free. To book, go to neverworld.co.uk