CabbageFest is a celebration of Katherine and Rupert's marriage. We got engaged at a festival, so have created one of our own for our wedding, set in a beautiful river valley in south Devon.

Where?

Yeo Farm, Topsham Bridge, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4DR.

Pictured above is the site.

When?

Guests are welcome to arrive from early evening on Friday 5 July 2024 ​and stay until Monday 8 July. There will be festival fun throughout, with ​the main ceremony taking place on Saturday 6 July around midday.

Travel

Train:

The nearest station is Totnes - about a 30minute drive. There are taxis ​you can get from Totnes to the site.

Please let us know here if you need a lift from Totnes station, as drivers ​may be able to pick you up or we will arrange a shuttle if enough ​demand and timings work out.

Car:

We are hoping to encourage car sharing as much as possible, please ​use this form to share details if you require a lift or if you’re in a position ​to offer a lift.

There is a dedicated car park at the festival site, close to the camp ​site. You will need to carry any camping equipment from the car park, ​but it is only a 5 minute walk. For any super heavy things or problems ​with carrying stuff, let us know and we may be able to help or send ​help.

FAQs

What should I wear?

Cabbages and flamingos is the theme if you want a theme, but if not ​it's totally up to you! We are keen to encourage people not to buy ​new things for the wedding, so have set up a clothes / accessories ​swap page. Charity shops and clothes swapping with friends is ​another option!

Clothes swap forum - click here

We do have some practical tips with the site:

• Bring clothes for warm/dry/rainy/windy as it is an outside venue ​and we can't vouch for the weather. However, there’s lots of ​covered places if it does rain.
  
• Flat shoes. It's mostly grass and shouldn't get too muddy.
  

Can we bring kids ?

Babies and toddlers at festivals are not an unusual sight and ours will ​be no different. Above all, we want everyone to be as comfortable as ​possible. If that means bringing them along, they’re more than ​welcome. If that means finding alternative care so you can properly ​relax, cool!

Please note that we are by a river, so you will need to keep an eye on ​them!

We won’t be catering specifically for babies and toddlers, so if you ​don’t think they will want to eat the food we are providing please ​remember to bring some for them.

Please note there will not be high chairs, so please bring what you ​need if normal seating isn’t suitable.

For older children, we will need to treat them as extra guests so this will ​be on an invite only basis.

Can we bring our dog?

No, sorry folks.

Plus ones?

We are pretty tight on numbers, so any plus ones / partners will be on ​an invite only basis.

Wedding gifts

We are not asking for a gift - your company at our wedding is more ​than enough (we really mean it!). But if you feel like you want to, we’d ​love a contribution to our honeymoon on the lizard in Cornwall.

Our details to send it to:

Katherine McAlpine

04-00-04 - 45176876

Food

You probably know food is pretty important to us and we are excited ​to eat and drink with you all for our wedding! As much as possible, the ​food will be organic and sustainably produced.

We’ll be providing a fire-cooked vegetarian banquet on the ​ceremony day, Saturday 6 July, which will be at lunchtime. We met ​this fire-cooking gang, Ubuntu, at Shambala, where we got engaged ​and think the food they make is really special.

There will also be evening food provided on the Saturday: home-​made flatbreads with grilled halloumi and salads, courtesy of Truly ​Crumptious.

Outside of Saturday lunch and dinner, we are providing some options ​for you to buy some lovely festival-style food, but you are also very ​welcome to bring your own. There will be facilities to boil water for ​meals and hot drinks, though you can of course bring a camping ​stove & kettle if that’s your bag.

On Friday 5 July there will be a sourdough pizza van – Pizza Pirates are ​a great Totnes-based social enterprise supporting mental health ​charities.

On Saturday 6 July in the morning Truly Crumptious will be doing ​breakfast and coffee from 9.00 - 10.30am.

On Sunday 7 July Truly Crumptious will be doing breakfast and lunch: ​a range of hand-made crumpets and toppings, plus coffee and hot ​drinks, throughout morning and afternoon.

For those who are staying until Sunday evening or Monday morning, ​we will be doing a big BBQ on Sunday eve. We will have enough for ​everyone who is down to stay over on Sunday, but please let us know ​if you plan to stay for the BBQ but staying elsewhere night-time so we ​can get food amount right. Please feel free to bring anything special ​you want, though we will be catering for all dietary requirements.

Please let us know of any dietary requirements on your RSVP

Drink

Plonkers Pub will be doing the drinks at CabbageFest, stocking ​organic natural wine, cider, beer and softs - all UK and mostly local ​producers. We are planning to run it on a donation basis, with ​suggested amounts (see below for bar list)). You are welcome to bring ​your own drinks too.

Plonkers bar list

Wine, all organic, by 125ml glass

• white, ‘Horsmonden Dry 2022’, Davenport, Sussex - £3
  
• red, ‘Diamond Fields Pinot Noir 2022’, Davenport, Sussex - £3
• sparkling white, ‘Pet Nat 2022’, Davenport, Sussex - £3
• sparkling pink, ‘Pet Nat Pink NV’, Ancre Hill, Monmouthshire - £3
• sparking red, ‘Pet Nat Red NV’, Ancre Hill, Monmouthshire - £3

Beer, organic, by half pint

• cask ale, ‘Avocet’, Exeter Brewery, Devon - £1.5
  

Cider, low intervention, by half pint

• dry, Heron Valley, Devon - £1.5
  
• medium, Heron Valley, Devon - £1.5
• sparkling, Heron Valley, Devon - £2

Softs, all organic, by half pint

• kombucha, lemon & lavender, Old Tree Brewery, Sussex - £2
  
• cola, Karma Drinks, Somerset - £1.5
  
• sugar free cola, Karma Drinks, Somerset - £1.5
• lemonade, Karma Drinks, Somerset - £1.5
• ginger ale, Karma Drinks, Somerset - £1.5
• fizzy water - free

Staying at Camp Cabbage

We really want this to be the full festival experience and to encourage ​as many of you as possible to come and sleep under canvas with us.

Campsite options:

• Glamping: tipis with beds (bring bedding / sleeping bag), pictured ​above: £83 per night. 8 available. SOLD OUT
  
• Camping (bring your own tent): £26 per person per night, ​babies/toddlers are free.
  
• Campervans (bring/hire your own): £26 per person per night, ​babies/toddlers are free. NB there is not electrical or water hook-​ups.
  

The prices are set by the venue and include a PayPal fee. We will be ​collecting fees on the venue’s behalf.

Book your spot here.

Once you’ve selected, the form takes you to a PayPal login, but there ​is an option to checkout as guest or use Apple Pay if you don’t have ​an account.

Please secure your spot by 1 April 2024 at the latest.

Campsite facilities:

The site has compost loos, which will be regularly cleaned, and water ​from a bowser. There is also a river for showers, dips and a riverside ​spa: wood-fired hot tubs and sauna!

Camping kit to bring:

Obviously you’re all grownups and should think this through but as a ​guide we would suggest:

• Tent
  
• Sleeping Bag
  
• Mat or blow-up mattress (for added luxury)
  
• Pump for blow up mattress (don’t forget to charge it)
  
• Pillows
• Swimming costume
  
• Towels (Camping towels are brilliant as they’re super small)
  
• Cool bag (optional)
• Flat shoes
  
• Torch (headtorches are useful)
• Water bottle

Camping kit exchange

If you don't have camping equipment but would like to camp, we've ​got you! Check out the list below. Feel free to list things you are after ​too! See the info page for recommended things to bring.

Camping kit forum - click here

For those who are blessed in kit, we'd be very grateful if you could ​add anything you are happy to lend to the list.

Hotels

We recognise that camping isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and for those ​of you wanting more creature comforts, there are nearby hotels. We ​would recommend the following hotels, and may try to organise a ​minibus to and from these ones. But there are also others as well as ​airbnbs nearby.

Anchor Inn

http://www.anchorinnugborough.co.uk/

• From £140/night
• Minimum 2 night stay
  

Turtley Corn Mill

https://www.turtleycornmill.com

• From £170/night
  
• Minimum 2 night stay

Friday

Euros

CabbageFest will be kicking off with a screening of the 5pm game on ​the Friday, Spain versus Germany. Don’t worry for those of you not into ​watching these games, there will be plenty of other things going on!

Pub quiz

Taking place in the Pink Flamingo, your host will be the darling of ​CabbageFest, Darryl Elliot, a specialist of weirdom. Darryl has curated ​the quiz from all of your submitted questions. Get into teams and ​good luck! There will be prizes.

Cabbage Cinema

Our late-night cinema opens on the Friday evening, and will be all-​night long on Saturday and Sunday nights. Featuring films and TV ​across the decades, from silver screen classic Some Like it Hot through ​to recent British weirdo comedy Brian and Charles, there should be ​something for everyone. Click here for the full programme.

Saturday

Marriage ceremony

The Saturday will begin with our ceremony, under the big oak tree. ​Andy Kratzke will be leading the proceedings, with some of our friends ​and family carrying out the handfasting:

• Nicola Dark, Rupert’s Mum, will speak on ‘food and sustenance’
  
• Ella Potter will speak on ‘friendship’
  
• John O’Malley will speak on ‘fun’.
  
• Emma Atwell will speak on ‘nature’.
  
• Pauline McAlpine, Katherine’s mum, will speak on ‘family’.
  

At the end we’ll all gather and pose for a group photo.

Fire Feast

We will be going straight into lunch after the ceremony, with flowing ​platters of fire-cooked seasonal food and some of our favourite wines ​throughout.

Speeches

After lunch, make your way to the Pink Flamingo tent for speeches:

• Stephen McAlpine, Father of the Bride
  
• Tom Acres, Rupert’s Best Man
  
• Josh Ferry Woodard, Rupert’s Best Man
  
• Adam Jackman, Katherine’s Best Man
  
• Heather McAlpine, Katherine’s Best Woman
  
• Katherine
  
• James Cole, Rupert’s Dad, who will be introducing the band, The ​Rumpert Mole Experience
  

The Rumpert Mole Experience

Bringing a wild fusion of 90s europop, children’s TV themes, 80s parody ​synth and kazoo-driven cringe-core, The Rumpert Mole Experience ​have come together for one-night only to jive the pants off ​CabbageFest. Formed in 2023, they have already been nominated ​for Best Newcomer on the Venga Tribute Circuit. The talent:

• Rupert Cole, lead kazoo and backing vocals
  
• Andy Kratzke, lead vocals and backing kazoo
  
• Elliot ‘Brumdog’ Fenton, lead guitar
• Gaz Voke, drums
  
• Daz Elliott, percussion and gags
  
• Oli Rawlings, keys
  
• John ‘Ronboy’ O’Malley, bass and backing vocals
  
• Luke Carter, guitar, bass and percussion
  

Euros

We will be screening the quarter final between England and ​Switzerland. Southgate haters and Southgate sympathisers unite, and ​cheer on the lewd-gesturing Jude “who else” saviour. Will Palmer get ​subbed on with 2 minutes to spare? Alternatively, sack off the drama ​and hit the river or disco at Plonkers.

Cabbage Games

With more heritage than the Olympics and less colonial baggage ​than the Commonwealth, the Cabbage Games will commence with ​a floating opening ceremony on the river. Led by the Bride and ​Groom, the inflatable animal regatta will signal the starting whistle of ​what will prove to be the most anticipated Games in living memory.

You will join one of the two perennial collectives, Team Cabbage and ​Team Flamingo. Nominated competitors from each team will ​undertake the traditional challenges, from space hopper races to ​cabbage-and-flamingo croquet.

Hosted by the experienced Cabbage Games Grandmasters, Heather ​McCabbage and Tom Flamingay.

The opening ceremony will be held on the Saturday, shortly after the ​Rumpert Moles. The Games willl take place on Sunday afternoon, ​depending on England’s Euro fate.

DJ Sets

CabbageFest has been lucky to secure three superstars of the moving ​record medium:

DJ RAWTINGS

What do you get if you cross Jamiroquai with UK garage? A pithy ​reductionism that could never capture the delectable dance-​popfunk odyssey trodden by the jazzy honk man himself, DJ ​RAWTINGS

FOUR ACRES OF TAT

A DJ collective comprised of the mercurial talent of DJ IRONS and DJ ​YOUNG, these deck spinners will be weaving discotheque atoms ​through the airwaves to tickle your lobes. Ride with these musical ​mystics on a sonic love train to your house, my house and all our ​mutual houses.

Sunday

Gong bath

Soothe your psyches on Sunday morning with the meditative sounds ​of a gong bath. Led by Madeleine Honor, who will guide us through ​the peaceful, multi-layered music of gong, voice and subtle ​instrumentation.

If you have something comfy to lie on, bring it along.

Cabbage Games

See above for full description, but Sunday will be putting Flamingos ​and Cabbages against each other in a series of bizarre spectacles. ​hungover or hung out to dry, bringn your January King Cabbage ​games!

DJs - Open Decks Session

Calling on all the CabbageFest DJs to bring us Sunday vibes to unwind ​in the afternoon and see us through the evening.

BBQ

After a day of swimming and games, there will be a BBQ to see in the ​final night of CabbageFest.

Cabbage Cinema brings together films and television programmes that we’ve loved watching over the years. It will run all night long on Saturday and Sunday nights, shortly following the final DJ set.

Friday

Total Recall (1990)

Brian and Charles (2022)

Spaceship Earth (2020)

Saturday

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle: Television (2009)

X Files: Postmodern Prometheus (1997)

Twin Peaks: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer (1990)

Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace: The Creeping Moss (2004)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Huxley Pig: various episodes (1989)

The Herbs: various episodes (1968)

Sunday

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Detectorists: Buttons (2014)

Twins (1988)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Addams Family Values (1993)