Saturday At Benicassim 2011 – 5 Things To Do

What a line-up we had on Friday night, The Strokes, Elbow, James Murphy and Friendly Fires – what was your highlight? Saturday sees even more gems on the bill, and here are some music and non music-related things you should do:

1. Watch Star Slinger and Spectrals

Two of our lesser known acts you have to see at Benicassim.

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2. Get on your dancing shoes

Looking at classical, modern, Spanish, Flamenco and fusion techniques – Benicassim will be playing host to young dancers and choreographers as well as world famous artists at this year’s festival. Let the professionals show you how it’s done after you threw some shocking moves to The Strokes on Friday night.

3. Catch Primal Scream

The Scottish legends bring ‘Screamadelica’ to Spain with their Benicassim show. On the Maravillas Stage.

4. Watch a film

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The FIB International Short Film Festival began in 2000 as a way to promote up-and-coming film makers. Today it has become one of the most important short film festivals in Spain – support some indie directors while at Beni.

5. Watch Bombay Bicycle Club

The boys are sure to play material from their brilliant new album. On the FiberFib.com stage at 10.30pm.

Watch all of our videos from the festival here:

We will be reporting direct from Latitude and Benicassim this weekend. Head over to NME.COM/festivals and download our NME Festival App – Powered By BlackBerry for line-up news, photo galleries, instant reviews and backstage video interviews from all the UK’s best-loved festivals. Plus you can add us as a BBM contact using the pin 26E588A4 (for Benicassim) or 22E955A0 (for Latitude) and follow us on Twitter @NME_Festivals.

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