( CNN ) -- A `` tricky '' Amy Winehouse , disgruntled crowds and torrents of mud washing away tents , Rob da Bank has had to deal with them all . The British DJ turned festival impresario is the man behind the Bestival music festival and despite the challenges of putting on the annual event , his love of festivals remains undiminished . Bestival was `` a happy accident '' says Rob ( real name Robert Gorham ) . He explains that he fell into first putting on the event in 2004 as his weekly club night in a pub in South London grew in popularity and requests for bigger and longer events increased . Bestival now attracts 50,000 people and top acts -- this year The Cure are the headline band -- and is one of the most popular events in the musical calendar . For three days each year the invasion of the sleepy Isle of Wight off the south coast of England by bands , fans and leftfield festival attractions increases the island 's population by over 30 percent . A desire to get back to the `` boutique '' feel of its earlier days lead to the birth of Bestival 's little sister , Camp Bestival , in 2008 . It 's a much smaller and more family-friendly affair , but at the heart of both events is Rob 's desire to put on `` a good fun party with a top musical line-up . '' CNN talked to Rob da Bank about his best and worst festival moments . What was your first festival experience ? `` Glastonbury about 20 years ago , in 1991 , I think . I was 18 . It was n't like I grew up in the back of a tee-pee or was a hippie child taken around festivals . I was a student and it was when Glastonbury was really exploding . It really changed my life , which sounds like a cliché , but it opened my eyes to a completely different kind of life . I knew I always wanted to go to festivals and it 's a total part of our lives now . '' What 's your favorite festival memory ? `` There are so many things ; from getting engaged at Glastonbury to opening the gates at the first Bestival to Kraftwerk headlining a few years ago . Sorry , that 's three and not one . '' What 's your worst festival moment ? `` It was n't awful , but the most tricky and stressful was the wet year ( in 2008 ) , when we had ten inches of rain in a day , the most rain the Isle of Wight had for 100 years . It was a struggle and we kept it open and everyone seemed to get through it just about . Those things test you and you come out stronger . '' What 's been you favorite act ? `` In terms of at Bestival , as well as Kraftwerk , Beastie Boys put on an amazing show a few years ago . They were incredible . They actually played two shows and were there all weekend . I love it when acts stick around and actually become part of the festival . '' Who was the most difficult performer you 've had to deal with ? `` Amy Winehouse was tricky ; she was right in the thick of all her troubles and she was very late getting on site and there was a lot of tension in the crowd as to whether she would turn up or not . She had to be shuttled off the island in a blanket with two security guards . There was a lot of cloak and dagger stuff and it was just funny hi-jinx . '' What do you always take to a festival ? `` A wife is a good way of keeping a lid on things , because I get over-excited at festivals and run riot from the moment I get there . Festivals now start on the Thursday or Friday , so if I 'm not tethered I 'll peak on the Thursday lunchtime and miss the weekend . So Josie da Bank is an essential . `` Apart from that a bin bag ; it can be a sun shade , a water-proof , something to take your rubbish home in or something to sit on in the mud . '' Do you have any favorite non-music festivals or ones you 'd like to go to ? `` I 've been to the Hay-on-Wye festival , literary festivals and umpteen carnivals and village things in France and Spain . I 'd love to go to the tomato festival in Spain or some of the more non-music crazy offerings . I 'm going to KaZentip in Ukraine ... it sounds fairly off the hook so I 'm looking forward to that . ''
Rob da Bank is a DJ and organizer of Bestival and Camp Bestival festivals . Describes starting Bestival in UK as a 'happy accident ' From Amy Winehouse to Kraftwerk , he explains his best and worst festival moments .