After the warmest April on record, by mid Summer we will all be blase and complacent about BBQ’s in the garden, with the BBQ season starting a  month early this year. Just as well then that Absolute Radio have come up with an inventive and wacky alternative to the passe BBQ. Absolute Radio has signed a summer long sponsorship deal with Swiftcover.com that will offer listeners the opportunity to host a festival in their own garden!!

The chosen listener’s festival will consist of a music headliner, a comedy feature, food stalls, security, a beer tent and other facilities. The theme of the campaign aims to communicate that spending less time sorting out home insurance gives you more time to “rock out”. Swiftcover.com is sponsoring the Absolute Radio breakfast show for a six weeks, which began on 25th April.

The Absolute Radio website explains – “We are giving one listener the chance to host the first ever BrekFest. The Breakfast show are starting the search for the location for the first music festival to be broadcast live from a listeners home.  Richie will be your very own event organiser, he’ll be the one in charge of booking the acts sorting out the catering, and hiring the security, for an amazing live music event that could be taking place in your backyard or front room……..All you have to do is tell us why we should host the event at your place”

So who would be your headline act at the Festival in your garden? I guess it would have to be Savage Garden for me!! And who would be your preferred comedy act? How about Chris Rock-ery or Jimmy Carr-port or possibly Jasper Carrott in homage to your vegetable garden?!!

If you wish to enter the Absolute Radio BrekFest competition, then click on this link…… www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/live/brekfest/

Alternatively, if your garden is not big enough for a festival, or you have not got a garden, how about brightening up the interior of your house or flat? You can do this, by ordering your favourite vinyl record or CD, framed and mounted? All you have to do is click on…….. http://www.myfirstrecord.co.uk/ …….. and this way you can bring your own festival and celebration of music into your living room in 2011!!

Alternatively this would make a unique present and original gift for a special celebration  ie a 40th, 50th or 60th Birthday, a Silver, Ruby or Golden Wedding Anniversary, Father’s or Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day!!  THE PERFECT PERSONALISED PRESENT!!