Five years ago the Beat-Herder decided to start a fancy dress theme using the letters of its name as inspiration, so this year’s fancy dress theme is simply the letter H.

Last year’s T theme saw revelers going to incredible lengths to outdo each other – some of the most memorable costumes included Transformer robots, tea ladies, Thor, Tea Spoons, Tennis Players, Thunderbirds, Trains, Terminator, Tea Bags! and Teen Wolf . 

Said organizer Nick Chambers: “We purposely didn’t want to chose an actual theme like pirates or vicars or whatever. We decided that if you just give people a letter they can really let there imaginations run wild and the proof is in the pudding. We’ve had some amazing stuff here over the years – real works of genius! – A lot of people making and not spending” 

“This year we want people to really push the limits. H is a great letter - definitely in my top five – and the possibilities are limitless. Hobgoblins, hedgehogs, hermit crabs, hussars, Hell’s angles, helicopters, Henry Winkler, The Hulk, the list goes on! Just think twice before you plump for hippy!” 

Beat-Herder 2014 takes place in the beautiful Ribble Valley, Lancashire. 18-20 July. For more information and tickets links click here.