Dizzee Rascal spotted at Wallingford folk festival — SkimNews
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- Dizzee Rascal was spotted at The Boat House pub during BunkFest in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, on Sunday, with attendees describing his arrival as "unexpected"
- Charlie Garwood, a 23-year-old lab technician from Benson, said the grime star told him he was "just seeing a friend" and was later seen boarding a private boat on the Thames — Garwood's parents initially dismissed the photo as AI-generated
- Ashley Carle, a 21-year-old University of Liverpool student, said Dizzee ordered a burger at the pub and liked it enough to order a second
- BunkFest is one of the UK's largest free festivals, drawing more than 30,000 visitors over its Friday-to-Sunday run on the banks of the Thames
- The festival is run entirely by volunteers and named after the Bunk Railway line linking Wallingford to nearby Cholsey
- Organizers said the event recently received the King's Award for Voluntary Service, with this year's lineup including Dr. Feelgood and Pink Floyd tribute act The Delicate Sound of Pink Floyd
Why it matters: Dizzee Rascal has had five UK number-one singles, making his impromptu stop at a volunteer-run, 30,000-visitor festival in a small Oxfordshire market town an outsized, free publicity moment for an event that just earned the King's Award for Voluntary Service.
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