The Pavilion bar serves afternoon tea, then segues into tropical cocktails as the evening settles in, the stars light up, and a steel-drum band takes the stage.
The drum turns as the players move on and off-stage, but it is in the centrepiece, rising and falling to reveal the myriad new worlds, that it really comes to life.
Mid-afternoon, and main stage security have built themselves into a reinforced semi-circle as if preparing for war as Australian drum 'n' bass metalers Pendulum arrive - it's officially their 150th show.