Archive for March, 2011
247 APRIL – SOUTH WEST
A sniff of sunshine and we’ve gone festival mad this month. Our Ultimate Festival Guide equips you with info about the festival best offerings in the region and beyond, but we haven’t stopped there, we’ve secured a pair of tickets for almost all of our featured festivals to give away. See the online competitions page [...]
247 APRIL – WEST & WALES
A sniff of sunshine and we’ve gone festival mad this month. Our Ultimate Festival Guide equips you with info about the festival best offerings in the region and beyond, but we haven’t stopped there, we’ve secured a pair of tickets for almost all of our featured festivals to give away. See the online competitions page [...]
WIN TICKETS TO THE FIRST EVER WE THE PEOPLE FESTIVAL IN BRISTOL
We The People is a brand new festival for Bristol with the potential to plug that gaping hole left by the demise of the Ashton Court festival. Orgnaisers have secured the ever popular Chase and Status and The Streets, who recently recorded their last ever album – supposedly. Mike Skinner says he is retiring so [...]
WIN TICKETS TO BRISTOL DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 2011
Bristol’s best loved city festival, Dot to Dot, is back with some more up and coming acts including Hurts, The Joy Formidable, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead..The Naked and Famous, Mona, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Edward Sheeran and The Phoenix Foundation. Gigs take place in the city’s much loved venues [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SUNRISE 2011
Sunrise is back in Somerset this year with a fab line up. The festival-goers festival takes place at Gilcombe Farm, nr Bruton, from June 2 – 5. An uber-green festival with a laid back vibe this gem (it’s based on an organic farm for starters) features a mix of old favourites, including Lamb, The Beat [...]
WIN TICKETS TO CHELTENHAM WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL 2011
Wychwood Festival takes place at the Cheltenham Racecourse from June 3 – 5. With it’s definite laid back folky vibe this festival is a true delight. You won’t find ravers chewing their faces off or chavs looking for a party but up to 8,000 music lovers enjoying the fab line up. Headlining this year’s festival [...]
WIN TICKETS TO BEACH BREAK LIVE IN SOUTH WALES
The UK’s biggest student festival, Beach Break Live (BBL), takes Pembrey Country Park in South Wales as the summer really starts to hot up (even in Wales!) from June 16-20. Dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man and collaborator Katy B head up the far-reaching line up with Tinie Tempah and We Are Scientists. Also playing is Professor [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE SCOUTING FOR GIRLS AT WESTONBIRT ABORETUM
The Forestry Commission Live sessions are back at Westonbirt Aboretum in Gloucestershire this year. Recent years have seen a series of magical gigs under starlit skies, surrounded by one of the most beautiful wooded areas in the region and these Forestry Commission sessions have now become a staple on the festival calendar. Like the Eden [...]
WIN TICKETS TO RELENTLESS NASS 2011
Relentless Nass is quite simply the best action sports and music festival of the summer. Taking place at the Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet from July 8-10, the festival comprises an energetic mix of music, skating, BMX and street art. Acts already confirmed for the various stages include Tinie Tempah and Sub Focus [...]
WIN TICKETS TO LARMER TREE FESTIVAL 2011
The first of two top quality festivals at the Larmer Tree Gardens (the other being End of the Road) but this one bagged the name and the more refined crowd. Larmer Tree festival takes place from July 13-17 on the Dorset/Wiltshire border. You can buy a day ticket, weekend ticket or full five-day ticket depending [...]
REVIEW: PATRICK WOLF AT BRISTOL THEKLA (28/03/11)
Patrick Wolf returned to the Thekla four years after he last graced the stage in the belly of this ship. And how things have changed; soon to be a married man and about to release of his fifth studio album, Patrick has grown and developed both musically and personally. In more recent shows, he no [...]
WIN TICKETS TO 2000 TREES FESTIVAL 2011
What started out as a small gathering of friends on the outskirts of Cheltenham has morphed into an award winning staple on the festival calendar (Best Grass Roots Festival 2010). Taking place on the small but perfectly formed Upcote Farm, nr Cheltenham, on July 15-16, the festival attracts a few thousand young folk for what [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SWINDON FESTIVAL ON THE FARM 2011
Planet Pursuits Event Management have teamed up with Riffs Bar to bring you a truly amazing weekend of live local talent. Festival on the Farm, or FOTF at it’s locally known, takes place on July 22-24. It features regional and guest bands and tribute acts. Now in its fourth year, this local gig started life [...]
WIN TICKETS TO CAMP BESTIVAL 2011
A spin off of the bigger Bestival on the Isle of Wight, Camp Bestival has a definite appeal for families with more than 100 free things for kids to do. But that doesn’t mean young folk should be put off cos organiser Rob da Bank continues to secure some of the most exciting acts. This [...]
WIN TICKETS TO ENDORSE IT IN DORSET FESTIVAL 2011
Not the easiest festival name to announce after you’ve had a cider or two but one you’ll want to be shouting about for months afterwards. As the name suggests, Endorse it in Dorset festival, which takes place on a farm in Sixpenny Handley, nr Shaftesbury, from August 12-14, has a very obvious Dorset flavour to [...]
WIN TICKETS TO GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2011
Green Man Festival, which takes place from August 19-21, is a definite front-runner for the prize for most beautiful festival setting. Set in the Brecon Beacons the hill-encased Glanusk Deer Park comes complete with a lovely lake, tall and brooding Douglas Firs forest and of course the signatory giant Green Man. The walled garden is [...]
WIN TICKETS TO PURBECK FOLK FESTIVAL 2011
There are plenty of folk festivals out there from Wimborne in Dorset (June 10-12) to Sidmouth Folk Festival (July 29 – Aug 5) but the youngest of these fare of festivals, Purbeck Folk Festival, takes place on the beautiful Jurassic Coast (near Kimmeridge Bay) on the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 26-8). Organisers are please [...]
WIN TICKETS TO END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2011
Regular readers of the mag may have gathered this already but we love End of the Road Festival. Hell, we’d even go as far as saying it’s our all time favourite festival. Inspired by Green Man it has a similar vibe but is less than half the size and attracts some of the best indie [...]
WIN TICKETS TO WAVEFORM 2011
Waveform dubs itself the UK’s leading electronic music festival. While this year’s line up and exact location is yet to be revealed, organisers have vowed to come back bigger, whilst maintaining that magic vibe and the environmentally-friendly edge. They have found a site farmed by an environmentally conscious natural farmer, is beautiful site with a [...]
WIN TICKETS TO BRISFEST 2011
Brisfest is a showcase of established and rising talent from the region, featuring over 500 bands, DJ’s, artists, comedians, circus and cabaret performances as well as cutting edge digital art installations and internationally renowned graffiti. Taking place in various locations across Bristol on September 23-25, Brisfest marks the end of the Summer festival season. And [...]
