Category: FESTIVALS
HOP FARM FESTIVAL COMPETITION: DESIGN THE GATE!
Hop Farm Music Festival has launched a competition to design an iconic landmark entrance to the festival site in Paddock Wood, Kent. The competition is open to anyone and no past design experience is necessary. Coined ‘Create the Gate’ the competition will be judged by a stellar panel including festival organiser Vince Power, English playwright [...]
EXIT FESTIVAL IN SERBIA NOW ‘TWINNED’ WITH BESTIVAL
Exit Festival will be teaming up with Bestival to take part in the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) Twin Festivals initiative for the first time in 2012. Deriving from the popular ‘twin towns’ concept the scheme aims to create a cultural exchange between the UKs leading independent festivals and their international counterparts and both festivals [...]
CHAI WALLAHS REVEALS ITS LINE-UP FOR GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2012
Chai Wallahs will return to Green Man Festival this year, with another top musical line up and all round good late night times. Confirmed for this year’s Chai Wallahs is former 247 Magazine cover star Gabby Young and Other Animals, Yes Sir Boss, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Hidden Orchestra, Cocos Lovers, Sheelanagig, Smerin’s Anti [...]
NEW ORDER, PRIMAL SCREAM AND SPIRITUALIZED FOR NEW FESTIVAL NO.6 IN WALES
The breathtaking Welsh fairytale village of Portmeirion will provide astonishing backdrop for a brand new festival this year – Festival No. 6 – with New Order, Primal Scream and Spiritualized all confirmed to play. The first wave of artist announcements also sees DJ performances from Francois K (Deep Space), Erol Alkan, Mr Scruff (Keep It [...]
MOONSTOCK BEER FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR ITS FIFTH YEAR
MoonStock Beer Festival is in it’s 5th year now and has been providing real ales, real food, real music and a real good time for people who like the festival atmosphere in a Pub. They usually have around 30 Real Ales from around the South West, Hog Roasts, BBQ’s and the best bit…entry is free! [...]
THE FUTUREHEADS ADDED TO NOZSTOCK FESTIVAL 2012 LINE-UP
North East indie-popsters The Futureheads will headline this year’s Nozstock Festival, which takes place in Bromyard, Herefordshire from July 27-29. Sunderland post-punk power quartet The Futureheads burst onto the scene in the early noughties. After a string of releases it was their cover version of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’ that firmly etched them into [...]
WIN TICKETS TO WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL 2012
Wychwood Festival, which takes place at Cheltenham Racecourse from June 8-10, returns for its ninth year celebrating the best in folk and world music and combining a rich programme to entertain families, adults, children and festival revellers alike – and we’re giving away a pair of weekend tickets to one lucky reader! This year sees [...]
INNOCENT’S FRUITSTOCK & VILLAGE FETE RETURNS TO LONDON
After three whole years, Innocent’s summer festival will make a welcome return this July with a fruit sports day themed festival in Regent’s Park on Sunday 22 July 2010 – to celebrate the fact that it is the official smoothie and juice of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Over the course of the [...]
WIN TICKETS TO FESTIVALS WITH BROTHERS CIDER
If out mammoth festival ticket giveaway isn’t enough for you, then check out this offering from the Somerset-based Brothers Cider… The ‘Weekends of Freedom’ competition has a top prize of tickets to ALL the best festivals where Brothers is available, £1,000 cash, an iPhone and 20 cases of cider. All you have to do is [...]
THE MACCABEES ADDED TO BEACHBREAK LIVE 2012
Beach Break Live 2012 have added special guests, The Maccabees, to their biggest line-up yet The Maccabees are the apple of the music industry’s eye for 2012 and the Brighton boys will be performing on Sunday 17th June at the UK’s student festival, their album Given To The Wild has achieved huge critical and commercial [...]
CHASE AND STATUS ADDED TO EDEN SESSIONS LINE-UP
Chase & Status have been confirmed as the latest acts to be headlining an Eden Session on Wednesday July 4. Special guest on the evening will be Labrinth. The London duo, otherwise known as Saul Milton and Will Kennard, are returning to the Eden Project, Cornwall having headlined the sell out Eden Arts Cafe and [...]
WIN TICKETS TO CAMP BESTIVAL 2012
Camp Bestival returns to Lulworth Castle in Dorset on July 26 – 29. This family friendly festival has no shortage of things for kids to do (and a fair few bits for big kids too!), including Medieval Jousting. The sister festival of Bestival on the Isle of Wight, this boutique number is also organised by [...]
PULP TO HEADLINE THE FIRST B’ESTFEST SUMMER CAMP FESTIVAL IN ROMANIA
B’Estfest Summer Camp is the newest, alternative European festival taking place in a beautiful park on the shores of Pasarea Lake, close to the capital city of Bucharest in Romania. The 3-day event running from 6 to 8 July boasts a variety of artists and activities with tickets from only 60 Euros (that’s less than [...]
MORE ACTS ADDED TO EUROKEENNES FESTIVAL 2012 IN FRANCE
Fourteen new names join The Cure in France on June 30 – July 1 this year for a banging mix of rock, punk, electro and rap sounds at Eurockéennes. After re-inventing the word Rocknroll with The White Stripes at the beginning of the 2000s’, Jack White is now playing a solo project. The phenomenon of [...]
TICKETS STILL LEFT FOR THE GREAT ESCAPE IN BRIGHTON
There are still tickets left for the UK’s answer to SXSW festival – The Great Escape in Brighton. The citywide festival, in a similar vein to Bristol’s Dot to Dot, London’s Camden Crawl and Cardiff’s SWN, has pulled in some massive headliners this year – as well as no shortage of up and coming bands and what’s [...]
SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2012 SELLS OUT IN RECORD TIME
All tickets for the Secret Garden Party 2012 have now officially sold out of all tickets. It is the fastest-selling year ever for the event, which celebrates its 10th Birthday this summer. The festival, which takes place in Cambridgeshire from July 19-22, has secured the likes of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Casiokids, Baxter Dury, [...]
FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR HOP FARM FESTIVAL 2012
Richard Ashcroft has been unveiled as the final headliner for this year’s Hop Farm Festival – another UK festival exclusive for the Kent event. He joins the likes of Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and the New Blood Orchestra and Suede. Organisers have now revealed the full line up for the festival, which takes place on June [...]
SUNRISE FESTIVAL 2012 RELEASES EXTRA TICKETS FOR SUMMER SOLSTICE
The team at Sunrise festival, 21 – 24 June, has been working hard to keep up with the requests for their extra Solstice night tickets and with the 1000 tickets on offer selling out in record time, and demand being so high they have decided to release an extra 200 from tomorrow (April 18) for [...]
NOAH AND THE WHALE + THE VACCINES TO PLAY EDEN SESSIONS 2012
Noah and the Whale and The Vaccines will co-headline an Eden Session on Wednesday July 11. Indie folk band Noah and the Whale released their third studio album Last Night on Earth last year. The album hit number 8 in the UK charts, following 2008 debut record Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down (number 5) [...]
SOMERSET TO HOST NEW STRUMMER OF LOVE FESTIVAL
Strummer of Love, a one-off, unique festival to commemorate the late, great Joe Strummer is to be held at a beautiful, secret location in the middle of the Somerset countryside this summer. Taking place on the weekend of 17-19 August, the event will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Strummer, the legendary Clash [...]
