Tag: festival
WIN: CORNWALL FESTIVAL OF SPORT TICKETS
Taking place from 14-16 September at St Michael’s Mount, Penzance you can expect a range of world class mass participation sporting events , live music, festival fun, beach sports and children’s activities and high quality food, the Festival of Sport promises to be a brilliant active weekend for everyone. The core sports have distances for [...]
WIN: BANGFACE WEEKENDER TICKETS
Bangface is back for 2012 with a brand new venue at Trevelgue Holiday Park, Newquay, Cornwall. Taking place on 14-16 Sept and set on the Cornish coastline, the new venue brings with it the Bangface Beach Party! Set on a private beach, there will be a bar, restaurant and adventure activities from body boarding to [...]
WIN: WAVEFORM TICKETS
Winner of the Greener Festival award in 2011, this is the UK’s leading electronic music festival with a lot of new additions for 2012. Taking place on 31st August – 2nd Sept nr Taunton, expect a variety of stages hosting psy-trance, breaks, trance and progressive DJ’s, live bands and downtempo, complimented by talks, workshops and [...]
WIN: LEOPALLOOZA TICKETS
Set in a lush Cornish valley by the sea, the mix of fresh sea air and great music is what makes Leopallooza so good. Back for its eighth year on 27-29 July on a site near Week, St Mary, Bude, the festival brings with it music from Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (Saturday headline), [...]
WIN: ROCK OYSTER FESTIVAL TICKETS
The festival returns to the Cornish countryside at Dinham House, Rock, nr Padstow on 22-24 June to offer music, oysters, mussels, and fun with dollop of camping on top. The line up includes Dub Pistols, London Afrobeat Collective, The Bees, Neil Halstead, The Raise, Hong Kong Ping Pong, and loads more. Info and tickets at [...]
APRIL – 247 SOUTH WEST
Spring has settled in and summer is definitely on it’s merry way – it’s festival season! And don’t we all live in the best place for it…our 20-page festival is bursting full of homegrown festivals, as well as a few worth travelling for, if you’re so inclined. From independent festivals like Leopallooza and Beautiful Days [...]
WIN: LOVE SAVES THE DAY TICKETS
Put together by Team Love and Just Jack – the brains behind events such as Glastonbury Dance Village’s Wow! Stage and In:Motion, have come together for a celebration of music, parties, and good times: bring you cool new festy, Love Saves the Day inCastle Park, Brisotl on Sat 3 June. The line up includes Amirali, [...]
WIN: TICKETS TO PLYMOUTH VOLKS FEST
Plymouth Volksfest is now into its fifth year and once again features its cool combo of VWs, great music and entertainment at Newnham Park, Plymouth on 1-5 June. If you’re got a dub show it off at the ‘show and shine’ on the Sunday, if not forget polishing your rims and simply enjoy the Dub [...]
WIN: RUN TO THE SUN TICKETS
The UK’s number one car and music weekender – Run to the Sun is back bigger and better for 2012 with Pendulum, Judge Jules and DJ Hype headlining. Support comes from Friction, Jaguar Skills, Mistajam, Lisa Lashes, Drumsound and Bassline Smith, Netsky, Shy FX, Modestep and many more. There’s also a silent disco, comedians, and [...]
WIN TICKETS TO GREEN MAN 2012
Green Man, which takes place from August 17-19 in the majestic Glanusk Park in Wales, usually involves a sprinkling of rain but revellers don’t let that dampen their spirits and there is always fun to be had – be it watching one of the awesome acts on the line up or dancing in the walled [...]
WIN GLADE FESTIVAL 2012 TICKETS
Deep in the English countryside, the true alternative dance music festival that started out as a renegade sound system at the Glastonbury Festival returns on 14-17 June at it’s new Norfolk home. The Glade Festival is a full on experience put together by some of the best party people and features the best electronic dance [...]
CROATIA’S SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED
Taking place from 19-23 July, Europe’s finest boutique festival returns for its 4th year at its new stunning location of Tisno on the gorgeous Dalmatian coastline between Split and Zadar in Croatia and with its best line-up yet. Headliners, De La Soul play alongside Fink, DJ Yoda, Hidden Orchestra, rising UK hiphop star Ghostpoet, Submotion [...]
DECADANCE PUTS THE FESTIVE INTO FESTIVAL
Decadance presents the Christmas party mini Festival at Crasken Eco Farm, Helston Cornwall Saturday 17th December. The event promises to be the only Xmas bash in the South West with a true festival vibe! Set in the beautiful setting of Crasken Farm, the festive-themed party offers live music, the region’s finest DJs plus a few [...]
THE WOMBLES REUNITE TO PLAY GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2011
Those beloved furry folk from Wimbledon, The Wombles, have reunited to release an album of hits and top play the legendary Glastonbury Festival this summer. The album is out June 20th and they will play Glastonbury on June 26th. The original furry eco-warriors will see all four of their gold-achieving albums plus the soundtrack to [...]
BBC INTRODUCING AT CHELTENHAM WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL 2011
BBC Introducing has once again teamed up with Wychwood festival, taking place 3rd – 5th June, to bring its festival goers the best in upcoming talent. For the second year running, seven-year-old Wychwood has united with seven of the BBC introducing local radio shows to reveal twenty-seven winning bands that will be performing at this [...]
SMALL NATIONS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES MINORITY CULTURES IN WALES
Small Nations festival has announced their full line up for the event, taking place on the 8th until the 10th of July. Based in the beautiful Glangwenlais farm in Carmarthenshire, the festival aims to support minority cultures and languages with a celebration of music, food, drink and stalls. This year’s festival will feature singers and [...]
INTERVIEW WITH gUiLLeMoTs
As they prepare to play this year’s Dot to Dot festival in Bristol, we caught up with Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield for a quick chat. Your name relates to seabirds but you come from Birmingham…how did that come about? We needed a name and I like birds. You announced details of the new album, Walk [...]
EDEN SESSIONS CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH BIGGEST EVER GIGS
The Eden Project celebrates ten years of Sessions concerts this year with one of its strongest line-ups yet. The project will hit another musical landmark too, as the Fleet Foxes gig on July 1 will be the 50th Eden Session. Each date on the Sessions calendar sees a full day of festival-style live music and [...]
LEE EVANS TO HEADLINE 40TH BRISTOL HARBOUR FESTIVAL 2011
Bristol Harbour Festival has announced a diverse line-up of evening entertainment at this year’s 40th anniversary event, partnering with the city’s leading venues to carry on the festival indoors when the festival closes at 6pm. The festival will this year feature partnerships with a series of the city’s venues to bring a taste of comedy, [...]
COULD BRISFEST FILL THE VOID LEFT BY BRISTOL ASHTON COURT FESTIVAL?
The organisers of BrisFest have launched a bid to see the festival take place at Ashton Court in 2012 – the site of the infamous Ashton Court festival. Obviously. They say that if 10,000 people buy their advance ticket for £30 for the whole weekend before 31st Dec 2011, they will have the community festival [...]
