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Hampshire’s Hottest Festivals

July 17, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Hampshire’s Hottest Festivals 2016 Wickham Festival 2016 – 4th-7th August – Blind Lane, Wickham – http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/ Wickham Festival is truly one of those local boutiquee festivals that all the family can enjoy. Organisers look set to achieve their “impossible dream” of topping 2015’s award-winning event. Wickham was voted Best Festival

Featured Review: Isle of Wight Festival 2016

July 14, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

The Isle of Wight Festival is annually held in June in Seaclose Park, Newport. It returned in 2002 after a long break since the 1970’s overcrowded event, which induced the ‘Isle of Wight Act’, disallowing gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without special licensing. Since then, The

Small Is Beautiful: Standon Calling Festvial Is Back!

July 14, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Standon Calling 2016 inSYNC’s favourite small festival is almost here again. Standon Calling has been set in the heart of the Hertfordshire countryside since 2001. The Standon Lordship plays host to this ultimate annual overgrown birthday party offering a stellar lineup of renowned and upcoming acts. Standon Calling is an

Preview: Outlook Festival 2016

July 9, 2016 No Comments Callum Blitz

Year after year great nightclubs from London and afar face closure for reasons ranging from crime to cross-rail, and festivals face the risk of becoming a tent filled puddle (see Glastonbury last week). This, and many other factors, means that more and more Brits are heading overseas for their escape

Love Saves The Day Doesn’t Stop At Sundown

July 2, 2016 No Comments Tom Evans

On the 28 & 29th of May, Bristol’s favourite festival Love Saves The Day was back for its yearly rendition at Eastville Park. The weekend was up there with one of the best we’ve attended and with a sell out crowd, musical heavyweights and glorious sunshine, I doubt many people

Bestival Announce Final Headliner

July 2, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bestival organiser Rob da Bank have announced the final headliner for this year’s festival. Quite surprisingly they have announced it in a Reading & Leeds-style way with a double headliner – Wiz Khalifa and Sean Paul. In a move no one could have predicted, the rapper and Hair singer will be

Somerley Tea Party’s Third Edition Kicks Off Festival Season

June 27, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

It now seems necessary that everyone kicks off their festival season with a small festival, or a day festival to begin feeling those summer vibes. Filling this category for us this year is Hampshire’s newest boutique festival created by well-known Bournemouth events organiser Get Satisfied. The Somerley Tea Party began

Common People Returns For A Second Year

June 20, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bestival organiser Rob da Bank made his new day festival brand, Common People, return to Southampton for a second instalment. The new event began last year with Grace Jones and Fatboy Slim headlining. 2016 saw the same festival begin in Oxford with a second year playing out at Southampton Common.

Review: Found Festival 2016

June 19, 2016 No Comments Tom Evans

Brockwell Park hosted the sixth edition of Found Festival on 11th June with a serious House and Techno lineup. Whilst there was plenty on offer from the genres up and coming artists, the stellar headline set from Kerri Chandler and his deputy Derrick May genuinely stole the show and reminded

Essex’s Favourite Party: We Are FSTVL 2016

June 15, 2016 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

inSYNC’s first venture to Essex happened this May bank holiday weekend; stepping foot into one of the UK’s best dance music day festivals. We Are FSTVL, now in its third year, has grown significantly doubling in capacity. The festival is known for its incredible lineup of DJs and producers enticing