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Boomtown 2018

August 13, 2018 No Comments Kate Barnes

2018 saw Boomtown celebrate a big milestone; its tenth anniversary. One of the UK’s most exciting spectacles on the festival scene, Boomtown Fair is truly the type of festival that you’ll be attending until you’re eighty. A decade in the making, the event has captured the hearts and minds of

Bestival 2018

August 6, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

2018 marked the second year that Bestival has spent at its new home at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. This year also saw the festival move dates for the first time in its history, from the second weekend in September, to the weekend after the festival’s family-friendly sister event Camp Bestival.

Farr Festival 2018

July 18, 2018 No Comments Ethan Jones

With the addition of an extra day, Farr Festival hooked its claws into the festival season with its return this year. The boutique festival boasts a beautiful site with views of rolling countryside hills and a meandering forest to wander and party in throughout the night. This year the festival

Love Supreme 2018

July 4, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Now in its sixth year, and set in the grounds of Glyde Place in lovely East Sussex, Love Supreme Festival brought out another unbelievable lineup of world rebound artists with the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire, Elvis Costello and Steve Winwood taking us back to the good old genres

Featured Review: Isle of Wight Festival 2018

June 30, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

With Bestival no longer on the island, the annual festival pilgrimage taken by thousands of people to the Isle of Wight must continue with this iconic British event. The Isle of Wight Festival is one of the oldest in the world, and this year celebrated its 50th anniversary! Since it’s

Preview: Love Surpreme

June 26, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Proving its popularity since its inception in 2013, the UK’s first camping jazz festival is back with more soul and blues! This ambitious revival of classical live jazz music infused with British camping culture is yet another reason to get hardcore jazz fanatics and avid festival goers excited this summer.

Gottwood Festival

June 20, 2018 No Comments Luc Goddard

Set in the woodlands surrounding the Carreglwyd Estate in the far north-west of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, Gottwood Festival took place from the 7th-10th of June. Now in its ninth year, the award-winning boutique electronic dance music festival did not fail to meet its high expectations. It should be

Common People 2018

June 18, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Bestival’s mini festival, Common People, returned this year with even more expectation than previously. Over the two days we were set to see big acts such as pop superstar Lily Allen and The Jackson’s; the weekend was bound to be a hit. The two-day event was held simultaneously in Southampton

Mutiny Festival 2018

June 8, 2018 No Comments Luke Jackson

With the sun shining brightly and the festival full to capacity, excited dance music lovers from all over the south coast flocked to King George Playing Fields in Cosham for Mutiny Festival’s fifth birthday celebration this May bank holiday weekend. Once inside the festival, the first act we caught was

Featured Review: Love Saves The Day

June 6, 2018 No Comments Tobi Stidolph

Ever since the announcement back in January we have been excited to explore the musical lineup at Eastville Park, Bristol. Love Saves The Day festival hosted an array of musical talents that explored a range of different genres. The late May bank holiday weekend consisted of the festival new timer