A Guide to Music Festivals in the UK

Festivals UK

 

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

Download festival is an annual rock & metal festival that takes place at the legendary Donington Park in the East Midlands which was previously home to the Monsters of Rock festival

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL

Sonisphere UK is part of the European touring Sonisphere festivals taking place at Knebworth House in Stevenage and playing to 60,000 people across 3 days

ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

The Isle of Wight is a legendary festival with roots in the late 60's that attracted in excess of 500,000 people to the Isle of Wight.

GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

The first Glastonbury festival was held in 1970 & has become one of the most well known festivals in the world, selling out before any artists have been announced!

READING & LEEDS FESTIVALS

The Reading Festival originates from the National Jazz Festival in 1961 & has since changed to a more contemporary music festival adding a twin site in Leeds in 1999

T IN THE PARK

Launched in 1994 at Strathclyde Country Park, T in The Park now attracts 80,000 music fans each day from across the world and constantly sells out

WIRELESS FESTIVAL

The first Wireless Festival took place in 2005 in London's Hyde Park with a 2nd site added for the 2006 & 2007 festival in Leeds.

V FESTIVAL

The idea for V came in 1996 when Pulp's front man Jarvis Cocker announced he would love to play two outdoor venues in two days

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Bloodstock is the UK's premier Metal Festival taking place in the heart of the Midlands at Catton Hall on the 2nd weekend in August

WAKESTOCK

Relentless Wakestock is Europe’s largest wakeboard music festival, combining the cultures of music and the world's fastest growing watersports.

HARD ROCK CALLING

Hard Rock Calling (formerly Hyde Park Calling) is an annual music festival held in Hyde Park, London, which first took place in 2006

GUILFEST

Guilfest, formerly known as Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues and Guildford Live, began in 1992 and is now a 3-day music festival

ROCKNESS FESTIVAL

Rockness is an annual music festival which takes place in Scotland at Clune Farm on the banks of Loch Ness. The first Rockness festival took place in 2006

HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL

High Voltage is a new rock festival launched in 2010 at London's Victoria Park and featured a classic rock line up across 2 days

LATITUDE FESTIVAL

More than 10,000 people attended the first ever Latitude Festival at Henham Park, near Southwold in Suffolk. The three-day festival was bathed in sunshine all weekend

GLOBAL GATHERING

Global Gathering is an annual dance music festival and has been running since 2001 and takes place in 10 countries across the world.

CREAMFIELDS

Since Creamfields festival attracted 25,000 people to Winchester in August 1998, it has become widely known as the finale of the summer festival season in the UK

BESTIVAL

Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival established in 2004 set at Robin Hill Park near Downend on the Isle of Wight

THE BIG CHILL

The Big Chill Festival offers a highly evolved, all-round experience that is completely unique, with a wide variety of music & art, comedy, dance and film

WOMAD

WOMAD Festivals are family-oriented, diverse & active musical events, sometimes offering as many as seven stages within the festival site

MARYPORT BLUES FESTIVAL

Set in the Georgian harbour town of Maryport with a wide-ranging programme of British and US blues acts & some of the legendary names of early British blues.

HOP FARM FESTIVAL

The Hop Farm Festival came about after a survey was taken amongst fans buying festival tickets & has gone back to basics & is all about the punter & the music.

LOVEBOX FESTIVAL

Lovebox has become a must do event on the bristling summer social calender. Held annually on London's oldest public park bordering Bethnal Green, Hackney & Bow.

WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL

The Wychwood Music Festival was launched in 2005 by a group of festival enthusiasts wanting to create an intimate and thrilling weekend festival experience

RELENTLESS NASS

The Relentless NASS Festival aims to merge music and sport, bringing together Extreme and Street Sports

WIZARD FESTIVAL

The Wizard festival takes place annually at the New Deer Showground 30 miles from Aberdeen in Scotland

JERSEY LIVE

Jersey Live Festival describes itself as the coolest boutique festival on earth and takes place at the Royal Jersey Showground

SOUTHPORT ROCKS

Southport Rocks (Formerly ‘The Jedi Music Festival’) was created following the tragic and sudden death of Chris Haw, a popular local young man who adored his festival music.

THE GREAT ESCAPE

Since being founded in 2006, The Great Escape has been firmly established internationally as the leading event for showcasing new music