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Love Supreme Serves a Lavish Helping of Relevance
Whoever booked Erykah Badu to headline at this year’s comeback Love Supreme deserves a biscuit, and a chocolate one at that. She was an inspired choice.
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Love Supreme Serves a Lavish Helping of Relevance
Whoever booked Erykah Badu to headline at this year’s comeback Love Supreme deserves a biscuit, and a chocolate one at that. She was an inspired choice.
Neil del Strother · Read
ACT OF GOD OBSCURES THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
It seems that God is a purist when it comes to Americana
Neil del Strother · Read
Bearded Theory 2022
This years Bearded Theory was promising to be a particularly sweet occasion following several postponed attempts and subsequent cancelled re-arrangements due to the pandemic....
Keith Dennelly · Read
Byline brings intelligence and insight to new urban location
There’s something satisfyingly substantial about Byline. It’s an intelligent – intellectually stimulating – festival chock full of insight, interest and intrigue. Albeit the latter I’ve added just for the sake of alliteration.
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Feasty Fest 2021
Feasty Fest is touted as a food and drink festival but we found it to be much more. Featsy Fest is a one-day event with a huge variety of food, drink and entertainment for all the family.
Ben Robinson · Read
All Points East 2021
Having only begun in 2018, All Points East is relatively new to the London Day Festival scene, but it has quickly risen to the top of the summer calendar for alternative live music in a smaller and more intimate setting than many of its competitors.
Emily Bird · Read
Watchet 2021
How do you put into words the excitement visible on every persons face that passed through the entrance to Watchet festival this year
Keith Dennelly · Read
Boardmasters 2021
Boardmasters returns! The UK’s biggest Surf, Skate and Music Festival returns after two years off. Of course, like for most festivals around the world 2020 was a write off and in 2019 Boardmasters
Owen Williams · Read
7 Things We Loved About Gateways Festival 2021
You’d happily wait two years for your team to win the Champions League. You’d happily wait two years to get your dream job. But waiting two years to go to a festival?
Duncan Whittaker · Read
Chagstock 2021 Review
The quality of bands here never fails to amaze me, and I rarely ever leave this weekend behind without a favourite new, usually unsigned, band or two to follow up and look out for.
Keith · Read
We Are Not a Festival Schrödinger’s Festival: Review
Can an August bank holiday getaway be simultaneously a straightforward camping weekend and – shhh, keep it quiet under your psychedelic felt hat...
Neil del Strother · Read
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ben@ukfestivalguides.com · Read
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