Kendal Calling is an intimate, award-winning, independent festival in the beautiful Lake District. It features some of the finest contemporary music and art to date alongside fields full of entertainment and activities. With a small capacity of 8,000, you shouldn't expect big queues for toilets and bars. Moving from stage to stage should be friendly and straightforward. There are 8 to choose from, playing the best in Rock, Dance, Indie and more. There are a few camping options: quiet areas for those who like sleep, camping next to your car, or Campervan fields.
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Kendal Calling To Livestream Festival With Twitch
From The Fields - creators of the fan-favourite, multi award winning festival Kendal Calling - has partnered with leading social video platform Twitch to live broadcast content throughout this sold-out event to its 10 million daily visitors.
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Kendal Calling 2018 Tickets On Sale Three Months Ahead Of 2017
In an unparalleled move, those unlucky enough to miss out on tickets can now get in on 2018 tickets before this year’s festival even commences!
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Kendal Comedy Lineup + New Acts For 2017
Kendal Calling have announced even more musical acts alongside the huge Soapbox Comedy Stage lineup for 2017.
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Kendal Calling 2017 SOLD OUT In Record Time
Having very recently announced no fewer than six massive headliners for this year’s festival alongside a huge supporting lineup, Kendal Calling 2017 has completely SOLD OUT all 25,000 tickets for the 12th consecutive time, all in just over a week from announcing!
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Kendal Calling 2017 Announces Huge Six Headliner Bill
STEREOPHONICS, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, BRIAN WILSON PRESENTS PET SOUNDS, FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS, TINIE TEMPAH, FRANZ FERDINAND TO HEADLINE KENDAL CALLING 2017
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Novelist, The Wytches, Yak And More For JagerHaus At Kendal Calling
With only a few tickets remaining for Kendal Calling 2016, even more acts have been announced as the festival reveals the JagerHaus lineup for this summer.
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Lost Eden Returns to Kendal Calling
Following the huge success of its inaugural year, the multi-faceted woodland arena is back for 2016, with support from the Arts Council England.
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More Names for Kendal Calling including Tiggs Da Author
With last year’s Kendal Calling selling out in record time the festival is proud to announce even more names for 2016.
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Kendal Calling Announce Real Ale Festival & Chai Wallah Stage
Kendal Calling announces the selection for this year’s Real Ale Festival, complete with signature festival beers ‘Kend’ale’ and ‘Oh Deer!’ as well as the lineup for the Chai Wallah Stage.
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Peter Doherty To Headline Kendal Calling's Calling Out Stage
With last year’s Kendal Calling selling out in record time the festival is proud to announce even more names for 2016
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Huge Dance Lineup Announced For Kendal Calling 2016
Having sold out their 10th birthday edition a whopping 19 weeks in advance last year, tickets are now flying out for Kendal Calling 2016.
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Noel Gallagher, The Charlatans & More To Headline Kendal Calling
Having sold out their 10th birthday edition a whopping 19 weeks in advance last year, Kendal Calling returns to the beautiful Lake District in 2016 with huge headliners Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Rudimental, Madness and The Charlatans.
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Mark Lanegan Band, Gaz Coombes, Temples & More For Kendal Calling
Having sold out all tickets a huge 5 months in advance, Kendal Calling are announcing even more acts for this year’s huge 10th birthday lineup.
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Kendal Calling 10th Anniversary Theme Announced!
Kendal Calling is turning 10! As the festival gears up to celebrate ten years in the fields of the beautiful Lake District, this year’s theme has been appropriately revealed as ‘Kendal Calling Goes Through The Decades’.
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New acts for Kendal Calling announced
With only two weeks to go until Kendal Calling, the From The Fields team have confirmed even more sparking additions to the long sold out festival.
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Kendal Calling First Wave Of Acts Announced
Kendal Calling returns for a 9th action packed year with a whole host of incredible artists confirmed for the Lake District festival.
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80 New Acts For Kendal Calling
Kendal Calling has pulled together its best ever line up as the multi award winning festival returns for the eight time to its stunning base in the Lake District, widely acclaimed as the most beautiful festival site in the UK.
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Kendal Calling Announce Public Enemy And More
Kendal Calling is proud to announce legendary and controversial American Hip-Hop group Public Enemy will be touching down in the fields for a rare UK festival appearance.
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Kendal Calling 2013 Confirmed Basement Jaxx & More
Kendal Calling today announces an incredible first crop of artists to perform at the 8th edition of this multi award winning Lake District festival.
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Kendal Calling Presents Frank Turner New Year's Eve Show
Kendal Calling proudly presents Frank Turner & friends New Years Eve intimate show in Manchester.
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Kendal Calling nominated for UK Festival Awards!
The Lake District’s irrepressible festival, Kendal Calling is up for ‘Best Medium Sized Festival’ and ‘Best Headline Performance’ from Dizzee Rascal in the annual UK Festival Awards.
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Kendal Calling Still Announce More Acts After Sell Out
Although all tickets to this years Kendal Calling are now gone, organisers continue to work with some of the UKs best promoters to book more amazing acts & ensure that this years revelers enjoy an action packed show!
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Kendal Calling 2012 SOLDOUT!
Spanning 16 stages and areas, Kendal Calling Festival is located in one of the most picturesque locations in the UK and attracts audiences from across the country
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Yet More Acts Added To Kendal calling Line-Up!
The irrepressible Kendal Calling line up just keeps getting bigger; more acts have been added to the Glow dance arena plus the Lake Districts ‘Glastonbury of the North’ is introducing a brand new dance stage The Kopparberg Kube.
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Kendal Calling Line Up For ‘Chai Wallahs’
‘Chai Wallahs’ is the largest independent music venue touring the UK festival circuit, consistently creating a spectacular and energising environment that provides the perfect back drop for programming and production partner ‘Diplomats of Sound’.
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Kendal Calling: Riot Jazz presents the Great Puppet Show
The Riot Jazz Brass Band are the artists in residence, the masters of ceremonies who ventured from their arena and graced the main stage last year.
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Kendal Calling reveal more acts!
They join a line up that is bursting with sterling acts including Dizzee Rascal, Maximo Park, James, Shy FX, Benga, Andy C and Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip.
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Graham Coxon to Support Paul Weller At Jodrell Bank
Live From Jodrell Bank sees artists performing large-scale outdoor concerts in the shadow of the iconic Lovell telescope, one of the biggest and most powerful radio telescopes in the world.
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First Acts for Kendal Calling 2012
Kendal Calling have revealed that Dizzee Rascal, Maximo Park, and James are to headline the 2012 festival
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Kendal Calling To Announce First Acts On 23rd Of Febuary
Kendal Calling HQ have secured another spellbinding bill of acts set to grace the 11 stages along with a myriad of performers, art and exhibits all set to descend on one of the UKs most breathtaking festival sites.
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kendal Calling Festival takes home Award for Best Small Festival
Last night, the Lake District based festival Kendal Calling took home the Live UK music industry award for Best Small Festival - under 15,000.
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FENECH SOLER AND WORLDS LARGEST MINTCAKE AT KENDAL CALLING
Electropop act Fenech Soler will headline the Calling Out stage on Sunday 31st July, closing this year’s irrepressible festival with their vibrant sound.
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Kendal Calling reveal Frank Turner and Dance stage
With Kendal Calling 2011 shaping up to be the biggest one yet, more world class acts are added including House of Pain, Frank Turner and more
Past & Future Events
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Kendal Calling
1 August - 04 August 2024 -
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27 July - 30 July 2023 -
Kendal Calling
28 July - 31 July 2022 -
Kendal Calling
29 July - 01 August 2021 -
Kendal Calling
30 July - 02 August 2020 -
Kendal Calling
25 July - 28 July 2019 -
Kendal Calling
26 July - 29 July 2018 -
Kendal Calling
27 July - 30 July 2017 -
Kendal Calling
28 July - 31 July 2016 -
Kendal Calling
30 July - 02 August 2015 -
Kendal Calling
1 August - 03 August 2014 -
Kendal Calling Festival
26 July - 28 July 2013 -
Kendal Calling Festival
27 July - 29 July 2012 -
Kendal Calling Festival
29 July - 31 July 2011