Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
Global Gathering 2012
03 August 2012 Review by robmarrisonSo, Friday the 27th July had arrived, I woke up bright and early to make the journey from my University home of Sheffield to my real home of Stratford Upon Avon
Kendal Calling 2012
31 July 2012 Review by Rydings“I wish I knew what I was letting myself in for,” mumbled an extremely brooding looking female artist onstage while holding her guitar aloft. Huddled inside the
WOMAD 2012 30th Celebrations
31 July 2012 Review by AlexandrawaltersIn the great summer of British patriotism Womad festival celebrates its 30th year (and 5th at the Charlton Park venue) alongside the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and
Olly Murs, Rizzle Kicks & many more at Sound Island Festival
31 July 2012 Review by TasminAndersonWith past performers including JLS, N Dubz and The pussy cat dolls, the 29th of July Sound Island festival was set to bring a whole bunch of superstars and fun
Cambridge Folk Festival 2012
31 July 2012 Review by Ned MansfieldWant to see Zoe Ball (yes the Zoe Ball) clog dance? Head to Cambridge Folk Festival This year is my 11th time going to one of the biggest and best festivals fo
EXIT 2012 – Serbia, are you ready for the past?
26 July 2012 Review by TomBowkerThis is not the way they say the future’s meant to feel EXIT 2012 marked ten years from my first visit to the festival on a fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia – I’m
Olympic Themed Wickerman Festival Burns Bright
26 July 2012 Review by Ben RobinsonUpon arrival to the Wickerman festival I was in anticipation of the unreliable weather ahead, but as we began to drive down the sun began to appear over the hil
Melt! Festival – Hard beats in an industrial wasteland
24 July 2012 Review by KathleenElectronic meets rock, scream the organisers of the 15th Melt! Festival, with a line up that reads like a music blogger’s playlist. Held at Ferropolis, an open
SGP - The best festival I have ever been to!
24 July 2012 Review by Cathi MooreSecret Garden Party's 10th Birthday was quite simply the most wonderful festival I have ever been to! For me it brings together and celebrates all the best of
Chagstock 2012
23 July 2012 Review by insomniac jackOfficially it has been the wettest April and June for a hundred years, but I didn’t notice May being a particularly spectacular month weather wise either, so wa
Splendour Festival 2012
23 July 2012 Review by RydingsWith the “unpredictable” British summer weather now having become predictability humdrum over the past few weeks, festival-goers weren’t brimming with enthusias
Rochester Castle Plays Host To Steps
23 July 2012 Review by TasminAndersonFour great days of entertainment were set to be bought to Rochester castle this July and it was definitely that on Thursday 19th when 90’s pop group Steps were
Benicassim 2012 – The Benidorm of Music Festivals
18 July 2012 Review by shanefennellyOn monday morning as the trains, cars and busses departed their respective stations, heads hung low on sweaty shoulders while fatigue seeped through the bones o
The superbly diverse Latitude Festival
18 July 2012 Review by robmarrisonBeautiful Henham Park in Suffolk was transformed for its’ seventh year into the venue for Festival Republics superbly diverse Latitude Festival. Based in a wond
Larmer Tree 2012
17 July 2012 Review by sarahpeaceThe Larmer Tree festival once again opened its gardens in 2012 to a crowd of more than 5000 with headlining acts such as Jools Holland and Levellers dissonantly
Wakestock Festival 2012
15 July 2012 Review by Cathi MooreAfter what can only be described as “sods law” weather on the opening day to Wakestock, thousands came to set up their homes for the weekend in the pouring rain
The mou5 may have played but the Jaguar cat ruled Friday at Wireless
13 July 2012 Review by Cathi MooreThe mou5 may have played but it was the Jaguar cat with his skills that stole the day at Wireless Festival 2012! I have not been to Wireless since it first sta
Relentless Energy Drink NASS 2012
12 July 2012 Review by PaulMalinPhotographyUpon entering the festival, everyone was praying for a dry weekend. We arrived there at about 8am Friday morning, setting off at 5am to beat the traffic, after
WIreless Festival - Saturday 2012
11 July 2012 Review by Wayne FelthamWireless festival attracted around 70,000 people this year, largely comprising of under 30s groups of boys and girls, the latter sporting Daisy Dukes and variou
Wireless Day Three: Pop and mud do mix
11 July 2012 Review by LiamDWireless Festival - Sunday 9 July It's a good job we Brits are used to rain and mud, and have enough of a sense of humour to find the whole thing faintly amusi