Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
06 June 2012
Review by Daniel Rydings
This was my first year attending any of the Dot To Dot events taking place in a small number of selected cities across the country. Over the weekend, a huge num
06 June 2012
Review by LiamD
Shepherd's Bush: A Bank Holiday is always a risky time to plan an event in London. Not only because numbers may be artificially low, but also due to the curse o
23 May 2012
Review by magenta
Armed with cheese and hot sauce sandwiches, chocolate mini eggs and Shiraz, the drive down to Tewksbury was all without incident, except that is, for the joint
23 May 2012
Review by insomniac jack
I’m not really sure who’s got it right here, is it me sat in an empty festival ground at 6.45 in the morning, enjoying a bit of fresh air, pondering on such tri
21 May 2012
Review by Andrew Darwin
Liverpool Sound City, now in it’s fifth year, offered a combination of various daytime Music/Tech conferences and a plethora of artists and bands of diverse sty
15 May 2012
Review by LiamD
Brighton: The final day of The Great Escape was perhaps a little more muted than the second. Despite the sunny weather, there were grumbles about the length of
14 May 2012
Review by LiamD
Brighton: With the weather set to 'sit back, relax', the second day of The Great Escape was perfectly set up for the kind of festival atmosphere that it deserve
13 May 2012
Review by LiamD
Day One, Thursday 10 May
Brighton: That a seaside town in the rain is the coastal version of a child's half-deflated balloon is something of a cliche. Yet I'm
13 May 2012
Review by leoniecolmar
Britain is bursting with festivals. Festivals of all scales; even boutique is becoming boring. It seems to be having a knock on effect. Ticket sales slow, line-
09 May 2012
Review by Wayne Feltham
Streetfest London 2012 - As we arrive at the Hearne St. Car park location you can't miss the array of artists lined up, working away, producing stunning pieces
21 February 2012
Review by insomniac jack
Being the first ever Frome folk festival, I guess no one could know how things would turn out, you can book the bands, but that’s no guarantee people will come.
28 November 2011
Review by Wayne Feltham
Starting with a raining day, things to begin with were not looking up. Arriving on site in Minehead cold and moist we checked into our accommodation. Immediat
17 November 2011
Review by Wayne Feltham
WHY? front man Yoni Wolf cuts an unlikely figure, sloping on to stage at the Union Chapel with a cup of tea in hand. The self-proclaimed “master of the cheap pu
02 November 2011
Review by sarahpeace
Only in it's fourth year, the Relentless Freeze Festival is the UK's only snow, ski and music festival. Set in the industrial grounds of the iconic Battersea Po
01 November 2011
Review by Cathi Moore
I have always rather fancied a bit of snowboarding! I like a bit of a daydream about a snowboarding holiday, sun, snow and après ski, followed by nights of club
01 November 2011
Review by Ben Robinon
On Wednesday 27th of October a special party came to London’s Ministry of Sound. It was called Top 100 DJs.
12 October 2011
Review by Cathi Moore
Last Friday night Spectrum was launched at The Electric in Brixton (formerly The Fridge). Being a bit of a Fridge veteran I have long lamented its closure, admi
13 September 2011
Review by Cathi Moore
I made the decision to take my three children to Shambala after going without them last year. Of all the festivals I have been to it is still the friendliest an
09 September 2011
Review by Wayne Feltham
What a performance at the IndigO2!
Where does Jimmy Cliff get his energy from?
With its mixed crowd of young and old, there was not one person standin
07 September 2011
Review by TomBowker
Catalonia in the spring of 2011 is an exciting place to be. On the one hand, Barcelona is home to peaceful protests in the city centre due to the political and
