Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
03 August 2011
Review by julianc
As thousands of fans took their trip and left their houses behind, Global Gathering provided good comfort as people travelled from all around the UK. The place
03 August 2011
Review by Alexandrawalters
Our arrival on Friday morning was greeted by the sounds of people busily putting the finishing touches on the magnificent stalls, stages and structures around t
03 August 2011
Review by samueljudge
The last weekend of July in what has been a decidedly uninspiring summer turned out to be a scorcher. The Friday night was hot and humid and the many colourful
02 August 2011
Review by M Jones
Looking one way to the Lakes and the other to the Pennines, the ancient valley of Lowther is steeped in English history. The parks 3,500 acres of Cumbrian soil,
01 August 2011
Review by Ned Mansfield
This year’s Cambridge Folk Festival kicked off with a bang when festival favourites Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs took to the stage with their own brand of s
31 July 2011
Review by julianc
The sun, the field, the stage, the people, the stalls, the food and most importantly the fun. This year’s Folk By The Oak was an exceptional day in most peopl
27 July 2011
Review by Becca Leisk
Before rocking up to the Deer Shed Festival on Friday evening I didn’t really know what to expect. Billed as a family friendly music festival that is only in it
27 July 2011
Review by RussellOakley
I have never been one for keeping secrets and last weekend in a small town in the North of France I was let into one of the European Music Festival scenes best.
27 July 2011
Review by Cathi Moore
The Secret Garden Party- where to start? "An extravagansa for the senses", "a grownups playground", "like stepping into Narnia" - just some of the comments I he
27 July 2011
Review by iamchronos
Manchester’s Heaton Park plays host to it’s first ever double scoop Sundae, a two day musical extravaganza, running consecutively with the same line-up in anoth
26 July 2011
Review by Jazz Hutchison
For yet another year running Truck Festival has been an incredible success, Truck is and always has been an event for everybody to enjoy, from students to famil
25 July 2011
Review by HMS420
We reached the Wickerman festival late one Thursday evening, getting sniffed and checked for drugs, in which we had none. What we did have was ten tonnes of bag
25 July 2011
Review by purplepunk
‘True Faith’: the celebration of Manchester established and emerging talents.
Pavilion Theatre, Albert Square, Manchester
Hosted by Dave Haslam, Close Up wa
20 July 2011
Review by sarahpeace
Following a rapturous opening by Jools Holland on Wednesday, the Larmer Tree festival reached a climax on its last night yesterday with an incredible performanc
18 July 2011
Review by katiephoto
First on stage were a band called Paradise Point, they are made up of Cameron Jones on vocals, Roman Kemp playing bass, Adam Saunderson who plays the the guitar
11 July 2011
Review by RobinBoot
When asked to review the world’s biggest touring festival, the question is: where do I start? As a Sonisphere virgin but a lifelong rock and metal fan, I was u
07 July 2011
Review by Sam Wilson
Set in the picturesque country side of Winchester, lies a festival called Blissfield’s. This being my first ever festival I had no idea what to expect when I s
05 July 2011
Review by iamchronos
Located within Chester’s city walls, Chester racecourse plays host to the first ever Chester Rocks Festival. A two day event held over the first weekend of July
04 July 2011
Review by clairesen
James Blunt summed up Cornbury Festival wonderfully when he said he’s played festivals all over the world but this is the prettiest. I have to agree as this int
04 July 2011
Review by willierunte
A music festival at Jodrell Bank in the shadow of the mighty Lovell telescope was already a brilliant idea. Having the Flaming Lips as the headline was genius.
