Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
29 July 2019
Review by Duncan Whittaker
There is no better feeling than finishing work on the Friday, getting in the car and driving down to what is, in Beat-Herder’s own words, “an orgy of beats and barminess.”
12 July 2019
Review by Neil del Strother
It’s rare a performance leaves me with a sense of sheer joy, but the great Jimmy Cliff (mystifyingly not a headliner at this year’s Love Supreme) left me reeling...
12 July 2019
Review by Neil del Strother
In its triumphant second year the Black Deer festival has successfully rebranded the leafy afternoon-tea-addicted Sussex/Kent borderlands as the Deep South.
09 July 2019
Review by Neil Del Strother
Casahless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
26 June 2019
Review by Louise Whittaker
With the beautiful backdrop of Gisburn forest, there really is no better place for a family orientated festival. With a range of earthy, simple and relaxing activities mixed with an eclectic array of live music
31 May 2019
Review by Neil Del Strother
Making Hay and the Philosophers’ Un-stoned
31 May 2019
Review by Paul M. Jones
For the second time in May I made the long drive from Norwich to Newcastle, this time for This is Tomorrow Festival, opposite the University on Exhibition Park, featuring a very impressive line up
31 May 2019
Review by Keith Dennelly
One of the things I love about Bearded Theory is that its early in the festival season and I, as well as most others seem visibly excited at the prospect of shaking off the winter cobwebs and getting in the swing...
10 May 2019
Review by Neil Del Strother
It is perhaps unique to report that the highlight of a festival weekend was an intense discussion about grief and death, but Beltane Into the Wild is, well, no ordinary festival.
08 May 2019
Review by Paul M. Jones
Like several others, my buddy Aaron and I travelled north from Live @ Leeds Festival on the Saturday to attend our second multi-venue festival of the weekend on the Sunday; Hit the North in Newcastle.
08 May 2019
Review by Paul Jones
After having a great time at the festival in 2018, I returned to Leeds ready for more multi-venue fun across the city with my buddy Aaron.
08 November 2018
Review by Paul M. Jones
In its second year, 2Q Festival was a new one for me, and a great opportunity to explore the music venues of Lincoln and see what the city has to offer.
01 October 2018
Review by Neil del Strother
OnBlackheath is a great place to chill out and have a beer or glass of wine or three with your friends and to park your young children (there’s an excellent kids area) for a day or two.
01 October 2018
Review by Neil del Strother
It was as I was sprinting through the thick woods pursued by a phalanx of blood-bespattered zombies that it dawned on me I was loving Camp Wildfire.
01 October 2018
Review by Neil del Strother
Brush down your flares, fetch your caftan from the attic, search out that half empty bottle of patchouli oil, and make love not war in gorgeous rural Sussex.
01 October 2018
Review by Neil del Strother
As they say in Italy, my head feels like a balloon. Two days on from Byline Fest (sited in the stunningly beautiful Sussex bush…
05 September 2018
Review by Paul M. Jones
This year saw Shawn Mendes and Clean Bandit headline, alongside a Chase & Status DJ set, Sigma, Bugzy Malone, Wilkinson, Krept X Konan, Sigala, DJ Zinc and the...
02 September 2018
Review by Paul M. Jones
Apparently this year was 'the worst ever' line up for RandL, and the internet had a melt down when the headliners were announced months previously...
02 September 2018
Review by Russ Collins
Creamfields 2018 - The Biggest just got Bigger!
31 August 2018
Review by Keith Dennelly
Back after a one-year hiatus, Watchet festival was as full of smiles and fun as ever and seemed like it had never been away. The buzz was back, the pubs were packed and the town seemed vibrant again.
