Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
We Are Not a Festival Schrödinger’s Festival: Review
07 September 2020 Review by Neil del StrotherCan an August bank holiday getaway be simultaneously a straightforward camping weekend and – shhh, keep it quiet under your psychedelic felt hat...
HowTheLightGetsIn Hampstead Heath
01 October 2019 Review by ben@ukfestivalguides.comHowTheLightGetsIn Hampstead Heath
Mystical Immersion in Maelstrom of Cultures
09 September 2019 Review by Neil del StrotherThere is something gorgeously addictive about Into the Wild. It has the eccentric charm of a barmy great aunt who took far too much dodgy acid in her wayward youth.
Pussy Riot joins the Extinction list
09 September 2019 Review by Neil del StrotherByline and Curious Arts Festival 2019
Watchet 2019
02 September 2019 Review by Keith DennellyWho says you can’t have your cake and eat it?! This year Watchet festival was stuffing its face, basking in the hottest august bank holiday on record and oozing quality from every orifice.
Outcider Festival 2019
09 August 2019 Review by Keith DennellyThe bands on the bill were a great mix of styles, not just the punk that you might think you were in for, or the advertised headliners, but Mad Apple Circus`s ska hip hop had the punters rockin`
Womad 2019 is some way beyond brilliant
07 August 2019 Review by Neil del Strothern truth Womad 2019 wasn’t perfect, but it was bloody brilliant, if not some way beyond it. And my right-on-it teenage daughter thought so too...
Camp Bestival Review 2019
07 August 2019 Review by Lynn DarracottWow! What can I say Camp Bestival is an absolute feast for the ears, eyes and definitely taste buds!
7 Things We Loved About Beat-Herder 2019
29 July 2019 Review by Duncan WhittakerThere 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.”
Love Supreme - South Downs’ Cliff chalks up sheer joy
12 July 2019 Review by Neil del StrotherIt’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...
Black Deer 2019 - Cashless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
12 July 2019 Review by Neil del StrotherIn its triumphant second year the Black Deer festival has successfully rebranded the leafy afternoon-tea-addicted Sussex/Kent borderlands as the Deep South.
Casahless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
09 July 2019 Review by Neil Del StrotherCasahless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
Cloudspotting 2019
26 June 2019 Review by Louise WhittakerWith 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
Making Hay and the Philosophers’ Un-stoned
31 May 2019 Review by Neil Del StrotherMaking Hay and the Philosophers’ Un-stoned
This is Tomorrow Festival 2019
31 May 2019 Review by Paul M. JonesFor 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
Bearded Theory 2019
31 May 2019 Review by Keith DennellyOne 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...
Beltane Into the Wild is a near death experience
10 May 2019 Review by Neil Del StrotherIt 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.
Hit the North 2019
08 May 2019 Review by Paul M. JonesLike 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.
Live At Leeds 2019
08 May 2019 Review by Paul JonesAfter 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.
2Q Festival 2018 Review
08 November 2018 Review by Paul M. JonesIn 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.