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Kendal Calling 2012
“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
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Kendal Calling 2012
“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
Rydings · Read
WOMAD 2012 30th Celebrations
In 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
Alexandrawalters · Read
Olly Murs, Rizzle Kicks & many more at Sound Island Festival
With 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
TasminAnderson · Read
Cambridge Folk Festival 2012
Want 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
Ned Mansfield · Read
EXIT 2012 – Serbia, are you ready for the past?
This 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
TomBowker · Read
Olympic Themed Wickerman Festival Burns Bright
Upon 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
Ben Robinson · Read
Melt! Festival – Hard beats in an industrial wasteland
Electronic 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
Kathleen · Read
SGP - The best festival I have ever been to!
Secret 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
Cathi Moore · Read
Chagstock 2012
Officially 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
insomniac jack · Read
Splendour Festival 2012
With the “unpredictable” British summer weather now having become predictability humdrum over the past few weeks, festival-goers weren’t brimming with enthusias
Rydings · Read
Rochester Castle Plays Host To Steps
Four 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
TasminAnderson · Read
Benicassim 2012 – The Benidorm of Music Festivals
On 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
shanefennelly · Read
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