Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
Wonderfields Review 2015
14 August 2015 Review by Bella Whately“Fantastic first festival, I'd very much like to come again, lovely atmosphere and great line up.” Chris Rotherham (Chris Rotherham, Captain Flatcap) Tucked ne
Kendal Calling 2015
06 August 2015 Review by Ben Robinson‘See you in the fields!’ they called, and to the fields we came. Now this is no ordinary festival field, set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside in the heart
Deer Shed 6: The Review
04 August 2015 Review by Ben RobinsonThe Deer Shed Festival has just come to a close for another year, with Andy Kershaw just leaving the stage after a three hour DJ set of global dance tunes. Ker
Outcider 2015
03 August 2015 Review by Ned MansfieldIn its blurb OutCider promises ‘music lovers, free thinkers, eclectic music, no carling lager, no tossers and no hipsters.’ Which is, quite a tall order for an
Secret Garden Party 2015
30 July 2015 Review by Owen TetleyMud. Mud everywhere. I'm still trying to remove it 24 hours later. Secret Garden Party can be such a magical place in the sunshine and, in the brief Saturday re
Lovebox 2015
23 July 2015 Review by Ben RobinsonThe sun was beaming down and it was the perfect day for Lovebox Festival 2015 at Victoria Park, Hackney. Heading down on Saturday afternoon we were welcomed by
Larmer Tree 2015
23 July 2015 Review by Owen TetleyI think i left my heart in Larmer Tree Gardens this weekend, the 25th birthday celebrations were in full flow with some quite brilliant musicians. I know i sh
Cornbury – England’s Most Civilised Gathering
14 July 2015 Review by S.Denley-DuftonCornbury Festival entered its 12th year with style and a little something for the whole family to enjoy. As a seasoned veteran of both Reading and Download Fes
No Mans Land 2015
11 July 2015 Review by Keiran_D-DThe evening of Thursday 28th May was drawing near its end and as always the journey out of Cornwall had been a long one, only this time being topped off by the
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2015
07 July 2015 Review by NeildSIt’s all about the vibe. Most specifically it’s about the chilled jazz vibe, assuming your definition of jazz is so wide as to be virtually all encompassing. Fe
British Summer Time 2015
29 June 2015 Review by NeildSShe was brilliant (I should probably say awesome). When you’re at the top the only way is down of course, but if this total humdinger of a pop-theatre performan
Ned Dylan Meets The Correspondents
26 June 2015 Review by Ned Mansfield'Has Hay-On-Wye ever seen a crowd surf?’ cheekily quips Mr Bruce before launching himself onto a crowd of philosophers turned party people. The Correspondents
Download 2015
18 June 2015 Review by PaulMalinPhotographyLooking at the lineup ahead of time, it would be easy enough to think that the UK's premier heavy metal festival was suffering from a serious identity problem.
Field Day 2015
16 June 2015 Review by Owen TetleyFor the 3rd year running Field Day was bathed in, more or less, uninterrupted sunshine. Of course this is brilliant unless you're A. Ginger and B. stupid enough
HowTheLightGetsIn 2015: Hay-On-Wye Comes Alive
08 June 2015 Review by Ned MansfieldNed Dylan reviews Hay Lit’s cooler, more innovative little sister upstart festival The famous Hay Literature Festival is in walking distance from HowTheLightGe
Wychwood Festival - Leave the real world at the Gate
02 June 2015 Review by clairesenWychwood Festival turned 11 this year at Cheltenham racecourse and proved a huge hit with thousands of families, who flocked to take in the entertainment over t
Liverpool Sound City 2015
28 May 2015 Review by Andrew DarwinThe UK’s biggest city festival, Liverpool Sound City 2015 boasted a variety of bands playing at the new specially erected festival venue on Liverpool's iconic d
Bearded Theory 2015
27 May 2015 Review by insomniac jackWith so many festivals popping up, then disappearing each year, to get to the grand old age of 8 seems a strangely noteworthy achievement these days, and one th
Lionel Richie: All The Hits All Night Long
01 April 2015 Review by TasminAndersonWhether happily single, or taken and in a relationship, there was a lot of love in the air at London’s O2 Arena on a particular Tuesday night. This was all du
Something Else In The Dean - Reviewed By Ned The Kids Dylan
22 October 2014 Review by Ned The Kids DylanI was lost in a maze as the sounds of gypsy-metal band Who Killed The Bear echoed around the site. I was of course at Something Else In the Dean, a festival..