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Review5/10FeastyFest 2026 Review: Cheam Park's Best Weekend Yet
FeastyFest returned to Cheam Park on 12–13 September 2026 for two days of street food, tribute sets and old-school rave. From General Levy's Secret Stage takeover on Saturday to Sunday's Complete Madness singalongs, here…
Review5/10Rain Doesn’t Stop Play at Into the Wild
After a summer of glorious sunshine, the natural world desperately needed some rain. Hallelujah, we got it in bucketloads! We even had to wade through thick mud, that all-too-frequent rite of passage at British festivals…
Review5/10Victorious Festival 2026: Highlights and Headliners
Victorious Festival rocked Southsea Common with three spectacular days of music, family entertainment and standout performances from Kasabian, The Black Keys and Richard Ashcroft.
Review3/10Reading Festival 2026 review: £325 for a festival that broke
Six headliners, three secret sets and some of the best live music of the British summer. But Reading Festival 2026 also cancelled dance sets over crowding, scrapped BBC Introducing after 18 years and charged £325 to do i…
Review4/10Powerful Medicine is Good for the Planet (hopefully)
Back after a fallow year, and with a slightly busier and changed (for the better) layout, this meat-and-alcohol-free festival delivered a powerful punch.
ReviewReviewY Not Festival 2026 Review: Bigger, Bolder and Better Than Ever?
Y Not Festival 2026 review featuring The Streets, Two Door Cinema Club, The Reytons, Kaiser Chiefs and more. Was this the festival's best year yet?
Review4/10Good Vibrations Society: Bye Bye Baby Fever Dream
While people come to this festival from all over, it somehow manages to retain an endearingly local feel. I felt at times – not least during Gentleman’s Dub Club’s habitually excellent set – as if I’d crashed a raucous p…
Review4/10Herd Em Up! 7 Things We Loved About Beat-Herder 2026
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to spend four days dancing with sheep in a field while surviving on sunshine, cider and very little sleep, Beat-Herder 2026 once again provided the answer.
Review4/10Womad 2026 Smashes the Patriarchy (and much more)
If the mark of a top festival is leaving you wanting more, then Womad sits at the pinnacle. I almost wept at the thought of waiting a whole year until the next one as I left its beautiful new venue.
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Lewis Capaldi at BST Hyde Park: A comeback finally finished
Two years after Glastonbury nearly broke him, Lewis Capaldi turned 60,000 Hyde Park voices into the loudest therapy session London has ever heard.
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Terminal V Festival 2026 Review
Terminal V 2026 was my first time attending, and overall I came away really impressed. I’d heard a lot about the festival before going, especially its reputation for big production and strong techno lineups, so I went in…
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Mumford & Sons at BST Hyde Park 2026: A Homecoming
Ten years on from their last Hyde Park headline, Mumford & Sons returned to BST for a triumphant hometown show — complete with flames, fireworks and a jaw-dropping Shania Twain surprise.
Review5/10Suburbia By The Sea – A Pet Shop Boys Masterclass
Lytham Festival has welcomed some huge names over the years, but Saturday night's triple-header of Dave Pearce, Scissor Sisters and Pet Shop Boys was an all time classic.
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My Chemical Romance At Wembley Stadium The Black Parade Marches Again
here's a reason these three Wembley shows sold out in a heartbeat, and last night proved every second of the hype was earned. My Chemical Romance didn't just play their masterpiece — they reminded a stadium full of grown…
Review5/10Love Supreme Comes of Age
Sun drenched, super chill and often exhilarating, Love Supreme was a total delight this year. I've always enjoyed this jazz and soul festival, but this time around – its 14th year – there was something tangibly different…
Review4/10Isle of Wight Festival 2026 Review: Our Honest Experience
Another year at the Isle of Wight Festival, my sixth year attending and what an amazing weekend it was!
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State Fayre 2026 – The Verdict: A Bold Debut With Room to Grow
For a first outing, State Fayre got the big things emphatically right: world-class headliners, a deep and adventurous bill, outstanding food and a uniquely good
Review5/10Best 5 Things About Lightning Seeds & The Farm live
There are gigs, and then there are gigs that feel like a giant summer garden party where everyone seems to have gatecrashed the best party of the year.
Review5/10Wealden Festival Delivers Feast of Quiet Joy
Wealden is a small and very relaxed festival, ideal for middle aged bookish types and young families, and for those of us who simply fancy a gentle entry into the more hectic festival season
Review5/10Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Hampton Court Palace Festival
Elvis Costello & The Imposters turned back the clock at Hampton Court Palace Festival 2026, mining his fiercest early songs in Henry VIII's floodlit courtyard.