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Review5/10Sonar Festival 2012 We Are In Our Element
Thursday morning, Barcelona's Barrio Raval was host to masses of music fans, traders of all descriptions and thumping bass as Sonar 2012 came alive. And as alwa
Review4/10Glade Festival 2012 Reviewed
Glade festival has come a long way since its roots as the scrappy little cheesey quaver brother of the rock 'n' roll juggernaut that is Glastonbury. Taking up r
Review5/10Lovebox Jubilee-Weekend Of Love
Knowing for a fact that Lovebox, despite its relatively young existence, is one of the most rapidly growing year on year festivals, gaining its popularity from
Review5/10The Next Big Thing!
Next Big Thing Beach Break Live put together its biggest line up ever this year with several household names spanning a multitude of genres from Chase and Stat
Review5/10Beach Break Live 2012
Beach Break Live had put together its biggest line up in its 6 year history and the torrential rain wasn’t about to put a downer on it. The soulful voices of De
Review5/10Chester Rock’s 2012
Chester Racecourse opens its gate (that’s correct, singular not plural, more on that later) for the second year running in a bid to entertain the masses with it
Review5/10No Direction Home Review
Last weekend the first ever No Direction Festival took place at the serene Welbeck Abbey. The three-day extravaganza, which is the latest creation from The End
Review5/10Rockness 2012
Seemingly situated inside a cloud, Rockness festival takes place on the banks of Loch Ness. Aside from the weather, the area appears to be designed for a festiv
Review4/10Parklife Weekender 2012
Located SLAP BANG in the middle of Manchester University’s beating heart, Platt Fields Park is once again the venue for its third annual weekender. Such a geogr
Review4/10Rains can’t extinguish Fire in the Mountain
Up-and-coming new folk festival defies bad weather to put on exuberant, fun-filled alternative to Jubilee weekend “Women make an arch – men do the run, men do
Review4/10Meadowlands is my new favourite festival!
Meadowlands is my new favourite festival- it has just the right amount of everything! Since my festival going days were born at Glastonbury nearly 20 years ago
Review4/10Dot To Dot – Manchester 2012
This was my first year attending any of the Dot To Dot events taking place in a small number of selected cities across the country. Over the weekend, a huge num
Review5/10Bushstock: Bite-size festivalling in west London
Shepherd's Bush: A Bank Holiday is always a risky time to plan an event in London. Not only because numbers may be artificially low, but also due to the curse o
Review4/10Lakefest 2012
Armed with cheese and hot sauce sandwiches, chocolate mini eggs and Shiraz, the drive down to Tewksbury was all without incident, except that is, for the joint
Review5/10Bearded Theory
I’m not really sure who’s got it right here, is it me sat in an empty festival ground at 6.45 in the morning, enjoying a bit of fresh air, pondering on such tri
Review5/10Liverpool Sound City 2012
Liverpool Sound City, now in it’s fifth year, offered a combination of various daytime Music/Tech conferences and a plethora of artists and bands of diverse sty
Review5/10The Great Escape: Taking The Express To The Future Of Music
Brighton: The final day of The Great Escape was perhaps a little more muted than the second. Despite the sunny weather, there were grumbles about the length of
Review4/10The Great Escape: Moments To Savour
Brighton: With the weather set to 'sit back, relax', the second day of The Great Escape was perfectly set up for the kind of festival atmosphere that it deserve
Review4/10The Great Escape: Don't rain on my parade
Day One, Thursday 10 May Brighton: That a seaside town in the rain is the coastal version of a child's half-deflated balloon is something of a cliche. Yet I'm
Review5/10Brew at the Bog 2012
Britain is bursting with festivals. Festivals of all scales; even boutique is becoming boring. It seems to be having a knock on effect. Ticket sales slow, line-