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2013 Festivals Guide: UK Field Festivals

by Helen Clarke

In the second installment of musicOMH’s festivals guide 2013 (read part one on City Festivals here), we look at the multi-day events. The ones you…



2013 Festivals Guide: UK City Festivals

by Helen Clarke

Gone are the days when festivals meant camping out in a rainy field with cows and portaloos for company. Along with the traditional tent events,...

Preview: Sounds From The Other City 2013

by David Meller

Salford’s Sounds From The Other City, known for enticing tUnE-yArDs to play down a phone line and breaking the likes of Marina And The Diamonds, The Ting...

Preview: London Jazz Festival 2012

by Sam Smith

The 20th London Jazz Festival, created and produced by international live music producers Serious, kicks off on 9 November for ten days of pure jazz...

Preview: Reading/Leeds 2012

by Andy Baber

It has not been a typical festival season this year. Sonisphere, Oxegen and Big Chill were all cancelled and Bloc was shut down; weather has...

Preview: Bloc 2012

by Jamil Ahmad

If there’s one thing Bloc has going for it this term, it’s the sheer scale of its ambitious programming and setting. Where previous iterations of...

Preview: Nova 2012

by Christian Cottingham

So, festival season. It’s not started too well. There’s been Download, with its mud. And the Isle Of Wight Festival, with its mud. And the...

Preview: Cambridge Folk Festival 2012

by Daniel Paton

It may generally be seen as something of a niche or specialist festival, but the Cambridge Folk Festival defiantly refuses to conform to any stereotypes...

Preview: London Jazz Festival 2011

by Daniel Paton

For those dissuaded from festivals because of their association with the great outdoors, fast food and temporary toilet facilities, the London Jazz Festival offers something...

Preview: Bestival 2011

by Ruth Follows

For most, Bestival signals the end of the festival season and the end of the summer. But far from a sombre affair, Bestival’s party atmosphere...

Preview: Standon Calling 2011

by Christian Cottingham

Admittedly, the cynicism in the following statement goes a bit too far but the general point stands: the festival scene has become over-saturated, and the...

Preview: Summer Sundae 2011

by Ruth Follows

Summer Sundae will once again rise like a phoenix from the ashes of more budget controversies, to bring three days and five stages of music...

Preview: Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011

by Max Raymond

A few years ago, Reading and Leeds were seen as the festivals for those who liked their rock music extremely loud and/or heavy. In 2001,...

Preview: Green Man 2011

by Jenni Cole

There are few UK festivals that can match Green Man for location, held as it is in the staggeringly beautiful surroundings of Glanusk Country Park...

Preview: The Big Chill 2011

by Ian Roullier

Last year saw the first Big Chill since its takeover by Festival Republic, the group already responsible for the Latitude and Reading & Leeds festivals....

Preview: Guilfest 2011

by Jenni Cole

Guilfest has no pretentions get the idea that it might have out of the way from the start. It cant compete with Glasto for cool,...

Preview: Latitude 2011

by Daniel Offen

So, it’s almost time for Latitude. The very family friendly, yetsomehow with it festival has managed to provide another line up to tempt just about...