guilfest-2011_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...

Preview: Secret Garden Party 2011

by George Mitton

It’s tricky to preview Secret Garden Party because, of all the UK’s splendid weekend festivals, this is the one where the music matters least. That’s...

Preview: Field Day 2011

by Michael Hubbard

Despite expanding to accommodate 20,000 people, Field Day, unlike some other festivals utilising its Victoria Park venue space, is not expanding to a several-days affair....

Preview: Indietracks 2011

by Gareth Ware

Once a year a quiet corner of the Derbyshire countryside reverberates simultaneously to 40-odd indie-pop bands and steam trains. This can only mean one thing:...

Preview: Camp Bestival 2011

by Ben Edgell

The notion of a festival being family-friendly smacks of the bizarre. Fields of rampaging teenagers smacked off their faces to godawfulindiemuzak is enough to send...

Preview: Hop Farm 2011

by Jon Falcone

The Hop Farm festival has been steadily growing as a young pup in the festival litter. As one of the newer offerings it seems to...

Preview: Sonisphere 2011

by Sam Shepherd

With the festival season reaching something of a frenzy at this time of year, anyone attending an open air event has one eye on the...

Preview: Primavera Sound 2011

by Ben Urdang

It’s May and there’s a volcano erupting in Iceland. That means it’s time for Spain’s number one alternative music festival, Primavera Sound. And once again...

Preview: ATP Nightmare Before Christmas / ATP P...

by Jude Clarke

Cometh the Winter, cometh the invariably original, ever evolving aural feast that is Nightmare Before Christmas. The Minehead Butlins-based festival,promoted by All Tomorrow’s Parties, is...

Preview: Supersonic 2010

by Ash Akhtar

Birmingham’s annual Supersonic festival returns this week in a bid tocontinue the justification of its well-worn accolades. Now in its eighthyear after launching as just...

Preview: London Jazz Festival 2010

by admin

The 18th London Jazz Festival, created and produced once again by international live music producers Serious, kicks off on 12th November for 10 days of...

Preview: BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms 2010

by Michael Hubbard

The rebranded BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms this year channels all its energy and resources into three nights of programming at the festival’s base, Camden’s...

Preview: Bestival 2010

by Christopher Monk

Bestival may well deserve its endearingly corny name. Since its inception in 2005 it has been voted Best Medium-Sized Festival at the UK Festival Awards...

Preview: Campfire Trails 2010

by Daniel Paton

Campfire Trails is being promoted as a festival. In the sense that three-day passes are available, this description is not entirely inaccurate. Unlike most festivals,...

Preview: The Green Man 2010

by Jenni Cole

Old hippies never die. They tune out, drop back in and occasionally try to offset their guilt by spending a weekend glamping in the Brecon...

Preview: LED 2010

by Ceiri O'Driscoll

London festivals have gone from newfangled hipster haunts for mud haters to lynchpin of the summer cultural landscape in under a decade. The daddy –...