From one revolutionary residential festival in a multi-purpose holiday camp a little over a decade ago, Chic Festivals has grown to become a powerhouse on the European stage… and this year will be bringing 16 events to locations around the UK and one on the road in Spain. It all started with Hard Rock Hell…
There’s a new kid on the block in Weston-super-Mare and it’s what you get when you mix equal parts cider and music. Taking place from 1-3 February 2019 at Pontins Sand Bay holiday park in Somerset, Incider Festival is being organised for the first time by the Fuelled by Cider team, who also run the…
Londoners can look forward to shaking off their winter blues at the start of February when the streets of Shoreditch will hop to the rhythm of roots music. A celebration of the best emerging musical talent and genres, London Remixed Festival features more than 25 cutting-edge bands and DJs playing across four stages on 1-2…
Whoever thought of staging an arts festival on the coast… in the north of England… in the middle of February? Well whoever it was… it turns out it wasn’t a half bad idea after all! A three-day event held at the seaside in Yorkshire, Coastival has welcomed many thousands of visitors to Scarborough during the…
The streets of Nottingham will be alive with music on Sunday, 27 January, when Beat The Streets bursts onto the scene. Featuring more than 80 national and local acts playing across more than 10 stages dotted around city-centre venues, all proceeds raised by the festival from ticket sales, merchandise and bar sales at designated venues…
When it’s spring in Snowdonia the focus in Wales turns to Wrexham as thousands of music lovers converge on north Wales’ largest town for the country’s annual celebration of new music. Bringing more than 200 live acts to the town, FOCUS Wales provides an annual international multi-venue showcase for the Welsh music industry. With the…
If you’re the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ you’re bound to have inspired a few people with your music, but to shape-shifting British rock icon David Bowie, Elvis Presley meant a whole lot more. The pair were both Capricorns, born 12 years apart on 8 January. If they were still with us Bowie would be…
It’s a far cry from Graceland but the 84th anniversary of his birth is as good a time as any to get the first mention of the year in about the Porthcawl Elvis Festival, which descends on the South Wales seaside resort every September for a weekend of tributes to the “King of Rock and…
Can you believe it’s already 41 years ago today that the Sex Pistols began their one and only ill-fated tour of the United States? On 5 January 1978 the fearsome foursome rocked up in Atlanta, Georgia, as manager Malcolm McLaren set them on a path to confront their detractors by avoiding major markets, such as…
It was eight years ago today that the creator of one of the most iconic songs of a generation, Gerry Rafferty, passed away after a long battle with liver disease at the age of 63. An incredibly distinctive piece of work, there’s no doubting it’s Baker Street blasting from the radio from the moment the…
