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…
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…
The start of the new year is always a quiet time around the coast of Britain so the Butlin’s resort at Skegness in Lincolnshire is livening things up with its Great British Rock and Blues Festival. The festival runs from 18-21 January and features some of the biggest and best stars of the rock and…
It’s not long into the new year before the festivals kick-off again and next weekend there’s the Rockaway Beach Festival to look forward to at the Butlin’s resort in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Now in its fourth installment the festival takes place from 11-13 January 2019 and features Gary Numan, Maximo Park, Barry Adamson, Laetitia…
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the London A Cappella Festival resonates around the capital from 23-26 January 2019. Bringing an epic line-up of international headliners and vocal super-groups to the city, this year’s programme features internationally acclaimed composer and singer Laura Mvula with Europe’s finest female vocal quintet Black Voices; American pop-jazz vocal sensations M-Pact, legendary…
