2019 festival season is fast approaching, so here’s our month by month guide to our favourites.
MAY
The Great Escape, various locations Brighton May 9-11May
The
festival for new music is returning to Brighton, 450 of the best upcoming
artists will be taking to the streets and venues of the seaside town. The Great
Escape takes place across 30+ venues, each buzzing with an unparalleled
showcase of international and local artists from a diverse range of genres.
With
“spotlight” special gigs and surprise “secret gigs” this is always a great way
to kick off the festival season
Spotlight
gigs announced
Lewis
Capaldi, plus Kara Marni and Easy Life. Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Foals
return to The Great Escape to play very special Transgressive 15th anniversary
spotlight show
Ticket prices – £75.00 This does not include access to the spotlight shows
Bearded Theory – The Spring Gathering Catton Hall, Derbyshire, May 23-26
Bearded Theory is a multi-award winning creative and performing arts festival set in the beautiful grounds of Catton Hall in the heart of the National Forest. The festival borders 3 counties of West Midlands, South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and only 2 hours away for 50% of the UKs population.
This year’s line ups includes headline sets
from Suede, The Cult, Little Steven and the Disciples of Souls, Doves, Stiff
Little Fingers, Faithless DJ set , Idlewild and The Orb.
Ticket
Prices £128.62 Adult weekend camping
Wychwood
Festival,
Cheltenham Racecourse, 31May- 2 June
Wychwood Festival is a family friendly
festival, set in the heart of the Cotswolds. Over the weekend, you can expect
to be entertained with more than 100 acts across indie, world and folk genres.
Add to that comedy, over 100 workshops and activities for all ages The
Headphone Disco until the early hours, our very own Children’s Literature
Festival, Great Food and Wychwood Ales, Healing Gardens, Artists and
Sculpturer’s Quarter plus idyllic camping beneath the Prestbury Hills
Headline
sets from The Stranglers, Scouting For Girls, T’Pau and Toyah
Tickets
£145- adult weekend camping
JUNE
Camden Rocks, Camden, London 1-2 June
Camden
Rocks Festival sees 7,000 live music lovers take over Camden Town, with over
200 bands throughout 20 venues.
Headline
shows include Fran Turner, deaf Havana, Ash and Wheatus
Venues Include:
Electric
Ballroom • Proud Camden • The Underworld Camden • Camden Barfly Up &
Downstairs • Dingwalls • The Monarch • The Crowndale Pub • Dingwalls Canalside
• The Hawley Arms • The Cuban Camden • The Black Heart • BrewDog Bar Camden •
Camden Cavern at Belushi’s Camden’s • Be At One • The Good Mixer • The Forge •
Dublin Castle, Camden • Bloc Bar • Fifty Five bar and Lounge
Tickets: £70 +booking fees for adult weekend .
Download, Donnington Park 12-16 June
Rock & metal festival over 5 stages.
Headliners this year include Def Leppard,SlipKnot, Tool, Slash, Slayer and enter shikari .
Tickets Adult camping : £220.00+ fees
Isle
of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, I.O.W, 13-16 June.
The
first Isle of Wight festival took place on 31st August – 1st September 1968 and
featured the likes of T- Rex and Fairport Convention. The 1970 Isle of Wight
festival was a five day marathon featuring The Doors, Hawkwind and Joan Baez.
Jimi Hendrix also played at the festival in 1970 just weeks before his untimely
death.
Spread over 7 “areas” this stella festival
always boasts some of the best acts around
This
years line-up includes …
George
Ezra, Biffy Clyro , Noel Gallagher’s high Flying Birds, Lily Allen and Fat Boy
Slim
Tickets
: £175.00 Adult Weekend camping +315 car park (buy in advance)
Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset 26-30 June
Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival
of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset. In
addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre,
circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined,
alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance
areas. Films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the
festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury is
the largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around
175,000 people, requiring extensive infrastructure in terms of security,
transport, water, and electricity supply. The majority of staff are volunteers,
helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for charity organisations.
Spread
over 16 Areas, each with live music or other activities, the festival site is
the size of a city.
This years headliners include The Killers,
The Cure, Stormzy, Kylie and Janet Jackson
Tickets:
SOLD OUT.
JULY
Cornbury Festival , Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire 5-7 July
Cornbury Festival at The Great Tew Park ,
Oxfordshire is now in it’s 16th year, it is a family friendly festival, with 5
stages set in beautiful countryside.
Entertainment
this year includes
The Specials, Keane, The Beach Boys, Echo & The Bunnymen, Gaz Coombes, KT Tunstall, Trevor Horn, Hothouse Flowers, Beverley Knight & much more + The Hairy Bikers Pop Up Restaurant.
Tickets: £180.00 Adult weekend camping
Innervisions
London,
Various venues, London, 3-7 June
Innervisions
is back bringing the very best of Soul, Jazz, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Hip Hop,
Latin and World music, featuring some of the finest global performers in their
field. Once again the festival will be held in some of London’s premier arts
and music venues, including 5 nights at Camden’s Roundhouse,
Brought to London by AGMP, one of the UK’s top promoters, Innervisions is the perfect reason to leave your tent in the loft and stay in the city!
Acts announced so far include : Van Morrison, Gilberto Gil, Maceo Parker, Mavis Staples, Stone Foundation, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Submotion Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, Aloe Blacc, Ramp, Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson, Fela Kuti Saluting The Black President, Monday Michiru, Jarrod Lawson
Ticket price vary from gig to gig
Latitude, Obelisk Arena, Henham Park, Suffolk 18-21 July
Latitude was first held in July 2006 and has
been held every year since. The festival includes a comprehensive bill of
musicians, bands and artists across four stages – the Obelisk Arena, the BBC
Music Arena, the i Arena, and the Lake Stage. The festival also comprises
elements of theatre, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics, dance and
literature.
Line-
this year includes George Ezra, Snow Patrol, Lana Del Rey and Underworld.
Tickets:
£202.50 + fees
Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, Dorset 25-28 August
Camp Bestival is back this year, curated By Rob De bank and his wife Josie it is targeted at families with small children, and has to be the best family festival in the UK, It has a capacity of 30,000 and is set around the impressive Lulworth Estate, close to Lulworth Beach.
This years impressive line-up includes Nile Rodgers and Chic, Jess Glynne, The Human League Sister Sledge and for the children Mr Tumble, Mr Bloom and Shaun the sheep’s Vegetable Orchestra
Tickets : £180.00 – Adult weekend camping.
AUGUST
Lakefest, Eastnor Castle ,
8-11 August
Set in the beautiful Eastnor Castle Estate Lakefest has gone from strength to strength. Boasting 5 music area’s, including the main Abbey Stage, which is within a massive tent, this family friendly festival still feels like a local party whilst attracting many top headling acts .
This years acts include Kaiser Chiefs, James Happy Mondays, The Pigeon Detectives, Sophie Ellis-Bextoe and the Bluetones.
Tickets: £95.00 + fees , Adult weekend camping.
Reading
& Leeds,
Richfield Avenue, Bramham Park, 23-25 August
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. Originally billed as Read rock Festival, it is now a more diverse festival now featuring more genes of music
This years line-up includes The 1975, Blossoms, Post Malone, Twenty One Pilots, Foo Fighters, The Wombats and Bastille
Tickets: £205 + fees Adult weekend camping
Watchet Music Festival, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, Somerset 23-25 August
For an
alternative to the larger, commercial festivals, try Watchet Festival. Being
West Somerset’s Largest Independently Run, Not for Profit Outdoor Music
Festival. Watchet is a family friendly music festival with amazing views of the
stunning West Somerset coastline and beyond. Complete with on-site camping, 3
stages, over 60 live acts, bringing a wide range of high calibre musical acts
not normally found performing in West Somerset at an affordable entrance price.
Oh and
don’t forget to try the Cream Tea’s !!!
Acts
this year include: The Lightning Seeds, Embrace, Alabama 3 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Reverend & the maker and Hot Chocolate .
Tickets : £87.50 Adult weekend camping
