UK Decay to play at Tomorrow’s Ghosts – tickets nearly sold out

In 2025, the great­est Goth­ic week­ender in the north will be back. Com­plet­ing that line-up today, the fes­ti­val con­firms the addi­tion of its final act… UK DECAY. Formed in Luton in 1979, UK Decay built a large and ded­i­cat­ed inter­na­tion­al fan base on the back of polit­i­cal­ly charged, thun­der­ous releas­es, and high inten­si­ty gigs. Described as ‘The Cult…

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Cafe Mambo Ibiza Classics at Coombe Abbey

The icon­ic Ibiza brand Cafe Mam­bo comes to Grade II List­ed Coombe Abbey, Coven­try this May for an Ibiza Clas­sics Fes­ti­val. It’s hap­pen­ing on Sat­ur­day 31st May 2025. Check out the line­up: Paul Oak­en­fold, Roger Sanchez, Gok Wan, Judge Jules, Loe­ca, Love­ly Lau­ra and Ben San­ti­a­go.  Tak­ing place at Coombe Abbey, expect stun­ning sur­round­ing & Huge…

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Margate Summer series at Dreamland – the lineup so far

The first phase of the Mar­gate Sum­mer Series line­ups has been announced. The series will return to Dream­land in 2025, span­ning rock, reg­gae, elec­tron­i­ca and pop. Super­grass take the stage on Fri­day, 20th June, along­side spe­cial guests Jake Bugg and The Coral. On Sat­ur­day 12th July the Mar­gate Reg­gae Fes­ti­val takes over Dream­land. Head­lined by UB40…

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Victorious festival 2025 first announcements!

KINGS, QUEENS AND VAMPIRES SET TO DESCEND ON VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL 2025 Set on the pic­turesque South­sea seafront, mul­ti-award-win­n­ing Vic­to­ri­ous Fes­ti­val (22/23/24 August 2025) – the UK’s biggest met­ro­pol­i­tan fes­ti­val – has today announced a mas­sive billing of head­lin­ers along­side a host of amaz­ing artists and come­di­ans for the ulti­mate August Bank Hol­i­day week­ender. On top of today’s…

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Faithless announced for Kaleidoscope festival 2025

Kalei­do­scope fes­ti­val, the fam­i­ly event sit­u­at­ed on the slopes of Alexan­dra Palace park in north Lon­don, has just made its first announce­ment, and it’s Faith­less doing a full live show for the head­lin­er on their spec­tac­u­lar main stage. Also appear­ing: Goldie, Eats Every­thing, Sara Cox, Sleep­er, DJ Spoony, Bea­t­les Dub Club and ‘R’ Voic­es choir. Two…

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Thoughts on summer festivals 2024

It’s Sep­tem­ber and sum­mer is retreat­ing fast. This is what End of the Road fes­ti­val in Dorset is all about – offer­ing one final chance to prance about in a field, choose food from a won­der­ful array of ven­dors, chat to just about any­one, and queue up for the toi­let with a cup of sawdust.…

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All Points East 2024 photo gallery – Sunday

The clos­ing Sun­day at All Points East, on 25th August, was main­ly ded­i­cat­ed to retro indie bands for a wan­der down nos­tal­gia lane. Teenage Fan Club, The Lemon Twigs, Sleater-Kin­ney, The Postal Service/Death Cab for Cutie all played the East and West stages. The small­er stages at the cen­tre of the park most­ly fea­tured rising…

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All Points East: photo gallery Sofia Kourtesis, Newdad, Pixies, Jockstrap

It was a beau­ti­ful­ly sun­ny All Points East fes­ti­val at Vic­to­ria Park for the final Fri­day – with Sofia Kor­te­sis, Pix­ies, Joe God­dard, New­dad, Jock­strap, Nation of Lan­guage, Float­ing Points, Monobloc, Dove Ellis, Astral Bak­ers, Vagabon, The Kills and more. LCD Soundsys­tem head­lined with a per­for­mance that com­bined pow­er and emo­tion. All Points East festival,…

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Photo gallery: Love Motion at South Facing Festival

The sun bathed the open­ing con­cert of the South Fac­ing fes­ti­val series in a gold­en glow. The crowd stepped up to the occa­sion bedecked in their fin­ery, ready to par­ty in the park to a run of DJs, with Grace Jones clos­ing the evening with her visu­al­ly and aural­ly stun­ning show. Much missed was Roisin…

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Kaleidoscope festival 2024 photo gallery

Pho­tos from Kalei­do­scope fes­ti­val at Alexan­dra Palace and Park, north Lon­don. ‘R’ Voic­es Choir, Huey Mor­gan the Fun Lovin’ Crim­i­nal, Antony Szmierek, The Go! Team, Soul II Soul, Min­istry of Sound Clas­si­cal. At the Fringe Stage, Bri­an Blessed enter­tained the crowds. At Cloud 10, Kalei­do­scope’s dance are­na at the top of the Palace, pic­tured are…

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