Bluedot festival Family Friday

Blue­dot fes­ti­val has announced Fam­i­ly Day, tak­ing place on the first full day, Fri­day 22 July 2022.  Now in its fifth year, blue­dot con­tin­ues to be one of the best fam­i­ly friend­ly fes­ti­vals in the UK. Of course, as the home of Cheshire’s Jodrell Bank Obser­va­to­ry, the team behind the event has put togeth­er top-lev­­el science…

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Bluedot day tickets plus more artists

Blue­dot fes­ti­val has announced addi­tion­al acts plus day splits for this year’s fes­ti­val.  Day tick­ets are set to be released 10am, Fri­day 25th March.  Kojey Rad­i­cal, Mary Anne Hobbs and War­m­dusch­er all join the line-up. The fes­ti­val has also announced day splits – with day tick­ets set to be released 10am, Fri­day 25th March.  There will be a new VIP…

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Our best festivals for 2022

We LOVE com­pil­ing this list each year. And it feels par­tic­u­lar­ly lib­er­at­ing to almost be back to ‘busi­ness as usu­al’ on the fes­ti­val front – plus some new and expand­ed events are going ahead, mean­ing those in charge of the fes­ti­val purse strings are con­fi­dent we’re head­ing back in the fields this sum­mer. So here’s…

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Tim Burgess and more for Sea Change festival

More news for Sea Change fes­ti­val. Tim Burgess, The Char­la­tans front-man, best-sel­l­­ing author and lis­ten­ing par­ty lock­down sav­iour, will play the Sat­ur­day night head­line slot. Also added to the line up are Por­ridge Radio, Ethio-jazz mae­stro Hailu Mer­gia; the mul­ti-instru­­men­­tal­ist and found­ing mem­ber and key­boardist for the great polyrhyth­mic funk group Walias Band. Stu­dio Elec­tro­phonique is…

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More artists for Camp Bestival, Dorset and Shropshire

Those with tick­ets for Camp Besti­val Dorset and Camp Besti­val Shrop­shire have some wel­come addi­tions to their line­ups – and those still hunt­ing for a tru­ly fam­i­­ly-friend­­ly event should check out these two sum­mer events. Camp Besti­val Shrop­shire The new­bie, Camp Besti­val Shrop­shire is a stand-alone event with all the fam­i­ly friend­ly ele­ments of the…

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Victorious festival 2022, the second wave

More artists are now on board for Vic­to­ri­ous fes­ti­val 2022. Pao­lo Nuti­ni & Sam Fend­er join Stereo­phon­ics as this year’s head­lin­ers along­side a sec­ond wave of artists. Pri­mal Scream will enter­tain as spe­cial guests on Fri­day after­noon and The Lib­ertines take to the stage as spe­cial guests for Sun­day after­noon.  Oth­er new acts across the week­end include king…

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Bluedot festival launches lineup for 2022

We’ve had to wait for two years but Blue­dot is back and their team has just announced its line­up – with sev­er­al more names to come near­er the time. Blue­dot fes­ti­val is set in the grounds of Jodrell Bank Obser­va­to­ry in Cheshire, with the Lovell tele­scope at its cen­tre. The fes­ti­val is known for its…

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Sea Change lineup for 2022 announced

Is there any­one who does­n’t fan­cy the idea of a fes­ti­val with only 600 peo­ple? The event in ques­tion is Sea Change, the – well let’s call it inti­mate – event takes place in Totnes, in a selec­tion of quirky and atmos­pher­ic town venues.  Sea Change Presents announces the first wave of artists for the…

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Camp Bestival doubles up: Dorset and now Shropshire too

Why put on one fes­ti­val when you can organ­ise two? Camp Besti­val has giv­en birth this year to a sec­ond shindig, with the usu­al Dorset loca­tion being joined by Camp Besti­val Shrop­shire lat­er in the sum­mer. Fam­i­ly friend­ly event Camp Besti­val will be return­ing for 2022 to its home in Dorset at Lul­worth Cove. From…

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Victorious Festival 2022 first wave

Vic­to­ri­ous Fes­ti­val makes its first announce­ments for sum­mer 2022. The open­ing day, Fri­day, will see The Stereo­phon­ics head­line. Their 12th album called Oochya! is set for release in the spring. Also Mancs rock­ers James are set to appear.  Sat­ur­day sees The Wom­bats and Sug­ababes appear, while on Sun­day it’s the turn of Noth­ing But Thieves…

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