Review Kaleidoscope 2026: sun, sounds and a secret set

Kalei­do­scope Fes­ti­val Alexan­dra Palace, now in its 6th year, has become some­thing of a local sum­mer insti­tu­tion, espe­cial­ly with fam­i­lies. Could a day fes­ti­val ever be in a bet­ter loca­tion? Well done to the Vic­to­ri­ans for build­ing the palace and cre­at­ing such a fes­­ti­­val-friend­­ly site. The main stage, perched upon Ally Pal­ly’s grassy slope, means you…

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Kaleidoscope festival 2026: photo gallery

Kalei­do­scope opened this year with the Amy Wine­house Band, fol­lowed by mega-choir Some Voic­es. Up on the Cloud 10 dance are­na, Roni Size deliv­ered a set to get every­one in the par­ty groove. Lat­er, Black Grape per­formed on the main stage while Bez’s Acid House Expe­ri­ence led foot­ball chants over on the Fringe stage. Kids…

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Love to Be… festival announces fab upgrades!

Love to be… returns with its flag­ship fes­ti­val at The Stray in Har­ro­gate, Sat­ur­day 5th Sep­tem­ber with a new­ly reworked site designed to make your expe­ri­ence even bet­ter.  The 2026 edi­tion intro­duces an expand­ed main stage, new chill­out zone, upgrad­ed VIP offer­ing and a host of fresh addi­tions. Get GlamA stand­out new fea­ture for 2026 is the Glam Van from Ilkley…

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The Coral announce new tour – and a video

The Coral have announced their first head­line UK tour in almost three years a month after releas­ing their thir­teenth album, 388. There’s a run of six shows, plus three are­na sup­port dates with The Mary Wal­lop­ers, and a simul­ta­ne­ous release of a new video for opti­mistic new sin­gle, Leave It In The Past. The album 388 was ful­ly released at the…

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HENGE to commence 75-show tour

One of the most unique and pop­u­lar bands on the fes­ti­val cir­cuit is undoubt­ed­ly space-rock genius­es, HENGE. And the Man­ches­ter cos­mic rock col­lec­tive are about to com­mence their, cur­rent­ly 75-date ‘world tour’ span­ning the UK, Europe, Cana­da, USA and Mex­i­co with more to be announced. There are 18 dates across the UK and Ire­land starting…

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As One In The Park 2026

Come and join As One In the Park’s com­mu­ni­ty! On Sat 18th July at Wal­pole Park, Lon­don’s LGBTQ+ Fes­ti­val returns… with one huge day of music, colour, cock­tails and danc­ing in the heart of Lon­don – across three stages and a full park of par­ty peo­ple 🥳 THREE STAGES. ALL DAY. From house, trib­al, pop and techno…

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Magnetic Skies remix ‘Closing In’ – out now

Hav­ing been fans of Mag­net­ic Skies since their ear­li­est releas­es, we’re always keen to hear what the band does next. Their lat­est offer­ing is a new remix of Clos­ing In, a stand­out track from their sopho­more album Frag­ments, released last year. Already a dark and atmos­pher­ic piece, Clos­ing In has been reimag­ined with even greater intensity,…

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Review: Hue And Cry deliver their 16th album: Everybody

Scot­tish pop duo Hue And Cry release their 16th stu­dio album: Every­body on May 29. Broth­ers Greg and Pat Kane, who ini­tial­ly rose to fame in the 80s with Labour of Love (and their debut album Seduced and Aban­doned) are back with a set of songs that prove their abil­i­ty to con­tin­ue to shapeshift and…

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Bearded Theory 2026 Sunday photo gallery: Lynks, Wildhearts, Garbage

It’s a tra­di­tion: The Bar-Stew­ard Sons of Val Doon­i­can must com­mence Sun­day’s pro­ceed­ings. This year not one, but two boats sailed out across the crowds. There was lots to get excit­ed about on the music front: Au Pairs, GANS, Neville Sta­ple, New­dad, Lynks, The Twi­light Sad, Basht., The Wild­hearts and Garbage. All mak­ing this one…

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