Forwards Festival announces photo initiative with Sony UK

FORWARDS and Big Team CIC announces the return of its pio­neer­ing social ini­tia­tive Cap­ture FORWARDS, and reveals its col­lab­o­ra­tion with Sony UK. The ini­tia­tive offers young pho­tog­ra­phers the invalu­able oppor­tu­ni­ty to gain expe­ri­ence pho­tograph­ing live events, through prac­ti­cal and the­o­ry work­shops and a men­tor­ship pro­gram with indus­try pro­fes­sion­als. Par­tic­i­pants will receive the best pos­si­ble tools…

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Forwards 2024 closes with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Fol­low­ing last week’s announce­ment of rave pio­neers Under­world being added to the FORWARDSline­up, the Bris­tol fes­ti­val now clos­es its 2024 music pro­gramme with The Jesus and Mary Chain on Sun­day. The mys­te­ri­ous ensem­ble GLASS BEAMS are also play­ing. Also join­ing the 2024 FORWARDS pro­gramme is a col­lec­tion of Big Team’s Next Lev­el ArtistDevel­op­ment Pro­gramme, a…

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Forwards new headliners Underworld; The Rising Festival adds accommodation

We’re adding some wel­come fes­ti­val news updates… For­wards Bris­tol There’s a new head­lin­er at Bris­tol’s For­wards fes­ti­val. FORWARDS has revealed that UNDERWORLD has been added to the Sun­day bill for the 2024 fes­ti­val line­up fol­low­ing their inter­na­tion­al tour. This will be UNDERWORLD’s only Bris­tol per­for­mance for 2024. A replace­ment for Mari­bou State is soon to be announced…

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Best festival guide for 2024

Sum­mer is breath­ing its last, and we’re near­ly at the end of out­door fes­ti­val sea­son. We’re com­pil­ing our autumn and win­ter fes­ti­val guide to pro­vide inspi­ra­tion and joy dur­ing the cold­er months.  Mucky Week­ender 5–7 Sep­tem­ber Tak­ing place at ‘Vic­arage Farm’, Win­ches­ter, Mucky Week­ender’s fifth edi­tion fea­tures five music stages with dub, ska, reg­gae, jungle,…

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Festivals through summer and beyond

Fes­ti­val sea­son has moved into high gear. Sev­er­al have sold out (Green Man, Kendal Call­ing and Beau­ti­ful Days to name just three – and Ral­ly is close to sell­ing out) but there’s still over­all plen­ty of choice. Our list includes sev­er­al met­ro­pol­i­tan (non camp­ing) shindigs too, right into Sep­tem­ber. If you’re des­per­ate to attend a…

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After Glastonbury: festivals to book

If you’ve arrived home from Wor­thy Farm feel­ing like you could do it all again (but on a small­er scale), or if four days of watch­ing Glas­to from your sofa has inspired you to get back in the fields, don’t fret. We’ve com­piled a roundup of fes­ti­vals with a few tick­ets still avail­able. Don’t hang…

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