Autumn and winter festival guide 2026–27

The tent may be packed away but fes­ti­vals are car­ry­ing on at venues around the coun­try through­out autumn and win­ter. From all-day­ers to week­enders, from city events embrac­ing a mul­ti­tude of grass­roots venues, to small, spe­cialised gath­er­ings in pubs up and down the land. Designed to give you an uplift­ing fes­ti­val expe­ri­ence even in the…

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Dalston Takeover 2025 photo gallery

Pitch­fork Music Fes­ti­val Lon­don end­ed on Sat­ur­day with Dal­ston Takeover. This was a diverse show­case of pri­mar­i­ly US artists, encom­pass­ing a wide mix of gen­res. One minute you’re sit­ting in Earth Hackney’s beau­ti­ful the­atre watch­ing dreamy shoegaze by Full Body 2, the next you’re in the tran­quil­i­ty of St Matthias Church for the clear-voiced country-folk…

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Upchuck, Ratboys, Partydozen: Pitchfork Music Festival photo gallery

Pitch­fork Music Fes­ti­val took over Vil­lage Under­ground for a fan­tas­tic and pret­ty loud night with Par­ty Dozen, Rat­boys and Upchuck. First on stage were Sid­ney-based Par­ty Dozen, a duo on drums and sax, whip­ping things into a fren­zy. Chica­go band Rat­boys played a blind­er of a set with an avalanche of rip­pling coun­try-tinged gui­tars, all…

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