Guide to day festivals – no tent required

Day fes­ti­vals are becom­ing increas­ing­ly pop­u­lar – they give you the fes­ti­val expe­ri­ence with­out the need to take a whole week­end out of your sched­ule. There are lots of new­bies pop­ping up this year cov­er­ing a mul­ti­tude of gen­res, so you can get your fes­ti­val fix and col­lapse into your own cozy bed at the…

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Ultimate summer festival guide 2026

Sum­mer fes­ti­val sea­son is on the hori­zon. Here’s our annu­al fab­u­lous fes­ti­val guide to see you through from mid May to the end of Sep­tem­ber. The fes­ti­val land­scape has been chang­ing rapid­ly over the past few years and some events have strug­gled to keep afloat; we’ve said good­bye to a num­ber of much-loved ones. On…

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Ultimate summer festival guide 2025

It’s our favourite time of year… we’re dream­ing of fresh green fields, flags wav­ing in the gen­tle breeze, bands start­ing up on stage and a cosy tent to snug­gle into at night. Here’s our UK fes­ti­vals cal­en­dar with an empha­sis on inde­pen­dents – and many of them come with per­son­al rec­om­men­da­tions. On a sad note,…

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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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