South Facing festival adds more to the bill

Things have ramped up at South Fac­ing – the annu­al series of events held at Crys­tal Palace bowl in south Lon­don. The eas­i­ly acces­si­ble and icon­ic park has become syn­ony­mous with great line­ups but this year they’ve tak­en things even fur­ther, with more artists on their line­ups sur­pris­ing us at every turn. Today South Fac­ing announce…

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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, many…

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Mogwai and Lankum for South Facing Festival

Two phe­nom­i­nal acts are con­firmed for a South Fac­ing Fes­ti­val dou­ble bill at Crys­tal Palace Park – Mog­wai and Lankum. The two acts will com­ple­ment each oth­er per­fect­ly and this is one sum­mer evening not to miss. This exclu­sive event marks Mogwai’s only UK sum­mer appear­ance and Lankum’s only Lon­don show of 2025. With eleven acclaimed…

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Love Motion stars Nile Rodgers and CHIC

Join Love Motion, the spe­cial one-day event, part of the South Fac­ing fes­ti­val series in Crys­tal Palace Park. This year, Nile Rodgers, co-founder of CHIC, is to head­line. With CHIC, Nile pio­neered a musi­cal lan­guage with hits like Le Freak and sparked hip-hop with Good Times and Rapper’s Delight. His work in the CHIC Organization,…

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