Where will you be taking your wellies and wet wipes this summer?
Follow this post for this year’s hottest events including who’s playing where, line-up announcements, dates for your diary AND how to get your hands on tickets
T in the Park
This festival is said to be one of the biggest parties in Scotland. Nine stages in the arena (plus four in the campsite!), across three days of festival entertainment, means a choice of up to 180 artists across a packed weekend.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 10th July 2015
End Date: 12th July 2015
Location: Balado, Kinross-shire
Accommodation: near T in the Park
Official website: http://www.tinthepark.com/home.aspx
Twitter: @tinthepark
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tinthepark
Instagram: @tintheparkofficial
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialtinthepark
Isle of Wight Festival
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The amazing Isle of Wight Festival returns from 11 to 14 June 2015 with the legendary Fleetwood Mac headlining Sunday night.
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Who’s playing: The Prodigy, The Black Keys and more
Start Date: 11th June 2015
End Date: 14th June 2015
Location: Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
Accommodation: near Isle of Wight Festival
Official website: http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/
Twitter: @IsleOfWightFest
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iwfestival
Instagram: @isleofwightfest
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/isleofwightfestival
Latitude Festival
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Latitude caters for a variety of musical tastes and stages include The Obelisk Arena, The Uncut Arena, The Sunrise Arena, and the Huw Stephens curated Lake Stage, the festival comprises elements of theatre, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics, dance and literature.
The festival is run by the same team who host the Reading and Leeds festivals.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date:16th July 2015
End Date: 19th July 2015
Location: Henham Park, Southwold, suffolk
Accommodation: near Latitude Festival
Official website: http://www.latitudefestival.com/
Twitter: @LatitudeFest
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/LatitudeFestival
Instagram: @officiallatitudefest
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thelatitudefestival
V Festival
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V Festival has become a massive hit in the festival calendar. The event is held in 2 locations over 2 days and artists perform at both swapping on each night.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 22nd August 2015
End Date: 23rd August 2015
Location: Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire.
Accommodation: near V Festival
Official website: http://www.vfestival.com/
Twitter: @vfestival
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/vfestival
Instagram: @vfestival
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/vfestival
Reading Festival
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This festival can hold over 85,000 people. A classic place for rock fans. You can hear a range of music from rock, alternative, indie, punk & metal, with big names, breaking acts, and exclusive performances.
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Who’s playing: Metallica, Jamie T, Pierced the Veil, Refused and more
Start Date: 28th August 2015
End Date: 30th August 2015
Location: Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading
Accommodation: near Reading Festival
Official website: http://www.readingfestival.com/
Twitter: @OfficialRandL
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/OfficialReadingFestival
Instagram: @officialrandl
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/readingandleeds
Lovebox
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Set in London’s oldes park near Hackney in East London, Lovebox is an urban festival with a beautiful mix of DJ’s, Rock and Roll madness and memorable band and artist performances. 65,000 fans come for the variety of music styles including folk, hip hop, indie, disco-punk, rock, world or electronic music.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 17th July 2015
End Date: 18th July 2015
Location: Victoria Park, London
Accommodation: near Lovebox
Official website: http://loveboxfestival.com/
Twitter: @loveboxfestival
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/loveboxfestival
Instagram: @loveboxhq
Glastonbury Festival
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Glasto needs no introduction, it’s the mother of all festivals and an experience not to be missed. If you could only choose one festival to go to in your whole lifetime this would be it, regardless of musical preference.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 24th June 2015
End Date: 28th June 2015
Location: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Accommodation: near Glastonbury Festival
Official website: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
Twitter: @GlastoFest
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/glastonburyofficial?ref=ts
Download Festival
3 days of rock and metal madness and of axe wielding mayhem. 2 outdoor stages and a chill out area in the woods!
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Who’s playing: Slipknott, Muse, and more
Start Date: 12th June 2015
End Date: 14th June 2015
Location: DONINGTON PARK, castle donnington, Derby
Accommodation: near Download Festival
Official website: http://downloadfestival.co.uk/
Twitter: @DownloadFest
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/downloadfest
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/downloadfestivaluk
Farmfestival 2015
Farmfestival started as a festival for friends, and has stayed that way a decade later. We’re a festival that doesn’t believe in media hype or inflated prices. We believe in a genre defying selection of alternative music, amazing charities, local produce, and good times set to the backdrop of a beautiful Somerset vista. Supporting the UK’s best emerging acts, underground legends & local gems.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 31st July 2015
End Date: 2nd August 2015
Location: Gilcombe Farm, Bruton, Somerset
Accommodation: near Farmfestival 2015
Official website: www.farmfestival.co.uk
Twitter: @Farmfestival
Facebook: www.fb.com/Farmfestival
Instagram: @farmfestuk
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/user/si_arnoldi/playlist/7Jtkr9sSyPOkmPjY1j6EBX?play=true
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FarmfestTV
Field Day Festival
Gauardian call it, “Hackney’s annual hive of hipsters and, priding itself on the most cutting-edge lineup of the festival calendar, a change to gauge the health of the alternative nation.”
Since the beginning in 2008, the festival has been hosting a village fete, titled Village Mentality. The area includes a sack race, tug of war and egg and spoon race.
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Who’s playing: RIDE, Patti Smith & her band, FKA Twigs and more
Start Date: 6th June 2015
End Date: 7th June 2015
Location: Victoria Park, London
Accommodation: near Field Day Music Festival
Official website: www.fielddayfestivals.com/
Twitter: @fielddaylondon
Facebook: www.fb.com/fielddaylondon
Creamfields
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Creamfields is the world’s leading dance music festival. The original dance festival set out to provide the clubbing world with a bespoke large scale outdoor event and has gone on to become the most popular and renowned open air electronic music festival in the world.
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Who’s playing: TBA
Start Date: 28th August 2015
End Date: 30th August 2015
Location: Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire
Accommodation: Near Creamfields
Official website: http://www.creamfields.com/
Twitter: @creamfields
Facebook: https://www.fb.com/OfficialCreamfields