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LIST: MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE UK
This is a list of mainstream outdoor music festivals held in the UK. | |||||
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| 2000 Trees | Withington, nr Cheltenham, Glos 16 & 18 Jul 2010 |
Small eco festival in the Cotswolds, launched in 2007 with 50 bands of all musical tastes & varieties playing to 1,500 visitors. | |||
| Beautiful Days | Escot Park, Fairmile, Devon 20-22 Aug 2010 |
Voted 'Best Grassroots festival 2006'. | |||
| Bestival | Robin Hill, Isle of Wight 9-12 Sept 2010 |
Cool festival that has won an award for 'Best medium-large music festival' in 05, 06 & 07. | |||
| Big Chill | Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire 5-8 Aug 2010 |
V popular, large and laid-back festival in a valley in the Malvern Hills. | |||
| Blissfields | Matterley Estate, Winchester, Hampshire 2-4 Jul 2010 |
Family friendly boutique festival launched in 2001. | |||
| Chagstock | Whiddon Down, N. Devon Jul 2010 |
Friendly small scale festival. Started in 2003 as a private event for around 100 people, and went 'public' in 2007 on a 30-acre site on the edge of Dartmoor. | |||
| End of the Road | Larmertree, Dorset Sep 2010 |
Not only end of the road...it's held at the end of the season too, on the same site as the Larmertree Festival (see below). One man's dream project, EOTR was voted best-newcomer when it launched in 2006. | |||
| Glastonbury | Glastonbury, Somerset 23-27 Jun 2010 |
The Big Daddy. They describe themselves as ' the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world'. All the biggest acts in a multiple arena site 1½ miles wide. | |||
| Green Man | Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons 20-22 Aug 2010 |
Folk music festival in Wales. | |||
| Guilfest | Stoke Park, Guildford July 2010 |
Award-winning medium-sized festival. Good for families. | |||
| Larmer Tree | Nr Shaftesbury, Dorset July 2010 |
Boutique festival, popular with families (and popular with me! - Ed). | |||
| Latitude | Henham Park, Suffolk July 2010 |
Small music, comedy, poetry, and arts festival | |||
| Loopallu | Ullapool, Scotland 17-18 Sep 2010 |
Small festival in the north-west highlands with a big rep - helped in some part by featuring Franz Ferdinand's only summer festival gig in 2007, its third year. | |||
| Lounge on the Farm | Canterbury, Kent 09-11 Jul 2010 |
Popular small family festival launched in 2006 that has quickly grown. | |||
| Reading | Reading, Berkshire 27-29 Aug 2010 |
Serious, large scale festival with top acts. | |||
| Shambala | Secret location, Northamptonshire Aug 2010 |
Started in 1999, with 150 people in a field with a farmer's trailor for a stage. Now it has grown by word of mouth into a popular family festival with loads of activities and good bands. You don't get to know where it is until you buy a ticket, and you don't know who is playing till you get there - don't ask me why! | |||
| Standon-Calling | Ware, Herts Aug 2010 |
Small stylish festival held in the grounds of a 16-century Hertfordshire manor house with big name bands and hand cream in the portaloos! | |||
| Summer Sundae | De Monfort Hall & Gardens, Leicester Aug 2010 |
Popular boutique festival that's been around since 2001 getting a good reputation for attracting big names. | |||
| Wychwood | Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire 4-6 June 2010 |
World music festival, good for families. | |||
| Womad | Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire 23-25 July 2010 |
Popular world music festival | |||
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| Notes: | * | The UK Festival Awards are a good guide to the best festivals each year. |
| * | National Express  run coaches to some festivals...
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