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LIST: MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE UK



This is a list of mainstream outdoor music festivals held in the UK.

2000 Trees Withington, nr Cheltenham, Glos

11 & 12 Jul 08
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

15-17 Aug 08
Voted 'Best Grassroots festival 2006'.
Bestival Robin Hill, Isle of Wight

5-7 Sept 08
Cool festival that has won an award for 'Best medium-large music festival' in 05, 06 & 07.
Big Chill Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire

1-3 Aug 08
V popular, large and laid-back festival in a valley in the Malvern Hills.
Big Green Gathering Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

29 Jul - 2 Aug 09 TBC
Longstanding and popular 5-day eco-event celebrating sustainable living and centered around Europe's biggest solar powered stage! In Nov 2007, after 25 years its future was in doubt and they were trying to stave off bankruptcy. The latest news is that there won't be a festival in 08, but they hope to restart in 2009, probably .
Blissfields Matterley Estate, Winchester, Hampshire

4-6 Jul 08
Family friendly boutique festival launched in 2001, now (08) featuring over 100 acts.
Chagstock Whiddon Down, N. Devon

11-12 Jul 08
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

12-14 Sep 08
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

27-29 Jun 08
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

15-17 Aug 08
Folk music festival in Wales.
Guilfest Stoke Park, Guildford

4-6 July 08
Award-winning medium-sized festival. Good for families.
Larmer Tree Nr Shaftesbury, Dorset

16-20 July 08
Boutique festival, popular with families (and popular with me! - Ed).
Latitude Henham Park, Suffolk

17-20 July 08
Small music, comedy, poetry, and arts festival
Loopallu Ullapool, Scotland

19-20 Sep 08
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

11-13 Jul 08
Popular small family festival launched in 2006 that has quickly grown. In 2008 it'll feature a mixture of 160+ major, and local, bands on 6 stages.
Reading Reading, Berkshire

22-24 Aug 08
Serious, large scale festival with top acts.
Shambala Secret location, Northamptonshire

21-25 Aug 08
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

1-3 Aug 08
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

8-10 Aug 08
Popular boutique festival that's been around since 2001 getting a good reputation for attracting big names.
Wychwood Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire

30 May - 1 June 08
World music festival, good for families.
Womad Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

25-27 July 08
Popular world music festival
 

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Research Tips: * The UK Festival Awards are a good guide to the best festivals each year.



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