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News: Bearded Theory – Best Festival Line Up Of 2023?
Do you ever look at some of the major European festivals and think wow, that’s a great line-up, wish we had more like that in the UK? The constraints of a Post-Brexit world may preclude British music fans from ever experiencing exact replicas, but this year organisers, DHP Family, have certainly put a bill together, …
News: The Fleadh stage line-up for Forest Fest Emo village in Co Laois Ireland this July is finalised.
The line-up for the Fleadh stage at Forest Fest in Emo village in Co Laois this July is finalised.The Forest Fleadh is a unique initiative for an Irish music festival as it presents a platform to solelyshowcase the best of Irish trad and folk.The overall Forest Fest programme features an eclectic mix of over 80 …
Say Psych: News: Left of the Dial adds new names to 2023 line-up
Left of the Dial is an international showcase festival that takes place in mid-October in the center of Rotterdam. It offers a cross section of the most relevant alternative artists of the moment. The festival is named after a song by The Replacements. ‘Left of the Dial’ is a reference to American radio stations. To …
News: Sea Sessions Surf Music Festival announces full line-up for June
Yesterday saw the announcement of the full line-up for Sea Sessions at Bundoran Co Donegal on the 16th – 18th of June.Headliners for the weekend are Kasabian for the Friday / Becky Hill for the Saturday and The Coronas for the Sunday.Joining them will be a large array of acts and as with ever year …
News: Beyond The Pale Festival returns to the Wicklow mountains in June
Beyond The Pale returns boosting both homegrown and international act spread out over the three days 16th-18th of June .Set on the Glendalough Estate in the picturesque Wicklow mountains that on its own is enough to make anyone mark this festival into their dairies, never mind the fantastic line-up. Watched the highlights from 2022s festival …
News: Bluesfest Byron Bay adds a further 6 acts to its’ already impressive lineup for 2023.
Bluesfest has unveiled its’ second announcement for the 2023 festival, this time tantalizing festival-lovers with another 6 international acts sure to tempt those still vacillating about whether to go or not. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Counting Crows, The Doobie Brothers (with Michael McDonald), Vintage Trouble and Allison …
Festival Preview: Leeds Festival 2022 – Sunday
The final day of a festival is always a little bit sad. The realisation that there is only one day left and time to reflect on how wild the weekend has already been. However, there is no time to be sad as Sunday at Leeds is jam packed of great bands that you shouldn’t miss, …
Festival Preview: Leeds Festival 2022 – Saturday
Day two of the festival is always a party, you’re hyped from day one, maybe a little tired but just stoked for whats to come. Here are our ten to see on Saturday at Bramham Park MAIN STAGE EAST Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes: Special guests for Saturday at Leeds are British heavyweights Frank Carter …
Festival Preview: Leeds Festival 2022 – Friday
Packing up our stuff to head back to Bramham Park over the August Bank Holiday weekend can only mean one thing… LEEDS FEST! This year we’re covering the entire festival and are looking forward to seeing some acts in particular, here are our top 10 acts to see each day at this years’ Leeds Festival …
Meet: Supersonic festival director Lisa Meyer ahead of July’s must-catch happening.
Festivals are back and that’s important. Every festival, from gargantuan to the esoteric, has a community around it, they have become part of our folklore, part of our cultural clock, a marker in the year, a celebration of a certain thing that happens over and over. Relationships build between a festival and its people, the …