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Check here for our reviews on all the festivals and events that the Summer Festival Guide are involved with.
Katie McGuinness posted on May 19, 2013 16:22
Like Camden Crawl, Live at Leeds and Brighton's Great Escape. Dot to Dot is a city centre based festival. Since forming in 2005 initially in...
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Ali Ryland posted on May 09, 2013 12:54
“This is the drunkest I’ve been at a gig for a long time!” The drifting garbles of a wobbly frontman on the rockabilly Please Please...
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Sophie Luker posted on May 09, 2013 12:38
London, a place where some of the best and most widely known festivals are held drawing in millions but deep within the heart of Islington, an alterna...
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Miranda Wade posted on May 07, 2013 11:02
Liverpool Sound City is a determinedly different festival. The line-up reads like a roll call of this summer’s biggest acts, and though it runs ...
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Katie McGuinness posted on May 07, 2013 08:07
Live at Leeds, now in it's 7th year is a city center festival featuring over 100 bands local and international. A wristband entitles you (su...
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Jake Davis posted on April 22, 2013 13:47
Seeing someone perform inside a soundproofed box isn’t the usual thing you’d expect when attending a gig. It was actually quite a surreal ...
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Katie McGuinness posted on April 14, 2013 11:27
Now in it's 7th year, Live at Leeds returns to Leeds City Centre over the May bank holiday. For those who dislike muddy fields and need thei...
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Sophie Luker posted on March 17, 2013 16:53
Taking place in one of the most iconic venues in London The Hard Rock Café, Hard Rock Rising: the global battle of the bands 2013 was an event not to ...
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Nicole Leslie posted on February 21, 2013 14:39
Swap the wellies for high heels and replace the poncho's for shirts and you have the launch night of T in the Park. With artificial grass, wooden ...
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Anna Hyams posted on February 13, 2013 17:17
Ahoy shipmates! Bestival has only gone and ruddy done it again, a stellar line-up announcement in the middle of the dreary sludge ridden grey early da...
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Anna Hyams posted on September 14, 2012 13:06
Across a deep deep sea, in a deep deep valley, some animals are arriving at Robin Hill Park…
The Isle of Wight once again plays host to a fami...
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Jonathan Mark Terry posted on September 13, 2012 09:02
For a band that has been described as sounding lyrically close to the likes of early Arctic Monkeys it was almost appropriate that two songs before th...
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Anna Hyams posted on September 12, 2012 12:00
When the announcement came that the legendary Stevie Wonder was to headline this years’ Bestival, we could scarcely contain our excitement and a...
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Anna Hyams posted on September 11, 2012 16:05
Strolling nonchalantly onto the main stage without so much as a howdy-do, eighties synth superstars New Order start off their headline slot with slow ...
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Anna Hyams posted on September 09, 2012 11:35
The night is pitch black and clear, stars speckle the darkness and fringed silk flags ripple in the breeze as the main stage area fills with expectant...
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Anna Hyams posted on September 08, 2012 09:46
As hot day turns into teeth-chatteringly cold night, Forty thousand thursday Bestivalites attempt to squish themselves sardine-like into the Big Top f...
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Miranda Wade posted on September 01, 2012 23:47
Festibelly. Sounds good, right? I fantasize about a mile long banquet out in the fields, the kind for medieval kings and queens, with all the mod cons...
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Tina Boonstra posted on August 30, 2012 11:24
Leeds and Reading festivals are probably two of the biggest music events in the UK, time and time again they bring in the biggest and brightest acts o...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 27, 2012 20:59
It’s another August Bank holiday weekend which means that it’s time for another installment of London’s infamous electronic music fe...
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Jon Andrews posted on August 13, 2012 09:01
Bloodstock has come back for another year to bring the best in Metal and its extreme natured brothers! The headliners range from the Blackened Death e...
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Jon Andrews posted on August 13, 2012 08:57
It’s hard not to end up gushing when talking about Alice Cooper, with a fully prepared and considered live show; he really brings theatrics full...
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Jon Andrews posted on August 12, 2012 11:12
Machine Head managed to stir up the metal concentrated areas of the internet with their headlining slot tonight, with many naysayers claiming it to be...
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Ali Ryland posted on August 11, 2012 12:45
“Oh yeah, yeah, we have a system in place in case our [monstrously drunk] mate gets lost,” one punter exclaims, waving a can of K cider (8...
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Jon Andrews posted on August 11, 2012 10:34
Finishing the Friday of Bloodstock this year are one of the most renowned Blackened Death Metal bands around; Behemoth. With their Vocalist Nergal hav...
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Kirsty Gasston posted on August 10, 2012 16:30
It’s difficult to tell if it was the festival theme and fancy dress, the smaller size of the festival, the setting, the mix of music, or a combi...
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Steph Thompson posted on August 09, 2012 11:40
Hyde Park was heaving as the sun shone down on what turned out to be ‘Super Saturday’.
Musical entertainment was provided by Rusty Shackl...
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Elise Price posted on August 02, 2012 17:45
As part of the London 2012 Olympic celebrations, BT London Live offers free all day events that have everything you could need for a great summer day ...
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Nyc Gapp posted on August 01, 2012 14:13
Renowned as The heavy-weight family festival, any hard-core aficionado would be forgiven if they gave Camp Bestival a wide berth, opting instead for i...
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Miranda Wade posted on August 01, 2012 12:14
Kendal Calling 2012 | Friday
There’s a certain amount of fear inherent in trying something new. You’re excited, sure, and with a line-up ...
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Steph Thompson posted on July 31, 2012 16:26
The rain may not have held out for the Olympic Opening Ceremony and concert but the sun definitely made an appearance for the first of the free Olympi...
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Lucy Richardson posted on July 30, 2012 21:16
Deep in the heart of the valleys of Herefordshire lies a small farm, a farm belonging to a man they call Noz. But this is no ordinary farm. For one we...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on July 29, 2012 17:36
After a massive Friday night, we were a little lack of sleep but ready to go for what we expected to be another huge day at Global Gathering. To...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on July 29, 2012 12:50
With an estimated 55,000 in attendance at this years Global Gathering in Shakespears hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon, this electronic music festival c...
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Jane Anderson posted on July 25, 2012 14:42
I was somewhat nervous and excited to be attending the Secret Garden Party. All that I had read told me to leave my expectations and inhibitions...
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Dan Wheatley posted on July 22, 2012 14:30
This would be first day festival I have attended this summer, well actually my first one ever, I was unsure on what the atmosphere would be like and h...
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Elise Price posted on July 21, 2012 12:50
It would be impossible to write about Larmer Tree this year, without mentioning the mud and, in typical British spirit, the weather. So let’s ge...
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Nina Hoogstraate posted on July 19, 2012 20:10
When you imagine Benicassim, the festival (a.k.a. FIB – Festival Internacional de Benicassim) your mind takes your straight to the beach, sittin...
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Anna Hyams posted on July 17, 2012 18:26
The lazy Sunday vibe is washing over a warmed up crowd at Hyde Park as they wait in anticipation of tonight’s headliner, musical maestro Paul Si...
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Anna Hyams posted on July 16, 2012 19:08
There’s a reason 76 thousand people turned up to Hyde Park in this, the most miserable of summers, and that reason is the man, the legend, Bruce...
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Anna Hyams posted on July 15, 2012 11:52
A damp day in London’s Hyde Park and a subdued, sparse crowd awaits 90’s grunge titans Soundgarden. It’s not the best of situations ...
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Kirsty Gasston posted on July 12, 2012 09:27
As with many British festivals, 2012’s Relentless NASS was rather wet and muddy! But as both an action sports and music festival, there was still lots going on all weekend.
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Nicole Leslie posted on July 10, 2012 09:14
Arriving at the car park on Sunday, I was grateful it wasn't raining again, but by the time I reached the main arena, that gratitude was slowly si...
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Cheryl Jacobs posted on July 08, 2012 22:20
The Barclaycard Wireless Festival is celebrating its’ eighth year with a packed, dance-orientated line-up, including today’s headliner Drake, Nicki Minaj Professor Green, Example, Labrinth, and Tulisa.
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Nicole Leslie posted on July 08, 2012 19:36
Waking up to pouring rain I was not discouraged for the day ahead, driving through the rain I was not discouraged, but sitting in the car park, puttin...
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Nicole Leslie posted on July 07, 2012 12:29
Walking in to the main arena the Kaleidoscope Club is the first tent to be seen, inside I found a group of street dancers performing to a small crowd....
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Emma Stone posted on July 03, 2012 09:29
Take a trip down the A59 in Sawley, Lancashire, at the beginning of July each year, and you’ll soon come across one of the quaintest and most at...
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Tina Boonstra posted on June 28, 2012 10:44
We arrived on the Isle of Wight fearing the worst, news of the chaos, mud and traffic nightmares had bombarded us from every side. When we final...
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Jonathan Mark Terry posted on June 20, 2012 21:22
A late English wonder goal by Danny Welbeck had the moods high and the expectations tipping to riotous proportions when The Garage opened its doors to...
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Kirsty Gasston posted on June 17, 2012 13:04
Summer Break is not your ordinary festival. It’s advertised as being a 96 hour long party, and that’s not far from what week 1 deliv...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on June 17, 2012 12:37
This years Lovebox, promopted tagged "A Decade of Love" kicked off 2012 with quite the diverse lineup. The Summer Festival Guide rolled up to Victoria Park on Saturday to checkout the the aptly named Music Safari!
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Dan Wheatley posted on June 12, 2012 21:24
The Summer Festival Guide headed up to Loch Ness to this years RockNess Festival which had headliners Mumford & Sons, DeadMau5 & Biffy Clryo performing.
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Anna Hyams posted on June 12, 2012 16:22
As the now decidedly smelly arena fills up with people for the final day of Download, the welcome sight of SUNSHINE nearly brings a tear to the tired ...
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Anna Hyams posted on June 12, 2012 08:57
After a drier night, the arena is looking decidedly less slippy (good) but quite a lot stickier (gross) and the feeling of being sucked into the depth...
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Anna Hyams posted on June 11, 2012 21:27
Once upon a time there was muddy swamp seated in the backwaters of the Bayou… oh wait a second, sorry, scratch that… it’s Drownloa...
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Anna Hyams posted on June 11, 2012 11:59
Better late than never, sunshine graces the Download Arena as the stage screens go black in anticipation of the Godfathers of metal, Black Sabbath, he...
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Anna Hyams posted on June 10, 2012 12:12
After a brief glimpse of sunshine and a compacting of mud, the Download site seems to be in much better spirits as the main stage is set for the retur...
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Anna Hyams posted on June 09, 2012 10:00
Despite the day's earlier setbacks - road closures, 6-hour traffic waits to get into the site, the arena opening being pushed back 2 hours, bands ...
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Bethany Dabbs posted on June 05, 2012 15:49
Set in the idilic town of Oswestry, OsFest is perfect for first time festival goers. Since its debut three years ago, OsFest has had amazing headliners every year, with acts including Example and Tinchy Stryder – this years headliners being Dappy and Razorlight.
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Dan Wheatley posted on June 05, 2012 11:35
Last weekend (July 2nd-4th) I attended Norfolk’s newest festival, PlayFest. Only in its second year and already making it into the Guardian’s top festival list for 2012 this should be an alternative way to celebrate the long jubilee weekend.
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Tina Boonstra posted on May 23, 2012 16:15
300 bands, 19 venues, a music expo, the student music awards and an industry conference crammed into 3 short days. Is it possible? Well according to S...
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Andy Mills posted on May 21, 2012 17:01
After winning the AIM Music Best Independent Festival award last year, Bearded Theory was under pressure to keep the quality high for it's fifth anniversary this weekend. The festival didn't only live up to the hype from last year, it surpassed it.
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Dan Wheatley posted on May 20, 2012 17:50
After the outstanding success of Croft Farms Cider Festival 2011, it returned once again under the alias of LakeFest.
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Gray Brame posted on May 10, 2012 09:27
As I made my way to the daffodil on Friday evening for my first event after arriving in Cheltenham there was a quite atmosphere in the town. I walked ...
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Lewis Rhodes posted on May 09, 2012 21:38
So the infamous Camden Crawl had a top Saturday to kick start the festival with Alabama 3, The Big Pink and The Futureheads headlining the bill. The f...
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Gary Rampling posted on December 21, 2011 18:11
Fred Perry Subculture is a new concept in live music and club culture, we sent Gary to The Garage in Islington to checkout Sub-Sonic Live featuring The Horrors to see what it was all about.
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Karen Matthews posted on December 10, 2011 13:44
If your after a day full of massive dance anthems and tunes for you to stomp your feet then Australia's Stereosonic is definitely for you. I went to the Brisbane event, Stereosonic's last stop for 2011 but they were also held in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.
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Karen Creighton posted on September 06, 2011 21:12
Bingley Music Live for 2011 was yet another succesful sell out weekender with acts Chase & Status and Eliza Doolittle performing at this years event. We sent Karen to Bingley to check it out!
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Hannah posted on September 05, 2011 19:14
SW4: the South’s answer to Creamfield’s and Global Gathering, but easy to access on London’s Clapham Common and with the main activity taking place between the highly sociable hours of midday and 9pm (leaving time afterwards to venture out into London town afterwards to carry on the party in the civilisation of a nearby bar.) On paper this event looked like it could do no wrong – and we weren’t disappointed.
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Tina Boonstra posted on September 05, 2011 08:02
With the busy August Bank Holiday weekend, we sent Christina Boonstra down to Cheltenham Racecourse where Greenbelt Festival was about to kick off. A diverse festival whose mission is to create spaces like festivals where arts, crafts and justice collide.
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Gary Rampling posted on September 01, 2011 09:01
Leeds festival is held in high regard by music fans and artists alike who are drawn to its unique atmosphere and mammoth line-up of mostly alternative rock and Indie artists.
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 21, 2011 09:23
This years V Festival lineup was second to none and had some of the biggest names in music business performing across two locations at the same time. We headed to Hylands Park in Chelmsford to catch Saturday's lineup.
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Anna Hyams posted on August 17, 2011 19:51
A sleepy country estate in the cosy folds of Derbyshire may not be the most obvious place to holster an army of debauched metalheads for a weekend, but once again Catton Hall played host to the black-hearted music festival Bloodstock Open Air.
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 02, 2011 18:48
Sunday’s Best Rob da Bank describes Camp Bestival as ‘Magical’ and if you have a family with young children that want the enjoyment of a music festival but also want to ensure that your kids are entertained in a safe and fun environment, then magic is what has been created here at Lulworth Castle!
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 01, 2011 18:29
Global Gathering returned for 2011 with a brand new site layout, new stages and a rocking new main stage setup. With Pendulum set to headline the main stage and plently of the worlds best DJ’s and artist’s performing, we were quite excited about what we were about to see at this years festival.
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Corina Stanton posted on July 13, 2011 17:02
We made our way up to Kinross in Scotland to see what T in the Park was about. With a lineup that included headliners Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Beyonce, and Foo Fighters, T in the Park is of the must-do-festivals on the summer circut. Check out what Corina had to say about T!
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Alessia Cifali posted on July 13, 2011 16:42
The Summer Festival Guide sent Alessia off to one of the biggest metal festivals in the world, Sonisphere. This year would see headline acts from The Big Four, Biffy Clyro, and Slipknot!
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Tina Boonstra posted on July 05, 2011 20:44
The Summer Festival Guide sent Christina to Poland for the 10th anniversary of the Heineken Open'er Festival. See what she thought of this world famous festival.
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Summer Festival Guide posted on July 04, 2011 21:03
The Summer Festival guide headed to London's Clapham Common on a sunny July day to see what Jamie Oliver presents The Big Feastival is all about!
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Summer Festival Guide posted on July 03, 2011 22:08
Its Friday 1st July 2011 and we headed out on this beautiful day to London's SOLD OUT Wireless Festival at Hyde Park. With Black Eyed Pea's headlining and plenty of top acts to catch throughout the day, we were in for a great day out!
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Alessia Cifali posted on June 29, 2011 23:04
The Summer Festival Guide headed to London's Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park to rock out to The Killers, Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart who were the weekend headliners.
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Tina Boonstra posted on June 14, 2011 20:44
The Summer Festival Guide headed to Manchester to see what the Parklife Weekender was all about. For the second time in two years Parklife sold out and with a lineup that included headliners Chase & Status and Two Door Cinema Club, it was bound to be a great weekend out!
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Summer Festival Guide posted on June 12, 2011 20:31
The Summer Festival Guide headed to Victoria Park in London to check out Joel Zimmerman aka deadmau5 on his European Tour at L.E.D presents deadmau5 Live.
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Jessica Mitchell posted on May 31, 2011 20:59
Dot To Dot Festival returns for its 6th installment and this year travelled to Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham. We sent Jessica to Nottingham to find out what Dot To Dot Festival is all about.
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Jessica Mitchell posted on May 19, 2011 13:52
The Great Escape took place in the wonderful sea-side city of Brighton on the 12th - 14th May 2011, and hosted over 300 new artists in over 30 different venues scattered around the city.
We sent our latest journalist Jessica to check out the action!
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 31, 2010 13:21
Saturday 28th August had finally arrived and it was the first day of the SOLD OUT South West Four weekender. Extended to a two day festival this ...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 30, 2010 09:17
L.E.D Festival held it's inaugural 2 day event at London's Victora Park on Friday 27th August and Saturday 28th August 2010. Brought toge...
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Summer Festival Guide posted on August 01, 2010 06:49
Friday 30th July 2010 saw Tiësto return to Victoria Park in London for his second live show. With a supporting lineup that included The Japanese Popst...
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