Latest Festival News & Reviews
Coronavirus Update: List of cancelled / postponed festivals
With the ongoing pandemic that is COVID-19 aka Coronavirus, events are being cancelled almost at a daily basis. With a whole host of tours & concerts already cancelled, the number of festivals is starting to mount up slowly unfortunately! We will keep this list as up to date as possible [...]
Brixton’s Cross the Tracks festival has been Cancelled
Due to the current public health crisis, Brixton’s Cross The Tracks festival has confirmed that the 2020 event will not go ahead. Having been set to host the likes of Khruangbin, The Cinematic Orchestra, Sister Sledge, Norman Jay, Madlib, Gilles Peterson and more in June, the team have released the [...]
Beatport Presents: ReConnect, A Global Music Event – Beatport will host 24-hour music marathon stream on Twitch
Beginning on Friday, March 27th at 8pm GMT, Beatport will broadcast a live, 24-hour global DJ marathon in partnership with Twitch. 24 artists including Carl Cox, Bonobo, Nina Kraviz, GRiZ, RÜFÜS DU SOL (DJ set), A-Trak, Nicole Moudaber, Chris Liebing and Nora En Pure, will be performing from their homes [...]
Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club announces 12-hour live stream somewhere under the rainbow! with DJ Nobu, Kenji Takimi, Yoshinori Hayashi, Licaxxx, CYK, machìna, Sisi and more
Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club which like many others was forced to cancel due to the outbreak of COVID-19, has announced a 12-hour long streaming event dubbed somewhere under the rainbow! on Saturday 18th April. Filming the event is REALROCKDESIGN who have long been part of the Rainbow Disco Club [...]
Pyramid Ibiza Announce Huge 2020 Opening Party
The halcyon hedonistic are set to return to Amnesia this summer when Pyramid kicks off its mouthwatering 2020 season on Sunday June 7th. The show-stopping opening party will be headlined by firm favourites and contemporary tastemakers Ricardo Villalobos, Four Tet, Floating Points, Charlotte de Witte, Marcel Dettmann, Cuartero, Luca Donzelli [...]
Gorilla Unveils Spring Series of events with Gilles Peterson, Todd Terje and more
This April, Gorilla Manchester comes under new ownership, makes some big improvements to light and sound, and unveils special parties with Gilles Peterson, Todd Terje, Joey Negro and Cristoph. After building up a fantastic reputation and serving up some iconic parties over the last eight years in its most recent [...]
Family Piknik Drops Full Lineup For 2020’s 2-Day Festival
Open-air French techno gathering Family Piknik completes its full line up for Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of July in Montpellier, France. Playing across three stages, including one secret stage, will be the likes of Charlotte De Witte, Dixon, Artbat, Erol Alkan, Adam Beyer, Mind Against b2b Recondite, Popof b2b Oxia, [...]
Les Plages Électroniques reveals first names for 15th anniversary with The Chainsmokers, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kaytranada, Stephan Bodzin, Boombass/Cassius, Guy Gerber, Artbat, Boys Noize, Sam Paganini and more
Now firmly on the list of major festivals not to be missed, The Festival Les Plages Electroniques will be celebrating its 15th anniversary from August 7th to 9th 2020, and has an array of surprises and novelties to be announced very soon. The first wave of acts includes The Chainsmokers [...]
Bloodstock announce new charity partner & reveal six more acts for 2020
BLOODSTOCK has another six bands to announce for this summer’s best metal weekender. Not only that, the festival has a brand new charity partner this year. Read on for the latest news... First of all, BLOODSTOCK is pleased to reveal that Louisville, Kentucky’s SAVAGE MASTER will be opening the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Saturday, [...]
Download festival announces major site improvements for 2020
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event has announced major site improvement plans for the 2020 festival which takes place on 12 - 14 June 2020 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are on sale now at downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets. Download Festival prides itself on listening to its loyal fanbase. The Village has [...]