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This year Lovefest offered possibly the world’s largest pool party and the world’s smallest festival stage.
ON top of that were four other vast stages, thousands of happy and welcoming people, a great selection of local DJs, and a beautiful spot in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia for it all to play out in.
We were there with our camera and here are 10 photos that should send your fomo levels off the chart.
August is a great time to visit Manchester and enjoy the last summery days.
It is a city with a rich history of art, architecture, industry, fashion and music. There is plenty to do all year round but even more at this time of year.
We’ve prepared four other reasons why you should go before the warm days leave us.
Hide & Seek Festival – Aug 31
The unique festival will take place in astonishing settings only thirty minutes away from Manchester central. This is an intimate and personal festival that places the focus on world-class music, all showcased in a beautiful, historic setting at the heart of the Cheshire countryside and as such is the essential new festival of the year. There are several options to get there easily, buses will be organised by the festival, so, no need to worry about that. A variety of artists will play including Shonky, Jeremy Underground, Mathew Johnson, Margaret Dygas, Nicolas Lutz and Dan Shake.
Tickets: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1241712
Manchester Pride Live – Aug 24 – 25
Manchester Pride Live is a fundraising event created and delivered by Manchester Pride to benefit LGBT+ causes in Greater Manchester. Many artists will perform at the festival including Sandy Rivera, Ariana Grande and Cheryl. The event will be held at a former railway station which will play host to multiple stage and performance areas in a mixture of indoor and outdoor spaces.
Tickets: https://www.manchesterpride.com/tickets
The Manchester Soul Festival 2019 – Aug 25
The fifth edition of the festival is happening this August. For four years, the festival managed to raise over £101,000. Various DJs and artists will perform at various venues in Machester on Sunday 25th August. The festival brings all the fun and nostalgia of Northern Soul music to streets of The Printworks. More info on donations and tickets can be found on their website.
Donations and tickets: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchestersoulfestival2019
Friends Fest – Aug 16 – 18
This is a great opportunity for fans of the famous TV series Friends. If you want to take a photo with your loved ones in Friends alike settings, make sure you register for tickets while they are still some available.
Tickets: https://friends.seetickets.com/tour/friendsfest/?startdate=02-08-2019&enddate=18-08-2
In just a few weeks Wilkestock Festival will be taking place at Frogmore Hill just outside Stevenage which is a 30 minute train journey North of London Kings Cross.
This years lineup sees We Are Scientists, Slaves, The Dutty Moonshine! Big Band as the headliners.
Tickets are still available at https://www.wilkestock.com/
Here at Summer Festival Guide we have picked out a few acts who we think you should check out.
October Drift-Friday
JW Paris-Friday
Lady Bird-Friday
Strange Bones-Saturday
REWS-Saturday
Red Rum Club-Sunday
Thousand Thoughts- Sunday
BLOODSTOCK 2019 is only just underway but already, they’ve announced their first batch of main stage bands for 2020!
Next year, Catton Park welcomes an exclusive twin thrash attack, with Bay Area squad, VIO-LENCE in their first ever and only UK show in 2020 and Phoenix-based four piece, SACRED REICH in their only UK festival appearance of the year. We’re also excited for the return of SKINDRED, after their epic Newport Helicopter scenes on the Ronnie James Dio main stage in 2017. We also have a double dose of melodeath with BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and DARK TRANQUILLITY grabbing main stage slots, along with LA metal crew, BUTCHER BABIES. BLOODSTOCK’s headline acts will be announced in due course.
Check out the BLOODSTOCK big screen announcement here: https://youtu.be/_mWsVhcFi3U.
2020 also sees the festival celebrating 20 years of BLOODSTOCK! If you’re on site this weekend, you can buy 2020 early bird tickets in person from the on-site box office for £130, the cheapest price available, with no booking fee! Early bird tickets, VIP tickets, car parking, child tickets and campervan tickets will also be available online from 9am Monday 12th August at the ticket store.
This morning we have been informed that Houghton Festival has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
Press release below:
Tragically, following this morning’s reports and further consultation with authorities, health and safety and all the festival directors, the decision has been made to cancel Houghton 2019.
We are utterly devastated. All the hard work, love and creativity that has gone into planning and producing this year’s event made this an almost impossible decision to make.
This was set to be a wonderful weekend and the boldest step we have ever taken as a festival. However, nothing is more important than the safety of our customers, staff and performers, which would be compromised if we were to go ahead.
Clearly this will cause a lot of disruption and a lot of questions. However for now we can confirm the following:
Houghton Festival 2019 cannot go ahead.
Please do not travel to the show.
Refunds for ticket holders will be available and more information on that will be released later today.
Please do not request refunds until we have confirmed the process.
Please understand that this decision has been made with the deepest of consideration.
Craig Richards, Tom Elkington, Tom Carpenter, Digby Neill (Houghton Directors)
The final wave of names has been revealed for MOGA Festival 2019.
It goes down in Morocco’s windy city of Essaouira which is picturesque and richly cultural and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site with lots to explore.
The Sofitel Essaouira Mogador Golf & Spa will host acts from the forefront of the international and Moroccan scene, with phase one including Bradley Zero, Praslea, DJ W!ld, Louise Chen, Konstantin Sibold, Behrouz, Terekke and now phase two adding further quality with Amine K, Driss Skali, Kenny Dope, Marwan Sabb, Nathan Micay, Glitter ٥٥, Bas Ibellini, BLOND:ISH, Enzo Siragusa, Folamour, Lazare Hoche, Luca Bacchetti, Lum, Sabo, and Satori.
Head to the MOGA website for more information.
Truck Festival was back last weekend with being a sell out. The lineup is incredible with some of the hottest bands and artists around. The festival had great weather apart from a shower of rain throughout Friday night and into the Saturday morning. It seemed to be the only festival that weekend that kept dry and sunny. The weekend was headlined by Wolf Alice, Foals and closed with Two Door Cinema Club.
The site had a huge selection of food vendors which included burgers, pizza, steak sarnies, sausage rolls, tacos and many more. The thing we love about Truck is that the local rotary club have a food tent in which all proceeds go to charity. There were so many amazing acts throughout the weekend and our photographer Kane Howie was there to document it for us.
You can now buy tickets for next years event at https://truckfestival.com/
If anything was to go by this year then next years lineup is going to be out of this world.
On September 28th, 10000 people will descend on Hoglands Park in Southampton for the biggest festival the city has ever seen.
It will bring together huge production, three main stages, tents and containers and top brands like Switch Southampton, Foreverland and On A Mission.
The first wave of headliners from more than 50 in all include Patrick Topping, Alan Fitzpatrick, Andy C + Tonn Piper, Pete Tong, Wilkinson, My Nu Leng, Sub Focus, Jaguar Skills, GW Harrison and many more.
The Docklands website has all information and tickets.
Groove Island is a new festival from Whet Travel that combines action and adventure with a luxury holiday and world class music on Catalina Island from September 27th – 30th 2019.
Day 1 finds Chus & Ceballos, Sam Feldt, Anthony Attalla and more all play, while Day 2 is for Andrew Rayel, Shiba San, Mikey Lion, Sage Armstrong and Astley and Day 3 highlights include Mark Knight, Oliver Heldens, Dillon Nathaniel, Leftwing : Kody, Secondcity, Adam Auburn, Lizzie Curious, Adam Frek, and Tommie Sunshine.
Tickets start at $67 + $33 and you can Find out more on the Groove Island website.