Read the best features on your favourite festivals

Outcast to Outkast: the rise of hip hop at UK festivals
"I'm not having hip hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong," said Noel Gallagher in 2008. And it's a view that sounds as worn and outdated as anything Oasis managed in their last eight years. Here Jamie Barker marks the history of hip hop at festivals...
Full Story

Jeff Mills and more for Glade Festival 2010
A slew of new acts announced - buy tickets!

Easy Star All Stars confirmed for Beat-Herder 2010
Joined by Utah Saints, Chew Lips, Django Django and more

The Wailers announced for Rhythm Festival 2010
Joined by Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus of Dreams

DJs for Escape Into The Park VIP area revealed
Neil Navarra, Ed Kurno, more - buy tickets!

Slam Dunk extends to Bournemouth and Glasgow
New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, Four Year Strong - buy tickets!

Sigur Ros' Jonsi announced for Bestival 2010
Joining Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Flaming Lips and more

The Big One: Hammerfest 2010
Graeme Johnston looks ahead to this weekend's biggest festival draw - Hammerfest.
Full Story

Are aging headliners limiting festivals' musical progression?
With the headline act for nearly every festival being a brilliant but possibly past it golden oldie, are we giving a cold shoulder to some impressive new acts who may need the chance to shine? Asks Matt Miles.
Full Story

Introducing... The Ticket Trout!
Alwight? I'll keep the intros snappy; I'm The Ticket Trout, the geezer who trawls the net for the best festival tickets around. I've got a few deals for you.
Full Story

Is grunge set for a revival at festivals this summer?
Grunge effectively whimpered out with the passing of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain but with Pearl Jam, The Stone Pilots and maybe Soundgarden around this summer, is grunge set for a festival revival? Jamie Skey finds out.
Full Story

We predict the headliners of 2010
After kidnapping Colombo, formulating an Einstein-esque equation and paying a number of significant bribes to the right people, we've finally discovered the bands we think will be headlining festivals this summer...
Full Story

An Aussie's guide to the best Australian Music Festivals
We've asked indigenous insider, Wai Chim, to give us the low-down on the best music festivals Down Under...
Full Story

Thawed out: freezing festivals and snow soirees
In homage to everybody who has skived from work this week to play in the snow, we've done the same and thawed out this article about the coldest festivals on the planet...
Full Story

15 things that happened in 2009 that may never happen again
Here, we take a look at the 15 things that happened at festivals in 2009 that may never happen again.
Full Story

New Year's Easy: where to go for NYE
Choosing what to down for New Year's Eve can be as tough as sticking to those resolutions (are you really going to jog every morning? Thought not), so we've made it simple and offered up a few suggestions...
Full Story

Festivals 2009: a year in review
Phew! What another impressive festival year. At the turn of the season, the big event bookings had vamped it up like Britpop Groundhog Day: Blur Vs Oasis Part II - the beef is back - just with bigger bellies and balding heads.
Full Story

The pleasant revolt: Katrina Larkin
It was in a London church some 15 years ago that Katrina Larkin and her Big Chill co-founder Pete Lawrence started something a little bit special - a revolution.
Full Story

Dubai Sound City: our winner returns
We had a pair of VIP tickets to Dubai Sound City to give away on the promise that our winner returns with words and photos about their experience. Here's what our lucky reader Liz go up to...
Full Story

Festival Features

Email Alerts

Desktop Alerts

More Festival Features

Win! Win! Win!

Find My Festival