Festivals and gigs. A listings calendar, plus previews, news, reviews, and photos
Leaving Glastonbury 2022 was hard to do… Leaving the Glastonbury 2022 site is quite literally a challenge if you have to cart everything back to your car up the infamous ‘hill of death’. So hat’s off to those who made this final push to get back to normality even though the pull of the festival…
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What a fantastic festival Glastonbury 2022 has turned out to be! (Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey / Festival Flyer) – links below to previous days. Let’s get some of the common grumbles out of the way first. Those who did bother to take the time to post on social media from the festival over the weekend…
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As Saturday at Glastonbury 2022 draws to an end could we be seeing a festival weekend that has the most perfect weather ever? We have been at every Glastonbury Festival except one since 1993 and have seen every weather varient that the British Summer can throw at a field full of festival goers. And if…
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Our mini-clashfinder guide to those acts we know you will love at Glastonbury Festival 2022! Let’s face it – Glastonbury Festival has TOO MUCH CHOICE! Whatever you are into … it’s there (well… that said there is a real shortage of metal and proper punk, but it never was THAT sort of festival). So we’ve…
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Our view on Bearded Theory in these post-Covid times is that it’s still a winner We arrived at Bearded Theory 2022 in what looks like being a crunch-year for many festivals as they teeter between enforced Covid absences and a new world which seems dominated by rising event production costs coupled with squeezed household budgets.…
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So – you are heading to Bearded Theory, and somewhere between the bars, the food, and the general camaraderie you probably want to see some bands play. As with every festival a bunch of names jump out at you… the big-hitters who sell tickets and bring in the crowds. But then there are all the…
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Mark Knight, Steve Lawler, Kathy Brown, Mica Paris, Damage, Heartless Crew, Doc Scott, Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson, Rampage and more among new names announced Incredible special guests still to be revealed Full stage splits, with new hosts Metalheadz, La Fiesta and Soul Network joining Groove Odyssey, Backto95, Hot Wuk and House FM Festival will…
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It has today been announced that there will be an ‘Official Jordan Mooney Memorial Charity Concert’ https://www.concorde2.co.uk/events/the-official-jordan-mooney-memorial-charity-concert in order to celebrate the life of the famous punk rock and fashion icon that sadly passed away this month. The event will be held in Brighton at the popular Concorde 2 https://www.facebook.com/Concorde2 which is located opposite Brighton Beach on the way…
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Little Orchard Festival takes place in the beautiful Cornish countryside at Healeys Cyder Farm in Penhallow (Truro) from 9 – 11 September. It’s a great way to end the festival season with music from some of the UK’s best Brit Pop Bands headlining the bill. This year the Little Orchard Cider and Music Festival…
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Watching BODEGA launch their new album (‘Broken Equipment’) was a must-see event. I go to a lot of gigs. Maybe not as many gigs as a few people I know of course, but way more than is probably healthy for a 50+ year-old who really ought to know better. That said, on the age thing,…
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Words: John Bownas, Pictures: Sara Bowrey What else are you doing at the end of February that is more important than a great five-day party by the seaside – at Hastings Fat Tuesday? And Hastings has this covered…because, in preparation for the solemn start of Lent, the town throws caution to the wind in the…
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Review and photos by Sara Bowrey ENTOMBED 2022 Entombed was brought to Hastings by Toxit Wotsit (the team behind Wotsit Called Festival) and local live promoters, Infected Umbrella. It was a festival dedicated to all things heavy, and for fans of noise this was the ideal way to blow away the January/COVID blues. Centred mainly…
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3 NIGHTS OF MUSIC & DISCOVERY IN THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL – 6-9 MAY 2022 – FEATURING LIVE MUSIC FROM…SHED SEVEN || PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT || CAST || SPACE || EMF || JIM BOB || BEZPSYENCE || THE SHAKESANDY BUSH’S INDIE DISCO || STARSHAPED DJ’S + MOREPLUS… BOOZY PICNIC BRUNCH || DANUBE SUNSET CRUISE…
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Hastings OktoberfestSaturday 1st October 2-10pm@ Horntye Park (indoors) Beers.Bands.Bratwurst & more Following the disappointment of 2020 & 21 we are delighted to announce that HASTINGS OKTOBERFEST is back for 2022 with the FULL amazing line-up we put together for 2021. Join the excitement from 2-10pm on Saturday 1st October as we transform the hall at…
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MADE Festival returns for its 8th edition in its new home at Dunstall Park in Wolverhampton on Saturday 30th July. Just 16 minutes by train from Birmingham, the bigger site will allow the West Midlands’ biggest and best music and arts festival to keep growing and to deliver an uncompromising, full festival experience, with huge artists lined up including; AJ Tracey, Andy C, Eats Everything, Pa Salieu, Ms…
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KILIMANJARO LIVE PRESENTS A NEW FESTIVAL FOR 2022… NECK OF THE WOODS 29 MAY 2022 @ EARLHAM PARK, NORWICH FEATURING… THE KOOKS DMAS || SEA GIRLS || DODIE YONAKA || KAWALA || LOTTERY WINNERS CRAWLERS || THE GOA EXPRESS DECO || NOISY || RATS || THE ROYSTON CLUB AND MORE! NECK OF THE WOODS Staging…
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SEA CHANGE RETURNS TO TOTNES TOWN – LINE-UP TO INCLUDE PORRIDGE RADIO, GWENNO, KATHRYN JOSEPH, CAROLINE, KATY J PEARSON AND MANY MORE CHILLY GONZALES TO OPEN FESTIVAL WITH SPECIAL THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW Porridge Radio, Gwenno, Kathryn Joseph, Katy J Pearson, caroline, Andrew Wasylyk, Soccer96, Quinquis, The Lounge Society, Sinead O’Brien, MELTS, Lucy Gooch, Tara Clerkin…
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Are you looking for a festival trader for your event? If so this list might help…it’s a random selection of food stalls, clothes, stalls, craft stalls, festival bars, and more, so just flick through the links to see if you can find what you are after. Really scrumptious donuts Festival · 15 people like…
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“I really wanted to bring to the UK a festival that celebrates the elements of UK club culture, and the community that surrounds it, that I have been lucky enough to be a part of over the years.” Gilles Peterson. Having taken otheir name from the 2018 Brownswood compilation; a calling-card for London’s bright-burning young…
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The Magic Numbers close Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival’s unplugged Saturday. Saturday 26th February 2022 8pm The Brass, Hastings GET TICKETS The Magic Numbers are a UK-based four-piece formed in late 2002 in Hanwell, west London. Comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters (Romeo and Michele Stodart and Angela and Sean Gannon) they are known for…
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A perfectly sized and well-catered for festival Festival-veteran John Bownas writes… (brilliant photos by Sara Bowrey as ever). Before a run-down on some of the musical highs (and near-misses) here’s a quick run-down about the festival as a whole for those of you who are thinking of going in future years. And for the record,…
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A new festival called ‘Entombed’ will hit Hastings hard next February – bringing an unhealthy but tempting mix of heavy punk, sludge and doom to the town’s legendary Crypt venue. Curated by the Toxic Wotsit crew and partnered by Infected Umbrella Promotions, Entombed is not for the faint-hearted. Months in the making, the event take…
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NED DYLAN reports from the field…with photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey Last weekend All Points East returned to London with a line up that celebrated the best of UK music and beyond. With a capacity of 40,000 All Points East is a well-sized festival in Victoria Park, which makes for a great site. This year the…
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You are all lovely! So many happy faces at Beautiful Days 2021 – we don’t know where tyo start… here’s just a small selection of the wonderful people we met at this year’s festival…. here’s to 2022. Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey, video by John Bownas
Combining critical thinking and challenging debate with diverse music and vibrant culture, HowTheLightGetsIn September 2021 is back for their first physical festival in two years The event is taking place on the glorious grounds of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath. Billed as ‘the world’s largest philosophy and music festival’, the weekend will host over 200…
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