Our only regret is that we could only squeeze one day of Incider Festival 2019 into our weekend. Because this is a brilliant concept from the Fuelled by Cider team. Get together a stack of festival favourite live acts and cram them into a Pontins Holiday Camp at the start of February when then chalets…
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Nish Kumar and Rosie Jones took to the stage at Bexhill De La Warr Pavillion this week to add a bit of comedy spice to the normal musical mix of Independent Venue Week. Brash, irreverant and downright sweary – the pairing was a perfect antidote to the January blues. As a disabled lesbian, Rosie Jones…
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After a much talked about first edition in 2018, 5 Senses Thailand announces its second instalment will take place from 14-19 Feb 2019. The paradise island of Koh Phangan will play host to the festival, with its white sand beaches, azure waters, and tropical flora covering the surrounding hills. Soothe your soul and move your…
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Lock the dates in your diary! 15 – 23 June 2019 The Great North Wood Collective, the independent arts charity behind organising the Crystal Palace Festival, is pleased to announce that the much loved Festival is back on 15 – 23 June 2019. This year’s Festival’s format will be little different but still promises the…
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Noisily Festival of Music & Arts 11-14th July 2019 Noseley Hall (LE7 9EH) Leicestershire Tickets £145-£175 at http://www.noisilyfestival.com Noisily Festival of Music & Arts is on the horizon, and as the days are getting longer and summer draws ever nearer, the much loved cultural gathering reveals more of its world class headliners for July 11th…
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James Blake, Jon Hopkins (live), Earl Sweatshirt, Jungle, Zara Larsson, CupCakKe, Rex Orange County, IDLES and more will perform in Gothenburg this August Way Out WestSlottsskogen Park, Gothenburg, Sweden Stay Out West Multiple venues in central Gothenburg 8 – 10 August 2019Early bird tickets from £140 + booking fee Way Out West is Sweden’s biggest cultural…
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Hastings Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras to the uninitiated) believes it will be the first multi-venue festival in the UK to stop using single-use plastic cups. Organisers said: “As a coastal town we have a responsibility to save our oceans and to stop swamping landfill with endless quantities of plastic cups.” Adam Daly The uk produces…
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You thought it was a normal Monday, you thought wrong: here’s over 40 more awesome acts for Download 2019! Halestorm, FEVER 333, Beartooth, Skid Row, Brothers Osbourne, Stone Temple Pilots, Clutch and more acts than you can shake a Download Dog’s tail at are joining you and Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool at #DL2019. Plus, we’ve…
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Once all the headliners are out of the way what is it that makes a great festival act? Quite simply it’s that undefinable ability to capture the imagination and attention of a crowd in an environment where there is always something else potentially more interesting just around the corner. And with tens of thousands of…
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If you are running a competition for tickets so that people can win free entry to your festival just drop us a line at hello@festivalflyer.com and we’ll add a link here. ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL – win a pair of passes SPLENDOUR FESTIVAL 2019 – win a free family pass ONE LOVE FESTIVAL – win…
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This is just a taster of the treats in store for visitors to Sziget Festival 2019… Sam Feldt, Kimberly Anne, EDX – Show Me Love – EDX Remix / Radio Edit The Lytics – Friction The Lytics – Daydreams Hora de Joglar – Balla la Vida Ed Sheeran – Perfect Ed Sheeran – Shape of…
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We love a festival that puts some thought into their pre-event playlists. This is the perfect way to immerse yourself in the music you love and get yourself in the mood for a weekend of your favourite bands. Hats off to Download Festival 2019 for this great selection… Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On…
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A little taste of the Weekend Festival 2019 offering…give the Spotify playlist a spin and make up your own mind: Weekend Festival 2019 19.-20.7.2019, Helsinki. 2 days advance tickets now for sale at 135 € at https://www.wknd.fi/en/liput Phase 1 artists now out! 🔥🎉 Armin van Buuren, Alan Walker, Bastille, SUICIDEBOYS, Cledos, Dynoro, Evelina, Gasell, KILLY,…
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So you are thinking of heading to Eden Festival 2019? What better way to get in the mood than with this brilliant playlist of the majority of the confirmed acts… DJ Zinc, Ms. Dynamite – Wile Out Bondax – Giving It All MY BABY – Uprising Macka B – Bob Kitty, Daisy & Lewis –…
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It’s time to get lost again in the Garden of Eden! Set within the family-friendly alluring woodlands of Raehill Meadows in Dumfriesshire, this 13-staged festival has over 300 acts performing – covering all musical bases from world to funk, classical to jungle, acoustic to dancehall and everything in between. This year’s headliners, Chinese Man, will…
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Bristol Sounds recently announced its return to the city’s Harbourside and have now revealed the headline acts from the gig series running 26-29 June 2019. Bloc Party, Tom Misch, The Cat Empire and Elbow make up a diverse line-up for the four-night gig series at Bristol’s Lloyd’s Amphitheatre. Tickets will be released for general sale…
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In two weeks (Thursday 8 February) Boomtown, one of the UKs largest independent music and theatrical festivals, will announce its headline line-up for Chapter 11: A Radical City. The naming of the artists that top this year’s bill will follow on from the recent announcement of the addition of a new Techno district – AREA…
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So we’ve been looking back that some of the amazing photos taken by our number one snapper, Sara-Louise Bowrey… and quite frankly it was hard to find a favourite. So we’ve drawn up a shortlist of just 99 for you to browse through and whet your appetite for another great year of festivals. If you…
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The 2019 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition (supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation) is now open for entries. This is probably the biggest new band competition opportunities in the UK and gives emerging UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a slot on one of the main…
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Firmly established in the festival calendar, dates for the twelfth Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival, set in one of the UK’s finest Elizabethan stately piles, have been announced with early bird tickets now on sale. Get them while they last… Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Yorkshire,…
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The Cro Cro Land mission is to bring guitar bands back to the birth place of punk, and celebrate the area’s rich musical history. The festival will bring together a handpicked line-up of the best in indie and alternative music by both established and up-and-coming bands. With gender equality at the heart of everything it does, festival goers can not only expect a…
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ALSO ANNOUNCED ARE: OH SEES, STEEL PULSE, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, IDLEWILD, SLOW READERS CLUB AND MANY MORE! Bearded Theorys Spring Gathering, Derbyshires award-winning family-friendly festival is delighted to announce virtually the entire Pallet (Main) and Woodland Stage line-up for 2019. Indie legends SUEDE headline the Pallet stage on Friday night. Saturday is topped by legendary…
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The wildly successful clubbing classical cross-over show Hacienda Classical has seen 5-star reviews and landmark shows at Glastonbury, Isle Of Wight Festival and London’s Royal Albert Hall among many memorable nights over the past three years. The set is played as a continuous live DJ mix where vocalists, choir, orchestra and guests all combine to…
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BLOODSTOCK welcomes in 2019 by announcing four new bands for August’s best metal weekender. If you’ve dropped all your money on Christmas and are counting the pennies, the popular ticket payment plan is also now open, breaking that weekend ticket cost into five much more manageable chunks. First things first though, four more join the…
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Whichever way you cut it there is no better live experience than an Alabama 3 gig. Like a fine old wine, this music just gets better down the years. Arrogant, assured, and rightly so – the Alabama 3 formula is no closely guarded secret…it’s out there in the open for everyone to see. With (at…
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It’s the sign of a great headline band when, like Alabama 3 tonight, they book a support who have the potential to knock them off their throne. And The Galway Street Club were just that support at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. From the balcony you could literally smell the patchouli oil as this miscreant bunch of…
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London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire was on fire this week as the Flogging Molly ‘Fueling the Fire’ tour rocked into town… Check out these lovely pics of Face to Face, warming up the crowd in an incendiary style… pics by Sara Bowrey.
The beautiful Bronx… Top-quality supporting action from point-men, The Bronx at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in advance of the masters of their art, Flogging Molly…
The ultimate party came to London town this week as Flogging Molly rocked up at Shepherd’s Bush with The Bronx, Face to Face and Lost in Stereo in tow… Of course the last time we caught up with them it was in the slightly different environment of a posh cruise liner sailing between Miami and…
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Now in their 15th year, the UK Festival Awards ceremony is the annual opportunity fo the industry to recognise excellence amongst its ranks. Things have come a long way since the early days of the event, and having now settled into its new home at The Troxy this is a ‘must do’ for hundreds of…
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As the festive season descends upon us, BLOODSTOCK come bearing gifts – four more bands for 2019! Saturday’s special guest on the Ronnie James Dio main stage will be none other than thrash titans, ANTHRAX. The band are set to start work on a new studio album in 2019, so maybe we’ll get to…
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Mith his own headline tour coming up soon, Sean McGowan is taking full advantage of this string of Levelllers support dates to build upon his ever-growing fanbase. With an easy confidence and a definite swagger, this emerging troubador took command of The Dome and guided his band through an up-beat set of punk-infused poetry. Check…
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That ‘nicest guy in music’ thing gets used all too often – but for Nick Parker it’s absolutely the right phrase. Not only that – they guy has SONGS! Proper ones with a story to tell. Look him up, check him out, and understand why the guys from The Levellers made the right choice in…
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If every gig sounded this good the world would be a joyous place. CUD’s return to the Islington Academy some ten years and a handful of months after their triumphant explosion back onto the live scene was a treat for the ears – as well as the eyes. Flamboyant as ever, and basking in the…
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Dubioza Kolektiv are a true force of nature… This is a band who start fast and finish faster. If you want to give your festival a shot of adreneline direct to its central nervous system just wheel them on stage and let the energy flow. It’s physically impossible not to be swept up in…
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What a great party band to set the scene for the high-energy action of Dubioza Kolektiv! Buffo’s Wake would be a totally fitting addition to pretty much any festival stage we can imagine…
When your love of festivals is purely about the music look no further than Ragged Bear. No overpriced food – just pop across the road for a Subway. No overpriced beer – it’s all at that under-£4 price point we love, and they have real ale coming out of their ears. No staggering back to…
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Hastings Fat Tuesday is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019 and is now inviting applications from musicians across all genres, as well as from stage managers and potential volunteers, for this special edition of the annual music festival. Hailed as Hastings’ answer to SXSW in Texas, or Brighton’s The Great Escape, Hastings Fat Tuesday is…
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A great little DIY punk festival by the sea Two days of raucous noise and a day of hangover-soothing acoustic action in an ideal setting – what more could you want? Check out our full gallery over on our Flickr page. All photos by Sara-Lou Bowrey
