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Fat Tuesday – The Tour, 2019 (in photos)
What a weekend that was! Fat Tuesday's 10th anniversary completely failed to disappoint on overy level…and the Tuesday finale was…
1 min read March 6, 2019 Feature
Hastings Fat Tuesday – Preservation Sunday
So the wind and rain may have forced the umbrellas inside, but the party atmosphere at St Mary in The…
1 min read March 4, 2019 Feature
These guys really know how to party – this is the Hastings Fat Tuesday take on a Mardi Gras Ball
For sheer unadulterated fun, the Grand Hastings Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras ball is hard to beat. This is dressing up…
1 min read March 4, 2019 Feature
Hastings Fat Tuesday – the unplugged Saturday ‘acoustic’ tour… in photos
There's not a hotel room or air b'n'b to be had in Hastings this weekend because the word is out…
1 min read March 4, 2019 Feature
Under the Radar with Hastings Fat Tuesday
What better way to spend a wet and windy Sunday afternoon in Hastings than in the company of a host…
1 min read March 4, 2019 Feature
Skinny Lister embark on huge tour to promote new album, ‘The Story Is…’
Skinny Lister are some of our favourite rabble-rousers – their music overflowing with a joyous celebration of life, love and…
1 min read March 3, 2019 Feature
Beans on Toast at Tunbridge Wells Forum – a prelude to another great festival season
He's come a long way from the days when he couldn't get a gig at Glastonbury… Jay – AKA Beans…
1 min read February 28, 2019 Feature
Boomtown Announces Psychedelic Gatherings Line-up for Chapter 11
Infected Mushroom / AJJA/ Grouch in Dub live / Liquid Soul / Eat Static/ Tristan / System 7 Hot on…
2 min read February 19, 2019 Announcement
LARMER TREE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS & MORE
Kate Tempest, The Cat Empire, Jack Savoretti, Gomez, The Shires and KT Tunstall heading for Larmer Tree 2019 18 -…
3 min read February 12, 2019 Announcement
VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL REVEALS SECOND WAVE OF LINE-UP
Victorious Festival (23-25 August ’19) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has today announced a second wave of incredible artists…
2 min read February 12, 2019 Announcement
LOVEBOX 2019: lineup and tickets
12th – 13th July 2019 Gunnersbury Park, London WEEKEND TICKET HERE FRIDAY TICKET SATURDAY TICKET LOVEBOX FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST ACTS…
6 min read February 12, 2019 Announcement
Alfresco Festival Announces Next Wave Of Acts
Alfresco Festival returns to the beautiful woodland of Hop Farm in Kent from 23rd to 27th May and announce even…
5 min read February 11, 2019 Announcement
Cro Cro Land add more names to 2019 line-up
ARXX / FRAGILE CREATURES / TIGER MIMIC / JETSTREAM PONY / WERECATS / FARENHEIT 451 / EMILY MAGPIE / CHRISTINA STAZAKER MARTHA MAKES MISTAKES /…
4 min read February 11, 2019 Announcement
Y Not 2019 line-up announcement
Y Not Festival returns with the UK’s biggest indie line-up of 2019, featuring rising stars alongside a full range of musical…
3 min read February 11, 2019 Announcement
More names for Chagstock 2019
CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL organisers have announced more bands. The LIVE LOUNGE stage line up is now confirmed. Fun Lovin’ Criminals have…
3 min read February 11, 2019 Announcement
SAM FENDER ANNOUNCES HUGE HOMETOWN SHOW THIS SUMMER – Mouth of the Tyne Festival
11-14 July 2019 Tynemouth Priory & Castle SAM FENDER ANNOUNCES HUGE HOMETOWN SHOW THIS SUMMER. BRITS CRITICS’ CHOICE WINNER SET…
2 min read February 11, 2019 Feature
PLAYLIST: Hastings Fat Tuesday 2019
We're looking forward to this one BIG TIME – Hastings Fat Tuesday has been ranked amongst the best Mardi Gras…
1 min read February 10, 2019 Announcement
Cream Classical set to takeover Sefton Park this summer
20,000 people / 2 Stages / 20 DJ’s / 1 Orchestra Sign up for pre-sale tickets www.cream.co.uk/classical The UK festival…
1 min read February 9, 2019 Announcement
LET’S ROCK: THE UK’S LEADING RETRO FESTIVAL A SERIES OF TWELVE ONE-DAY FESTIVALS ACROSS THE UK THROUGHOUT SUMMER 2019
HEADLINERS INCLUDE BILLY OCEAN, STATUS QUO, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, ERASURE’S ANDY BELL, LEVEL 42, MARC ALMOND, SISTER SLEDGE & TONY…
7 min read February 9, 2019 Announcement
A second wave of guests has been announced for Cornwall’s Masked Ball Festival – featuring some of the biggest names in alternative dance and electronic music
New names added to the line-up include Tokyo-based producer and DJ, Powder, who has just announced a new mixtape on…
3 min read February 9, 2019 Announcement
Big Boomtown 2019 big name announcement
Ms. Lauryn Hill / Prophets of Rage / The Streets Chronixx / Chase & Status (RTRN II JUNGLE) / Groove…
9 min read February 8, 2019 Announcement
Noisily Festival of Music & Arts announces full line up for 2019
Noisily Festival of Music & Arts 11-14th July 2019 Noseley Hall (LE7 9EH) Leicestershire Tickets £145-£175 at www.noisilyfestival.com Noisily Festival…
2 min read February 1, 2019 Announcement
CARDI B, THE CURE AND STORMZY TO HEADLINE WAY OUT WEST 2019
James Blake, Jon Hopkins (live), Earl Sweatshirt, Jungle, Zara Larsson, CupCakKe, Rex Orange County, IDLES and more will perform in…
2 min read February 1, 2019 Feature
Hastings Fat Tuesday becomes UK’s first single-use plastic-free multi-venue festival
Hastings Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras to the uninitiated) believes it will be the first multi-venue festival in the UK to…
2 min read January 31, 2019 Feature
Massive new line-up announcement from Download 2019
You thought it was a normal Monday, you thought wrong: here's over 40 more awesome acts for Download 2019! Halestorm,…
5 min read January 28, 2019 Feature
The best festival bands on the circuit – a booker’s and punter’s guide…
Once all the headliners are out of the way what is it that makes a great festival act? Quite simply…
2 min read January 27, 2019 Announcement
Eden Festival 2019 Spotify Playlist
So you are thinking of heading to Eden Festival 2019? What better way to get in the mood than with…
2 min read January 27, 2019 Feature
Chinese Man to Headline Eden Festival 2019
It’s time to get lost again in the Garden of Eden!  Set within the family-friendly alluring woodlands of Raehill Meadows…
2 min read January 26, 2019 Feature
Towards a sustainable Boomtown
In two weeks (Thursday 8 February) Boomtown, one of the UKs largest independent music and theatrical festivals, will announce its…
2 min read January 26, 2019 Feature
We’ve got 99 problems but these pics ain’t one…
So we've been looking back that some of the amazing photos taken by our number one snapper, Sara-Louise Bowrey… and…
1 min read January 24, 2019 Feature
Your chance to play at Glastonbury 2019 – but don’t hang around!
The 2019 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition (supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation) is now open for entries.…
2 min read January 22, 2019 Feature
Early Bird Tickets for the 2019 Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival available now
Firmly established in the festival calendar, dates for the twelfth Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival, set in one of…
2 min read January 14, 2019 Feature
The Croydonist presents ‘Cro Cro Land’ – a brand new multi-stage South London indie music festival coming to the centre of Croydon on 6 April 2019
The Cro Cro Land mission is to bring guitar bands back to the birth place of punk, and celebrate the area’s rich…
3 min read January 12, 2019 Feature
SUEDE, LITTLE STEVEN & THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL, THE CULT, DOVES & EDITORS TO HEAD UP THE MAIN STAGE BILL AT BEARDED THEORY 2019
ALSO ANNOUNCED ARE: OH SEES, STEEL PULSE, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, IDLEWILD, SLOW READERS CLUB AND MANY MORE! Bearded Theory’s Spring…
2 min read January 8, 2019 Feature
Hacienda Classical announce Forest Live concerts
The wildly successful clubbing classical cross-over show Hacienda Classical has seen 5-star reviews and landmark shows at Glastonbury, Isle Of…
1 min read January 8, 2019 Feature
BLOODSTOCK ANNOUNCES FOUR MORE BANDS TO KICK OFF 2019
BLOODSTOCK welcomes in 2019 by announcing four new bands for August’s best metal weekender. If you’ve dropped all your money…
3 min read January 8, 2019 Feature
It simply gets no better than Alabama 3
Whichever way you cut it there is no better live experience than an Alabama 3 gig. Like a fine old…
1 min read December 17, 2018 Feature
The Galway Street Club – up on the big stage and owning it…
It's the sign of a great headline band when, like Alabama 3 tonight, they book a support who have the…
1 min read December 17, 2018 Feature
Skinny Lister and Buster Shuffle, Live: photos
You can take the band out of Hastings, but you can't take Hastings out of the band. And Skinny Lister…
1 min read December 13, 2018 Announcement
See which four names have recently been added to Bloodstock 2019
As the festive season descends upon us, BLOODSTOCK come bearing gifts – four more bands for 2019! Saturday’s special…
2 min read December 6, 2018






































