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Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Sunday Service with The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican at Bearded Theory 2023 Jump ‘arrand! Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] We always love a Will Varley set at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Kid Kapichi killed it at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] The brilliant Brix Smith at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Snapped Ankles shake up the Pallet Stage at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Opus Kink kickout the jams at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Usual fun set from EMF at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Latest update from Festival Flyer [ad_1] Beth Orton, brilliant as ever at Bearded Theory 2023 Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey [ad_2] Full photo galleries here: Bearded Theory Friday photos Bearded Theory Saturday photos Bearded Theory Sunday photos Festival Flyer Source
Let’s just put this right up front – The Great Escape Festival always manages to be ahead of the curve when it come to new bands … it’s pretty much the whole point of the event. It was created with the thinking that UK bookers need to be exposed to new bands from across the…
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THURSDAY BEACH STAGE There’s a very good reason we put HotWax on our ‘must see’ TGE23 list…and also why we have been championing them as a band to watch for the last year or so. Quite simple they ooze with all the elements that make a great live band…not least that they have a great…
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THURSDAY MVT BEACH Lots of things are going on with KIDS. Their music slips and slides from mainstream pop to deep indie realms laced with punk and reggae. If you follow the Hastings scene you’ll spot similarities to Buddha Triangle (why they are not playing this year’s TGE baffles us) – and that is a…
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THURSDAY TGE BEACH STAGE Sugary sweet and full of high-register soul, Saint Harison is a big guy who aches off frailty. Backed by three talented vocalists who could probably each hold an audience in the palm of their hand he delivers a powerful pop punch that will find a happy home at Pride festivals or…
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THURSDAY KOMEDIA BASEMENT Unreconstructed pub-rock with an almost Electric Six edge beneath the rough-as-gold-prospector’s-scrotum exterior, C.O.F.F.I.N. are a band who need way too many keystrokes to type their name too often on a phone… Opening the Australian invasion of TGE23 they play to a near-capacity crowd downstairs at Komedia and if you like your riffs…
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Down in deepest Dorset in the rolling hills near Blandford Forum lurks a brilliant little festival that grew up from a pub gig in 2011 and now spans four stages over three days and has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for children’s cancer charities. The first small concert was hosted to raise money for…
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It’s no news at all that there has just been a festival in Hastings – after all, the town and surrounding area has over fifty festivals of one sort or another this year alone. Trust us – we’ve counted them. But this one is a bit special. Hastings Fat Tuesday It’s Hastings Fat Tuesday, and…
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This is our first Rockaway Beach, although we have been to other Butlins-based festivals over the years, so we had a good idea of what to expect in terms of organization and production. Rockaway’s model is a simple but effective one – nail down a handful of old-school headliners and then fill the rest of…
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By: Sara-Louise Bowrey / John Bownas Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Just three of the many musical exports that Montreal is perhaps best known for. Our pilgrimage to this lovely city wasn’t, however, to pay homage to the greats. Rather it was to unearth some of the best new and emerging (or…
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M for Montreal 2022 Words: John Bownas … Pictures: Sara-Louise Bowrey M for Montreal How do you choose your favourite bands from such a strong list of performers playing across four days in the heart of this amazing musical city at ‘M for Montreal’? Well, it’s not easy, but if someone held a really sharp…
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Hastings Bonfire is one of the largest events in the localevents calendar – and that’s say A LOT given the number of festivals the town hosts every year! 2022 was a windy affair that had sparks flying…and sadly for spectators and organisers alike meant the traditional firework finale had to be curtailed. But the parade…
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End of the Road Festival 2022 – a music-lovers paradise End of the Road is definitely a music lovers festival – with a heavy emphasis on the musical road less traveled. Even seasoned festival-goers will find themselves turning to the programme descriptions of bands they have only half heard of previously to inform their decisions…
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A quick-fire video journey through End of the Road 2022 From spoon-carving and wild-stick hunting through to some amazing musical finds, End of the Road 2022 was a brilliant end to the peak festival season in what has been a vintage year as we’ve all got used to being out having fun in the fields…
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Back with a bang – Beautiful Days 2022 met every expectation We’ve been at every edition of Beautiful Days since the festival started – almost 20 ears ago – and this was a vintage year if ever we saw one. From the quietly raucous Thursday-night 100% acoustic shenanigans at the back of Dirty Davey’s bar…
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Photos by: Sara-Louise Bowrey All the best photos of All Points East Festival 2022 – in sharp focus… The National – Fleet Foxes – Dreamz – Mogwai – Perfume Genius – Phoebe Hall – Kurt Vile – Jana – Lucy Dacus – Honey Mooncie – Villagers – DEHD – Valerie June – The Deep Blue…
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Photos by: Sara-Louise Bowrey All the best photos of All Points East Festival 2022 – in sharp focus… Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Sleaford Mods – The Smile – Spiritualised – Aldous Harding – Anna Calvi – Jehnny Beth – Tinariwen – Lucy Tunn – Kae Tempest – Starcrawler – Joan as Policewoman…
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Dozens of bands, hundreds of fans – we always bring you the largest and best galleries from the front row of festivals
Photos by Simon Partington All the best photos of Womad 2022 in sharp focus… Madame Electrifie – The Future Shape of Sound – ADG7 – Nubian Twist – B.Dance – Angelique Kidjo – Kae Tempest – Barmer Boys – The Selector – Fatoumata Diarwarra Madame Electrifie at Womad 2022 Madame Electrifie – The Future Shape…
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Wow – what a scorcher Camp Bestival 2022 turned out to be at Lulworth Castle in 2022! Even with Sunday starting out pretty breezy and overcast the temperature soon soared again and the crowds basked in yet another perfect day of festival weather. And of course alongside the regular festival shenanigans there was a small…
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Did we snap you in the crowd on Saturday at Camp Bestival 2022? Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey / Festival Flyer Check out these cool photos from around the site and out in the crowds plus sets from some of the great bands and artists who played on Saturday at Camp Bestival 2022. Snapped Ankles –…
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Did we snap you in the crowd at Camp Bestival 2022? Photos by Sara-Louise Bowrey / Festival Flyer Check out these cool photos from around the site and out in the crowds plus sets from some of the great bands and artists who played on Friday. Rag’n’Bone Man – Razorlight – Jo Whiley – Cuban…
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Truck Festival 2022 – Band photos (Sunday) Here’s a great selection of shots from a load of the great acts we caught at the Sunday of Truck Festival 2022: Pixey – Enola Gay – The Hara – Grandma’s House – Bleach Lab – Alfie Templeton – Magic Gang – Kid Brunswick – Crawlers – Orla…
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Truck Festival 2022 – Band photos (Saturday) Here’s a great selection of shots from a load of the great acts we caught at the saturday of Truck Festival 2022: Sam Fender – Shame – Piney Gir – The Kooks – The Office for Personal Development – Kelis – The Murder Capital – Sports Team –…
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Band and Crowd Photos from Truck Festival 2022 We’ve collated hundreds of fabulous photo galleries of bands and crowds from Truck Festival 2022. Browse below for shots of: Chiika – Beach Riot – Yard Act – Lauren Hibberd – DITZ – Only The Poet – Orchards – Spector – Just Mustard – Sea Girls –…
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2000Trees gave us almost 3,000 great photos. As well as capturing 2000Trees Festival photos from around the site we snapped around 50 of our favourite acts – although we still managed to miss a few we’d have loved to see as we couldn’t be everywhere at once! Here are some of our favourite 2000Trees Festival…
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If you were one of the 350+ Turnstile crowdsurfers you may well find yourself here…
2000trees 2022 Photo and Video Gallery (three of three) Wow! 2000Trees is back, and with a bang! It’s the hard festival with soft edges – and is that ‘Goldilocks size’ … not too big, not too small. And what great weather the laid on for us too… The weekend (Thursday to Saturday – Trees takes…
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2000trees 2022 Photo and Video Gallery (two of three) Wow! 2000Trees is back, and with a bang! It’s the hard festival with soft edges – and is that ‘Goldilocks size’ … not too big, not too small. And what great weather the laid on for us too… The weekend (Thursday to Saturday – Trees takes…
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2000trees 2022 Photo and Video Gallery (one of three) Wow! 2000Trees is back, and with a bang! It’s the hard festival with soft edges – and is that ‘Goldilocks size’ … not too big, not too small. And what great weather the laid on for us too… The weekend (Thursday to Saturday – Trees takes…
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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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