2000trees Festival

2000trees has run since 2007 on Upcote Farm, near Withington in the Cotswolds, a few miles from Cheltenham. It was started by a group of friends who wanted the kind of small, independent festival they liked going to, and it has kept that feel.

It's one of the UK's best festivals for rock, punk, metal and hardcore below arena level, with plenty of emo, post-rock and acoustic sets too. The Forest stage sits among the trees, bands often watch each other from the crowd, and it all happens in early July.