Festivals and gigs. A listings calendar, plus previews, news, reviews, and photos
HotWax are hardly out of their school uniforms, but we’re delighted to be able to say a huge ‘told you so!’ as we look at the live dates this three-piece indie-garage/grunge-rock phenomenon have already got lined up for 2024. We caught them recently as they set fire to Camden Roundhouse as the opening act for…
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For once (sadly) the Met Office hit the nail on the head… because, as predicted, at 4pm the heavens began to open, and by the end of Suede’s headline set everyone at Beautiful Days 2023 was well and truly sodden…but still smiling like lunatics But despite a damp July, the ground was still dry enough…
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The Festival Family is back together to celebrate two decades of friendship and fun Of all the festivals we go to (and we go to a lot of festivals), Beautiful Days is the one that feels most like an annual family reunion. Those who came to the first event (twenty years ago this year)as young…
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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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August, Escot Park, near Exeter, Devon This family-friendly festival is hosted by the ultimate festival band. Levellers have decades of live shows under their belts, and probaby hold the record for the largest ever Glastonbury main stage audience. Now their annual party is itself the stuff of legend, and yoiu can expect to see the…
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LINE-UP FOR THE BIMBLE INN ALSO RELEASED TODAY The festival have announced the TWO special guests to complete their Main Stage line-up for Beautiful Days 2019. LA punk rockers NOFX and Florida ska-punk legends LESS THAN JAKE are pretty much guaranteed to ensure this is another sell-out year for the immaculately conceived grass-roots festival hosted…
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Up close with the Manics…
When a band leaves the stage at a festival with the crowd baying for more you know it’s been a great set – and Buddha Triangle had the biggest shout for an encore of the whole festival…
What a great place! the bandstand rocks…
Charlie don’t surf – but Scott does!
Some great stage photos of Gogol Bordello at Beautiful Days 2018
Onstage and front of stage with The Levellers at Beautiful Days 2018 pics by sara Bowrey
So many great pictures – it’s as if you were there at Beautiful Days 2018! Here’s Saturday’s choice shots…
All we can say is WOW – what a great day at an amazing festival…
For 2018 the Beautiful Days Bandstand team have pulled out all the stops to bring you a weekend full of delicious delights. Get your ears around this lot and prepare yourself for three days of musical joy. And remember – if you don’t yet have a ticket there are a smalll number still up for…
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