BICEP who play the festival for the first time will close the Lions Den, while NOSIA will close out the HYDRO XL.

Dance music pioneer Fatboy Slim, pop icon Robbie Williams and Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band Kings of Leon will ...

A new two-day electronic music festival, Escape Reality, is set to take place at Newcastle’s Town Moor on 29-30 May 2027. Newcastle’s Town Moor, an area larger than Hyde Park and Hampstead Heath ...

Glasgow’s folk, roots and culture festival Celtic Connections has announced its programme for 2027, and includes a world premier from Scotland’s GRIT Orchestra, performances at the Glasgow ...

Eliza Carthy & The Restitution, Belinda O’Hooley & Jackie Oates and Jim Moray have been announced for the 10th edition of the Manchester Folk Festival. The northern festival of folk culture takes ...

Glastonbury has crossed the £400 ticket barrier and sets a bad precedent for the festival industry, thinks Jack Needham, Festival Insights Head of Content.

How can a festival make money? It’s a pretty important question that seems to be getting harder to answer. What worked ten, even five years ago simply doesn’t in the same way today. The ‘build it and ...

The music, comedy and food festival for petrol heads CarFest has confirmed it will return to Silverstone for its second year in 2027. The festival, founded by radio DJ Chris Evans in 2012, was ...

Independent ticketing platform Ski ddle and the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) have partnered for a second year for a bursary to support organisers of festivals with a capacity of 2,500 or ...

A lot has been written about the severe heat the UK has faced this summer. As the effects of climate change become more apparent by the day, practical sustainability solutions for festivals are more ...

In an ongoing partnership between Grid Faeries and Ecotricity, the two green energy companies will power The Ballroom stage at this year’s Pepsi MAX presents Reading Festival (27-30 August), a brand ...

This year has seen the UK hit by successive heatwaves, with the driest July on record for England and Wales, leading to multiple wildfires across the country and across Europe. Paul Knightley from DTN ...