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National trade organisation The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) is the UK’s leading festival representational body. The key aim is to help the businesses of individual members, and the overall needs of the independent festival sector.

Founded in 2008 by Rob da Bank (Bestival) and his manager Ben Turner (Graphite Media), the AIF operates as an autonomous division of the Association of Independent Music (AIM) with its own board and governance structure. AIF currently represents over 50 member events, ranging from the 800- capacity Starry Skies to the 55,000-capacity Isle of Wight Festival. The three key strands to AIF’s work are uniting a national network of independent promoters, business support and development and impactful public facing campaigns and lobbying.

AIF Festivals

  • 2000trees Festival

    2000trees Festival

    2000trees Festival is an award-winning independent music festival dedicated to bringing together the best new and underground British music for one weekend every July. It offers a diverse selection of...

  • A Boundless Summer - Borde Hill Garden

    A Boundless Summer - Borde Hill Garden

      Bringing world-class acts to spectacular historical settings, A Boundless Summer is sure to give attendees a memorable and unique experience. Borde Hill is a beautiful Grade II*...

  • Abode in the Park

    Abode in the Park

    Abode in the Park is a dance music extravaganza brought about by Abode Records and returns for its 2nd year in 2018. Held within the beautiful and iconic Finsbury Park, expect a Rio Carnival experien...

  • ArcTanGent Festival

    ArcTanGent Festival

    From the people that brought you 2000Trees festival comes ArcTanGent Festival one of Somerset's newest and most promising festivals.  Getting back to the roots of quality post-rock tune...

  • Barn On The Farm Festival

    Barn On The Farm Festival

    Barn on the Farm is an intimate, folk-orientated music festival held in several barns on a farm, in Gloucestershire. Barn on the Farm was created in 2010 as a small venture, driven by a passion for de...

  • Belladrum

    Belladrum

    Belladrum Festival takes place in the beautiful estate of Belladrum in Inverness. This festival features a mix of top international artists and well-known local acts. Not only are there five stages of...

  • Bestival

    Bestival

    Bestival is an award winning 4 day boutique music festival that was originally set at Robin Hill - a beautiful leafy country park (a veritable Garden of Eden!) near Downend and Newport in the heart of...

  • Blissfields Festival

    Blissfields Festival

    Blissfields Festival is a small award winning boutique festival with around 2500 festival goers descending on Vicarage Farm in Winchester in the heart of the Hampshire countryside.

  • BoomTown Fair

    BoomTown Fair

    One of the UK's largest independent music festivals and the most theatrically driven, Boomtown Fair is a five-day interactive experience. It combines live art and immersive theatre with a diverse line...

  • Brecon Jazz Festival

    Brecon Jazz Festival

    Well-known and popular with the jazz appreciation community, the Brecon Jazz Festival has been running for over thirty years and offers up high quality specialist music with a wonderful array of conce...

  • Brownstock Festival

    Brownstock Festival

    Brownstock Music Festival is one seriously overgrown house party. Started by the Brown family running through 3 days every July. It has come a long way since originally only being open for 100 friends...

  • Call of the Wild Festival

    Call of the Wild Festival

    Call of the Wild Festival is an independently funded Rock Festival at Lincolnshire Showground.   Over 60 bands perform on three stages, including legendary international acts and the b...

  • Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival - the baby sister festival to the multi-award-winning Bestival ('Best Medium-Sized Festival' UK Festival Awards 2005/6/7) and now an award winner in its own right

  • Common People

    Common People

    Taking its lead from its award-winning siblings, Common People’s music line-up will be a feast of the finest that the live music and DJ scenes have to offer, from legendary stalwarts of the fest...

  • Cornbury Festival

    Cornbury Festival

    The Cornbury Festival is one-of-a-kind 2day festival: an eclectic and eccentric musical carnival - a dynamic summer festival disguised as a country fayre - a lovingly crafted, top-notch, very English ...

  • Deer Shed Festival

    Deer Shed Festival

    The UK's ultimate family festival, Deer Shed, is fun for everyone at Baldersby Park in North Yorkshire. There's plenty here to keep everyone entertained, with a deep lineup of music, science tents ful...

  • DimSwn

    DimSwn

    DimSwn is a Welsh celebration of fantastic music based in the heart of Cardiff City Centre. It is a one-day version of the larger, popular Swn Festival which begain in 2007 and has brought in recognis...

  • Eden Sessions

    Eden Sessions

    Eden Sessions has world-class bands and artists perform in front of its beautiful Biomes with amazing acoustics created by the natural amphitheatre. Have fun throughout the day with a full festival vi...

  • Elderflower Fields Festival

    Elderflower Fields Festival

    A magical weekend of fun activities, eclectic music and great local food designed especially for families with children in mind.

  • End Of The Road

    End Of The Road

    End Of The Road is a small festival held in the beautiful surroundings of the Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset. This festival is about the music, embracing the surroundings, and enjoying all that's on of...

  • Fairport's Cropredy Convention

    Fairport's Cropredy Convention

    An annual event for up to 20,000 music fans - generally held in August - Fairport's Cropredy Convention has entertained fans for over 30 years on the outskirts of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshir...

  • Farr Festival

    Farr Festival

    Farr Festival started in 2010 and celebrates the finest drum and bass and deep house, as well as disco and many other unique and original DJ sets and live music. It calls Bygrave Wood it’s home ...

  • Fire in the Mountain

    Fire in the Mountain

    Fire in the Mountain gathers hearts, minds, and creative collectives nationwide. It features bands and musicians from the USA, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales, all in the beautiful Cambr...

  • Forgotten Fields

    Forgotten Fields

    From the creative minds and people behind the brilliant Kendal Calling festival comes a smaller scale festival, Forgotten Fields. Nestled within the stunning Sussex countryside of Eridge Deer Park t...

  • Great British Rock & Blues Festival

    Great British Rock & Blues Festival

    The Great British Rock and Blues Festival is one of many popular Big Weekend events hosted by Butlins. The Great British Rock and Blues Festival play host to recognisable names from the blues and rock...

  • Greenbelt Festival

    Greenbelt Festival

    Greenbelt Festival takes place annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend, gathering together artists, musicians, speakers and performers, alongside 21,000 festivalgoers at Cheltenham Racecourse. C...

  • Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade is a family friendly three-day music festival held across the 'Old Town' quarter of Leicester on May bank holiday weekend.  The event offers national and international music acts, comedi...

  • HebCelt Fest

    HebCelt Fest

    HebCelt Fest features a variety of music from around the world attracting performers from a huge number of countries. They always seek to bring fine quality live Celtic music to the festival. There i...

  • Isle of Wight Festival

    Isle of Wight Festival

    The Isle of Wight Festival is a truly historic festival that has existed since the 60s. Make sure you check this one out and escape off the shores of Dover. It always has a promising lineup with many ...

  • Kendal Calling Festival

    Kendal Calling Festival

    Kendal Calling is an intimate, award-winning, independent festival in the beautiful Lake District. It features some of the finest contemporary music and art to date alongside fields full of entertainm...

  • Kew the Music

    Kew the Music

    Kew the Music began as Summer Swing at Kew Gardens and changed its name to Kew The Music in 2011. It is a series of concerts that take place annually, and with the beautiful surroundings of Kew Garden...

  • Larmer Tree Festival

    Larmer Tree Festival

    The first Larmer Tree festival was held on a really beautiful Saturday in July 1990. Called 'The First Larmer Tree Jazz, Blues & Folk Roots Festival' and, with Dick Heckstall Smith headlining, it ...

  • London Remixed Festival

    London Remixed Festival

    London is a powerhouse of musical innovation and The London Remixed Festival brings you la crème de la crème. Showcasing the best in Latin Remix, Afrobeats, Vintage-Remix, Electro-Blues,...

  • Lowde Fest

    Lowde Fest

    Lowde Fest was established in 2011 as a fund raising event in support of The Lowde Music Trust. The concept itself is very simple, to provide a great family day out including live music, beer and grea...

  • Meltdown Festival

    Meltdown Festival

    Since 1993 some of the world most distinguished musicians have been the guest directors of Meltdown festival. From John Peel through to Massive Attack, via David Bowie, Patti Smith, Morrissey and more...

  • My Chemical Romance @ Stadium MK

    My Chemical Romance @ Stadium MK

    As part of their huge worldwide reunion tour, emo rock legends My Chemical Romance will be returning to the UK to play two dates at the iconic Stadium MK. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the tour and...

  • Nozstock Festival

    Nozstock Festival

    Nozstock was founded by a fun-loving family, their extended relatives, friends, acquaintances and pretty much everyone with a guitar to play or a joke to tell. It was a hazy, optimistic time at the tu...

  • Party at The Palace

    Party at The Palace

    Set in the historical grounds of Linlithgow Palace lies Party at The Palace which does exactly what it says on the tin.Come up to the highlands of Scotland and party like there's no tomorrow across a ...

  • Party in the Park (Boston)

    Party in the Park (Boston)

    Formerly known as the Music and Beer Festival, Party in the PArk is founded and funded by BTAC (Boston Town Area Committee) and will include lots of live music and activities, along with food and drin...

  • Secret Garden Party

    Secret Garden Party

    The Secret Garden Party is a festival and party in one where everyone joins in and the creativity flows. Taking place in Mill Hill Field in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, the 220 acres of landscaped gard...

  • Shambala Festival

    Shambala Festival

    Shambala Festival began in 1999, with 150 people in a field with a farmer's trailer covered in tarps for a stage. It has grown since then to become a well-established fun festival for all the family w...

  • Small World Spring Festival

    Small World Spring Festival

    An eco-friendly celebration of all things sustainable and green, Small World Spring Festival is held at the Small World Solar Stage and whilst the stage is known for its summer festival held at August...

  • Standon Calling Festival

    Standon Calling Festival

    Standon Calling Festival is an independent music festival on the grounds of a 16th-century Hertfordshire manor house. It promises a unique chance to see some iconic artists and breakthrough acts in an...

  • Starry Skies

    Starry Skies

    Parents often feel the need to have a holiday after their holiday with they children and travelling abroad can be expensive, while camping can be miserable if the weather doesn't hold up. These troubl...

  • The Beat Herder Festival

    The Beat Herder Festival

    The Beat-Herder Festival is the brainchild of six creative Yorkshire men tired of overcrowded and pretentious festivals overrun with the same big brands and corporate sponsors. After first established...

  • The Good Life Experience

    The Good Life Experience

    Organised and launched by singer Cerys Matthews, The Good Life Experience is a family and parent orientated festival which is designed to give people the chance to enjoy the great outdoors. It takes p...

  • The Hanwell Hootie

    The Hanwell Hootie

    Original music from more than 90 bands, performed at 15 venues all within walking distance of each other in west London; the Hanwell Hootie re-defines what it means to enjoy a music festival. For you...

  • The Just So Festival

    The Just So Festival

    Rowan and Sarah set up Just So Festival in 2009, to create an amazing, spellbinding weekend where families could play, dance and create together and see breathtaking theatre, dance and music. The Jus...

  • The Road To The Great Escape

    The Road To The Great Escape

    The Road to the Great Escape is a live music showcase that will be taking place at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow on the 9th and 10th of May. It is to highlight some of the diverse, great bands tha...

  • The Vicar's Picnic

    The Vicar's Picnic

    The Vicar's Picnic is named so because of it's original location on Vicarage Road as the festival started as a party in a back garden where a stage was built, a band was booked and family and friends ...

  • Tramlines Festival

    Tramlines Festival

    Tramlines Festival has grown considerably and now includes four stages and 70 venues across Sheffield.

  • Truck Festival

    Truck Festival

    Founded on a farm in Oxford, the Truck Festival attracts over 5,000 revellers to this great event each year. Truck runs for three days, ensuring the best music and entertainment throughout the weekend...

  • Tunes on the Sands

    Tunes on the Sands

    The Tunes in the Dunes festival that takes place at Perranporth Beach in Cornwall is what this event was formed out of. Tunes in the Sands is held at just 5-miles away from Dartmouth on the Blackpool ...

  • Twisterella Festival

    Twisterella Festival

    Twisterella Festival was launched in 2014 and was the creation of Middlesbrough's most dynamic and forward-thinking independent music promoters, Pay for the Piano and The Kids Are Solid Gold.The festi...

  • Underneath the Stars

    Underneath the Stars

    Formed in 2014, Underneath the Stars Festival is a vibrant summer festival of folk music, arts, and food. It was created in collaboration with musician Kate Rusby, her family production team, and Cann...

  • Village Green

    Village Green

    Village Green is a multi-art form and music festival which is held in the picturesque grounds of a Victorian park in Chalkwell in Southend on Sea. There are eight different stages surrounded by green ...

  • Wheels and Fins Festival

    Wheels and Fins Festival

    Wheels and Fins festival is an eclectic, boutique, music and action sports festival, located just an hour and a half from central London, with stunning ocean views. Now in its 6th year, the festival h...

  • Y-Not Festival

    Y-Not Festival

    Starting in 2006, the Y Not Festival continues to stick to its views on keeping the music and people as one by having bands camping amongst the festival goers. With ciders, Ale and campfire songs afte...