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First Acts for Kendal Calling 2012

Kendal Calling have revealed that Dizzee Rascal, Maximo Park, and James are to headline the 2012 festival

Greenbelt Festival announces first acts

Greenbelt have announced that Mercury Music Prize winner Speech Debelle will join Bruce Cockburn, OperaUpClose and many more to perform at this year's festival at Cheltanham Racecourse

Van Morrison has been Confirmed on the line up for Folklore Festival

Jersey’s newest music festival confirms its first headliner, 6 times Grammy Award winner - VAN MORRISON

Outlook Festival Announces a Worldwide Club Tour

Europe’s biggest Bass Music & Soundsystem Culture festival is embarking on a huge global launch party club tour this spring and will be bringing a little taste of Croatia to a city near you!

Caravan Palace Added to The BoomTown Fair Lineup Plus more Acts!

Summer is in the air at BoomTown HQ... With last week’s first dollop of astonishing acts announced including; Reel Big Fish, Alborosie and Tanya Stephens the festival spirit is riding high, and now BoomTown are on the brink of combustion by announcin

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff Returns to London's IndigO2

Following an almighty set last year, Jimmy Cliff will take to the stage at London’s indigO2 this May – returning by popular demand to perform a monumental set.

Carl Cox, Erick Morillo & John Digweed are Added to SW4 Lineup

Carl Cox, Erick Morillo and John Digweed are without doubt the SW4 all-stars, having buried their roots deep into Clapham Common history. Featuring the undisputed Kings of the four by four beat, they add to what is without doubt our most sensational

Colours Presents: Dirty Dutch Records Featuring Chuckie

Colours are very proud to present the original Dirty Dutch! A record label showcase that is going to blow house fans away!

The Damned Duke Special & Many More Confirmed For Wychwood

UK punk legends The Damned, Duke Special, the supremely intelligent Fay Hield and her Hurricane Party, Romanian gypsy band Mahala Rai Banda, ex-Beetroot Kings frontman Gary Armstrong and London-based alt. folkers Urusen have all been added to the lin

Example and Devlin to play at the Eden Sessions

UK dance and hip-hop supremo Example will headline a show at the Eden Sessions on Saturday June 30.

FROME FOLK FESTIVAL WAS A FIZZING SUCCESS! 2013 TICKETS ON SALE

The first Frome Folk Festival opened its doors on Saturday (February 18) and by the close of the weekend had been voted a resounding success - with a 2013 festival immediately announced.

Beacons Festival Back With a Bang, New Site & Awesome Lineup!

Beacons represents a side-step from the usual treadmill of festival bands and burger vans. We book the bands we love, because we know that our visitors will love them too.

Another 16 Acts For End Of The Road Including Anna Calvi

The End of the Road Festival is today pleased to announce a further sixteen acts for 2012 including Anna Calvi.

Beach Break Live Announce its Biggest Lineup to date!

Beach Break Live, the much loved UK student festival, announce their biggest ever line-up with Chase and Status [live], Dizzee Rascal, Friendly Fires, Nero, Maverick Sabre, Labrinth, Wretch 32 and many more.

QUEEN, WITH ADAM LAMBERT, EXCLUSIVE SET CONFIRMED FOR SONISPHERE 2012

With a quarter of a century having since passed, rock legends Queen are to return to play a second concert at the venue that provided them with the setting for one of their biggest and most historic concerts.

Yellowman For Africa Oye Festival

Over the past 20 years Africa Oyé has brought some of the biggest names in music from Africa, the Caribbean and South America to Liverpool, including Tinariwen, Peter Tosh, Femi Kuti, and of course, last year’s headliner, 'Queen of Reggae' Marcia Gri

New Talent At This Years Fairport's Cropredy Convention

Fairport's Cropredy Convention will see twenty acts play more than thirty hours of live music over the festival's three days and there will be an emphasis on emerging talent.

Michael Kiwanuka Joins Professor Green For Sound City Spectacular

BBC Sound Of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka joins Professor Green, White Denim and Death In Vegas for annual Sound City spectacular. Mystery Jets, Alkaline Trio, Slow Club, Willy Mason, Ghost Poet, The Jezabels, (ALT-J), Niki and the Dove, Toy and mor

Dire Straits David Knopfler Heads To Rhythm Festival

Rhythm Folk Festival Organiser Jim Driver today announces the (almost) complete line-up for Rhythm Folk Festival, which mixes the finest emerging New Folk talent with the best of classic British Folk and Roots.

Oxfordshire’s favourite family-friendly Riverside festival is back!

Riverside Festival may not have the starry Iine-up of a Reading or Glastonbury, but when it comes to the feel-good factor Riverside beats them hands down.