Reviews Of The Best Music Festivals UK
05 September 2010
Review by Ben Robinson
With thousands of excited festival goers prepared to be shocked, delighted and entertained, Shambala festival 2010 kicked off with a huge eco-friendly bang. It
05 September 2010
Review by Ben Robinson
Compass of Lunacy
I often wonder in certain states of inebriation and general messiness what aliens would think if they were to land on planet earth at specifi
16 August 2010
Review by loubielou
The Virgin Media Festival 2009 saw outstanding performances from many artists old and new but it is fair to say that Dizzee Rascal stole the show with his set w
16 August 2010
Review by Pauline
Year 7 of the Tartan Heart festival returns to the Belladrum Estate and sells out two weeks before it’s due to start. But with headlining acts like Feeder and A
10 August 2010
Review by TomBowker
A word of warning first – getting to the Big Chill festival is not a simple task. You see, the festival location – the beautiful Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury in
09 August 2010
Review by ellielouise
As we turned up at victoria park for Underage Festival we could here the music pumping out from behind the high fencing as we approached the ticket office. Afte
09 August 2010
Review by TomBowker
Saturday 30 July brought Field Day 2010, trendy London's day out as Victoria Park, in the east of the capital, does a really quite passable impression of a rura
09 August 2010
Review by BenBrand
This is one house party where there was an obvious reason for a gathering in the Godskitchen. Situated on a dis-used airfield, Global gathering boasts up to
05 August 2010
Review by fidealjay
The YNOT festival has come a long way since its debut in 2006. Like last year YNOT has sold out with just over 4000 people descending onto the Derbyshire countr
29 July 2010
Review by TomBowker
Ben & Jerry's Sundae on the Common
Ben & Jerry's 'Sundae' festival on Clapham Common was nothing if not punctual. OK, I was late, but seriously – half way thro
29 July 2010
Review by Ben Robinson
Where can you eat delicious Jamaican food, learn to dance like a Brazilian, hear the stories of wise Congolese men, and listen to the sounds of Japanese music,
27 July 2010
Review by PaulNeeson
Ever since its inception in 2001, Scotland’s Wickerman festival has drawn parallels with festival Godfather, Glastonbury, both for its free-flowing, reclined at
22 July 2010
Review by Caroline_M
From its humble beginnings as a hundred and fifty strong party in little more than a large garden area of the grounds, Larmer Tree Festival has organically grow
17 July 2010
Review by Ben Robinson
Detroit Social Club, from the same management stable as Arctic Monkeys, were an early highlight on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage. Part Kasabian, part T
17 July 2010
Review by Ben Robinson
There’s an earthquake at Balado. It starts with the euphoric rumble of stadium dance titans Faithless, the bands lead singer shaman-buddha Maxi Jazz bedazzling
14 July 2010
Review by MattMiles
For the last six years, the rural Oxfordshire village ofCharlbury has been home to one of the most easy going and family friendlyfestivals in the U.K. The Cornb
04 July 2010
Review by Wayne Feltham
As the train pulled into Londons Hyde park corner station you could sense the atmosphere and excitement of everyone who was there to see the amazing Pearl Jam.
22 June 2010
Review by leoniecolmar
From its beginnings as a small but perfectly formed rave on the banks of Loch Ness, Jim King and Fat Boy Slim’s festival lovechild Rockness has become more of a
28 April 2010
Review by Cathi Moore
V-Festival! It’s not for the faint hearted, but if you love your live music it is the only place to be on the last weekend in August. One big name after another
06 February 2010
Review by Wayne Feltham
Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Larmer Tree Festival has grown to provide some of the best, most interesting and diverse entertainment on the festiv
