The summer is here, which means if we are lucky we may get a hot day or two, and we get spoilt for choice on which festivals to head to. With boutique festivals becoming popular and trips abroad to see how festivals function in far away lands, there are no limits to your festival experience!!
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At Home By The Sea
When: 8th & 9th of August 2008
Where: Concorde 2, Brighton
Cost: from £10
In 2008 Brighton see's the best year so far for festivals and events. For two days Brighton's most notorious club plays host to At Home By The Sea. As part of the Concorde's 21st birthday Celebrations offers an evening programme of Cult Indie and Bona Fide Brighton Acts, followed by a club night till 3am. This event will offer 4 stages and two distinct areas, a must attend for Brightonians!! |
At Home By The Sea have a great selection of bands and acts confirmed, and with more to be announced its going to be an amazing two days:
Camera Obscura, Devon Sproule, Wild Beasts, Esser, Magistrates, Lisa Lindley Jones, Stuart Flynn 'n' The Dirty Cakes, Jacobs Stories, Same Actor (Spirit of Gravity), Sons Of Noel & Adrian, John The Savage, King Alfred, Man Of Leisure, Chrome Hoof, White Williams, Jim Sonic Smith (born Bad DJs), Supersonic Surgeons (C2 DJs), Brakes, Shout Out Louds, The Shortwave Set, Slow Club, Thomas Tantrum, The Wave Pictures, Restlesslist, Peggy Sue and the Pirates present... Peggy Sue & the Pirates, Charlot Webster, Benedict & Daniel, Lonely Ghosts, The Bobby McGees, Hot Club De Paris, CocknBull K id, The James Kendall DJ
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Beachdown Festival
When: 24 - 27th of August 2008
Where: Devils Dyke, Brighton
Cost: £85 for a weekend ticket
Guaranteed to be the UK's least muddy festival, Beachdown is held on the chalky based South Downs, just north of Brighton. For your £85 you can expect comfortable, secure camping for 4 whole days, as well as an eclectic line-up of music, film and comedy entertainment, with a range of local and global influences.
Beachdown's capacity is 13,000 and is hailed as a unique boutique festival, it is the only site to offer full sea views from the 'Area Of Outstanding Beauty'. Some of beachdown's quirks include complementary deck chairs, towel, beachball, ice cream and swimwear.
Bands and acts performing over the 4 days include: |
Roy Ayers & Bah Samba, Fun Loving Criminals, Alabama 3, Jah Wobble, Horace Andy & Dub Ashanti, Freak Power, Light Speed Champion, Terry Callier, The Infadels, Reverend & The Makers, Imperial Leisure, Amp Fiddler, The Heavy, Azymuth, Jazzy Jeff, The Splendour, Shona Foster, Transformer, 12 Stone Toddler, Acoustic Dregs, Doll & The Kicks, Heels Catch Fire, Drookit Dogs, Black Grass, Hardkandy, The Hat, Chungking, Gloria Cycles, The Miserable Rich, Damn Dirty Humans, Stick it On, Roots Garden, Bust the Box
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Bestival
When: September 5th - 7th 2008
Where: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight
Cost: £130 weekend ticket
In its 5th year Bestival is back on the Isle of White, this well established festival is now so popular that tickets sell out very quickly, and yes, you guessed it this year has sold out!! If are lucky enough to be going heres who you can expect to see: |
My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse, Underworld, Aphex Twin, The Breeders, CSS, George Clinton And Funkadelic/Parliament, Gary Numan, The Human League (exclusive two performance concert), Pendulum (live), 808 State (live), Foals, Lee Scratch Perry, Baaba Mal, The Wedding Present, The Cuban Brothers, Transglobal Underground, King Creosote, Chas & Dave, Red Snapper, Micash P Hinson, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Subgiant, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Duke Spirit, Teenagers, Tawiah, Fuck Buttons, Cage The Elephant, Ladyhawke, Metronomy, Ox Eagle Lion Man, These New Puritans, Lets Wrestle, Little Dragon, Imperial Leisure, Gideon Conn, Zombie Zombie, George Pringle, The Restaurant, Vessels, The Ghost, Peter Von Poehl, St Vincent, and Six Nation State, plus loads of DJs. |
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Bloom Festival
When: 8-10th August 2008
Where: Seven Springs, Gloucestershire
Cost: £85 weekend ticket
Set to attract 8000 revellers, Bloom is part of the new breed
of boutique festivals that have become popular throughout Europe!
Taking people away from the over crowded and ridiculously commercialised
festivals that we have now become so tired of. With an eclectic
mix of music for a wide variety of live acts you will be blown
away by what Bloomhas to offer. |
Whilst enjoying the entertainment you also get to indulge in
high end local, organic food, film screenings, interactive media,
theatre, workshops and fancy dress, plus much more, read our
full preview to get all the info!
Line up includes: Autokratz, Benga, The
Black Seeds, Brand New Heavies, Beardyman, Caspa, Ewan Pearson,
Florence and the Machine, Freeform Five, The Glimmers, High
Contrast, Hot8 Brass Band, James Yuill, Justin Robertson, Kraak
& Smaak, Kissy Sell Out, Ladyhawke, The Lionheart Brothers, London Breakbeat
Orchestra, Max Sedgley & The Shoots, Meat Katie, The Nextmen,
The Part Time Heroes, The Presets, Roni Size "Reparazent"
LIVE, Roisin Murphy, Super Nashwan, Scratch Perverts, Shuffle,
The Bays, The Nextmen, Tunng, Unabombers presents: The Electric Chair, XX Teans
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Get Loaded In The Park
When: Sunday August 24th 2008
Where: Clapham Common, London
Cost: £35
London's definitive innercity festival returns for its 5th year of indie-crazed-rock and electro-jackin-dance, on Bank Holiday Sunday 24th August 2008 another amazing line up hits Clapham Common. This year Get Loaded aim to deliver their strongest line-up EVER, packed full of festival exclusives, iconic geniuses and the best of nu-skool. |
This one day festie has a better line up that some of the 4 day festivals, by grabbing yourself a ticket you can catch: Iggy And The Stooges, Supergrass, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, The Holloways, Midnight Juggernauts, Metronomy, Plastic Little, Kate Nash, Reverend & Tyhe Makers, The Maccabees, Ipso Facto, The Violet Playground, The Gossip, Soulwax, Mylo (Dj Set), The Presets, Boys Noize, Streetlife Djs, Union Djs, Plump Djs plus more acts to be confirmed.
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Hove Festivalen
When: June 23rd - 27th 2008
Where: Tromoya, Adrendal, Norway
Cost: £190 (5 days)
You've missed it but you can find out what went down by reading our review > |
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Melt Festival
When: July 18th - 20th 2008
Where: Grafenheinichen, Germany
Cost: from 35 euros
We would like to highly recommend this Festival which is situated in an old coal mining facility in the former German Democratic Republic (1 hour south of Berlin). Despite the fact that you’ll probably never come across a more breathtaking site (colossal communistic industrial charm meets natural beauty) Melt! is curated by the eclectic German music magazine “Intro” and therefore all known languages of music are pushed and presented to the versatile audience. At this fascinating encounter of place and sound, indie, pop and electro crowds melt into one and dance together towards the sunrise. Melodic song and banging tunes are equal comrades for three days and nights. |
Get yourself over to Germany's Melt! and you can expect to see: Alexander Marcus, Alter Ego, Blackmail, Blood Red Shoes, Booka Shade, Burger/Voigt, Caspa, Commix, dEUS, Die Türen, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Dúné, Editors, Ellen Allien, Fotos, Gui Boratto, GusGus (live), Hercules and Love Affair, Kate Nash, Klee, Ladyhawke, Late Of The Pier, Lightspeed Champion, M.A.N.D.Y., Markus Kavka, Metalheadz Special feat. Goldie, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Modeselektor, Bonde Do Role, Boys Noize, Cobblestone Jazz, Crookers, Daniel Haaksman, Deize Tigrona, Dillon, DJ Beware, Doc Scott, Edu K, Efdemin, Franz Ferdinand, Friendly Fires .. plus many more!!
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Secret Garden Party
When: July 24th - 27th 2008
Where: East Anglia
Cost: £125 weekend ticket
Secret Garden Party (SGP) is a not for profit, all for love festival, four days and four nights of creativity, serenity and euphoria, they want everyone who comes along to feel a sence of community, taking them away from cities and schedules, brands and boundries, and each year they create a unique environment for individuals to come and live as they would like and explore their wildest fantasies and realise their wildest dreams. And there is no doubt that after attending this amazing event you will return to normality with a spring in your step and a spark in your soul. With 9 main stages and an amazing line up this is definately going to be one of this years top festivals!! |
This stunning festival has a great line up including: Beale, BlissKreig, Bonde Do Role, Brendon Campbell, Brothers Bab, Cage The Elephant, Deep Mamboo, Dennis Jones, Ecletic Method, Elle S'appelle, Envy & Other Sins, Florence & The Machine,
Gabby Young & Other Animals, Glasvegas, Grace Jones, Gipsydelicia, Hush The Man,
Infadelles,
Imperial Leisure, Jay Jay Pistolet,
Morcheeba,
No Fakin DJs,
Ratatat,
St Etienne,
The Glitzy Bag Hags,
Thomas Tantrum, and many more.
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Stag & Dagger
When: May 15th 2008
Where: Various venues, Shoreditch, London
Cost: £14
You've missed it but you can find out what went down by reading our review > |
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The Big Chill
When: August 1st - 3rd 2008
Where: Eastnor Castle, Hertfordshire
Cost: £129 (£110 for students!)
This well established festival is back again offering a highly evolved, all-round experience that is completely unique, they have a fantastic line up of music and performance, art, comedy, dance and film. The Big Chill have a great ability of identifying artists and nurturing their creativity, so check out some of the best in the business and get yourself lost in a wonderful weekend slap bang in the middle summer. You can expects a victorian funfair, bands and dj's galore its shouldn't be missed!! |
Head to The Big Chill and check out: Aileen Campbell, African Head Charge, Animat rescore Tuvalu, Asian Dub Foundation Sound System, Ben Goldacre, Benji B (1Xtra), Bomb the Bass, Bill Bailey, BUG with Adam Buxton (Adam and Joe), Buzzcocks, Charlie Dark Soundsystem,
Cornelius, Daedelus (live), Dave Neita,
Elvis McGonagall, Exceeda, Fat Freddy's Drop, Federico AubeleFujiya & Miyagi, Flying Lotus,
Hot 8 Brass Band, Jan Blake, Joseph Coelho, John Berkavitch, Joe Hot Chip plays Hip Hop feat. Dels, Kartel DJs,
The Light Surgeons, Little DragonThe Mighty Boosh,
The Mules,
Norman Jay,
Peatbog Faeries, Portico Quartet,
Random Dance, Robin Ince, Roisin Murphy, Roots Manuva & DJ MK, Russ Jones,
Souljazz Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, DJ Toy Selectah, Trentmøller Live, any many more!!!!
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The Great Escape
When: May 15th - 17th, 2008
Where: Various venues, Brighton
Cost: from £18.50
You've missed it but you can find out what went down by reading our review > |
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Wakestock
When: June 27th - 29th 2007
Where: Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Cost: from £45.00
You've missed it but you can find out what went down by reading our review > |
Written by Lily Worth |
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