Festival Guide - a round-up of UK, Ireland and International festivals
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Recently added or updated for 2026/ 2027: Forest Live, Bristol Sounds, Live at Chelsea, Radar Festival, Slam Dunk Festival, Wanderlust Festival, Celtic Connections, Neighbourhood Weekender, C2C: Country to Country, UK Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival, UK West Coast Folk Festival, Reading and Leeds, and more
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Content:
By Category
For your convenience, we have also split our festival listings by size and type:
- Big Summer UK Festivals
- Boutique Festivals
- Family-Friendly Festivals
- 80s Festivals/ Tours
- Green/ Sustainable Festivals
And also by genre:
- Jazz/ Blues Festivals
- Folk Festivals
- Rock/ Metal Festivals
- Dance/ Club Festivals
- Indie Festivals
- Comedy Festivals
Read on for the complete overview.
Autumn
The Warehouse Project (Oct - 31st Dec) in Manchester with Tiësto, The Streets, Duke Dumont, Four Tet, Ewan McVicar, Hunee, DJ Luciano, Defected Records, Annie Mac, Basement Jaxx - DJ Set, Oden & Fatzo, ROSSI., OBSKÜR, Hannah Laing, DJ Paulette, Glitterbox, Steel City Dance Discs, Peggy Gou, Overmono, KETTAMA, La Discothèque, Luke Una, Evian Christ, Eats Everything, DJ Fat Tony, Groove Armada - DJ Set, Eric Prydz, 4AM KRU, Sam Divine, Mella Dee, HAAi, Ben UFO, and more.
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Neighbourhood Festival (17th Oct) in Greater Manchester with Girl in the Year Above, Florence Road, Elliot James Reay, Keo, Brogeal, The Guest List, Florentenes, beaux, and more.
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Mutations Festival (24th Oct) in Sussex with Stealing Sheep, Keo, Adult DVD, Good Health Good Wealth, Adwaith, Hotline TNT, Dekker, Ratboys, Lambrini Girls, Pan Amsterdam, DITZ, bdrmm, Dry Cleaning, IST IST, Lemonsuckr, Coilguns, GANS, Mandrake Handshake, The Oozes, Courting, Benefits, Scaler, Nightbus, and more.
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Psychobilly Freakout (30th Oct) in London with Nekromantix, Frenzy, The Peacocks, Mad Sin, and more.
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Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival (30th - 31st Oct) in Whitby, with The Mission (both dates), Lol Tolhurst, The March Violets, and more.
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Nottingham Comedy Festival (1st - 18th Nov) with Rachel Fairburn, Arthur Smith, Paddy Young, Ania Magliano, Joe Wells, Matt Winning, Alfie Moore, Tom Wrigglesworth, Patrick Monahan, Michael Akadiri, and more.
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Pitchfork Festival London (4th - 7th Nov) in London with Tortoise, aja monet, Cootie Catcher, Freak Slug, KeiyaA, Mandy Indiana, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and more.
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Simple Things Festival (7th Nov) in Bristol with Squid, Shabaka, Gold Panda, My New Band Believe, Mietze Conte, Chanel Beads, caroline, PVA, Mykki Blanco, Nathan Fake, Cloud Nothings, SILVERWINGKILLER, Fine [Copenhagen], zzzahara, and more.
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Whitby Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival (7th - 8th Nov) with The Dirt Road Band, Dom Martin, Jack Broadbent, Wille and the Bandits, Mississippi MacDonald, Dave Kelly, and more.
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Core - A Celebration Of Noise (13th - 15th Nov) in Glasgow with Raging Speedhorn, Incendiary, EYEHATEGOD, Petrol Girls, Pig Destroyer, and more.
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Shiiine On Weekender (13th - 16th Nov) in Somerset with Happy Mondays, Hard-Fi, Badly Drawn Boy, The Bluetones, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Wonder Stuff, Dave Rowntree, The Boo Radleys, Steve Lamacq, Pop Will Eat Itself, Ben Ottewell [Gomez], Jim Bob, Dubstar, The Twang, The Farm, The Wedding Present, Dub Pistols, Inspiral Carpets, Utah Saints, The Wannadies, Jesus Jones, Feeder, Greg Dread DJ Set, Déjà Vega, Interrobang, Space Monkeys, Ian Prowse, Power Of Dreams, Chapterhouse, K-Klass, The Real People, Northside, The Ordinary Boys, The Others, Then Jerico, The Soup Dragons, The Clone Roses, Wreckless Eric, Dom Joly, Rich Wilson, Paul McCaffrey, and more.
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London Jazz Festival (13th - 22nd Nov) with Samara Joy, Branford Marsalis (plus Dianne Reeves - celebrating John Coltrane), Kronos Quartet, RYMDEN, Anouar Brahem (with Django Bates, and more), Alfredo Rodriguez, GoGo Penguin, Fatoumata Diawara, Lizz Wright, Morcheeba, The Meltdown, Fergus McCreadie, Emma-Jean Thackray, Cécile McLorin Salvant (witt The BBC Concert Orchestra), Pedrito Martinez, Joe Lovano (with Jeff 'Tain' Watts, and more, "John Coltrane 100"), and more.
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Planet Rockstock (26th - 30th Nov) in Bridgend with King King, Blaze Bayley, Magnum, Billy Sheehan, and more.
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Winter
Looe Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival (4th - 6th Dec) in Cornwall with Martin Barre, The Dirt Road Band, Laura Evans, Dom Martin, True Strays, Medicine Head, Danny Bryant, Mississippi MacDonald, Jack J Hutchinson, Dani Wilde, and more.
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Celtic Connections (15th - 30th Jan) in Glasgow with BIIRD, Darlingside, Elephant Sessions, Frazey Ford, Damien Dempsey, Richard Spaven, and more.
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January Blues Festival (15th - 25th Jan) in London with Eric Bibb, Charlie Musselwhite, Geno Washington, Curtis Salgado, Vanessa Collier, Chicago Blues Explosion, John Primer, Kirk Fletcher, Gerry McAvoy Band of Friends, James Hunter, Stan Webb's Chicken Shack, The Animals and Friends, Snowboy, Sister Cookie, and more.
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UK Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival (22nd - 24th Jan) in Lancashire with When Rivers Meet, Russ Ballard, Connor Selby, Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast, Dom Martin, True Strays, Chantel McGregor, Stray, The Milk Men, Gerry Jablonski, David Sinclair Four, and more.
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UK West Coast Folk Festival (5th - 7th Feb) in Lancashire with Chris Layhe, Joshua Burnell, Talisk, Bella Hardy, Vikki Clayton, Steve Turner, Merry Hell, Treebeard, and more.
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Spring
C2C: Country to Country (12th - 14th Mar) in Glasgow, London, and Manchester with artists to be announced.
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Louder Than War Live (13th Mar) returns to Manchester with The Wedding Present, and more acts to be announced.
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Glasgow International Comedy Festival (13th - 27th Mar) in Glasgow with Susie McCabe, Neil Delamere, Mike Wozniak, Rowan Hackett, and more.
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Soul Town Festival (10th Apr) in Beckenham with Shalamar, Kool & the Gang, Kenny Thomas, Heatwave, Sister Sledge, Eternal, Odyssey, The Drifters, The Real Thing, Sol and the Gang, The Sugarhill Gang, Al McKay's Earth, Wind and Fire Experience, Boney M, Sweet Female Attitude, FiL Straughan, and more.
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Milkfest (11th Apr) in London with When Rivers Meet, The Manfreds, Elles Bailey, Kyla Brox, The Milk Men, Ben Poole, and more.
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Scotland Calling (17th Apr) in Midlothian with Skids, UK Subs, The Business, Riskee and the Ridicule, The Outcasts, GBH, Random Hand, Anti-Nowhere League, Shanghai Treason, Bar Stool Preachers, Wonk Unit, Fire Exit, and more.
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Summer
Gigantic (1st May) in Bristol with Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Miki Berenyi, The Wedding Present, Gene, Stereo MCs, EMF, The Primitives, and more.
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Wanderlust Festival (1st - 2nd May) in Hampshire with Billy Nomates, Lucia and the Best Boys, Tooth, Little Grandad, 1000 Rabbits, GANS, and more.
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Mods Mayday (2nd May) in London with The Chords UK, Bruce Foxton, The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr, Squire, Eddie Piller, The Purple Hearts, Secret Affair, Stone Foundation, The Len Price 3, and more.
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London Rock Festival (28th - 29th May) New for 2027, with Asomvel, Rosalie Cunningham, Collateral, Peter Pan Speedrock, and more.
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Neighbourhood Weekender (29th - 30th May) in Cheshire with Paul Heaton (plus Rianne Downey), Courteeners, The Reytons, The Vaccines, Rick Astley, Badly Drawn Boy, The Coral, Gabrielle, The Royston Club, The Sherlocks, Professor Green, Graeme Park, The Fratellis, The View, Girl in the Year Above, Pastel [band], Kingfishr, Seb Lowe, The Cheap Thrills, Keyside, K-Klass, Cherryholt, Dea Matrona, The Clause, The Covasettes, GIRLBAND, The Molotovs, The Clone Roses, and more. Tickets on sale now
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Slam Dunk Festival (29th - 30th May) in Yorkshire, Hertfordshire with Simple Plan, Killswitch Engage, Reel Big Fish, Wage War, The Interrupters, Beartooth, The Front Bottoms, Sleeping with Sirens, The Maine, Cute Is What We Aim For, The Used, Less Than Jake, Bowling for Soup, Melrose Avenue, ERRA, From Ashes to New, RedHook, Grade 2, Mouth Culture, Hot Milk, As December Falls, Knuckle Puck, The Amity Affliction, We the Kings, Four Year Strong, The Academy Is..., and more.
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North West Calling (5th Jun) in Greater Manchester with Skids, UK Subs, Steve Ignorant, GBH, Random Hand, Anti-Nowhere League, Resistance 77, and more.
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Live at Chelsea (11th - 13th Jun) in London with Patti Smith (quartet), Bananarama (with Jason Donovan, and T'Pau), Jack Savoretti, and more.
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Forest Live (16th - 27th Jun) across the UK, with Rudim3ntal, Blue (plus Germein), Ronan Keating, Madness (with Scouting for Girls), and more.
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Bristol Sounds (25th Jun) in Bristol with Roni Size and Reprazent ("New Forms" 30th Anniversary, plus Fabio and Grooverider), and more.
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Lytham Festival (2nd - 3rd Jul) in Lancashire with Robbie Williams, Fatboy Slim, Becky Hill, and more.
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Radar Festival (30th Jul - 1st Aug) in Yorkshire with Mick Gordon, TheBoyShadow, VOWER, Conjurer, The Algorithm, Textures, Arcane Roots, Volumes, and more.
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Bloodstock (4th - 8th Aug) in Derbyshire with the 2027 line-up to be announced. 2026 featured Lamb Of God, Judas Priest, Saxon, Body Count, and many more.
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Beach Life Festival (7th - 8th Aug) in Lincolnshire with The Dualers, The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr, Death of Guitar Pop, Macka B, Reggae Choir, General Levy
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Updates
Starry Night to feature Jack Savoretti, James Bay, and more
The homeless charity will host their annual "Starry Night" fund-raiser at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on 9th December, featuring Jack Savoretti, James Bay, Sigrid, and more. Tickets on sale tomorrow #Fundraising
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Leeds! Our Venue of the Week is Brudenell Social
Featuring A Certain Ratio, Pete and Bas, Huey Morgan, The Bluetones, And So I Watch You From Afar, Ulrika Spacek, Boris, The Early November, LSD and the Search for God, Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe, and Baby Dave from 12th October
last week
Special Camden "Back to Black" anniversary
On 21st October, The Amy Winehouse Band will reunite with producers, Mark Ronson, and Salaam Remi at Roundhouse in Camden, with special guests featuring: Baby Rose, Corinne Bailey Rae, FLO, and many more. Tickets on sale now #AmyWinehouse
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All Rise!
Allstars: The Music of ABBA features Samantha Mumba, Blue's Duncan James, Antony Costa, plus Una Healy from The Saturdays, and they will come together in the Spring, playing the hits of ABBA. Tickets available
31 days ago
That's What You Get!
The Paramore singer has announced a summer "The Hayley Williams Show" UK arena tour. Tickets on sale now #PopPunk
42 days ago
Polythene 30th
The band have announced back-to-back Electric Ballroom dates to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, "Polythene". Tickets on sale now #AlternativeRock
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