Festival Guide - a round-up of UK, Ireland and International festivals
Posted: last week
Recently added or updated for 2026: Neighbourhood Weekender, Don't Let Daddy Know UK, C2C: Country to Country, UK Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival, UK West Coast Folk Festival, The Warehouse Project, Cornwall Rocks, Reading and Leeds, Shiiine On Weekender, 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
Laughterama (2nd - 6th Sep) in Greater Manchester with Jack Dee, Chris McCausland, Rachel Fairburn, Amy Gledhill, Jen Brister, Tom Rosenthal [comedian], Ivo Graham, Nick Mohammed, Sara Pascoe, Nina Conti, Stewart Lee, and more.
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Opulence Presents Live at Lumley Castle (4th - 5th Sep) in Durham with Todd Terry, Gabrielle, Marti Pellow, Danny Howard, Danny Rampling, Jon Pleased Wimmin, Smoove and Turrell, Eats Everything, Groove Armada - DJ Set, Alison Limerick, Sam Divine, Lovely Laura, DJ Paul Taylor, and more.
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Brighton Psych Fest (4th Sep) in Sussex with Stereolab, Night Tapes, Gwenno, Lemonsuckr, Milo Korbenski, The Mystery Lights, Allah-Las, and more.
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Manchester Psych Fest (5th Sep) with The Beta Band, Freak Slug, Night Tapes, GHOSTWOMAN, Gwenno, Lemonsuckr, and more.
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Edinburgh Psych Fest (6th Sep) with Stereolab, Model/Actriz, Adult DVD, GHOSTWOMAN, Gwenno, Makeshift Art Bar, The Mystery Lights, and more.
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BBC Radio 2 in the Park (11th - 13th Sep) in Stirlingshire with Chaka Khan, Emeli Sandé, The Script, Texas, James Blunt, Lulu, Level 42, Simple Minds, Blue, Jack Savoretti, Deacon Blue, Cast, ABC, DJ Spoony, Rylan Clark, Gary Davies, Sara Cox, Appleton, and more.
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FLY Open Air Festival (12th -13th Sep) in Midlothian with Sammy Virji, Mood II Swing, Kerri Chandler, OBSKÜR, Omar+ [plus], Interplanetary Criminal, Chaos in the CBD, and more.
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Other Side Psych Weekender (18th - 19th Sep) in London with The Telescopes, YOBS, Carlton Melton, and more.
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The Warehouse Project (18th Sep - 31st Dec) in Manchester with Tiësto, The Streets, Duke Dumont, Solomun, KI/KI, Hannah Laing, Interplanetary Criminal, Overmono, Worried About Henry
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Float Along Festival (26th Sep) in Yorkshire with White Lies, Sprints, Opus Kink, Oslo Twins, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, and more.
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Peckham Playground (1st - 4th Oct) in London with Dara O'Briain, Jen Brister, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe, Tim Key, Paddy Young, Thanyia Moore, Esther Manito, Chloe Petts, Michelle de Swarte, Sarah Keyworth, Fern Brady, Jake Lambert, Jeff Innocent, Eddie Kadi, Bridget Christie, Sam Nicoresti, Phil Ellis, and more.
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Cornwall Rocks (2nd - 4th Oct) in Cornwall with The Quireboys, Uli Jon Roth, InMe, Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast, Gin Annie, Departed, John Verity, and more.
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North East Calling (3rd Oct) in Tyne and Wear with Peter and the Test Tube Babies, The Rezillos, Cockney Rejects, Spear of Destiny, Riskee and the Ridicule, Ferocious Dog, GBH, Random Hand, Anti-Nowhere League, Split Dogs, The Meffs, Meryl Streek, Hung Like Hanratty, Wonk Unit, Fire Exit, Crashed Out, Gimp Fist, Dirt Box Disco, and more.
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Llais Festival (8th - 11th Oct) in Glamorgan with Laurie Anderson, Lisa Hannigan, Orchestra Baobab, Buena Vista All Stars, 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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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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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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Winter
January Blues Festival (15th - 25th Jan 2027) 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 2027) 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 2027) 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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Scotland Calling (17th Apr 2027) 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 2027
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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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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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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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 2027) 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
Newcastle-upon-Tyne! Our Venue of the Week is The Cluny
Featuring Laura Veirs, The Northern Boys, William Tyler, Ally Venable, GHOSTWOMAN, Lucca Mae, Faster Pussycat, John MOuse, Blue Nation, and The Bowie Experience from 7th September
yesterday
That's What You Get!
The Paramore singer has announced a summer "The Hayley Williams Show" UK arena tour. Tickets on sale now #PopPunk
Thursday
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
last week
Going for Gold
The band have announced new album, "Gold" with a spring UK/ Ireland "Gathering", featuring Taking Back Sunday. Tickets on sale now #AlternativeRock
34 days ago
Sting to star in West End Musical
Sting, the former Police-man is set to star alongside Shaggy in the new West End production of his multi award-nominated musical, from 22nd September. Tickets available #Musicals
40 days ago