List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. Many of the UK's music festivals are world renowned, and have been held for many years including the most famous, Glastonbury. There are also many high quality free festivals around the country including Scarborough's Acoustic Gathering Festival where performers are rowed onto a stage in the middle of a lake. The largest (best attended) free music festival in the UK is Basingstoke Live - with the attendance in 2010 estimated at 30,000.
Annual festivals
Bluegrass music
Classical music and opera
see also List of opera festivals
Dance & Electronic music
Ethnic music
Folk music
Jazz music
Metal music
Pop music
Punk music
Rock music
Tribute Act Festivals
Cross-genre
- F3GC-music and art festival [110] 30-31 July, Redditch, Worcestershire. B60
- Good Weekend Music Festival 22-23 July, Hampshire [111]
- acoustic gathering festival 12 September 2010, Scarborough. [112]
- Adur Festival - The first two weeks of June every year
- All Tomorrow's Parties[113]
- Alchemy Festival - Lincolnshire[114]
- Ashton Court Festival (no longer operating[1])
- Basingstoke Live Festival[115]
- Bearded Theory Festival[116]
- Beautiful Days[117]
- Beggars Fair[118]
- Bestival[119]
- Brownstock Festival
- The Bollington Festival [120]
- Big in Falkirk[121]
- Bimble Bandada![122]
- Blissfields[123]
- Boardmasters [124]
- Brick Lane Festival[125]
- BrisFest[126] (formerly Bristol Festival - started as a replacement to Ashton Court Festival)
- Butserfest[127]
- Camp Bestival[128]
- Castle Calling Music Festival
- Celtic Blue Rock Community Arts Festival[129]
- Cardiff Big Weekend[130]
- City of London Festival[131]
- Cornbury Music Festival[132]
- Croissant Neuf Summer Party [133]
- Eastern Haze Festival[134] (possibly no longer operating)
- Eden Festival [135]
- End of the Road Festival[136]
- Endless Festival[137] ("collaborative online festival")
- Farmer Phil's Festival[138]
- Farm festival[139]
- Fairport's Cropredy Convention[140]
- Field Day[141]
- Forest Tour[142]
- Get Loaded in The Park[143]
- Glastonbury Festival[144]
- GoldCoast Oceanfest [145]
- Godiva Festival[146]
- [Grass Roots Festival] 31 July in Jersey. http://www.grassroots-jersey.com/
- Greenbelt festival[147]
- Green Man Festival[148]
- Guilfest[149]
- Hachfest[150]
- Hastings Musical Festival [151]
- Harvest at Jimmy's [152]("The festival of Food and Music")
- How The Light Gets In[153]
- Hungry Pigeon - Manchester's Northern Quarter Festival
- Hydro Connect Music Festival[154]
- Jersey Live
- Indian Summer[155]
- Kendal Calling[156]
- Knockengorroch Festival [157]
- Larmer Tree Festival[158]
- Latitude Festival[159]
- Limetree Festival[160]
- Liverpool Mathew Street Music Festival[161]
- Llangollen Fringe Festival[163]
- Lounge On The Farm[164]
- The Magic Loungeabout[165]
- Manx Telecom Bay Festival[166]
- Marvellous Festivals[167]
- Meltdown[168]
- Midge Death Free Festival, Loch Cluanie, Scotland
- Mill Hill Music Festival[169]
- Montrose Music Festival[170]
- Monmouth Music Festival Their Website, Click here Monmouth Festival is one of the largest FREE music festivals in Europe.
- Musicport World Music Festival[171]
- Norbury Fields Forever [172]
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival[173]
- Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts[174]
- Northern Lights Festival [175]
- Pilton Equinox Party[176]
- Offset Festival[177]
- The Outsider Festival[178]
- Rainbow Spirit Enlightenment Fayre Music and Arts Festival[179]
- Redfest [180]
- Rewind Festival [181]
- Rhythm Festival[182]
- Richmond Live[183]
- Rise Festival[184]
- Stamford Riverside Festival[185]
- RockNess[186]
- St Magnus Festival, Orkney
- Seahouses Festival[187]
- Secret Garden Party[188]
- Sellindge Music Festival[189]
- Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau[190]
- Sheep Music[191]
- Shehennaghys Jiu Celtic Youth Festival, Isle of Man[192]
- Shifnal Festival[193]
- Skye Music Festival[194] (possibly no longer operating)
- Splendour in Nottingham[195]
- Standon Calling[196]
- Sunrise Celebration[197]
- Supersonic Festival[198]
- Sŵn Festival, Cardiff[199]
- T in the Park[200]
- Truck Festival[201]
- Tartan Heart Festival[202]
- Underage Festival[203]
- V Festival [204]
- Vale Festival[205]
- Wakestock[206]
- Walk the Line Festival Walk the Line Festival
- Weyfest[207]
- Wickerman Festival[208]
- Wireless Festival[209]
- Worcester Music Festival[210]
- WOMAD[211]
- Woolfire Festival[212]
- Wychwood Music Festival[213]
- Y Not Festival[214]
- Young London into Music[215]
- Pigpen Music Festival [216]
- Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts
Travelling festivals
Some festivals do not appear in the same location every year, but in different places around the country, or even in other countries. Notable festivals to appear in the UK include:
Metal music
Rock music
One time festivals
References
- http://www.eFestivals.co.uk
- http://www.skiddle.com/festivals/
- Andrew Blake (1997) The Land Without Music: Music, Culture and Society in Twentieth Century Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- George McKay (2000) Glastonbury: A Very English Fair, inc. chapter one 'Histories of festival culture', also 'Timeline of British pop festival culture'. London: Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06807-8.
- George McKay (2005) Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain, chapter one 'New Orleans jazz, protest (Aldermaston) and carnival (Beaulieu [Jazz Festival 1956-60])'. Durham NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3573-5.
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