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Line-up news
Line-up news: Tons of Rock, Slam Dunk, Manchester Punk Festival and more
Strawberry Fields returns, ArcTanGent moves, and 2027 tickets start to go
Celtic Connections Unveils 2027 Lineup: AR Rahman, The Saw Doctors, Beatles Tributes, and £1 Youth Tickets
Apply to Play at Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival
Line-up news: BST Hyde Park, Electric Bay, Escape Reality and more for 2027
Line-up news: Slam Dunk, Country to Country, One Love and more for 2027
Reviews
Brighton & Hove Pride 2026: Day One – Pride, Pop and a Whole Lot of Love
Beautiful Days 2026 Media Roundup
Nick Cave Curates a Day of Controlled Chaos Before Delivering Brighton’s Greatest Homecoming
Latitude at 20: has the festival grown up, grown safe, or simply grown with its audience? Opinions are divided…
2000trees 2026: What the Press Said…and what we predicted
‘Great’ was the word For The Great Escape 2026
FEATURES
The UK Festival Awards 2026 Finalists (They’ve come a long way, baby…)
A long time ago, in a pub far-far away I sat down for a drink with Steve Jenner and a few other ‘VirtualFestivals.com’ stalwarts and a plan was hatched for a new awards ceremony celebrating the best of the fests… Nominees were discussed, editorial decisions were curated, and certificates were printed up. That back-room chat…
The new festival regulars: who played everywhere in 2026, and how they got there
We sat down and counted every act we could find on 127 of our favourite festival line-ups from this year. And five of the busiest are bands we were tipping a year or two ago. We went through the 2026 line-ups of the festivals we cover and logged every named act. That came to 8,644…
Festival band applications currently open
As of today (20/10/2026) there’s a huge selection of UK festivals looking for new talent to step forward with submissions to play. Here’s a comprehensive, chronological directory of UK music festivals accepting band and artist applications to perform in 2027. January 2027 February 2027 March 2027 April 2027 May 2027 June 2027 July 2027 August…
Why Lemonsuckr Will Be The Next Big Thing
What is it that threads a path between Opus Kink, Adult DVD, Westside Cowboy, Getdown Services, Fujiya and Miyagi, Chemical Brothers, The Fall, Mekons, Big Special, and Sprints? Oh… and I should add Kid Kapichi, GANS and SNAYX to that list from my own human perspective. Well according to the Spotify AI ‘song radio’ feature…
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