Local And National Festivals


Soundsfromtheothercity

Sounds From The Other City

Chapel Street, Salford

Line up: Fat Out til you Pass Out, Mind on Fire Collective, This City is Ours, Panoply Sound Stave, Now Wave, Off with Their Heads and more

6 May, tickets £18

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Future Everything

Various Manchester Locations 

Line up:  Amon Tobin ISAM, Matthew Herbert’s One Pig, Tim Hecker, Forest Swords, Alt-J, No Ceremony, deadbeat, Andy Stott Szare and more

16-19 May, tickets from £120

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Liverpool Sound City

Various stages, Liverpool city centre

Line up: Professor Green, Death in Vegas, White Denim, Alkaline Trio, Kids in Glass Houses, James Vincent McMorrow, Tim Hecker and more

17-19 May, tickets £120

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Lady Rock

Manchester Rugby Club, Cheadle

Line up: KT Tunstall, Jess Mills, DJ Kate Lawler, The Arcadian Kicks, Heather Peace, New Young Pony Club, Josephine and more

26 May, tickets £32.50

CANCELLED. Click here to read about the cancellation of LadyRock Festival 2012.

 

Dot-To-Dot

Dot To Dot

Various venues in Manchester plus Bristol and Nottingham

Line up: Pulled Apart By Horses, Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, Pond, Neon Indian, Jake Bugg, The Roumor Said Fire, Beth Jeans Houghton, Islet and more

2-4 June, tickets £20

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Eurocultured

Eurocultured

New Wakefield St, Manchester

Line up: Caravan, Palace, Birdy Nam Nam, Death in Vegas, The Japanese Popstars, The Correspondent, Zakopower and more

3-4 June, tickets £20

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The Parklife Weekender

Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield

Line up: The Flaming Lips, Dizzee Rascal, Noah and The Whale, Justice, Crystal Castles, Labrinth, Chic ft Nile Rogers, Azealia and more

9-10 June, tickets £64.50

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Jodrell Bank
 

Live from Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank, Cheshire

Line up: Paul Weller, Elbow, Field Music, Cherry Ghost, Graham Coxon, Baxter Dury, Little Barrie, Lianne La Havas, Willy Mason and more

23-24 June, tickets £39.20

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Kendal Calling

Lowther Deer Park, The Lake District

Line up: Dizzee Rascal, James, Maxïmo Park, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Inspiral Carpets  and more

27-29 July, tickets £105

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Beat-Herder 

The Beat-Herder Festival

The Ribble Valley, Lancashire

Line up: Lee Scratch Perry, Orbital, Death In Vegas, Mr Scruff, MC Kwasi, James Holden, Goldie, CODA, Pilooski and more

29 June-1 July, tickets from £100

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Creamfields

Daresbury, Cheshire

Line up: David Guetta, Benny Benassi, Eric Prydz, Tiësto, Avicii, Brookes Brothers, True Tiger, Kissy Sell Out and more

24-26 August, tickets £135

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Camdencrowd 

Camden Crawl

Various Camden Town venues in London

Line up: Death In Vegas, The Futureheads, Gaz Coombes, The Raincoats, Admiral Fallow, Alpines, Baxter Drury, Charlie XCX, Chew Lips and more

4-6 May, tickets from £52.50

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Retrotrax 

Retro-Trax

Racecourse, Bath

Line up: Outlander, Ce Ce Rogers, Alison Limerick, Racheal Wallace, Slipmat, CJ Bolland, Dave Angel, Frank de Wulf and more

12-13 May, tickets £89

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Lovesavestheday 

Love Saves The Day

Castle Park, Bristol

Line up: Annie Mac, Foreign Beggars, Mr Scruff, Joy Orbison, Roots Manuva, Ben UFO, Jamie Jones, Bonobo, Mary Jane Coles and more

3 June, tickets £29.50 

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Evolution

Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle

Line up: Dizzee Rascal, Deadmau5, Maxïmo Park, Noah and the Whale, Miles Kane, Devlin, Band of Skulls, Rizzle Kicks and more

3-4 June, tickets £35

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Download

Donington Park, Leicestershire 

Line up: The Prodigy, Metallica, Blach Sabbath, Soundgarden, Tenatious D, Chase and Status, Biffy Clyro, Machine Head, Megadeth and more

8-10 June, tickets £190

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Glade-Festival 

Glade

Houghton hall, King‘s Lynn, Norfolk

Line up: Andy C, Daedelus, Dillinja, Drumsound and Bassline Smith, Dub Pistols, Eats Everything, Extrawelt, Foreign Beggars and more

14-17 June, tickets £135

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Lovebox

Victoria Park, London

Line up: Friendly Fires, Hot Chip, Lana Del Rey,Grace Jones, Kelis, Emeli Sandé, Mika, Felix Da Housecat, Crystal Castles, Holly Johnson and more

15-17 June, tickets £99 

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Isleofwight 

Isle of Wight

Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight

Line up: Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds, The Vaccines, Tinie Tempah and more

21-24 June, tickets £190

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Hopfarmfestival   Hop Farm

Hop Farm Paddock Wood, Kent

Line up: Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and the new blood orchestra, Suede, Damien Rice, Primal Scream, Patti Smith and her band and more

29 June-1 July, tickets £150

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Wireless 

Wireless

Hyde Park, London

Line up: Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, Maverick Sabre, Knife Party, Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Tulisa, Cher Lloyd and more

6-8 July, tickets £103

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Tintheparkjpg   T In The Park

Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Line up: Snow Patrol, Florence + The Machine, Tinie Tempah, New Order, Example, Kaiser Chiefs, The Stone Roses, Kasabian and more

6-8 July, tickets £179

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Latitude-Festival-Main-Stage   Latitude

Henham Park, Suffolk 

Line up: Bon Iver, Elbow, Paul Weller, Ben Howard, Laura Marling, Metromony, Lana Del Rey, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and more

12-15 July, tickets £175.00

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Secretgardenparty09_AW_PRESS_05   The Secret Garden Party

Mill Hill Field, Cambridgeshire

Line up: Orbital, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, KT Tunstall, Little Roy, Caravan Palace, Little Dragon, Alabama Shakes, Lamb and more

19-22 July, tickets £195

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Green Man 

Green Man

Glanusk Park, Wales

Line up: Van Morrison, Feist, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, The Walkmen, Jonathan Richman, The Felice Brothers, Of Montreal and more

17-19 August, tickets £145

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V Festival

Hylands Park, Weston-under-Lizard

Line up: The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Nicki Minaj, Tom Jones, Madness, Emeli Sandé and more

18 and 19 August, tickets £180

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Reading 

Reading / Leeds

Richfield Avenue, Leeds

Line up: : The Cure, Kasabian, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Florence+The Machine, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Vaccines, Paramore and more

24-26 August, tickets £197.50

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Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight

Line up: Stevie Wonder, New Order, Sigur Rós, The XX, Friendly Fires, 2ManyDJs, Hot Chip, Emeli Sandé and more

6-9 September, tickets £180

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Shakedownbrighton   Shakedown

Stanmer Park, Brighton

Line up: Who: Dizzee Rascal, other artists to be announced

6 October, tickets £40

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International Festivals


Rock-Coast-2012-Tenerife   Tenerife’s Rock Coast Festival (Canary Islands)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Line up: Ben Harper, Fatboy Slim, The Smashing Pumpkins, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson and more

24-26 May, tickets €120

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Meadows-Bulgaria-2012-2   Meadows in the Mountains (Bulgaria)

Rhodopian Mountains, Bulgaria

Line up: Crazy P, Will Saul, Bicep, Lo*Kee, Riot Jazz, Jane Fitz, Reggae Roast and more

8-10 June, tickets £65 

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Hultsfred   Hultsfred (Sweden)

Hultsfred, Sweden

Line up: The Cure, The Stone Roses, Mumford & Sons, The XX, Justice, Slash, Garbage and more

14-16 June, tickets SEK 1765

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Hove_Festival_Hove-_892024I   Hove (Norway)

Tromøya, Arendal, Norway

Line up: Snoop Dogg, Skrillex, The Shins, Rise Against, Lana Del Rey and more

26-29 June, tickets NKR 2575

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Summerfest-2011-Music-Festival-Complete-Lineup   Summerfest (USA)

Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Line up: The Avett Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Common, Cake, Scorpions and more

27 June-8 July, tickets $45

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Hideout 

Hideout (Croatia)

Zrce Beach, Island of Pag, Croatia

Line up: Ricardo Villalobos, Chase & Status, Loco Dice, Annie Mac, Skream & Benga and more

28 June-1 July, tickets £99

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Rock-Werchter2   Rock Werchter (Belgium)

Haachtsesteenweg, Werchter, Belgium

Line up: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, Cypress Hill, Garbage, Pearl Jam, Katy B and more

28 June-1 July, tickets €195

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Arrasmainsquare   Arras Main Square Festival (France)

Citadel, Arras, France

Line up: Pearl Jam, Florence + The Machine, The XX, Justice, Simple Minds and more

29 June-1 July, tickets €135

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Roskilde   Roskilde Festival (Denmark)

Roskilde, Denmark

Line up: Björk, Bon Iver, The Cure, Friendly Fires, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band and more

5-8 July, tickets DKK 1810

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Exit Festival (Serbia)

Petrovaradin Fortress Novi Sad, Serbia

Line up: Erykah Badu, Guns N Roses, Duran Duran, New Order, Plan B, Gossip and more

12-15 July, tickets £95

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Benicassim  Benicassim (Spain)

Benicàssim, Spain

Line up: The Stone Roses, Florence + The Machine, The Vaccines, Miles Kane, Bombay Bicycle Club and more

12-15 July, tickets £155

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Melt_Festival_   Melt! (Germany)

Ferropolis, Germany

Line up: Bloc Party, Rufus Wainwright, The Rapture, The Whitest Boy Alive, Lana Del Rey, Justice and more

13-15 July, tickets €126

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Optimus Alive (Portugal)

Lisbon, Portugal

Line up: Radiohead, Caribou, The Cure, Mumford & Sons, The Stone Roses, Justice, Florence + the Machine and more

13-15 July, tickets £103

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Soundwave   Soundwave (Croatia)

The Garden Tisno, Croatia

Line up: De La Soul, Fink, DJ Yoda, Plaid, Ghost Poet, Belleruche, Craig Charles and more

19-23 July, tickets £105

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Japan-Fuji-Rock-Festival-02-500X332   Fuji Rock (Japan)

Naeba Ski Resort, Yuzawa-machi, Niigata, Japan

Line up: Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Caribou, James Blake, Justice, Jack White and more

27-29 July, tickets ¥42,800

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Jisan Valley Rock Festival (South Korea)

Majang-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Line up: Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Beady Eye, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Owl City and more

27-29 July, tickets KRW 225,000

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Pukkelpop 

Pukkelpop (Belgium)

Hasselt, Belgium

Line up: Björk, Bloc Party, Feist, Hot Chip, The Stone Roses, The Afgan Whigs, Foo fighters, The Black Keys and more

16-18 August, tickets TBA

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Iceland Airwaves   Iceland Airwaves (Iceland)

Reykjavík, Iceland

Line up: Patrick Wolf, Jamie N Commons, Retro Stefson, Daughter, Django Django, Sykur and more

31 October-4 November, tickets ISK 14,500 

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