Local And National Festivals
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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.
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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Eurocultured New Wakefield St, Manchester Line up: Caravan, Palace, Birdy Nam Nam, Death in Vegas, The Japanese Popstars, The Correspondent, Zakopower and more3-4 June, tickets £20 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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Bestival
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 Click here for tickets and information |
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Shakedown
Stanmer Park, Brighton Line up: Who: Dizzee Rascal, other artists to be announced 6 October, tickets £40 Click here for tickets and information |
International Festivals
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
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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 Click here for tickets and information |
