The festival is dead – long live the festival The imminent death of the festival has been heralded in many media quarters of late, with the demise of (summer) seasoned regulars on the map like Nostock in Bromyard, Herefordshire and Standon Calling and Bluedot’s decisions to postpone their 2024 events until next year. There’s no […]
Festival set for fifth edition, in May 2024 Erykah Badu and Madlib (DJ set) are among the next wave of names added to the bill for 2024’s Cross The Tracks festival, at Brockwell Park, London on Sunday May 26, 2024. The other names confirmed today are Venna, Iniko, Neal Francis, Brainstory, Yazmin Lacey (DJ), Mackwood, […]
Festival kicks off 2024’s festival season Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers, veteran DJ and soundtrack maestro David Holmes, acid house heroes Decius and Helena Hauff are among the acts confirmed for Wide Awake 2024. The festival, at Brockwell Park in South London on Saturday May 25, previously announced headliner King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. […]
The festival scene saves the best til last Aphex in full dazzling flow Can festivals be a force for a good? It’s a question that Team Love, the Bristol events organisation behind the Love Saves The Day and Waterworks festival, started asking themselves a couple of years ago. After diversifying their workforce and founding a […]
South London Rallies round pic: Sienna Gray Rally Festival: London Southwark Park, 5/08/23 The days prior to London’s Rally Festival are unfortunately plagued with dropouts. The first year of this new festival coming from organisers Bird on The Wire seem to prove hectic nearing closer and closer to the day; stage headliners drop out close […]