Festival season is almost upon us, with more gatherings and parties than you can shake a battered old wristband at.<\/p>\n
For those who haven\u2019t decided which festival to go to, we\u2019ve put together this UK festival guide (with apologies to the 100s of smaller festivals we didn\u2019t have space for)!<\/p>\n
(Top tip: this post is really long, so use Ctrl + F to find your preferred festivals!)<\/strong><\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> The Vaccines, The Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Everything Everything, Swans, The Cribs, Peace<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Liverpool Sound City line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s Docklands plays host to 3 days of amazing music from some of the world\u2019s best bands. This isn\u2019t a camping festival, so make sure you book accommodation well in advance.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Blur, The Black Keys, Fleetwood Mac, The Prodigy<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Paolo Nutini, You Me At Six, Courteeners, James<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Isle of Wight Festival line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Hop on a ferry and enjoy a trip to the merry Isle of Wight! Blur, Fleetwood Mac and The Black Keys (who cancelled their UK tour earlier this year<\/a>) are worth the trip alone.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Slipknot, Muse, Kiss<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Motley Crue, Faith No More, Slash, Judas Priest, Marilyn Manson<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Download line-up<\/a><\/p>\n The UK\u2019s biggest rock festival has a monster line-up this year, with Slipknot, Muse and the mighty Kiss headlining. Motley Crue are playing their last ever UK show too!<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Alt-J, Portishead, Noel Gallagher\u2019s High-Flying Birds<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Manic Street Preachers, James Blake, Sbtrkt<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Latitude line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Latitude returns with another strong line-up, including loads of great stand-up too; Jon Richardson, Jack Dee and Jason Manford are among the comedians performing.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> The Strokes, Blur, Kylie, The Who, Taylor Swift<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Beck, The Horrors, Grace Jones, Paul Weller, Ellie Goulding.<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the British Summer Time line-up<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s not a festival per se, but BST boasts some of the biggest line-ups of the year. The Strokes, Taylor Swift, The Who and Kylie Minogue are all headlining over the course of two weekends.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Foo Fighters, Kanye West,<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Lionel Richie, Florence + The Machine, Pharrell, Motorhead, The Chemical Brothers\u201d\u00a6more than we can list in a single post, to be honest.<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Glastonbury line-up<\/a><\/p>\n The grandaddy of them all returns with its most controversial headliner to date: Kanye West. The Foo Fighters should be more than enough to appease rock fans, though, and Lionel Richie is likely to draw in Parton-esque crowds.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Drake, Avicii, David Guetta<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky<\/p>\n Check out the the rest of the Wireless Festival line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Fresh from nearly getting his face eaten off by Madonna, Drake will hopefully have recovered enough to put in a barnstorming performance. Nicki Minaj and A$AP Rocky should make the journey worth it too.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Kasabian, Avicii, Noel Gallagher\u2019s High Flying Birds<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> David Guetta, The Libertines, The Prodigy, Sam Smith, The Script<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the T in the Park line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Scotland\u2019s biggest festival never disappoints, with an eclectic mix of artists to please most tastes. Plus, it\u2019s held in a really nice castle!<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Rudimental, Snoop Dogg<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Cypress Hill, Mark Ronson, Hot Chip, Jessie Ware<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Lovebox line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Victoria Park goes all 90s hip-hop with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Cypress Hill the big names at Lovebox, although most people will probably have Uptown Funk<\/i> stuck in their head all weekend after Mark Ronson\u2019s DJ set. Curse that song!<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Faithless, Rudimental, Bastille<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Catfish and the Bottlemen, Clean Bandit, The Darkness, De La Soul<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Boardmasters line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Surfing, skating, BMX\u2019ing and music clash at the legendary Newquay festival.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Bjork, Ben Howard, Parliament<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Nick Mulvey, Roisin Murphy, Nils Frahm<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Wilderness line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Perhaps the most relaxed festival of them all, Wilderness is playing host to all manner of lovely, lovely folk. We\u2019re most excited for funk legends Parliament, though.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Within Temptation, Trivium, Rob Zombie<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Opeth, Cannibal Corpse, Black Label Society<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Bloodstock line-up<\/a><\/p>\n The festival for people who find Download a bit too relaxing. Burst eardrums and sore necks are guaranteed.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Hot Chip, Super Furry Animals, St Vincent<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> The Fall, Calexico, Father John Misty, Public Service Broadcasting<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Green Man line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Set against the beautiful Brecon Beacons, Green Man is a laidback affair. Well, until Mark E. Smith gets on stage…<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Kasabian, Calvin Harris<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Sam Smith, Olly Murs, Stereophonics, Tom Jones<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the V Festival line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Pop\u2019s best festival is back, now with added Tom Jones. The kind of festival your mum wouldn\u2019t mind coming along to (if only to see that lovely Olly Murs off the telly).<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Armin Van Buuren, The Chemical Brothers, Tiesto<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Avicii, Sub Focus, Gorgon City, Afrojack, DVVBS<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Creamfields line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Three days of out-and-out raving. You\u2019ll probably lose a couple of stone from all the dancing.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Mumford and Sons, Metallica, The Libertines<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Alt-J, Bring Me The Horizon, Kendrick Lamar, Royal Blood, Mastodon and…erm, Limp Bizkit.<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the Reading and Leeds line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Perhaps the oddest line-up of the year, but one of the best regardless. Bring a red NY Yankees cap along for Limp Bizkit\u2019s set.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Sufjan Stevens, Tame Impala, The War on Drugs<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Future Islands, My Morning Jacket, Laura Marling<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the End of the Road line-up<\/a><\/p>\n Loads of indie darlings, all in one place. Future Islands, and the unrivalled dance skills of frontman Sam T Herring, are likely to be a highlight.<\/p>\n Headliners:<\/strong> Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Duran Duran<\/p>\n Other acts:<\/strong> Tame Impala, Skrillex, Jungle, Jurassic 5, Future Islands<\/p>\n
\nSound City – 22nd – 24th May – Liverpool<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nIsle of Wight – 11th – 14th June – Isle of Wight<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nDownload – 12th – 14th June – Donington Park, East Midlands<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nLatitude – 16th – 19th June – Henham Park, Suffolk<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nBritish Summer Time – 18th – 21st June\/26th – 28th June – Hyde Park, London<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nGlastonbury – 24th – 28th June – Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nWireless – 3rd – 5th July – Finsbury Park, London<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nT in the Park – 10th – 12th July – Strathallen Castle, Perthshire<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nLovebox – 17th – 18th July – Victoria Park, London<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nBoardmasters – 5th – 9th August – Newquay, Cornwall<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nWilderness – 6th – 9th August – Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nBloodstock – 6th – 9th August – Caton Hall, Derbyshire<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nGreen Man – 20th – 23rd August – Brecon Beacons, Wales<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nV Festival – 22nd – 23rd August – Weston Park, Staffordshire\/Hylands Park, Essex<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nCreamfields – 28th – 30th August <\/b><\/h4>\n
\nReading & Leeds Festival – 28th – 30th August, Reading and Leeds<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nEnd of the Road – 4th – 6th September<\/b><\/h4>\n
\nBestival – 10th – 13th September – Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight<\/b><\/h4>\n