There’s no summer in London without Walthamstow Garden Party! The two-day free-entry festival happening every mid-July at Lloyd Park in Walthamstow is becoming a constant of the British capital’s summer event calendar. And it couldn’t be otherwise, because the weekend of music, theatre, dance, circus, film and spoken word organised...
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Since its inaugural weekend in 2016, Bluedot has become known as a festival of discovery. Set within the grounds of Jodrell Bank Observatory—the iconic Lovell telescope providing a formidable backdrop—the festival’s program of live music, scientific talks and workshops has inspired attendees of all ages. Outer space, the natural environment,...
Cheltenham Jazz Festival provides a five-day intoxicating mix of both popular music and jazz artists. This year’s lineup sees a larger number of British performers take the stage, as the baton gets shared across the Atlantic for the younger generation. London singer-songwriter Zara McFarlane will be adding her modern twist...
We’re almost there, just a few more days and La Linea Festival will “Latinise” London once again. With its 2018 edition, the music series, organized by ¡Como No! will reach its coming of age: 18 years dedicated to supporting, celebrating and spreading Latin music around London. It will keep on fulfilling its...
There is no better way to celebrate International Women’s Day (and a few days after) than through music, poetry, workshops, talks and more, and no better way than doing it through an inclusive and entirely free festival lighting up the second weekend of March in the London’s East End. Poplar...
Wormfood is an events company that sets out to align London domiciled African music with the dance floor energy of club nights. Set up in 2007, they have injected energy into many UK festivals and London’s wide array of world music venues. This ten-year celebration at South London’s Electric Brixton...
Unsound is one of the best experimental music festivals in the world — and the reason why hundreds of music enthusiasts have been flocking to Poland every autumn for the last fifteen years. For one night only, detached from its usual home of Krakow, Unsound took up residence at the Barbican...
After having spread good vibes and eclectic notes in Battersea, Borderless Festival is back to jazz up Stratford. The autumn edition of the music festival organised by GOAT will go on stage at Theatre Royal in a few days’ time, with five shows happening between the end of September and...
BoomTown Fair returned to Matterley Estate in Winchester from the 10th – 13th August for its much anticipated Chapter 9: Behind the Mask festival. A rather diverse crowd of 60,000 excited punters showed up to a surprisingly sunny weekend after days of rain, and to arguably one of the most imaginative...
This year, we only got a glimpse of the music bonanza offered by the Womad UK weekend. Our stay in Malmesbury consisted of a hit-and-run or a ‘toccata-and-fugue’, in-keeping with the musical topic, and saw us pay a visit to Charlton Park on the last day of the event. Still,...