Festival Reviews

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  Festival Review: Kendal Calling 2012 6th Aug 2012 11:23am

  Skiddle returns to the boutique playground of Kendal Calling for a colourful weekend of music, fancy dress and magical moments in the picturesque Lake District.

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  Festival review: GlobalGathering 2012 31st Jul 2012 2:13pm

  Chris White returns to GlobalGathering for the second year running, to check out how it shapes up alongside some of the UK's other dance festivals.

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  Festival review: Wickerman 2012 24th Jul 2012 2:21pm

  Last weekend saw a sleepy corner of Scotland come alive once again to the sounds of Wickerman Festival, as 15,000 people descended on Dundrennan for two days and nights of music fuelled fun – as only the Scots know how.

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  Festival review: Ibiza 123 Rocktronic 17th Jul 2012 1:31pm

  Jack Law is underwhelmed by Ibiza's first festival, which merged huge rock and pop icons with underground and commercial dance acts for an eclectic - perhaps too eclectic - three day line-up.

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  Festival review: Cocoon in the Park 2012 16th Jul 2012 5:05pm

  On a cold - yes, a cold - July morning, Zoe Hamilton donned her Wellington boots and proceeded to the fourth annual Cocoon in the Park at Temple Newsham near Leeds.

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  Festival review: Sunday @ Wireless with Rihanna, 08/07/2012 12th Jul 2012 11:21am

  Will Marlow dons his wellies and returns to a muddy Hyde Park for the last day of Wireless, topped by global megastar Rihanna.

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  Festival Review: Saturday @ Wireless with Drake, 07/07/12 12th Jul 2012 10:40am

  Will Marlow heads to Hyde Park for a chart heavy line-up of pop, R&B and D&B acts including Drake, Nero, Nicki Minaj, Example and Labrinth.

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  How Bloc 2012 sank without a trace at its new London location 10th Jul 2012 10:37am

  Things took a sour turn for Bloc Weekender on Friday night, when the event closed early due to 'crowd safety issues'. So, what went wrong? Wendy Davies was there and saw how it all fell apart.

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  Festival review: Beat-Herder 2012 6th Jul 2012 2:38pm

  Chris White braves the yucky weather conditions and a perilous pop-up tent to discover the magic of Lancashire's Beat Herder Festival.

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  Live review: Elbow @ Live From Jodrell Bank Transmission 002 2nd Jul 2012 3:53pm

  Will Orchard braves the rain to be baptised at Elbow's font, as Live From Jodrell Bank defies the weather for its second annual transmission.

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  Festival review: Glade 2012 25th Jun 2012 1:15pm

  Skiddle goes down the rabbit hole for four unpredictable days at the hands of the magical Glade Festival.

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  Festival review: Parklife Weekender 2012 19th Jun 2012 12:23pm

  Last weekend saw the third annual Parklife Weekender take over Manchester's Platt Fields Park for two days of cutting edge music drawn from every edge of the musical spectrum.

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  Parklife Weekender 2012: in Photos 18th Jun 2012 1:12pm

  Parklife may be over (boo hoo), but you can relive the experience over at our Facebook page, where we've uploaded loads of Parklife photos.

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  Festival review: Dot to Dot Manchester, 04/06/12 11th Jun 2012 9:59pm

  Michelle Lloyd heads down to the Manchester leg of the one day festival, this year headlined by Pulled Apart by Horses.

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  Festival Review: Field Day 2012, 2/6/12 8th Jun 2012 11:35am

  On a wet jubilee weekend, Wendy Davies donned her wellies and made for the East London one-day festival.