UK Festivals 2024
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The UK Festivals scene is the brightest it has ever been in 2024, with more choice and more events on these shores than ever before.We can boast world class gatherings like Glastonbury, Strawberries and Creem, The Cambridge Club, and Bestival (check out what happened at the latter below) alongside new contenders such as Love Saves the Day, making for a globally renownded scene of epic proportions.
Whether you want a classic blood and thunder mix of bands or a smorgasbord of haute couture food and craft ales, there's a litany of options available for everyone from the festival newcomer to even the savviest of veterans.
UK Music Festivals 2024
Ravers can get lost in an abyss of choices in our dance music festivals section, with guitar music fiends equally well fed in their realm. You can find your perfect music festival via our Festival Finder tool, which helps you select the perfect criteria for your experience of what you want out of the event.The strength of diversity of our tastes has led to a beautifully varied selection of UK Music Festivals, with many doing glorious jobs of hitting a number of genres whilst others cover specific niches perfectly. Find out what festivals are on this weekend!
Upcoming UK Festivals 2024
UK Festivals Accommodation
For many the festival experience wouldn't be authentic if you didn’t spend it in a tent, but this is by no means the only option available in this day and age. Here’s a few alternatives to the standard pitch a tent choice - click on each link to find festivals that allow for it or offer them as a ticket option
See our full recommendations in Skiddle’s guide to accommodation at festivals
Other Types of UK Festivals
Festivals aren’t just focused on music. There’s Food Festivals, Beer Festivals, Comedy Festivals, Comic Book Festivals - pretty much every type of interest across our culture has an event which celebrates it. There’s even an abundance of chilli festivals celebrating the power of taste driven heat; check out the video to North East Chilli Festival below
Whether you just fancy a change from the standard festival experience or have a thirst for a specific passion, festivals provide the perfect chance for you to indulge that passion or passing interest with equal aplomb. For festivals this weekend check out our guide below.
Festivals in the UK
Searching for a festival by city? Take alook at our dedicated festival guides for the following cities:
Festivals beyond the UK
Fancy something a little further afield? The selection of European/Overseas festivals in our guide has a mixture of UK ran events and more exotic choices, enabling you to recreate the UK experience with more certainty of the weather or discover something completely new and exciting.
Latest UK Festivals 2024 News
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Southport Disco Festival comes to Pleasureland Fairground this August
Grant Nelson, Young Pulse, Graeme Park, Technotronic, and many more will play at the festival located in Southport Pleasureland.
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Northenden Fringe Festival brings huge musicians to Manchester suburb
NFF brings affordable live music from huge names including Aziz Ibrahim (Stone Roses), Tom Meighan (Kasabian), Jon DaSilva (Hacienda), and Andy Bennet (Ocean Colour Scene)
TN90s Festival 2025 tickets go back on sale
The nostalgic festival makes a return to Tonbridge from Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th May 2025, and tickets are back up for grabs.
Digbeth Dining Club announce second part of their huge midlands summer tour
Coming to several towns throughout the midlands over August and September, Digbeth Dining Club bring the very best of the Midlands street scene to you!
Other festival guides
Here's some more festival info to help you plan your summer. Or why not skip directly to our Festival Finder?