SHAKEDOWN 2013 – Live Review

Last Saturday saw the return of Brighton’s own mini mainstream festival Shakedown. Being a local Britonion shamefully I’ve actually never attend so what better time to start than now, especially when entry was free.

As with any event small or … Read More

BESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review

Thursday

Early starts seem to be the order of the day as most of Britain decided to haul ass to the Isle of Wight for this year’s most fabulous and magical festy outing: Bestival 2013, the year of… … Read More

CROPREDY FESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review (Part 2)

…Cropredy Festival 2013 Review Continued. Click here for Thursday & Friday (Part 1)

Saturday

Comedian, folk singer and guitarist Richard Digance, inspired by Billy Connolly,  always entertains in the first set on the final day of the Cropredy … Read More

CROPREDY FESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review (Part 1)

The 33rd Cropredy Festival, Oxfordshire

Every August, since the 1970s, the friendly and attractive village of Cropredy, near Banbury in Oxfordshire, has welcomed music-lovers of folk-rock to Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. Organised by Fairport Convention itself, it includes children and grandchildren … Read More

CAMP BESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review

Yet again the highlight of my summer festival experience crashes full force on Camp Bestival 2013! This festival has built a firm association with the family/camping experience mixed with a bucket or two of finest tunes, a handful of surprisingly tasty pies, … Read More

STOP MAKING SENSE 2013 – Live Review (Part 2)

…SMS Festival 2013 Review Continued. Click here for Thursday & Friday (Part 1)

Saturday

Saturday, feeling a little worse for wear, I got to the mad queues, yes the only queue or hectic-ness you’ll see at Stop Making … Read More

STOP MAKING SENSE 2013 – Live Review (Part 1)

Hi, my name is Gonzalo, and I think I may be over festivals. Or that is at least the way I felt about a week ago. I’m 29, weak in the knees and just… well it’s not … Read More

HIDEAWAY FESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review

The Hideaway Festival was set within the private grounds of Fawley Hill (Henley-on-Thames), an estate owned by Sir William McAlpine in the Chiltern Hills. A full scale steam railway travels past the main house and around the beautiful grounds … Read More

SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2013 – Live Review

How secretive is Secret Garden Party? Looking around the 30,000 hipster-wannabe-hippies, the majority of which have perfected that bizarre, British festivalite ability to look both glamorously trendy and impossibly wrecked, it’s blatant that the secret has been … Read More

FOLK BY THE OAK 2013 – Live Review

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 21st July 2013

Folk By The Oak, set in the beautiful grounds of Hatfield House, is a one day festival with a very distinctive personality. The enchanting festival field, known as ‘The Queen Elizabeth Oak Field’, … Read More