Festivals

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside
Punk

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside

Enjoy beaches and the Buzzcocks? Rebellion is the festival for you

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Books

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’

Seventy-five years on from the Festival of Britain, Jacqueline Wilson is returning to the Southbank Centre with the Imagine festival

Music in 2026: The year ahead in reading, raving and post-rocking
Music

Music in 2026: The year ahead in reading, raving and post-rocking

Reasons to be cheerful in 2026? Deb Grant’s here with a few starting points

BIGSOUND festival review – the sound from down under
Music

BIGSOUND festival review – the sound from down under

This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together
Books

This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together

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End of the Road 2025 review: Pouring rain can’t stop a musical buffet
Music

End of the Road 2025 review: Pouring rain can’t stop a musical buffet

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
Literature

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison

End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025
Music festivals

End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025

From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals
Festival guide 2025

From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals

I couldn’t find a decent music festival – so I created my own
Jess Lardner

I couldn’t find a decent music festival – so I created my own

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers
Music

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers

One of the joys of summer is to talk among the trees at festivals
Robin Ince

One of the joys of summer is to talk among the trees at festivals

From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024
Books

From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Books

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’
Homelessness

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music
Music

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers

‘Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month’
Robin Ince

‘Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month’

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
Interview

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
interview

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

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How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Books

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Festivals

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

Why festival ticket prices don’t have to go up every year
Festival Guide 2023

Why festival ticket prices don’t have to go up every year

A utopian vision for sustainable festivals
Festival Guide 2023

A utopian vision for sustainable festivals