Festivals
End of the Road 2025 review: Pouring rain can’t stop a musical buffet
End of the Road 2025 review: Pouring rain can’t stop a musical buffet
Live music in the UK seems more under threat than ever. But spend a weekend in the rain in Dorset and you’ll see the art of the festival isn’t dead yet.
Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
Penned Up creator David Kendall on curating a decade of inspirational literary events in prisons, with Nick Cave among the guest speakers
End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025
End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can’t afford to miss in 2025
End of the Road is in its 19th year. Founder Simon Taffe took time out from planning to explain how he keeps a festival alive in tough times
From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals
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
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
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
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
From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
‘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’
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
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
Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
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
‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023
The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023
How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
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
Why festival ticket prices don’t have to go up every year
The best UK festivals to boost your wellness and wellbeing
The best UK festivals to boost your wellness and wellbeing
Best UK city festivals for amazing music AND a real bed
