30th April-1st May
Gaymers Camden Crawl
Camden Crawl is officially the sounding horn for the start of the festival season. Divided amongst Camden’s notorious venues...
12th-14th May
The Great Escape
Brighton has held the reputation as the UK’s capital of wanton abandon ever since professional dandy, King George IV, had the extravagantly designed Brighton Pavilion…
26th-28th May
Primavera
Out of all the foreign destinations for music lovers available, Primavera is easily the best patronised by the British gig goer, and its not hard to see why...
29th-30th May
Evolution Festival
Newcastle isn’t just famous for brown ale and brassy young men and women dressing like they were stepping out in Saint-Tropez all year round, you know.
22nd-26th June
Glastonbury
Currently, knitting circles in the UK are dropping far too many stitches whilst chatting up news that Irish rockers U2 might put in a Glasto performance next year...
30th June -3rd July
Roskilde Festival
Some people said that it took Prince, Florence and the Machine, Gorillaz, Muse, Patti Smith, Jack Johnson, Alice in Chains, Kasabian, Pavement and LCD Soundsystem...
6th-13th July
The Garden Festival
Legend has it that in 2007, a hotel owner approached the organisers of a successful local club night in the idyllic shoreline location of Croatia’s Petrcane...
8th-10th July
Oxegen
As Europe’s award winning, 100 per-cent carbon neutral festival, the only emissions at Oxegen 2010 were good vibes, as Jay-Z, Florence and the Machine, Arcade Fire...
8th-10th July
T In The Park
Other than remembering to pack a box of aspirin for those difficult mornings after, remember to brace yourself, too, as Blink 182, Biffy Clyro, Pulp and Foo Fighters...
15th-17th July
Lovebox
Smack bang in the middle of summer, Lovebox acts as an oasis of musical delight to wash away the sun baked boredom of doing nothing in your spare time other than lying in the sun...
29th-31st July
Camp Bestival
Unlike other festivals, Camp has its very own unofficial online bookmaker, who’s currently tipping the headliners as The Specials at 2/1 and Portishead at 3/1.
31st July
Field Day
Field Day in east London’s Victoria Park is the city’s unofficial hipster biennale, placing it somewhere between fashion week, Glastonbury and Eastenders...
13th-15th August
Summer Sundae
Question: what do Sea Sick Steve, The Go! Team, Mumford and Sons, Slow Club, Roots Manuva, The Whip, Fionn Reagan, Tinchy Stryder and Turin Brakes all have in common?
20th-22nd August
Green Man Festival
This festival is so hip and out there that the gossips haven’t even started chin-wagging yet, but fans have been begging for the return of repeat Green Man offender, Iron and Wine.
21st-24th August
The Secret Garden Party
Inspired by the art and philosophy of French artist, Paul Gauguin, this year’s fancy dress theme will be 'Origins And Frontiers'…
21st-22nd August
V Festival
No line up announced yet, but with festival founders Pulp officially reforming for the circuit this year, it wouldn’t take a lot of imagination to see them closing the show in 2011.
27th-29th August
Electric Elephant
Photos from last summer’s Electric Elephant made it look like something between festival heaven and The Lord of the Flies...
4th-5th September
