Author: Jack Needham

Yungblud’s Bludfest festival will be heading beyond its Milton Keynes home for the first time in 2026.

Dance acts East End Dubs, Franky Rizardo, Ilario Alicante and more at set to play the debut Music On Malta festival in 2026. Brought to us by Marco Carola’s Music On brand, the new festival for 2026 will take place on 1 August at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Music On (@musiconofficial) Alongside Marco Carola himself, also performing at the festival will be UK trio Mason Collective house and techno act Joey Daniel alongside up-and-coming selector Ares Carter and local act Ant Mifsud. Tickets for Music On Malta are available…

Brockwell Live comprises of four festivals held at Brockwell Park, and includes Field Day, Cross The Tracks, City Splash and Mighty Hoopla.

Finally, some good news in the UK…at least when it comes to our events industry. Earlier in February, the event marketing company Mustard Media announced it had helped drive £166 million in ticket revenue for its music, sport and hospitality clients. The report highlights many success stories. A TikTok campaign for Reading & Leeds Festival drove a 488% uplift in purchases, while Derbyshire’s Y Not Festival doubled its launch sales with a +130% increase. Perhaps most importantly though, it tells us what festivals can and should be learning from the wider sports and events industry. Mustard Media’s Strategy Director Sian…

Taking place at London’s Southwark Park on Saturday 29 August, the festival’s fourth edition will also host a live performance from electronic artist Daniel Avery.

Cut Capers, Malin Lewis, Katherine Priddy, Edith WeUtonga and more have been announced for Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Taking place from 28-31 August at DMOS People West Mid Showground, Shrewsbury, the festival will also host a new collaboration commissioned by the English Folk Dance and Song Society – Adriano Adewale & Friends: Rooted and Rising. The collaboration will the composer and percussionist joined by musicians including Nancy Kerr, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Kuljit Bhamra. The performance is set to “unite musical heritage from England, Scotland, Brazil, Haiti, Columbia, the US and the Punjab,” says the festival.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shrewsbury Folk Festival (@shrewsburyfolkfestival) The newly…

Dance duo The Orb, acid house innovators Orbital and Detroit selectors Moodymann B2B Carl Craig have been announced for the inaugural edition of Manchester’s Outwards festival. Taking place on Saturday 2 May 2026 across five outdoor spaces in the city’s Ardwick area, the 5,000-capacity Outwards is self-billed as “a new festival dedicated to the past, present and future of electronic music culture.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Outwards (@outwardsfestival) The cross-generational line-up also includes Detroit act Octave One and UK acts Orbital, Midland, Josey Rebelle, Pearson Sound and OK Williams. Olli Ryder, Outwards festival director said:…

Pulp, Disclosure (DJ set), Kneecap and Underworld have been announced as headliners for Ireland’s All Together Now festival 2026. Taking place from 30 July – 2 August 2026 at the Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford, the weekend will also see Maribou State, Christy Moore, Floating Points, Ezra Collective and more perform. They will join more than 60 acts across the long weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by All Together Now (@alltogethernow.ie) Entering its seventh year, the festival says it offers an “all-round festival experience” in a place where “where art thrives in unison with rhythm.” Tickets for…

Held at Stockport’s Whitebottom Farm on 12–14 June 2026, Moovin Festival has invited Groove Armada, 2manydjs, Gilles Peterson, Nightmares On Wax and Quantic for its latest edition. Amongst its first line-up announcement include funk, disco and hip-hop don Nightmares On Wax and Danilo Plessow, the alter ego of producer and selector Motor City Drum Ensemble, will also perform over the three days. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Moovin Festival (@moovinfestival) In true Manchester fashion, local favourites Luke Una and Mr Scruff will also be on stage, while the likes of Greg Wilson, Dan Shake, Mike Pickering & Graeme Park, DJ Paulette and K-Klass also…

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