Fluisteraars are the final act to join Fortress Festival’s 2026 line-up. The Dutch atmospheric black metal duo will perform a UK exclusive show at Scarborough Spa from 30-31 May 2026. Fluisteraars “join a stacked line-up of international and exclusive acts, including Saturday headliners Old Man’s Child and Sunday headliners Gallowbraid”, says the festival. Fortress will also feature exclusive UK sets from Groza, Mesarthim, Midnight Odyssey, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult (Ocean Room headliner), This Gift Is A Curse and Mispyrming, as well as debuts from Old Sorcery, Totenwache, Black Cilice, Darkenhöld, Antrisch and Emyn Muil. Atlantean Sword and Gate Master will perform…
Author: James Robertson
After weeks of deliberating, the judges have cast their votes, and we are thrilled to present the UK Festival Awards 2025 Shortlist.We’d like to thank our judging panel, who have read all of the applications and made their choices. Now it’s your turn!Voting is now open to the public. The public vote makes up 30% of the votes, with the judges making up the remaining 70%. Voting closes 4 November 2025. Check out the full shortlist below and don’t forget to book your ticket and join us at DIECAST, Manchester on 2 December 2025. Vote here. Non-Music Festival of the…
After more than 30 years, the three founders of Sónar – Enric Palau, Ricard Robles, and Sergio Caballero – have stepped away from the festival. Beginning in 1994, the Barcelona festival has expanded to include Sónar by day, Sónar by night and Sónar +D. Sónar was acquired by Superstruct Entertainment in 2018, with Superstruct itself being acquired by investment firm KKR in 2024. Superstruct, which owns multiple European and UK festivals including Sziget, Field Day, Truck Festival and the online broadcaster Boiler Room, has faced calls for boycotts over KKR’s alleged ties to Israeli defence companies. Sónar made a statement earlier…
BST Hyde Park have announced their latest headliner with Pitbull playing Leeds on 3 July and London on 10 July with Kesha joining the superstar at both shows. Roundhay is a new festival for 2026, set to take place in Roundhay Park, Leeds the festival is organised by promoters AEG, the team behind BST Hyde Park. Pibull will join Lewis Capaldi on the Roundhay and BST line-up, and Garth Brooks, who has been announced for BST. Jim King, CEO of AEG Presents UK said : “We’re proud that over the years, BST Hyde Park has welcomed artists from every corner…
In a UK festival exclusive, Forbidden Forest has announced that the fire-breathing Arcadia Spider will be at its tenth anniversary show at Belvoir Castle, Grantham. The festival previously announced Chris Stussy as the first DJ confirmed for the 2026 line-up. Constructed from 95% recycled materials, the structure will take four days to build and brings something entirely new to Forbidden Forest for its tenth anniversary show. With a DJ booth made from Tri Star turbine rotors, legs that were originally UK Government security scanning machines, top ‘muscles’ originating from Gazelle helicopter tails and eye sockets made out of reverse thrust…
Love to be… Festival will return to The Stray in Harrogate on 4 September 2026. House music brand, Love to be… held its sold-out 2025 edition on 6 September 2025, with a redesigned main stage, extra production across three arenas and a new Ultra VIP area. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Love to be… | House Music Record Label & Events (@lovetobeevents) The 2025 line-up featured K-Klass, The Shapeshifters, Gok Wan, Ultra Nate and Headline sets from Armand Van Helden and Marshall Jefferson. Marc Dennis, Director and owner at Love to be, said: “Seeing…
Returning for its seventh edition, Brighton’s Mutations Festival will take place on 7-8 November 2025 with an eclectic mix of established, up-and-coming artists, performing across nine of the city’s Grassroots Music Venues. Headlining the 2025 festival is South London’s Dry Cleaning and Brighton band Lambrini Girls. Joining them are Big Special, Bdrmm, Bug Club, Divorce, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs and many more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MUTATIONS (@mutationsfestival) Founded in 2015 the independent festival has focussed on promoting breakthrough bands which the festival says is the “UK’s most fertile grounds…
The first edition of Found Festival took place over the August bank holiday 2025, at Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire, which the festival said was a ‘shining success’. The family-led team behind Found has announced its return in 2026 from Friday 28 August to Monday 31 August, with a new early-bird tiered ticketing system. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Found Festival (@found.festival) The three tiers are: the Supporter tier allowing those who can, to pay a little extra and subsidise lower-priced tickets. The Standard tier covering the minimum cost required to produce the event and…
Fortress Festival has added more bands for its fourth edition, taking place at Scarborough Spa on 30-31 May 2026. The festival will host a return show from British progressive black metal band A Forest of Stars and a worldwide exclusive performance from Dutch black metal band Ossaert. Also joining the line-up are Totenwache and Darkenhöld, both performing their first-ever UK shows. View this post on Instagram A post shared by reaperagency (@reaperagencyuk) Gary Stephenson, founder of Fortress Festival, said: “Obtaining the rarest and most exclusive bookings from the dark corners of the world that you cannot see anywhere…
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), a festival and business gathering for electronic music taking place from October 22-26, 2025, has just revealed the second wave of artists, bringing the total for 2025 up to 1,200 performers. The line-up includes Amaliah, Ben UFO, Bullet Tooth, CARISTA, Carl Craig, Chris Stussy, DJ Pierre, Enrico Sangiuliano, FJAAK, Héctor Oaks and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amsterdam Dance Event (@amsterdamdanceevent) The festival has over 450 events confirmed so far, with more to be announced, including No Art festival, Jeff Mills returning with his Tomorrow Comes the Harvest concept…