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…
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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…
Afro Nation, which celebrated its 5th anniversary in Portugal in 2025, is bringing the Afrobeats and Amapiano Festival to London for what it describes as a “new chapter” for the event. Taking place on Friday 21 November at Drumheads, London, Afro Nation and Afrosport Network will come together to present Afro Nation United: The Road to the Unity Cup. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Afro Nation United (@afronationunited) The collaboration brings music, sport and culture across three stages to the 15,000 capacity venue. Separated into three rooms, X, Y and Z, room X will…
Boundary Brighton Festival has announced the final artists for the two-day electronic festival at Stanmer Park on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 September. The final additions to Friday include SHÈN Recordings label boss Franky Wah, singer, songwriter and DJ, Yasmin, Jess Bays, Nooriyah, Mind Enterprises, and Louis Bekk who will join previously announced acts including Gorgon City, Josh Baker, East End Dubs and more. Saturday’s lineup features Giggs, Andy C and Shy FX, Boundary 2.0 closing out the festival. 2025 sees Boundary expand into a two-day festival, with Friday 26 dedicated entirely to house and techno, while Saturday 27 sees…
Taking place from 24-26 July 2026 in Fochabers near Elgin, Speyfest has announced the first artists for its 2026 line-up. Northern Irish trad pop band The Tumbling Paddies and Scottish singer Karen Matheson will be joined by Astro Bloc and Dallahan, who will make their first appearances at the festival. The 2025 event welcomed 4,500 attendees over three days with visitors from Germany, Sweden and the US making the journey to the Scottish village. The 2025 programme featured 30 musical performances alongside song and instrument workshops, crafts, yoga and more. Speyfest Chair Ashleigh Macgregor said: “Speyfest is all about bringing…
Dutch dance festival Mysteryland will take a creative break in 2026, with a return planned for 2027 with a new concept. The 2025 event drew over 100,000 attendees from 81 countries, says the festival, with a main stage built into an arena where guests danced around the dance floor across four levels. Acts featured included Hardwell, Marlon Hoffstadt, Paul van Dyk, Eric Prydz and FISHER. 2025 marked the final edition of the festival in its current form with a grand finale featuring 800 drones, fireworks, lasers, video and lights choreographed into a 15-minute set piece. Sander Vermeulen, Creative Director of…
Now in its fourth year, Morecambe Poetry Festival will bring three nights of poetry to the seaside town alongside grassroots performances, family activities, workshops, poetry takeovers and open mics. The programme features children’s author and poet Michael Rosen taking to the stage with Clare Ferguson Walker, John Healey, Jan Brierton, Henry Normal who returns for a fourth year bringing Nigel Planer with him and Robin Ince. A pedal-powered stage outside the library will invite children to pedal and perform their own poetry, created during free poetry workshops in local primary schools with Northern poet Louise Fazackerly. Takeover events at the…
Ticketmaster has released its State of Play Festivals 2025 report, exploring the latest trends shaping the UK festival scene. Focussing on what matters to audiences, using insights from fans, industry partners and its own ticketing data, the report highlights several areas including ‘families at festivals’, ‘solo festivals’, ‘values and sustainability’, and ‘phones in the field’. Ticketmaster – which was recently announced as Headline Sponsor for the UK Festival Awards 2025 – partnered with market research company OnePoll, which conducted an online survey of 2,000 UK adults who have attended a festival within the past five years. These survey results were…
After its debut in 2025, Hospitality Weekender will return to Bognor Regis from Friday 30 January to Monday 2 February 2026 and has revealed its full line-up. The three day drum & bass event takes over Butlins Bognor Regis to transform the holiday resort into an immersive raver village, with a variety of on-site accommodation available from self-catered apartments to hotel-style rooms. Hospitality Weekender aims to deliver the full spectrum of drum & bass across four custom indoor arenas from liquid to jungle, rollers to neuro, and everything in between. Stages are hosted by labels and sound systems. Highlights include…