UK Festivals


British Wildlife Festival
1st March
Queens Road, Leeds
www.britishwildlife.info
Starring: That Fucking Tank, Cold Pumas, Yugoslavian Boys


Detestival – Curated by Wet Nuns
30th-31st March
Queen’s Social Club, Sheffield
wetnuns.com
Starring: Wet Nuns, Bo Ningen, Hookworms, Kult Country


Denovali Swingfest
20th - 21st April
London
http://denovali.com/swingfest/london/
Starring: Andy Stott, Fennesz, William Basinkski


Focus Wales
25th April
Wrexham, Wales
www.focuswales.com
Starring: Charlotte Church, Man Without Country, Michael Rother


Desertfest
26th - 28th April
Camden, London
thedesertfest.com

Starring: Pent Agram, Wo-Fat, Black Moth

Dot to Dot
Bristol – 2nd May
Manchester – 24th May
Nottingham – 26th May
dottodotfestival.co.uk
Starring: TBA


Liverpool Sound City
2nd-4th May
Liverpool
liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk
Starring: Dexys, The Walkmen, Toy, Future of the Left


Live at Leeds
3rd-5th May
Leeds
www.liveatleeds.com
Starring: Everything Everything, AlunaGeorge, Peace, Darwin Deez


I’ll Be Your Mirror
4th May – Curated by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5th May – Curated by Grizzly Bear
Alexandra Palace, London
www.atpfestival.com
Starring: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, Real Estate


YO1 Festival
5th May
The Knavesmire, York
www.yo1events.co.uk
Starring: Oneman, Jackmaster, Paws, Virals


ATP – Curated by TV on the Radio
10th-12th May
Pontins, Camber Sands
www.atpfestival.com
Starring: TV on the Radio, De La Soul, Doom, Shabazz Palaces


The Great Escape
16th-18th May
Brighton
escapegreat.com
Starring: TBA


Field Day
25th May
Victoria Park, London
www.fielddayfestivals.com
Starring: Animal Collective, Bat for Lashes, Four Tet, Everything Everything


Love Saves the Day
25th May
Bristol
www.lovesavestheday.org
Starring: Bonobo, AlunaGeorge, Eats Everything, Joy Orbison


Eden Sessions
3rd June – 2nd July
Cornwall
www.edenproject.com
Starring: 29th June – Kaiser Chiefs, 30th June - Sigur Ros, 2nd July – the XX


Playground
June 7th-8th
Brixton, London
http://www.theplaygroundfestival.com
Starring: Squarepusher, Leftfield, Gary Numan, Unkle, Booka Shade, Digitalism


Long Division
June 7th-9th
Wakefield, Yorkshire
www.longdivisionfestival.co.uk
Starring: The Fall, Ghostpoet, Nine Black Alps, Howard Marks + more TBA


Rock Ness
7th-9th June
Loch Ness, Scotland
www.rockness.co.uk
Starring: Example, Basement Jaxx, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Maccabees


Parklife
8th-9th June
Manchester
www.parklife.uk.com
Starring: Everything Everything, David Rodigan, Netsky, Hot Natured


Isle of Wight Festival
13th-15th June
Isle of Wight
www.isleofwightfestival.com
Starring: The Stone Roses, The Killers, Bon Jovi, The Boomtown Rats


Download
14th-16th June
Donington Park
www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Starring: Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Queens of the Stone Age


ATP – Curated by Deerhunter
21st-23rd June
Pontins, Camber Sands
www.atpfestival.com
Starring: Deerhunter performing Cryptograms, Microcastle and Halcyon Digest, The Breeders, Panda Pear, Dan Deacon


Night + Day – Curated by the XX
23rd June
Osterley Park, London
thexx.info
Starring: The xx + others TBA


Glastonbury Festival
26th-30th June
Glastonbury, Somerset
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Starring: TBA


Manchester International Festival
4th – 21st July
Manchester
www.mif.co.uk
Starring: the XX in residence, Massive Attack vs Adam Curtis


Blissfields
5th - 7th July
Hampshire
blissfields.co.uk
Starring: Mystery Jets, Bastille + more


Hop Farm
5th-7th July
Kent
hopfarmfestival.com
Starring: TBA


Maverick
5th - 7th July
Suffolk
www.maverickfestival.co.uk
Starring: Cherry Lee Mewis, Feral Mouth


2000 Trees
11th-13th July
Cheltenham
twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk
Starring: TBA


T in the Park
12th-14th July
Kinross, Scotland
tinthepark.com
Starring: Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, The Killers, Alt-J


Latitude
18th-21st July
Suffolk
www.latitudefestival.com
Starring: TBA


Truck
19th-20th July
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
truckfestival.com
Starring: The Horrors, Spiritualized, Ash


SummerTyne Americana
19th-21st July
The Sage, Gateshead
www.thesagegateshead.org/summertyne
Starring: The Mavericks, Matthew E. White, Willy Mason



Farr Festival
19th-21st July
Newham, Hertfordshire
www.farrfestival.co.uk
Starring: Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Bicep, Oneman


Secret Garden Party
25th – 28th July
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
www.secretgardenparty.com
Starring: TBA


Nozstock
26th-28th July
Bromyard, Herefordshire
www.nozstock.com
Starring: The Strypes, the Dub Pistols, Chas & Dave


Camp Bestival
1st-4th August
Lulworth Castle
www.campbestival.net
Starring: Richard Hawley, Toots & the Maytals, the Levellers, the Polyphonic Spree


Y Not
2nd - 4th August
Pikehall, Derbyshire
ynotfestivals.co.uk
Starring: The Cribs, the Horrors, Ash, 65daysofstatic


Supernormal
10th - 12th August
Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
www.supernormalfestival.co.uk
Starring: Blurt, Seefeel, Fairhorns, Plurals


Green Man
15th-18th August
Brecon Beacons, Wales
www.greenman.net
Starring: TBA


Beacons
16th-18th August
Skipton, Yorkshire
greetingsfrombeacons.com
Starring: Django Django, Theo Parrish, Floating Points, David Rodigan


V Festival
17th-18th August
Chelmsford/Staffordshire
www.vfestival.com
Starring: TBA – Monday 25th Feb


Reading and Leeds Festival
23rd-25th August
readingfestival.com
leedsfestival.com
Starring: Eminem, Deftones, Biffy Clyro, Foals + more TBA


End of the Road
30th August – 1st September
Wiltshire
endoftheroadfestival.com
Starring: Sigur Ros, Belle & Sebastian, Palma Violets, Angel Olsen


Bestival
5th – 8th September
Isle of Wight
www.bestival.net
Starring: Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Franz Ferdinand, The Knife + many more


Festival No.6
13th – 15th September
Portmeiron, Wales
festivalnumber6.com
Starring: TBA


Red Rooster
13th-15th September
Euston Hall, Suffolk
redrooster.org.uk
Starring: The Jim Jones Revue, Heartless Bastards, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis


Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
27th-28th September
Liverpool
liverpoolpsychfest.tumblr.com
Starring: TBA


Sound & Vision
10th - 12th October
Norwich
norwichsoundandvision.co.uk/
Starring: TBA

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European Festivals


Camden Crawl Dublin
4th-5th May
Dublin
www.camdencrawldublin.com
Starring: TBA


Night + Day Berlin – Curated by the XX
18th May
Berlin
thexx.info/nightandday
Starring: The XX + others TBA


Primavera
22nd-26th May
Barcelona
www.primaverasound.com
Starring: Blur, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Swans + many, many more


Optimus Sound
30th May – 2nd June
Porto, Portugal
www.optimusprimaverasound.com
Starring: Blur + more TBA


Sonisphere Spain
31st May – 1st June
Madrid/Barcelona
es.sonisphere.eu
Starring: Iron Maiden + more TBA


SunSplash Antalya
2nd - 9th June
Antalya, Turkey
www.sunsplash-festival.com
Starring: Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Koreless, Kirk DeGiorgio


Rock am Ring
7th-9th June
Nurburg, Germany
www.rock-am-ring.com
Starring: Green Day, Paramore, the Killers, the Prodigy


Meadows in the Mountains
8th-10th June
Rhodopian Mountains, Bulgaria
www.meadowsinthemountains.com
Starring: Moomin, Just Jack, Demob Happy, Dead Echo


Hultsfred
13th-15th June
Hultsfred, Sweden
www.hultsfredsfestivalen.se
Starring: Arctic Monkeys, Portishead, Band of Horses, the Flaming Lips


NorthSide
14th-16th June
Aarhus, Denmark
northside.dk
Starring: Bloc Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Knife, Alt-J


Southside
21st-23rd June
Munich
www.southside.de
Starring: Rammstein, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, the Smashing Pumpkins


Hideout
3rd-5th July
Isle of Pag, Croatia
www.hideoutfestival.com
Starring: Chase & Status, Four Tet, Jamie Jones, Julio Bashmore


Open’er
3rd-6th July
Gdynia, Poland
opener.pl
Starring: Blur, Queens of the Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Animal Collective, Alt-J, Tame Impala, Editors


Eurockeennes
4th-7th July
Sermamagny, France
www.eurockeennes.fr
Starring: Blur + more TBA


Rock Werchter
4th-7th July
Belgium
www.rockwerchter.be
Starring: Green Day, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, Jessie Ware


Roskilde
4th-7th July
Roskilde, Denmark
roskilde-festival.co.uk
Starring: Animal Collective, Queens of the Stone Age, Rihanna, Sigur Ros


Exit
10th-14th July
Serbia
www.exitfest.org
Starring: TBA


Optimus Alive!
12th-14th July
Lisbon
www.optimusalive.com
Starring: Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon, Two Door Cinema Club


Super Bock Super Rock
18th-20th July
Lisbon
www.superbocksuperrock.pt
Starring: Johnny Marr, Azealia Banks, The Killers


Slottsfjell
18th-20th July
Tonsberg, Norway
projekta.is/slottsfjell-festival
Starring: Biffy Clyro, Dan Deacon, Alt-J, Kendrick Lamar


Benicassim
18th-21st July
Benicassim, Spain
fiberfib.com
Starring: the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Palma Violets


Melt!
19th-21st July
Dessau, Germany
www.meltfestival.de/en
Starring: The Knife, Alt J, Django Django


Soundwave
19th-21st July
Tisno, Croatia
www.soundwavecroatia.com/
Starring: Bonobo, MF Doom, Ghostpoet


Tomorrowland
26th – 28th July
Antwerp, Belgium
www.tomorrowland.be
Starring: Armin Van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Dixon


Off
2nd-4th August
Katowice, Poland
off-festival.pl
Starring: Deerhunter, Jens Lekman, Metz, Merchandise


Oxegen
3rd-4th August
Co. Kildare, Ireland
www.oxegen.ie
Starring: TBA


Oya
6th-10th August
Oslo, Norway
oyafestivalen.com
Starring: Blur, the Knife, Slayer, Solange, Haim


Flow Festival
7th - 11th August
Helsinki, Finland
www.flowfestival.com
Starring: Kraftwerk, The Knife, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds


Sziget
7th-12th August
Budapest, Hungary
www.sziget.hu
Starring: Blur + more TBA


Way Out West
8th-10th August
Gothenburg, Sweden
www.wayoutwest.se/en
Starring: The Knife, Solange, Foxygen, Alabama Shakes + more TBA


Haldern Pop
8th - 10th August
Haldern, Germany
www.haldern-pop.de
Starring: Alabama Shakes, The Strypes, We Were Promised Jetpacks


Musikfestwochen
14th - 15th August
Winterthur, Germany
www.musikfestwochen.ch
Starring: Efterklang, Portico Quartet, Tall Ships


La Route Du Rock
15th-17th August
Brittany, France
http://www.laroutedurock.com
Starring: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Hot Chip, Tame Impala, Godspeed You Black Emperor


Rock en Seine
23rd-25th August
Paris
www.rockenseine.com
Starring: Phoenix, System of a Down, Paul Kalkbrenner


Outlook
29th August – 1st September
Pula, Croatia
www.outlookfestival.com
Starring: Jay Electronica, David Rodigan, Mala in Cuba, Digital Mystikz


Dimensions
5th-8th September
Pula, Croatia
http://www.dimensionsfestival.com
Starring: Model 500, Daphni, Pantha Du Prince, Mala in Cuba


Berlin Festival
6th-7th September
Berlin, Germany
www.berlinfestival.de
Starring: Blur, Pet Shop Boys, Breakbot, Justice


Unknown Festival
10th-14th September
Rovinj, Croatia
www.unknowncroatia.com/
Starring: Actress, Django Django, TEED


Reeperbahn
26th-28th September
Hamburg, Germany
www.reeperbahnfestival.com
Starring: TBC

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US AND BEYOND


SXSW
12th – 17th March
Austin, Texas
sxsw.com
Starring: Vampire Weekend, Local Natives, Frightened Rabbit


Coachella
12th-14th April
California
www.coachella.com
Starring: Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pheonix, the XX, the Postal Service, Sigur Ros, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + plus many more


Sonar Sao Paulo
24th-25th May
Sao Paulo, Brazil
www.sonarsaopaulo.com.br
Starring: The Roots, Pet Shop Boys, Nicolas Jaar


Bonnaroo
13th-16th June
Tennessee
bonnaroo.com
Starring: TBA


Lollapalooza
2nd-4th August
Grant Park, Chicago, IL
lollapalooza.com
Starring: TBA