The sound of summer

Gareth Becker and Dominic Smith look ahead at some of the hottest summer festival events...

AROUND SUSSEX...

Meadowlands (June 1 to June 3)
Where: Glynde Place, East Sussex
What: Rapidly expanding boutique festival in the Sussex countryside with breaking artists, comedians and even an on-site casino
Who: Lamb, Speech Debelle, Anchor Song, Portico Quartet, LTJ Bukem Tickets: Weekend £85, day £45
Contact: www.meadowlandsfestival.com

Nova (July 5 – 8)
Where: Bignor Park, Pulborough, West Sussex
What: New arts, music and food festival for creative spirits created by the people behind the Big Chill
Who: Fink, Ghostpoet, Norman Jay, LateNightTales DJs, Fionn Regan, The Staves, Speech Debelle
Tickets: Weekend camping £139
Contact: www.novafestival.co.uk

Redfest (July 20 – 22)
Where: Robins Cook Farm, Redhill, Surrey
What: Emo, hip-hop and electro for a younger crowd
Who: Kids In Glass Houses, Young Guns, Foreign Beggars, Modestep, The Skints, Dirty Havana
Tickets: Weekend camping £65
Contact: www.redfest.co.uk

Playgroup (August 3 – 5)
Where: Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
What: Boutique festival aiming to recreate the vibe of early Glastonbury and encourage punters to follow its theme of Lost Toys
Who: Submotion Orchestra, DJ Format, The Herbaliser, Hidden Orchestra, High Rankin, Nedry, Belleruche
Tickets: Adults £95, teens £77, under-12s £10
Contact: www.playgroupfestival.com

Shakedown (October 6)
Where: Stanmer Park, Brighton
What: An all-day pop party for those who want to close the festival season on home soil
Who: Dizzie Rascal, Professor Green, Katy B, Stooshe, Clement Marfo, The Frontline
Tickets: £40
Contact: www.shakedown.co.uk

IN THE SOUTH EAST…

Bloc (July 6 – 7)
Where: Royal Pleasure Gardens, Royal Victoria Docks, London
What: Two nights of banging club music on an old 80-metre, 2.541-tonne Communist ship converted into a hi-spec nightclub
Who: Orbital, Snoop Dogg, Richie Hawtin, Amon Tobin: ISAM, Gary Numan, Flying Lotus, Steve Reich, Ricardo Villalobos
Tickets: £55
Contact: www.blocfestival.com

Latitude (July 12 – 15)
Where: Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk
What: Arts from across the board – poetry and comedy as well as music and dance – at this familyfriendly, folkinfused shindig
Who: Low, Lana Del Ray, The Horrors, Metronomy, Laura Marling, Ben Howard, Bon Iver
Tickets: Weekend camping £175, day £75
Contact: www.latitudefestival.co.uk

The Secret Garden Party (July 19 – 22)
Where: Mill Hill Field, Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire
What: The garden party gone crazy takes the theme of standing on ceremony for this year’s festival
Who: Alabama Shakes, Orbital, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Tim Minchin
Tickets: Sold out
Contact: www.secretgardenparty.com

V Festival (August 18 – 19)
Where: Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex, and Weston Park, Stafford
What: Chart favourites and indie heroes at Branson-sponsored bash
Who: The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Killers, Snow Patrol, David Guetta
Tickets: Weekend camping £180, day tickets £86
Contact: www.vfestival.com

End Of The Road (Aug 31 – Sept 2)
Where: Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
What: Offbeat indie and folk in an intimate woodland setting
Who: Grizzly Bear, Grandaddy, Midlake, Beach House, Tindersticks, Mark Lanegan Band, Anna Calvi, Villagers, The Antlers
Tickets: Weekend camping £150
Contact: www.endoftheroadfestival.com

Bestival (September 6 – 9)
Where: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of White
What: Rob Da Bank’s award-winning bash in the woods is for those who like dressing up. This year’s theme is Back To The Phuture
Who: Stevie Wonder, New Order Hot Chip, Gary Numan, Alabama Shakes, Sigur Ros, John Foxx And The Maths, The 2 Bears
Tickets: Weekend camping £180
Contact: www.bestival.net

ELSEWHERE IN THE UK...

Download (June 8 – 10)
Where: Donington Park, Leicestershire
What: Metal giants and big beats for those who want to rock
Who: Metallica, Prodigy, Black Sabbath, Biffy Clyro, Soundgarden, Megadeath, Machine Head, Chase & Status
Tickets: Weekend camping from £190, non-camping £165, day £82.50
Contact: www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Glade (June 14 – 17)
Where: Houghton Hall, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
What: Electronica and beats for those who want to dance all night at the sister festival to the famous Glasto tent
Who: Jimmy Edgar, Daedelus, Dillinja, Adission Groove, Pinch, Bodikka, Hypercolour, The Sneaker Social Club
Tickets: Weekend camping, £135
Contact: www.glade festival.com

T In The Park (July 6 – 8)
Where: Balado, Kinross, Scotland
What: Major names from pop and rock the world over play the biggest festival north of the border
Who: Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Tinie Tempah, Stone Roses, New Order, Florence and The Machine, Jessie J
Tickets: Weekend camping from £189, non-camping from £179, day from £70
Contact: www.tinthepark.com

WOMAD Festival (July 27 – 29)
Where: Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
What: Evergreen celebration of world music and arts
Who: Sensational Space Shifters, Jimmy Cliff, Femi Kuti, Khaled, Hugh Masekela, Raghu Dixit
Tickets: Weekend camping £135
Contact: www.womad.co.uk

Reading/Leeds (August (24 – 26)
Where: Little John’s Farm, Reading, and Bramham Park, Leeds
What: Far more than a slog in the mud for angry teenagers, the twin-rock header features big hitters, old and new
Who: The Cure, Kasabian, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Florence and the Machine, The Bombay Bicycle Club.
Tickets: Weekend camping £197.50, day tickets from £85
Contact: www.readingfestival.co.uk

IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE…

Primavera Sound (July 31 - June 3)
Where: Barcelona, Spain
What: Top-notch city music festival that mixes local and international acts from across the spectrum and is for those who prefer to sleep in a hotel after a hard night's partying
Who: The Cure, Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, The Drums, Saint Etienne, Beach House, Atlas Sound, Richard Hawley
Tickets: Four-day €190/£157. Day €79/£63
Contact: www.primaverasound.com

FIB, Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (July 12 – July 15)
Where: Benicàssim, Spain
What: Big name bands take over the beach-side festival beloved by Brits
Who: The Killers, Bob Dylan, The Stone Roses, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Jessie J, The Horrors, New Order
Tickets: Four-day ticket €165/£155
Contact: www.fiberfib.com

Worldwide Festival (July 2 – 8)
Where: Sète, France
What: DJ Giles Peterson’s laidback mix of beats and beaches in and around the beautiful fishing town of Sète
Who: Carl Cox, Moodymann, Little Dragon, Dimlite, Julio Bashmore
Tickets: Weekend pass: €69/£55
Contact: www.worldwidefestival.com

Roskilde (July 5 – 8)
Where: Roskilde, Denmark
What: Unit shifters play the giant nonfor- profit festival which has been going for more than 40 years
Who: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Jack White, Björk, The Roots, Mew, The Shins
Tickets: Weekend camping 1,790 DKK/£199, day 900 DKK/£100
Contact: www.roskilde-festival.dk

Exit Festival (July 12 – 15)
Where: Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
What: Rock and pop in a Balkan fortress overlooking the Danube River.
Who: Guns ’N’ Roses, Duran Duran, New Order, Erykah Badu, Plan B, AVICII.
Tickets: Weekend non-camping, £95
Contact: www.eng.exitfest.org

Melt (July 15 – 17)
Where: Ferropolis, Berlin, Germany
What: Big names from rock and electronica in a disused industrial site
Who: Justice, Bloc Party, Rufus Wainwright, The Rapture, Gossip, Richie Hawtin
Tickets: Weekend camping, €115/£92
Contact: www.meltfestival.de

Pukkelpop (Aug 16 – 18)
Where: Kiewit Hasselt, Belgium
What: Eight stages filled with indie pop acts for those who like their music made with guitars
Who: Björk, Bloc Party, Stone Roses, Lykke Li, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, The Hives, Keane
Tickets: Five-day camping €155/£124, day €79/£63
Contact: www.pukkelpop.be

Electric Picnic (Aug 31 – Sept 2)
Where: Stradbelly, Co Laois, Ireland
What: Eclectic mix of art, theatre, comedy, panto, music, food and holistic health in the a few miles from Dublin
Who: Elbow, The xx, Richard Hawley, Christy Moore, Patti Smith, the Cure, Sigur Rós, The Killers
Tickets: Weekend camping €230/£190
Contact: www.electric picnic.ie