This year marked without much fanfare, the 20th anniversary of the Great Escape. This was my eleventh visit. It is
Category: Festivals
The Ceremony all-dayer series at Bedford Esquires are a great way to catch many of the up and coming bands
It is a cold second day of January. While most people are regretting making their New Years resolutions and trying
I’ve been going to The Great Escape for the last decade. I have a number of bugbears such as the
It is a few years since I have been to Wide Awake. Sadly, the late May Bank Holiday seems to
I love SXSW. I’ve done four Austin SXSWs. When I go, I do the whole thing, SXSW Education, Interactive, Film
This year is the 10th anniversary of Rockaway Beach. It is a small hand-crafted festival that takes place at Bognor’s
I feel it is important to buy tickets to all paid gigs, not only to support the artists, but also
I think this may be becoming habitual. As other festivals fall out of my favour, my fondness for Rockaway increases.
Last year’s Krankenhaus was very special. It was tied up with the unreality of the COVID years. I personally found
These local festivals aren’t really my thing. They’re usually not a music, music festival. Stevenage Old Town Live is a
Arriving early on Wednesday, I thought I would start the festival in a different way, heading to see Yuanfan Yang
I think we all suffer from the January blues. Little happens in January and it feels like a month long
“You’ve come so very far All waving flags We’re all waving flags now Waving flags But don’t be scared” And
Last year, the first Wide Awake Festival proved to be an excellent addition to the London festival scene. Did the
After train problems, leading to a much extended trip down to Brighton from Hertfordshire. It was a quick check-in before
There’s a new festival on the London scene and on the evidence of today, it’s here to stay. The Wide
With 2020’s The Great Escape cancelled and holidays on my hands. I decided to create my own virtual lockdown festival.
I wonder what Billy Butlin would have thought of Rockaway Beach? Would he have liked it? I suspect not. But
It’s nearly a decade since the last British Sea Power Festival at Tan Hill. I honestly, didn’t believe there would
Not much happens around Stevenage. So it’s odd that I have never been to Wilkestock before, a music festival in
The Great Escape seems to have become a fixed date in my calendar. My first time was after I’d been
So I did it. I went back to SXSW, after saying in 2016 I thought it would be my last one because
I think this might have been my favourite TGE so far. The weather was brilliant, including the sea at its