2018

Legendary South London drum & bass label Hospital Records have been doing big things over the past few years with their ever-expanding Hospitality brand. We’ve seen events such as Hospitality in the Dock, Hospitality on the Beach and even the upcoming Halloween special, Hospitality at the Masked Ball, but today we’re with their original brainchild – Hospitality in the Park. Hospitality is the biggest Drum and Bass party London has to offer and amongst the acts on offer were s

If you haven’t been to Camp Wildfire before it’s a festival with a theme of an American summer camp, inspired by Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. During the day, you take part in a vast array of weird and wonderful activities and by night, you party! The setting is a perfect escape, situated at the beautiful Heritage Pine Forest in Kent, you’re surrounded by tall trees and forestry for the weekend. It’s set up ideally for adults to play and rekindle some of their child like w

South West Four –a regular staple of my pre-carnival diet! Now in its 15th year SW4 has become one of the biggest names in the London festival calendar and with good reason. Each year thousands descend upon Clapham Common and for one weekend only the yummy mummies are outnumbered! Once primarily a dance music festival, SW4 has embraced the ever increasing popularity of urban music, as evidenced by Dizzee Rascal appearing as the afternoon headline act on the Saturday. Alongsid

Wilderness is now in it’s 8th year and with the incredible weather of late, everyone was buzzing to get away to the Cotswolds for the weekend. With no Glastonbury this year, we were keen to fill that Glasto shaped hole in our hearts and (spoiler alert) Wilderness truly delivered. This is one of the more chilled festivals of the summer, set among giant pine trees and ancient oaks in beautiful Oxfordshire. You can expect to camp in immaculate conditions and eat like a king for

Neverworld, the festival name immediately conjures up images of Peter Pan and his Lost Boys roaming Neverland fighting Captain Hook and that is no coincidence, as the old classic tale is a clear inspiration for this festival. Now a 5,000 capacity event set in the beautiful village of Hever in Kent, this festival has come a long way from its exceptionally humble beginnings of founder Lee Denny’s back garden! The journey from the car to campsite was far from the arduous task we

Being from the area, I love when festivals come to South East London – an occurrence that seems to be happening more and more in recent times – so when I heard that GALA was moving from Brockwell Park to Peckham Rye, basically on my doorstep, to say I was excited would be an understatement. Much like with all festivals on these shores, or in fact all conversations ever in the UK, the weather was the morning topic with the forecasts predicting a day full of rain and thundersto

Elrow Town, this time situated in Stratford’s Olympic Park was a colourful delight of music, confetti and inflatables and has to be up there as one of my favourite festivals of 2018! The British weather was on our side (as it has been for most of the summer) as we smashed through the Sunday of the 2 day festival and the organisers did not disappoint! Despite the huge numbers of people expected at the festival (roughly 15,000) entry queue was fast moving and well organised and

Last year’s Junction 2 was good fun and so it was with a keen sense of excitement we did the trek from South London to Boston Manor Park - near Heathrow. As our tube approached, an announcement stated that we would be terminating at Northfields, one stop shy of Boston Manor, due to congestion. Much like when Kim Kardashian broke the Internet, it appeared that Junction 2 had broken Boston Manor – a testament to the festival’s burgeoning popularity. As we all streamed through t

When I heard that the famous Arcadia spider was making its way to London for the first time ever to celebrate Arcadia’s tenth anniversary, there wasn’t even a decision to make – I was going! On the way to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park there was a discernible buzz in the air as we walked along the canals, soaking up the beautiful bank holiday sun. The excitement only grew as we entered the festival site to see the three majestic stages – The Bug, The Reactor and, of course,