2019

I officially popped my festival cherry at Wilderness and the short story is, I’ll be back. Rolling into its 9th season this year and going strong it this festival draws a mixed crowd of family and friends young and old and cliché as it sounds there really is something for everyone. Headline acts this year included an electric set from Bombay Bicycle returning to the stage after a four-year hiatus, the timeless Robyn and the dance powerhouse that is Groove Amada – like I said,

Situated in Cambridgeshire, at the site previously used for Secret Garden Party, Gilles Peterson, Brownswood Recording (Gilles’ music label) and Worldwide FM curate the event described as a family-friendly Jazz Festival. Only an hour and thirty minutes’ drive from London, the festival boasts of its lakes, forest, range of music, independent cinema, record fair, family kids areas, boutique luxury camping, and family camping. With such an emphasis on family we as expected had s

Elrow Town, this time situated in Trent Park, North London, was as usual a colourful delight of music, fantasy and inflatables and was once again a one of our favourite festivals of the year! No longer a weekend festival, one-day is just not enough... Huge numbers of people attended this year and we were impressed by the size of the event overall, however queuing was not as fast moving as last year and it was a little harder to navigate around between the stages. However, the

All aboard for an indie-pop love-in Indietracks has been on my festival list for years, so this summer I was delighted to get to this little gem of a fest. Indie, DIY and old trains is perhaps a slightly niche mashup but it works like a charm. The programming includes new and established DIY and independent music, crafts and activity for kids and adults alike, a quiz, karaoke and multiple dance parties every night. There’s an amazing array of old trains to ride on and museums

“Croydon is changing” – or so the locals keep telling me, before repeating how Croydon was mentioned in Iron Man 3 and had a split second scene in The Dark Knight Rises.Oh and don’t forget they’ve got a Boxpark now…edgy! All of this should have meant that the arrival of a new music festival in the ends shouldn’t have surprised me, but it really did. Aptly named, The Ends festival is here and it boasted an absolutely insane line up! Names such as Ghetts, Kojey Radical, J Balvi

With it’s inaugural Friday added to the bill for this year’s festival, Junction 2 is rapidly growing. It is now bigger and better. This year they return with more variety in music, new stages, and a line-up that will make you giggle with disbelief. So, with a whole extra day to shake a leg, arm and whatever else we might be inspired to shake, we headed down to Boston Manor Park to check it out. If you’ve never been before, it must be said that Junction 2 simply has it all. As

GALA festival; the spring bank holiday, dance music all-dayer in South East London had a highly credible line-up for 2019. This included sets from Chez Damier, Crazy P and Midland to name but a few, a fine selection of some of the best house and disco DJs in town. GALA’s cosy four stages blended in with its surroundings, stayed open until around 10:30pm and a sell-out crowd (sold out almost two months in advance) enjoyed the best beats from across disco, house and beyond on a