Emma Thompson, Malala Yousafzai, Gisèle Pelicot and more are amongst the set to appear at more than 500 events at this year’s Hay Festival. Taking place on 21-31 May in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, the literary ...

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Sunderland’s Herrington Park has announced its line-up for Sunday 24 May 2026. Olivia Dean will headline with CMAT, Niall Horan, Dermot Kennedy, Kehlani and Myles Smith ...

UK: SpaSeekers has conducted research into the sleeping and cleaning habits of UK festival attendees. The study claims to demonstrate which festivals’ attendees shower the least, brush their teeth the ...

Festival organiser Brockwell Live’s planning application for its 2026 event series at London’s Brockwell Park has been approved by the Lambeth Council Planning Applications Committee. The win comes ...

GALA returns to Peckham Rye Park on 22-24 May 2026, with the theme The Floor Is Ours. The festival has announced its full line-up with a headline performance from Peckham’s own Giggs. Also playing are ...

Main stage acts performing to a sea of fans is all well and good, but often those ‘festival moments’ are made in more intimate surroundings – the tiny stages where you discover new music, or time ...

A new music festival is heading to Stockport. Launching in 2026 with a specific date to be confirmed, Sidelines will “celebrate the town’s creative spirit and reimagining its spaces through ...

John Drury is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research focus is crowds and collective behaviour. He has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, most of ...

Glasgow's celebration of folk and roots music and culture, Celtic Connections, has announced the first acts for its 33rd edition.

Nothing can quite match the sweat fuelled, sometimes satanic, always energetic sound of rock and metal. And in the UK, we have some of the best festivals in the world that celebrates the genre on big ...

Taking place in Brockwell Park, Brixton on 24 May 2026, Cross The Tracks announces Little Simz as its headliner for 2026. Following the curation of MELTDOWN festival at the Southbank Centre in June ...

KNEECAP, Kettama, Annie Mac, Evian Christ and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U join the line-up for AVA Belfast's 2026 edition.