SUMMER FESTS NORFOLK / SUFFOLK / EAST
Radio 1’s Big Weekend 23 & 24 May Boom Bap Festival 5–7 Jun
• • • Maverick Festival 3–5 Jul • Latitude 16–19 Jul • Sundown Festival 4–6 Sep
WALES
X Music Festival 12 & 13 Jun
• Hay Festival 21–31 May • • Green Man 20–23 Aug • Festival No 6 3–6 Sep
NORTHERN IRELAND / IRELAND
• Belfast Film Festival 16–25 Apr A Wilde Weekend 1–4 May • • Cat Laughs 28 May–1 Jun • • Kilkenny Arts Festival 7–16 Aug • Electric Picnic 4–6 Sep • Dublin Fringe 7–20 Sep Bloomsday 16 Jun
ISLANDS
• Channel Islands Heritage Festival 3 Apr–11 May • • • Bestival 10–13 Sep Isle of Wight Festival 11–14 Jun Jersey Live Festival of Music 5 & 6 Sep
2 Apr–4 Jun 2015 THE LIST 23
REST OFUK BIRMINGHAM / MIDLANDS
LONDON & SOUTH EAST
• British Summer Time 18, 20 & 21,
26 & 27 Jun Summer Series 9–19 Jul
• • Cambridge Folk Festival 30 Jul–2 Aug • Wilderness Festival 6–9 Aug • Reading 28–30 Aug
• Download 12–14 Jun • Coventry Godiva Festival 3–5 Jul • V Festival 22 & 23 Aug NORTH WEST / CUMBRIA
Southport Weekender 8–10 May • • Greater Manchester Fringe 1–31 Jul • Manchester International Festival
2–19 Jul Kendal Calling 30 Jul–2 Aug •
BRIGHTON / SOUTH
• Brighton Fringe 1–31 May The Great Escape 14–16 May • • Dart Music Festival 15–17 May • • Eastbourne Lammas Festival 25 & 26 Jul Shakedown Festival 15 Aug
SOUTH WEST
• Glastonbury 24–28 Jun • WOMAD 24–26 Jul • End of the Road 4–6 Sep
NORTH EAST
• Gateshead Beer & Music Festival 1–3 May
• Newcastle Unity Festival 23 May Richmond Live 31 Jul & 1 Aug • • Hardwick Live 22 Aug
YORKSHIRE
• Shefi eld Doc/Fest 5–10 Jun • Tramlines Festival 24–26 Jul • • Leeds Festival 28–30 Aug Bingley Music Live 4–6 Sep