Zoot allores! Or, to use the more seasonal expression, ‘Sacre Bleau!” Preston’s Mad Ferret are only hosting their 2nd Punkmas Party on December 30th. Crikey.
Fresh from winning the coveted Family Festival Award at this year’s UK Festival Awards, Camp Bestival is all set to continue its crusade to bring back the Great British summer holiday with bells on, returning to the salubrious surrounds of Lulworth Castle for another jam-packed jaunt bursting with bountiful excitement for all the family. It might only be cold December but with Christmas on the horizon what better way to banish the winter chills than to treat the family by getting them something extra-special to look forward to for the first weekend of the school summer hols – July 30th to August 1st, 2010 – Camp Bestival is a wonderland of joy that not only promises myriad extra curricular pleasures but also has more musical thrills than Dorset’s Jurassic coastline has got fossils, all generously sprinkled with our very own, extra-special Bestival magic.
Combining their love of comedy, music and snowboarding Marcus Brigstocke and Andrew Maxwell have announced that the third Altitude Festival is due to take place between 20th and 26th March 2010.
RockNess have today announced CLUB 75 – featuring XAVIER DE ROSNAY from JUSTICE,CASSIUS,BUSY Pand DJ MEHDI – the world’s most exclusive DJ collective, is heading to Scotland.
Dot To Dot Festival will be returning bigger and better for 2010. Having been nominated for the Best Metropolitan Festival award at the UK Festival Awards for its superlative 2009 outing, Dot To Dot is expanding next year to a three-day event, adding Manchester’s fiery musical hotbed to the firmly established Bristol and Nottingham dates.
Renowned as the premium new music festival and industry conference event in Europe, The Great Escape, which will take place once again in Brighton on 13-15th May 2010, prides itself on unearthing the finest up-and-coming bands from across the globe. Each year the event partners with a country to shine the spotlight on their freshest talent and this year it will be Australia that basks in that glory as The Great Escape joins forces with Sounds Australia.
The countdown to ROCKNESS 2010 officially commenced today with the announcement that THE STROKES – recent recipients of ALBUM OF THE DECADE by NME for ‘Is This It’, the seminal work that defined a moment and sent the band on a trajectory to global acclaim – are confirmed to headline the Highland music festival in June.