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Forest Live takes place every summer in the forests of England and is partially organized and supported by Forestry England. This year, four forests are set to become stages of the festival: Cannock Chase Forest, Delamere Forest, High Lodge Thetford Forest and Westonbirt Arboretum. Forestry England uses the proceeds from the ticket sales to fund their projects, the welfare of forests and the planting of trees. After the 2023 edition, Forest Live revealed that in the festival’s 23 years, more than two million people have attended the festival, and this enabled the Forestry England to plant more 7.4 million trees.

This year, once again, the public is invited to attend and enjoy music while supporting the planet and ensuring the welfare of our British forests. So far the headliners announced are the following: Snow Patrol, Sting, The Script, Elbow, Blossoms, James and Rag’n’Bone Man.

These acts will perform in the different sites where the festival takes place; for example, Snow Patrol will be playing Delamere Forest and Westonbirt Arboretorum, whilst The Script is set for High Lodge and Westonbirt Arboretorum. Sting will play Westonbirt Arboretorum and Cannock Chase Forest.    

Tickets are available starting on the Forest Live website and each concert has a different price, depending on the artist performing as well as the venue. VIP tickets are also available and they include a great view of the stage, luxury facilities and exclusive bars and foods.

Forest Live was first held in 2001, as a way to raise money to protect forests; some of its first headliners included the likes of Ed Sheeran and Motorhead. Over the years, the organizers have chosen sites with bigger capacities and the festival has grown bigger and bigger. Last year, names such as Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Nile Rodgers and CHIC and Van Morrison performed.  

 

 

 

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Tickets for Forest Live will be available to purchase for general sale here on November 15, but you can also register here for pre-sale before the 14 of November

We’re excited the announce that @NoahKahan is headlining American Express presents @BSTHydePark next summer

He’ll be joined by special guest @gracieabrams in London’s Hyde Park on Friday 4 July 2025, plus a full lineup to be announced!

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— BST Hyde Park (@BSTHydePark) November 4, 2024

After announcing Zach Bryan and Oscar-winner Hugh Jackman as headliners for the 2025 edition, BST Hyde Park revealed Noah Kahan as their next headliner. British Summer Time will be held, as usual, in Hyde Park, and will take place between June 21 and July 17; as their website state, there are plenty more stars to be announced, but the line up so far has not disappointed, and BST even had to add an additional date for Zach Bryan due to extreme demand. Noah Kahan is an American singer who rose to fame in recent years after his record “Stick Season” was released in 2022. A few songs from the record, such as “Homesick” and “You’re Gonna Go Far” received attention on TikTok and gained the artist more and more popularity until, in 2023, Kahan teased the song “Dial Drunk” on social media and the brief snippet published went viral. “Dial Drunk” was then included in the deluxe version of “Stick Season” along with several more songs and an extended version of fan-favourite “The View Between Villages”.  

Kahan has toured the UK multiple times since the release of “Stick Season”: in 2023, he played Kentish Town in London for two sold out shows and in February 2024 he sold out Wembley Arena for two consecutive dates. He also toured the UK again in the summer. Kahan has released multiple versions of “Stick Season” and has invited artists from all kinds of genres to collaborate with him on the songs.   

 

 

 

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BST has also announced that American pop singer Gracie Abrams will be taking the stage on July 4 as a “special guest”. Kahan and Abrams have collaborated on the song “Everywhere, Everything” which was released in the final deluxe version of “Stick Season” (Stick Season: Forever).

Gracie Abrams has released her second studio album, “The Secret of Us” in June of this year and a deluxe version of the album only a few weeks ago. The single “I love you, I’m sorry” peaked at 19 on Billboard and is, so far, her biggest hit. Abrams has opened for Taylor Swift in North America and has toured across the UK, playing two sold out shows at Shepherd Bush Empire last October. She also has an upcoming, almost completely sold-out tour, which will take her around the country and the rest of Europe between February and March 2025.

Tickets for Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams at BST Hyde Park will be available from November 8 for the general public and November 4 for those with a presale code. More info here.

A party 20 years in the making… RT + Like for your chance to win 4 x VIP upgrades, Emperors Field camping & a £100 bar tab!

Escape to the Lakes with The Prodigy, @FatboySlim, @thecourteeners, @KaiserChiefs & more!

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— Kendal Calling (@KendalCalling) November 1, 2024

Music Festival Kendal Calling first begun in 2006, as a small-capacity event that welcomed just less than a 1000 people and only lasted two days; the event was held in Abbot Hall Park, and all tickets were sold out before the event. The following year the venue was upgraded due to the extreme demand, and year by year the festival reached higher capacities until reaching a peak of 40,000 attendees last year.

Since its first edition in 2006, Kendal Calling festival has received critical acclamation and many UK artists have expressed the wish to perform on the Cumbria-based stage. In 2010, after only a couple years since its creation, Kendal Calling was awarded Best Small UK Festival, and in 2011 it won “Best Small Festival” at LIVE UK awards.

The festival ranges through a wide set of genres: from indie’s Maximo Park and upcoming London-based indie artist Siobhan Winifred, BRIT award’s rising star The Last Dinner Party, Leeds’s rock band Kaiser Chiefs, Techno group The Prodigy, “Murder on the Dance Floor” singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and many more.

But music won’t be the only form of art presented in Lowther Deer Park, where the festival is set to be held in the upcoming year. In fact, organizers have also revealed that art installations will also be present on the festival grounds.

But the festival hasn’t reached this level of fame without some struggles: after cancelling their 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the organizers also took the decision to cancel the following year’s edition, in 2021, due to the lack of fundings after losing out financially in 2020.

Now, the festival has managed to re-start after the pandemic and both organizers and artists are eager to welcome new and old crowds into the grounds of Kendal Calling. The festival made numbers in ticket sales the previous years, with tickets being sold out within days of their release and the lineup announcement. This year is no different. Despite the lineup being only just announced, Kendal Calling’s tickets are already 70% sold out. Tickets can be accessed here.

Here’s the festival’s story told by their organisers:

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The organizers of Kendal Calling have revealed that there’s more acts to be announced, but it seems like the artists confirmed so far are enough for fans to plan their summer trip to the lake district.

Watch previous performances at Kendal Calling on their YouTube:

It’s go time! The lineup for #EOTR2024 is here. Explore the full lineup and book your tickets here: https://t.co/zGKGdovsd8
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— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) February 7, 2024

The festival returns to Lamar Tree Gardens in Wiltshire and will take place from 29 August until 1 September 2024. One of Britain’s best alternative rock and folk festivals, it traces its roots back to 2006, and has since won a number of festival awards, including ‘Best Small Festival’ at the 2011 UK Festival Awards and ‘Best Small Festival’ at the NME Awards in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Bristol rock favourites Idles will end their summer with an appearance at End Of The Road before jetting off for their second North American tour of the year later in September. The post-hardcore heavyweights return to Lamar Tree Gardens having performed at the Big Top stage back in 2018.

Shoegaze giants Slowdive will cap off a heavy summer schedule filled with European festival shows with a headline appearance at this year’s event. The group released their fifth studio Everything Is Alive last September, returning with their signature shoegaze sound that continues to delight fans new and old.

Watch the music video for “Sugar For The Pill” by Slowdive below:

Another headlining act is Swedish artist Fever Ray, AKA Karin Dreijer, formerly part of electronic music duo The Knife. Dreijer will bring their illuminating, experimental art-pop for all to witness next summer and will be joined by folk hero Will Oldham, better known professionally as Bonnie “Prince” Billy (or Palace in his formative years). Once labelled an ‘Appalachian post-punk solipsist’, the DIY folk singer is known for both his ability to transcend sub-genres of folk, making them his own, and for his enigmatic and wholly spiritual live shows. His upcoming first appearance at Britain’s premier folk festival is, therefore, long overdue.

Watch the music video for “I See A Darkness” by Bonnie “Prince” Billy below:

End Of The Road festival saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Allah-Las perform last year, and past years have seen acts like Jeffrey Lewis, Patti Smith, Tame Impala and Mac DeMarco play. Check out this year’s full line-up here.

Tickets are available to purchase now here.

Chief booker James Scarlett said of next summer’s festival, “Once again we’re bringing a line-up of 2000trees legends, including the likes of Boston Manor and The XCERTS, to open the festival on the Wednesday night for those of you lucky enough to get your hands on a four-day ticket. We’re also stoked to be welcoming so many bands like The Gaslight Anthem, Manchester Orchestra, Hot Mulligan and Better Lovers to the festival for the very first time. 2000trees 2024 is already shaping up to be something truly special – don’t sleep on it!” 

The festival is certainly aiming to capitalise on and further promote acts that have been grabbing the attention of fans and critics in recent months with groups such as Brighton’s Lambrini Girls, Southampton’s thrash/hardcore crossover band Grove Street and Glasgow’s Dead Pony all getting the opportunity to wow audiences with their exciting, pulse-raising live sets that have earned them much press coverage over the past year.

A stand out feature for 2024 will undoubtedly be Better Lovers-a supergroup made up of members of Dillinger Escape Plan and Everytime I Die. UK audiences will be eager to catch what will assuredly be a wildly chaotic and exhilarating performance from a band that promises true greatness in the years to come.

Founded in 2007, 2000trees festival was began by six friends who were tired of the mainstream festivals dominating the British Summer Time scene and yearning for a more underground celebration that featured bands that were less well known, up and coming or rooted in the alternative scene. The festival remains small, capping out at 15,000 attendees-giving it a close-knit atmosphere.

Tickets to the 2024 edition of the festival are on sale now and can be purchased here.

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The first line up announcement includes artists, Alesso, Jauz, Oppidan, Tchami, Dillon Francis, Malaa, Kayzo, Bloody Beetroots, Noizu, Gentlemens Club, Duke & Jones, Whipped Cream, Holly, Siren and Holy Goof. Coventry born, Holy Goof, most famous for the 2020 single ‘Down For You’, recently posted on his Facebook page announcing his debut performance at Hardfest.

The event is being held at an exciting London venue, The Drumsheds, a unique space which is run by the creators of Printworks, another much loved London venue. This summer will see Hard Event’s summer spectacular, Hard Summer, being held in the UK for the first time. The music brand achieved great success in the US and now they are coming to the UK to do the same. Hard Events initial success in the UK was in their stage at Creamfields 2016, which held performances by artists including, Four Tet and Jauz.

Since its formation in 2007 Hard events has been providing quality events in the US, full of great music and great times. The brand’s first Hard Music Festival held on December 31st 2007 in Los Angeles was a huge success with artists such as Justice and Peaches performing. And this summer they promise to bring the same energy in which they are famed for across the pond. Previous performers at the Hard Music Festivals include musical megastar Diplo, famed for ‘Lean On‘, the 2008 breakthrough track as Major Lazer, a supergroup formed by the producer.

Hard Festival will start at 14:00 and will close for the night at 22:30, with an already impressive line-up and more acts to be an announcement, it is no surprise that music fans are gearing up for an unforgettable experience.

Presale tickets and VIP passes are on sale on Wednesday 31st March at noon GST with early bird pricing starting at £39.50.

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