Monday, February 28, 2011

Summer places

Time for our annual at a glance guide to the bulk of UK festivals that are worth the effort, up to mid-September's arbitary cut-off point and this time without the dance events as if you cared about those sorts of bills you'd have stopped reading STN years ago. All prices are for one adult weekend camping ticket and we'll try and update as time progresses. Let us know of any worthwhile omissions.

[updated 21/4]

Live At Leeds
When: 29th April-1st May
Where: across Leeds
How much: £17.50
Confirmed: 2:54, Aloe Blacc, Anna Calvi, Breton, The Chapman Family, Cloud Control, Cocknbullkid, Dinosaur Pile Up, The Duke Spirit, Fight Like Apes, Fixers, Frightened Rabbit, The Futureheads, James Blake, Jon Fratelli, Let's Buy Happiness, Let's Wrestle, Mazes, Pulled Apart By Horses, Slow Club, Spark, Stagecoach, Still Corners, Tribes, Trophy Wife, The Twilight Sad, Villagers, The Whip, Young Knives

Camden Crawl
When: 30th April-1st May
Where: across Camden
How much: £63.50
Confirmed: Banjo Or Freakout, Beth Jeans Houghton, Bo Ningen, British Sea Power, The Chapman Family, Dananananaykroyd, Dinosaur Pile Up, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Graham Coxon, Guillemots, John & Jehn, Johnny Foreigner, Killing Joke, The Lemonheads, Let's Buy Happiness, Lethal Bizzle, Marques Toliver, Miles Kane, MNDR, OFWGKTA, Peggy Sue, The Phantom Band, PVT, Razorlight, Saint Etienne, Simian Mobile Disco, Spectrals, Those Dancing Days, Ultrasound, Veronica Falls, Villagers

All Tomorrow’s Parties – Animal Collective
When: 13th-15th May
Where: Butlins Minehead
How much: £170
Confirmed: Actress, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Atlas Sound, Beach House, Big Boi, Black Dice, Dent May, Deradoorian, Gang Gang Dance, Grouper, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Lee Scratch Perry, Meat Puppets, Micachu and The Shapes, Oneohtrix Point Never, Prince Rama, Spectrum, Terry Riley, Zomby

The Great Escape
When: 13th-15th May
Where: across Brighton
How much: £51
Confirmed: ASIWYFA, Anna Calvi, The Antlers, Art Brut, Chad Valley, Cults, Dark Dark Dark, Dinosaur Pile Up, DJ Shadow, Dog Is Dead, Echo Lake, Example, Fixers, Frank Turner, Friendly Fires, Gallops, Gang Gang Dance, Guillemots, Josh T Pearson, The Joy Formidable, Katy B, Let's Buy Happiness, Marnie Stern, Okkervil River, The Phantom Band, The Radio Dept, Smoke Fairies, Still Corners, Sufjan Stevens, Three Trapped Tigers, Trophy Wife, Twin Shadow, The Vaccines, Warpaint, The Wave Pictures

Stag And Dagger
When: 19th/21st May
Where: across Shoreditch and Glasgow respectively
How much: £10
Confirmed:
LONDON: James Yuill, New Young Pony Club, Toro Y Moi, Wire
GLASGOW: Admiral Fallow, Bo Ningen, Broken Records, The Cave Singers, Clinic, Kurt Vile, The Scottish Enlightenment, Sons and Daughters, Three Trapped Tigers, Toro Y Moi, Tribes, Warpaint

Liverpool Sound City
When: 19th-21st May
Where: across Liverpool
How much: early bird £35
Confirmed: Alessi's Ark, Black Lips, Broken Records, Chad Valley, The Chapman Family, Clinic, Colourmusic, Cults, Dinosaur Pile Up, Frank Turner, Funeral For a Friend, Funeral Party, Hot Club de Paris, Jamie XX, Kurt Vile, Lower Than Atlantis, Mona, Niki & The Dove, Pete & The Pirates, Philip Selway, SBTRKT, Smoke Fairies, Sound of Guns, Spank Rock, Steve Mason, TEETH, Those Dancing Days, Three Trapped Tigers, Veronica Falls, The View, The Whip, Willy Mason, Worriedaboutsatan, Yuck

Wood
When: 20th-22nd May
Where: Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
How much: £95
Confirmed: Dreaming Spires, Eliza Carthy, The Epstein, Holton's Opulent Oog, Thea Gilmore, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou, Willy Mason

Friends Of Mine
When: 21st-22nd May
Where: Capesthorne Hall, Siddington, Cheshire
How much: £89.50
Confirmed: A Certain Ratio, Badly Drawn Boy, Bad Lieutenant, Black Lips, Buzzcocks, The Charlatans, Cherry Ghost, The Cribs, David Mcalmont, Detroit Social Club, Dutch Uncles, Emmy the Great, Factory Floor, The Fall, Flats, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hatcham Social, Horace Andy, Jim Noir, Kid British, Liam Frost, Lightning Seeds, The Longcut, Mr Scruff, The Phantom Band, Puressence, Toro Y Moi, Twisted Wheel, The Wedding Present, The Whip, Young Knives, Yuck

Meadowlands
When: 27th-29th May
Where: Glynde Place, Lewes
How much: £80
Confirmed: Doll and the Kicks, Electric Soft Parade, Foy Vance, Hot Club de Paris, John Smith, Kate Walsh, Mirrors, The Miserable Rich, Penguin Cafe, Pope Joan, Tom McRae, Three Trapped Tigers

Evolution
When: 28th-29th May
Where: Gateshead Quayside
How much: £35
Confirmed: Bellowhead, Billy Bragg, Brother, Caribou, Cocknbullkid, Darwin Deez, Example, Fenech Soler, Flashguns, Gaggle, Hercules & Love Affair, Iggy & the Stooges, Jamie Woon, Kathryn Williams, Katy B, The Kills, Mount Kimbie, Pete Molinari, Plan B, Smoke Fairies, Spank Rock, Spark, Tinie Tempah, Two Door Cinema Club

Play Fest
When: 28th-29th May
Where: New Eccles Hall, Norwich
How much: early bird £55
Confirmed: Darwin Deez, Frank Turner, The Futureheads, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, The Kabeedies, Kill It Kid, The King Blues, Little Comets

Dot To Dot
When: 28th-30th May
Where: across Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester respectively
How much: £25
Confirmed: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Becoming Real, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Braids, Colourmusic, Cults, Dananananaykroyd, Dom, Ed Sheeran, Fixers, Guillemots, Hurts, Is Tropical, The Joy Formidable, The Naked And Famous, Niki & The Dove, The Phoenix Foundation, SBTRKT, Stagecoach, Swimming, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Trophy Wife, We Are Scientists, Wolf Gang

Wychwood
When: 3rd-5th June
Where: Cheltenham Racecourse
How much: £115
Confirmed: The Bluetones, The Charlatans, The Christians, Cornershop, Eddi Reader, Eliza Carthy, Ian Anderson Plays Jethro Tull, John Cooper Clarke, Neville Staple, Robyn Hitchcock (playing Captain Beefheart), Roddy Woomble, Transglobal Underground, The Travelling Band, The Waterboys, The Wurzels

Download
When: 10th-12th June
Where: Donington Park
How much: £180
Confirmed: Alice Cooper, Avenged Sevenfold, Bowling For Soup, Bring Me The Horizon, Buckcherry, Bullet For My valentine, Cheap Trick, The Cult, Danzig, The Darkness, Def Leppard, Disturbed, Duff McKagan's Loaded, Frank Turner, Funeral For A Friend, Gaslight Anthem, GWAR, The King Blues, Korn, Linkin Park, Madina Lake, Masters Of Reality, Pendulum, Plain White T's, The Pretty Reckless, Puddle of Mudd, Rob Zombie, Skunk Anansie, System Of A Down, Thin Lizzy, Trash Talk, Twisted Sister

Isle Of Wight
When: 10th-12th June
Where: Seaclose Park, Newport
How much: SOLD OUT
Confirmed: ABC, Alexandra Burke, Band Of Horses, Beady Eye, Boy George, Brother, Cast, The Courteeners, The Cult, Eliza Doolittle, Foo Fighters, Hadouken!, Hurts, Iggy & the Stooges, Imelda May, Jeff Beck, Joan Jett, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Kings Of Leon, Manic Street Preachers, Mike & The Mechanics, Nick Lowe, Pixie Lott, Plan B, Public Image Ltd, Pulp, The Script, Seasick Steve, Tinie Tempah, Tom Jones, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, We Are Scientists, Wild Beasts

Rock Ness
When: 10th-12th June
Where: Loch Ness
How much: £149
Confirmed: Beardyman, Broken Records, Brother, Chapel Club, The Chemical Brothers, The Cribs, DJ Shadow, DJ Yoda, Dog Is Dead, Example, Frightened Rabbit, Glasvegas, Kasabian, Katy B, Lissie, Magnetic Man, Nero, Paolo Nutini, Simian Mobile Disco, Sons and Daughters, The Twilight Sad, Two Door Cinema Club, We Are Scientists, The Wombats

Long Division
When: 11th June
Where: across Wakefield
How much: early bird £10
Confirmed: The Birthday Kiss, Darwin Deez, Emma Pollock, Emmy The Great, Honour Before Glory, I Like Trains, Los Campesinos!, The Lovely Eggs, Middleman, Napoleon IIIrd, Skint & Demoralised, Spectrals, Stanley Brinks, The Wave Pictures, The Wedding Present, The Wind-Up Birds

Get Loaded In The Park
When: 12th June
Where: Clapham Common
How much: early bird £35
Confirmed: The Agitator, British Sea Power, The Cribs, Darwin Deez, Johnny Flynn, Los Campesinos!, Noisettes, Patrick Wolf, Razorlight, Slow Club

Glastonbury
When: 23th-26th June
Where: Worthy Farm
How much: SOLD OUT
Confirmed: Battles, BB King, Beyoncé, Biffy Clyro, Big Audio Dynamite, Bright Eyes, Caribou, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, DJ Shadow, Eels, Elbow, Fatboy Slim, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Glasvegas, Gruff Rhys, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Laura Marling, Lee Scratch Perry, Lykke Li, Morrissey, Mumford and Sons, Paul Simon, Pendulum, Plan B, Primal Scream, Queens Of The Stone Age, Robyn, The Streets, Tinie Tempah, TV On The Radio, U2, The Walkmen, Wild Beasts, The Wombles, Wu-Tang Clan

Hard Rock Calling
When: 24th-26th June
Where: Hyde Park
How much: £59
Confirmed: Adam Ant, Barenaked Ladies, Bon Jovi, The Killers, Lighthouse Family, Mike & The Mechanics, Rod Stewart, Rumer, Stevie Nicks, Train

Hop Farm
When: 1st-2nd July
Where: Hop Farm, Tonbridge
How much: £130
Confirmed: 10cc, The Bluetones, Brandon Flowers, Bryan Ferry, Carl Barat, Chrissie Hynde, Clock Opera, Death Cab For Cutie, Dry The River, The Duke Spirit, The Eagles, Erland & the Carnival, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Gang of Four, Guillemots, The Human League, Iggy & the Stooges, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, The Leisure Society, Lou Reed, Manu Chao, Morrissey, Newton Faulkner, Noisettes, Ocean Colour Scene, Patti Smith, The Secret Sisters, Stornoway, Summer Camp, Tim Booth, The Walkmen

Blissfields
When: 1st-3rd July
Where: Bradley Farm, Alresford, Hampshire
How much: £65
Confirmed: Andy Burrows, Beans On Toast, Chad Valley, The Chapman Family, Chris T-T, Colin MacIntyre, Delays, Dub Pistols, Fenech-Soler, Fool's Gold, Frank Turner, Gold Panda, Imperial Leisure, James Yuill, The Jim Jones Revue, King Charles, Man Like Me, Marques Toliver, SixNationState, The Sound of Arrows, Summer Camp, Tricky, Various Cruelties

Cornbury
When: 1st-3rd July
Where: Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire
How much: £140
Confirmed: Bellowhead, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cyndi Lauper, Deacon Blue, Eliza Doolittle, The Faces, Imelda May, James Blunt, The Like, Olly Murs, Ray Davies, Saw Doctors, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Status Quo, Wilko Johnson

Wireless
When: 1st-3rd July
Where: Hyde Park
How much: £48.50 per day
Confirmed: Aphex Twin, Battles, The Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Chase & Status, The Chemical Brothers, Chipmunk, Chromeo, Clock Opera, David Guetta, Example, Far East Movement, Fight Like Apes, Foals, Funeral Party, Grace Jones, The Horrors, Janelle Monae, Katy B, Labrinth, The Like, Metronomy, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Naked & Famous, Nero, Plan B, The Pretty Reckless, Pulp, Roky Erickson, The Streets, Summer Camp, Tinie Tempah, TV On The Radio, The Whip, Wretch 32

Lounge On The Farm
When: 8th-10th July
Where: Merton Farm, Canterbury
How much: £105
Confirmed: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Big Deal, Bob Log III, Caravan, Cast, Chad Valley, Cornershop, Daughter, Dry The River, Echo and the Bunnymen, Egyptian Hip Hop, Ellie Goulding, Example, Fixers, Graham Coxon, Jamie Woon, Johnny Flynn, The Joy Formidable, Katy B, Kyla La Grange, Let's Buy Happiness, Liam Bailey, Pete And The Pirates, Slow Club, Still Corners, The Streets, Summer Camp, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Trophy Wife, The Vaccines

Sonisphere
When: 8th-10th July
Where: Knebworth House
How much: £180
Confirmed: All Time Low, Anthrax, Architects, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Cancer Bats, Diamond Head, Gallows, Hayseed Dixie, House Of Pain, INME, Kids in Glass Houses, Killing Joke, Limp Bizkit, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Megadeth, Metallica, Motörhead, Opeth, Pulled Apart By Horses, Richard Cheese, Rolo Tomassi, Sisters Of Mercy, Slayer, Slipknot, Sum 41, Weezer, You Me At Six

T In The Park
When: 8th-10th July
Where: Balado
How much: SOLD OUT
Confirmed: All Time Low, Arctic Monkeys, Beady Eye, Blondie, Brandon Flowers, Bright Eyes, Chase & Status, Coldplay, Crystal Castles, Deadmau5, Everything Everything, Foo Fighters, Friendly Fires, House Of Pain, Hurts, Jessie J, Jimmy Eat World, Ke$ha, KT Tunstall, Leftfield, Manic Street Preachers, My Chemical Romance, Noah And The Whale, Pendulum, Pete Doherty, Plan B, Pulp, The Saturdays, The Script, The Streets, The Strokes, Tinie Tempah, Tom Jones, The View, Weezer, White Lies

Wakestock
When: 8th-10th July
Where: Pwllheli Inner Marina and Abersoch Beach
How much: £125
Confirmed: Biffy Clyro, Chase & Status, Chiddy Bang, Ellie Goulding, Example, Far East Movement, The Good Natured, Jaguar Skills, Kids In Glass Houses, Little Comets, Nero, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, The Wombats, Wretch 32

1234 Shoreditch Festival
When: 9th July
Where: Shoreditch Park, East London
How much: early bird £15
Confirmed: Becoming Real, Black Lips, The Chapman Family, Dam Mantle, Damo Suzuki, Echo Lake, Electricity In Our Homes, Fair Ohs, The King Blues, Lydia Lunch, Rainbow Arabia, The Raveonettes, Sex Beet, Two Wounded Birds

Larmer Tree
When: 13th-17th July
Where: Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury
How much: £197
Confirmed: Allo Darlin', Asian Dub Foundation, Bellowhead, Caitlin Rose, The Coal Porters, CW Stoneking, The Dodge Brothers, Imelda May, Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra (feat. Sandie Shaw), Matthew and the Atlas, My First Tooth, Ozomatli, Seasick Steve, Seth Lakeman, Spiers & Boden, Stornoway, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain

2000 Trees
When: 14th-16th July
Where: Upcote Farm, Cheltenham
How much: £59
Confirmed: And So I Watch You From Afar, Bo Ningen, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Danny And The Champions of The World, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Ellen and the Escapades, Frightened Rabbit, Imperial Leisure, Islet, Japanese Voyeurs, Kill It Kid, Kong, Left With Pictures, Los Campesinos!, Maybeshewill, Stagecoach, Talons, Three Trapped Tigers, The Travelling Band, The Twilight Sad, The Wave Pictures, Zun Zun Egui

Latitude
When: 14th-17th July
Where: Henham Park Estate, Beccles
How much: £170
Confirmed: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, Caribou, The Cribs, Deerhunter, Dog Is Dead, Echo and the Bunnymen, Edwyn Collins, Eels, Everything Everything, Foals, Glasvegas, Gold Panda, Hurts, I Am Kloot, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Jenny & Johnny, Kele, KT Tunstall, The Leisure Society, Lykke Li, My Morning Jacket, OMD, Paloma Faith, Seasick Steve, They Might Be Giants, Trophy Wife, The Vaccines, Villagers, Wanda Jackson, The Waterboys

Guilfest
When: 15th-17th July
Where: Stoke Park, Guildford
How much: £120
Confirmed: Erasure, James Blunt, Peter Andre, Public Image Ltd, Razorlight

Lovebox
When: 15th-17th July
Where: Victoria Park, London
How much: day tickets £28.50
Confirmed: 2manydjs, Architecture In Helsinki, Beardyman, Beth Ditto, Blondie, Cassius, Cherry Ghost, The Drums, Dry The River, Example, Fenech-Soler, Flying Lotus, Groove Armada, High Contrast, Hudson Mohawke, Jessie J, The Joy Formidable, Katy B, Kelis, Kode 9, London Elektricity, Lykke Li, Marc Almond, Metronomy, Ms Dynamite, Robyn, Roll Deep, Santigold, Scissor Sisters, SebastiAn, Shy FX, Skream, Snoop Dogg, The Wombats

The Secret Garden Party
When: 21st-24th July
Where: Mill Hill Field, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
How much: £160
Confirmed: The Bees, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Blondie, Broken Records, Chew Lips, CW Stoneking, Guillemots, I Am Kloot, The Jim Jones Revue, King Charles, Kyla La Grange, Leftfield, Marcus Foster, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Matt & Kim, Mistajam, Mylo, Mystery Jets, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Secret Sisters, Smoke Fairies, Sparrow and the Workshop, Susan Cadogan & Dawn Penn, Tribes, The Whip

Deer Shed
When: 22nd-24th July (but mostly just the 23rd)
Where: Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
How much: £59
Confirmed: Admiral Fallow, Caitlin Rose, Erland And The Carnival, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Go! Team, I Am Kloot, The Leisure Society, Let's Buy Happiness, Matthew And The Atlas, The Neat,Spokes, Tigers That Talked, Tom Williams & The Boat

Truck
When: 22nd-24th July
Where: Steventon, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire
How much: £99
Confirmed: Admiral Fallow, Alessi's Ark, Bellowhead, Caitlin Rose, Chad Valley, Cherry Ghost, Dean Wareham (plays Galaxie 500), Dry The River, The Duke & The King, Edwyn Collins, Fixers, Gaggle, The Go! Team, Graham Coxon, Gruff Rhys, John Grant, Johnny Flynn, Jonny, Jonquil, Marques Toliver, Mechanical Bride, Philip Selway, Richmond Fontaine, Roddy Woomble, Saint Etienne, Treefight For Sunlight, Trophy Wife, Tunng

ATP I'll Be Your Mirror
When: 23rd-24th July
Where: Alexandra Palace
How much: £107
Confirmed: Alan Moore & Stephen O'Malley, Anika, Beach House, BEAK>, The Books, Caribou, Company Flow, Doom, Factory Floor, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grinderman, Liars, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Swans

Cambridge Folk Festival
When: 28th-31st July
Where: Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge
How much: £114
Confirmed: Admiral Fallow, Bellowhead, Caitlin Rose, Femi Kuti, Frank Turner, Justin Townes Earle, Kate Rusby, Laura Marling, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Newton Faulkner, Penguin Cafe, Pentangle, Raul Malo, Richard Thompson, Robert Cray, Rumer, The Secret Sisters, Villagers

Camp Bestival
When: 28th-31st July
Where: Lulworth Castle, Dorset
How much: £170
Confirmed: ABC, Adrian Edmondson & the Bad Shepherds, Beardyman, Blondie, Caitlin Rose, Clare Maguire, DJ Yoda, Easy Star All Stars, Eliza Doolittle, Frankie & the Heartstrings, Groove Armada, House Of Pain, Kathryn Williams, Katy B, Laura Marling, Mark Ronson & the Business Intl, Mistajam, Ms Dynamite, Newton Faulkner, Primal Scream, The Wonder Stuff, Wretch 32

Indietracks
When: 29th-31st July
Where: Midland Railway, Butterley Station, Derbyshire
How much: £62.50
Confirmed: Ace Bushy Striptease, Butcher Boy, Chris T-T, Edwyn Collins, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, The Hidden Cameras, Jeffrey Lewis, Jonny, Math & Physics Club, Pocketbooks, Ringo Deathstarr, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Withered Hand

Kendal Calling
When: 29th-31st July
Where: Lowther Castle, Kendal
How much: £95
Confirmed: Beardyman, Blondie, The Charlatans (acoustic), Chase & Status, The Cribs, Easy Star All Stars, Echo & The Bunnymen, Frank Turner, Frankie & The Heartstrings, House Of Pain, The Levellers, Middleman, Mr Scruff, The Whip, Young Knives

Big Chill
When: 4th-7th August
Where: Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
How much: £165
Confirmed: 2manydjs, About Group, Ariel Pink, Buraka Som Sistema, Calvin Harris, Chemical Brothers, Chipmunk, Electrelane, Example, Femi Kuti, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Hercules And Love Affair, Jamie Woon, Jamie XX, Janelle Monae, Jessie J, Kanye West, Katy B, Metronomy, Neneh Cherry, Norman Jay, Robert Plant, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Warpaint, Wild Beasts

Underage Festival
When: 5th August
Where: Victoria Park, London
How much: £25 early bird
Confirmed: Bombay Bicycle Club, Brother, The Chapman Family, Cocknbullkid, Crystal Fighters, Devlin, Dog Is Dead, Dutch Uncles, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Giggs, Janelle Monae, Labrinth, Miles Kane, Roll Deep, Tribes

Belladrum Tartan Heart
When: 5th-6th August
Where: Belladrum Estate, Inverness-shire
How much: £90
Confirmed: Admiral Fallow, Anna Calvi, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, CW Stoneking, Deacon Blue, Dry The River, Easy Star All Stars, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ed Sheeran, Frank Turner, Frightened Rabbit, Little Comets, Newton Faulkner, Teddy Thomson, Texas, The Webb Sisters

Y-Not
When: 5th-7th August
Where: Pikehall, Matlock, Derbyshire
How much: £65
Confirmed: Beans on Toast, Beardyman, Brother, Dananananaykroyd, Dinosaur Pile Up, Egyptian Hip Hop, The Go! Team, Jamie Woon, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, Maximo Park, Miles Kane, Pete & The Pirates, Stagecoach, Swimming, Tellison, Tribes

Field Day
When: 6th August
Where: Victoria Park, London
How much: £35
Confirmed: 2:54, Anna Calvi, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Benga, Born Ruffians, Carl Craig, Chad Valley, Clock Opera, Cloud Control, Connan Mockasin, Ducktails, Electrelane, Factory Floor, Faust, Glasser, Gruff Rhys, The Horrors, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Jamie XX, John Cale, Junip, Konono No.1, Mark Kozelek, Matthew Dear, Mount Kimbie, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tortoise, Tribes, Trophy Wife, Twin Shadow, Villagers, Warpaint, Wild Beasts, Willy Mason, Zola Jesus

Cropredy
When: 11th-13th August
Where: Cropredy, Banbury, Oxfordshire
How much: £90 early bird, £100 full
Confirmed: Badly Drawn Boy, The Blockheads, The Coral, Fairport Convention, Hayseed Dixie, Richard Digance, Seasick Steve, The Travelling Band, UB40

Standon Calling
When: 11th-14th August
Where: Standon, Ware
How much: £120
Confirmed: Battles, Born Ruffians, Broken Records, Egyptian Hip Hop, Errors, Gallops, Hercules And Love Affair, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, John Cooper Clarke, John Grant, The Mummers, Penguin Cafe, Saul Williams, Spiritualized, The Travelling Band, Trophy Wife

Beacons
When: 12th-14th August
Where: Skipton
How much: £50 early bird
Confirmed: Admiral Fallow, Andy Votel, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Dog Is Dead, Dry The River, Ducktails, Dutch Uncles, Emmy The Great, Factory Floor, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Hudson Mohawke, I Like Trains, Islet, Jamie Woon, Jamie XX, Mazes, Mount Kimbie, Mr Scruff, Napoleon IIIrd, The Phantom Band, Polar Bear, Spectrals, Star Slinger, That Fucking Tank, Toddla T, The Twilight Sad, Willy Mason

Summer Sundae
When: 12th-14th August
Where: De Montfort Hall and Gardens, Leicester
How much: £115
Confirmed: The Antlers, The Bees, Bellowhead, Beth Jeans Houghton, Blood Red Shoes, Born Ruffians, Chapel Club, The Cuban Brothers, CW Stoneking, Dry The River, Example, Factory Floor, Graham Coxon, I Am Kloot, The Jim Jones Revue, John Cooper Clarke, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Liam Bailey, Little Comets, The Maccabees, McFly, Newton Faulkner, Pete And The Pirates, The Phantom Band, Reef, Shonen Knife, Showaddywaddy, Teddy Thompson, Toots and the Maytals, Wilko Johnson, Young Knives

Wilderness
When: 12th-14th August
Where: Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire
How much: £99.50 early bird
Confirmed: Antony and The Johnsons, Daniel Johnston, Dry The River, Gogol Bordello, Guillemots, Hayseed Dixie, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Laura Marling, The Low Anthem, Toots and the Maytals

Beautiful Days
When: 19th-21st August
Where: Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon
How much: £110
Confirmed: Alabama 3, The Bad Shepherds, The Beat, Big Audio Dynamite, The Blockheads, Carter USM, Dave McPherson, Eddi Reader, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, I Am Kloot, The Jim Jones Revue, John Grant, The Levellers, Oysterband, Paul Heaton, Pop Will Eat Itself, Roddy Woomble, Stereo MC's, Teddy Thompson

Green Man
When: 19th-21st August
Where: Glanusk Park, Powys
How much: £135
Confirmed: 2:54, Admiral Fallow, The Antlers, Bellowhead, Benjamin Francis Leftwich,The Burns Unit, Dry The River, Ellen and the Escapades, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Explosions In The Sky, Fleet Foxes, Gruff Rhys, Holy Fuck, Iron And Wine, James Blake, The Leisure Society, The Low Anthem, Noah and the Whale, Robyn Hitchcock, The Travelling Band, Treefight for Sunlight, Ute, Villagers, Wild Nothing

V Festival
When: 20th-21st August
Where: Hylands Park, Chelmsford/Weston Park, Staffordshire
How much: £175
Confirmed: Arctic Monkeys, Bellowhead, Big Audio Dynamite, Bruno Mars, Cast, Chase & Status, The Courteeners, Dizzee Rascal, Duran Duran, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Example, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Hurts, Imelda May, Jessie J, Kaiser Chiefs, Katy B, KT Tunstall, Manic Street Preachers, N-Dubz, Olly Murs, Pendulum, Plan B, Primal Scream (present Screamadelica), Razorlight, Rihanna, The Saturdays, Scouting For Girls, The Script, Squeeze, Tinie Tempah, The Wanted, You Me At Six

Reading & Leeds
When: 26th-28th August
Where: Little Johns Farm/Branham Park
How much: £192.50
Confirmed: 30 Seconds To Mars, Beady Eye, Crystal Castles, Dananananaykroyd, Death From Above 1979, Deftones, Elbow, Frank Turner, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Friendly Fires, The Horrors, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, Madness, Muse, My Chemical Romance, The National, Noah & The Whale, OFWGKTA, The Offspring, Patrick Wolf, Peter Doherty, Pulled Apart By Horses, Pulp, Seasick Steve, The Streets, The Strokes, Two Door Cinema Club, UNKLE, The Vaccines, The View, Warpaint

Solfest
When: 26th-28th August
Where: Tarnside Farm, near Aspatria, Cumbria
How much: £89
Confirmed: Cast, The Damned, Kanda Bongo Man, Kate Rusby, The Saw Doctors, Sharks Took The Rest, The Stranglers, The Travelling Band, Wilko Johnson

Offset
When: 2nd-3rd September
Where: Hainault Forest Country Park, Redbridge
How much: TBC
Confirmed: TBA

Moseley Folk Festival
When: 2nd-4th September
Where: Moseley Park, Birmingham
How much: TBC
Confirmed: TBA

End Of The Road
When: 2nd-4th September
Where: Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury
How much: £145
Confirmed: Beirut, Best Coast, Bob Log III, Bo Ningen, Caitlin Rose, Emmy The Great, The Fall, Gordon Gano, Gruff Rhys, HEALTH, James Yorkston, Joan As Policewoman, Joanna Newsom, John Grant, Jolie Holland, Josh T Pearson, Kurt Vile, Laura Marling, The Leisure Society, Lykke Li, Micah P Hinson, Midlake, Mogwai, Perfume Genius, The Secret Sisters, Timber Timbre, Tinariwen, Treefight For Sunlight, tUnE-yArDs, Twin Shadow, The Walkmen, White Denim, Wild Beasts, Wild Nothing, Willy Mason, Wooden Shjips

Bestival
When: 8th-11th September
Where: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight
How much: SOLD OUT
Confirmed: 65daysofstatic, Big Audio Dynamite, Brian Wilson, Crystal Castles, The Cure, DJ Shadow, The Drums, Fatboy Slim,, Graham Coxon, Grandmaster Flash, Islet, James Blake, Katy B, Kelis, Los Campesinos!, The Maccabees, Magnetic Man, Max Tundra, Metronomy, Mogwai, Ms Dynamite, Noah and the Whale, Paloma Faith, Patrick Wolf, Primal Scream play Screamadelica, Pendulum, PJ Harvey, Public Enemy, Robyn, Santigold, Toots and the Maytals, The Unthanks, Village People, Zola Jesus

Headstock
When: 10th-11th September
Where: Newstead and Annesley Country Park, Newstead, Nottinghamshire
How much: early bird £50
Confirmed: TBA

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