Festival Blog
Guides, packing tips, interviews and news from the UK festival scene.
Featured Safety · 4 min read
How to Enjoy a Festival Sober: A Guide to an Alcohol-Free Weekend
Plenty of people do festivals without drinking, for all sorts of reasons. Here is how to have a genuinely good one.
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Who's Going · 4 min read
Accessible UK Festivals: Access Tickets, Viewing Platforms and Blue Badge Parking
Most UK festivals have far more access provision than their website suggests. You just have to apply for it, a…
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Who's Going · 4 min read
Going to a Festival Alone: A Complete Guide to Solo Festival-Going
Going on your own is not a compromise. For a lot of people it turns out to be the better way to do a festival.
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Who's Going · 4 min read
The Best UK Festivals for Families with Young Children
Some festivals tolerate children. A smaller number are genuinely built around them. Here is how to tell, and w…
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Safety · 4 min read
Bag Searches, Lockers and Theft: How to Keep Your Things Safe at a Festival
Festival theft is opportunist rather than sophisticated. Almost all of it is preventable with a few decisions…
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Safety · 4 min read
Festival Etiquette: The Unwritten Rules of Crowds, Camping and Queues
Nobody hands you a rulebook at the gate. Here is the one everyone else is already following.
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Camping & Kit · 4 min read
What to Wear to a Festival: A Practical Guide for the British Weather
A UK festival can serve sunburn and hypothermia in the same twenty-four hours. Dress for the field, not the ph…
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Festival Picks · 9 min read
The Best European Christmas Markets: A Guide for UK Visitors
From Nuremberg and Vienna to Colmar and Zagreb, the European Christmas markets worth travelling for, when they…
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Camping & Kit · 4 min read
How to Keep Your Phone Charged for a Whole Festival Weekend
Your phone is your ticket, your map, your meeting point and your camera. Here is how to make it last three day…
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Camping & Kit · 4 min read
Is Festival Glamping Worth the Money?
Glamping can cost more than the ticket. Whether that is money well spent depends on things nobody puts on the…
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