Here is a listing of all paid-for festivals until the end of July.
We will be listing Free festivals in a separate article later this month, and also will be listing other eco-political outdoor events across Europe shortly.
Holmfirth Festival
Thursday 5 May until Sunday 8 May 2005
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire – MAP
Cost: £48 / £42(concs) / £16 (12-16yrs). Day tickets: £15 – £25 / £10 – £23 (concs) / £8 – £10 (12-16yrs)
Southport Weekender
Friday 6 May until Sunday 8 May 2005
Southport, Merseyside – MAP
Cost: around £110 per person (sharing a chalet)
Annual Cannabis March & Festival
Saturday 7 May 2005
Brixton, London – MAP
Cost: FREE
Boat of Garten
Friday 13 May until Saturday 14 May 2005
Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire – MAP
Cost: £6 Friday/ £4 Saturday
Oxford Folk Festival
Friday 13 May until Sunday 15 May 2005
Oxford – MAP
Cost: £49.00/£40.00 (£54.00/£45.00 after 15th April) – season tickets. Day tickets also available.
Bury St Edmunds
Friday 13 May until Sunday 29 May 2005
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – MAP
Cost: varies – tickets on sale from 14th March.
Llantilio Crossenny
Wednesday 18 May until Monday 23 May 2005
Llantilio Crossenny – MAP
Cost: unknown
Orange Evolution Music Festival
Thursday 19 May until Monday 30 May 2005
various locations on Tyneside
Cost: various prices, plus a FREE event
Bud Rising
Friday 20 May until Friday 20 May 2005
various London venues
Cost: various
Roxy Surf Jam Festival
Saturday 21 May until Friday 27 May 2005
Newquay, Cornwall – MAP
Cost: unknown
Off The Tracks Spring Festival
Friday 27 May until Sunday 29 May 2005
Castle Donington, Leicestershire – MAP
Cost: £45
Run to the Sun
Friday 27 May until Monday 30 May 2005
Porth, Newquay, Cornwall – MAP
Cost: £65 per adult camping, £30 kids – including one week at the holiday park. Chalets/caravans available
Burgerfest
Saturday 28 May 2005
Oxford – MAP
Cost: FREE
We Love… Homelands
Saturday 28 May 2005
Nr. Winchester, Hants. – MAP
Cost: £56.50
A Glorious Day
Saturday 28 May until Sunday 29 May 2005
Millenium Square, Leeds
Cost: £20 – SOLD OUT both days
Liquid Life
Saturday 28 May until Sunday 29 May 2005
Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland – MAP
Cost: unknown
Boat of Garten
Saturday 28 May until Tuesday 31 May 2005
Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire – MAP
Cost: £6 (27th May) / £3 (28th May) / £8 (29th May ).
Rox Festival
Sunday 29 May 2005
Bognor Reg – MAP
Cost: £5 on the gate
Kingston Green Fair
Monday 30 May 2005
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey – MAP
Cost: £5 adults, £3 concs, £2 kids, £10 family – on the gate on day. Community currency welcome.
Wychwood Music Festival
Friday 3 June until Sunday 5 June 2005
Cheltenham – MAP
Cost: £69 w/e adults, £50 w/e 11-18 yr olds, £5 camping per ticket.
Venn
Friday 3 June until Monday 6 June 2005
Bristol, Avon – MAP
Cost: £14 – Friday, £10 – Satuday; £8 – Sunday.
Love Parade Leeds (The Festival)
Saturday 4 June 2005
Lotherton Hall, Leeds – MAP
Cost: £25 before 1st May, £29 after
Strawberry Fair
Saturday 4 June 2005
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Hampton Court Palace Festival
Tuesday 7 June until Saturday 25 June 2005
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey – MAP
Cost: varies depending on the event – from around £35 – £150 (plus booking fee)
Wisley Music Festival
Wednesday 8 June until Saturday 11 June 2005
RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey – MAP
Cost: Wednesday £30: Thursday/Friday/Saturday £27.50 each
Party at the Castle
Friday 10 June until Saturday 11 June 2005
Sherborne, Dorset – MAP
Cost: £12 (in advance) / £15 (on the gate) – adults; £7/ £9 – kids; £32 / £40 – family ticket
Download Festival
Friday 10 June until Sunday 12 June 2005
Donington Park, Leics – MAP
Cost: £105 for 3 days, camping £22.50 extra, days £45 or £50
Isle of Wight Festival
Friday 10 June until Sunday 12 June 2005
Newport, Isle of Wight – MAP
Cost: w/e £75 or £90 with camping, £35 day (Sunday SOLD OUT), campervans £75
Llama Festival
Friday 10 June until Sunday 12 June 2005
Lynton & Lynmouth, North Devon – MAP
Cost: FREE (except for the Friday night gig – £10 in advance)
Park Live
Friday 10 June until Sunday 12 June 2005
Brockwell Park, London – MAP
Cost: Friday £20, Saturday £25, Sunday £25
The Beautiful South in the forests
Friday 10 June until Saturday 25 June 2005
forests around England
Cost: £24
Escape Into The Park
Saturday 11 June 2005
Swansea, Wales – MAP
Cost: £29.50
Frenzy festival
Saturday 11 June 2005
Edinburgh, Scotland – MAP
Cost: B4 2nd March 2005 – Adult £21 / Child £16; After 2nd March 2005 – Adult £26 / Child £17
Madness in the forests
Saturday 11 June until Saturday 25 June 2005
forests around the UK
Cost: £27.50
Meltdown
Saturday 11 June until Sunday 26 June 2005
Royal Festival Hall & Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – MAP
Cost: around £17.50 – £30.00 dependant on event & seats – on sale 5th May
U2 Vertigo Tour
Tuesday 14 June until Wednesday 29 June 2005
Manchester, London, Glasgow, Cardiff
Cost: silly money – SOLD OUT
Isle of Skye Music Festival
Friday 17 June until Saturday 18 June 2005
Isle of Skye – MAP
Cost: £30 per day, children under 12 – free
Beverley Folk Festival
Friday 17 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Beverley, near Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire – MAP
Cost: £46/ £54 (after 1st April)- adult w/e season ticket; £30 / £35 – youth w/e; £25 / £25 – 5-11yrs
Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival
Friday 17 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Middlewich, Cheshire – MAP
Cost: w/e ticket £52.50/£50 (concs) before 1st May; £55/£53(concs) after. Accompanied kids under 10 free.
Pestalozzi Global Fusion
Friday 17 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Sedlescombe, Sussex – MAP
Cost: £30/£40(camping) – adult w/e – b4 10th June; £15 – 11-16yrs & over 60s + no camping charge.
The Big Session Festival
Friday 17 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Leicester – MAP
Cost: Full weekend ticket including camping £35 – book b4 1st March and save £5.
Grassington Festival
Friday 17 June until Sunday 3 July 2005
Grassington, Yorkshire – MAP
Cost: Many free events, others from £4 – £20 (some concessions available)
R.E.M. summer shows
Friday 17 June until Sunday 10 July 2005
various (around the UK)
Cost: various
Rock in the Rec
Saturday 18 June 2005
Arborfield Cross, Wokingham, Berkshire – MAP
Cost: £8 in advance, £10 on the gate, kids under 14 years – FREE
Charlbury Riverside Festival
Saturday 18 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Charlbury, Oxfordshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Green Day @ Milton Keynes
Saturday 18 June until Sunday 19 June 2005
Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Cost: £28.50 (only Sunday available)
Stonehenge
Tuesday 21 June 2005
Stonehenge, Wiltshire – MAP
Cost: FREE (including FREE car park)
Bloodstock Open Air
Friday 24 June until Saturday 25 June 2005
Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire – MAP
Cost: 2-day £40, 2-day with camping £45
Pokey Hole
Friday 24 June until Saturday 25 June 2005
Moira, Derbyshire – MAP
Cost: £40 for both nights (seated) or £36 on the grass; £24.50 per night (seated) / £22 on the grass
Dent Folk Festival
Friday 24 June until Sunday 26 June 2005
Dent, Cumbria – MAP
Cost: Prices range from £10 to £12.50, with a ticket for all the weekend music events at £30.
Glastonbury Festival
Friday 24 June until Sunday 26 June 2005
Glastonbury, Somerset – MAP
Cost: £125 – SOLD OUT
Leigh Folk Festival
Friday 24 June until Sunday 26 June 2005
Leigh-on-Sea – MAP
Cost: Free
Wireless Music Festival
Friday 24 June until Thursday 30 June 2005
Hyde Park, London
Cost: £35 for each day
Exeter Respect
Sunday 26 June until Sunday 3 July 2005
Exeter, Devon – MAP
Cost: around £15 for the evening gig at the Phoenix Arts Centre – many other events free
Coldplay’s summer tour
Monday 27 June until Tuesday 5 July 2005
various around the UK
Cost: £32.50
Oasis’ summer shows
Wednesday 29 June until Wednesday 13 July 2005
various
Cost: £32.50 – sold out (Newcastle on sale 12/2/05 @ 9am)
Edinbane Festival
Friday 1 July until Saturday 2 July 2005
Edinbane, Isle of Skye, – MAP
Cost: Ticket prices unknown however kids under 12 years get in free.
B-Live Party
Friday 1 July until Sunday 3 July 2005
Clapham Common, London
Cost: Friday £12, Saturday & Sunday £30 each, £55 for all three days
Fontmell Magna Festival
Friday 1 July until Sunday 3 July 2005
Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset – MAP
Cost: Single event in The Village Hall £15/ £12 (concs) or £24 per person for all village hall events
Frome festival
Friday 1 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Frome, Somerset – MAP
Cost: various prices depending on the event
Wombledon
Friday 1 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Various venues, Wimbledon, South West London – MAP
Cost: various depending on the event
Gillingham Festival
Friday 1 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Gillingham, North Dorset – MAP
Cost: unknown but ticket prices possibly vary depending on the event
Chill in the Park
Saturday 2 July 2005
Nottinghamshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Riverside Festival
Saturday 2 July 2005
Stamford, Lincolnshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Somerset House Series
Tuesday 5 July until Wednesday 13 July 2005
Somerset House, London – MAP
Cost: £20, £22.50, or £25 (dependant on day)
Blissfields Festival
Friday 8 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Alresford, Hampshire – MAP
Cost: FREE (+£5 camping) but please reserve your free ticket in advance
East Coast Blues Festival
Friday 8 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Nr Skegness, Lincolnshire – MAP
Cost: £25
NASS
Friday 8 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Shepton Mallet, Somerset – MAP
Cost: around £40 adult / £30 – child (8-14 years) w/e ticket inc. camping + b/fee. Day tickets available.
Priddy Folk Festival
Friday 8 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Priddy, Somerset – MAP
Cost: £36 (b4 June 1st)/ £40 (after) – adult w/e; £18 / £21 – 11-16yrs w/e. Event /day tickets available.
The Small Nations Festival
Friday 8 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Cilycwm, near Llandovery, Wales – MAP
Cost: Tickets £8 to £32. Sunday – FREE. Children under 12 go free.
Kelvedon Festival
Saturday 9 July 2005
Kelvedon , Essex – MAP
Cost: FREE
Music on the Meadow
Saturday 9 July 2005
Mayfield, East Sussex – MAP
Cost: adult – £10, juniors (under 11) – £5, under 5s – FREE
Partnership in the Park Festival
Saturday 9 July 2005
Sutton, Surrey – MAP
Cost: FREE with donations to charity.
The Snake in the Grass Festival
Saturday 9 July 2005
Castle Park, Colchester, Essex – MAP
Cost: £18 adv, £20 gate, under 7s free
Cornbury Music Festival
Saturday 9 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire – MAP
Cost: £70 for w/e, camping £10 extra. days £40
L’Esprit Manouche
Saturday 9 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Birmingham – MAP
Cost: £35 weekend ticket; £20 – day tickets (save £5 per ticket if you book b4 the end of April)
Oxegen
Saturday 9 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Eire
Cost: 1-day 64.50 Euro; 2-day 120.00 Euro; 2-day including camping 145.00 Euro
Rhythms of the World
Saturday 9 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
Hitchin, Hertfordhire – MAP
Cost: FREE
T in the Park
Saturday 9 July until Sunday 10 July 2005
nr Kinross. Scotland – MAP
Cost: £82 for w/e: £97 w/e with camping: £46.50 for day tickets – SOLD OUT
Larmer Tree Festival
Wednesday 13 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Larmer Tree Gardens, nr. Tollard Royal, on the Wilts./Dorset border – MAP
Cost: days from £20 to £45; 4-days £124; 3-days £95; concessions for ‘youth’ and ‘child’
Music for Africa
Friday 15 July until Saturday 16 July 2005
Montacute, Somerset – MAP
Cost: Adult – £12 (in advance) / £15 (on the gate) ; Child (5 – 16 yrs inc) – £7 / £9.
Glade Festival
Friday 15 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
nr Newbury, Berkshire
Cost: £82.50; Campervans £30; (no day tickets) – on sale 27th April
Guilfest
Friday 15 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Guildford, Surrey. – MAP
Cost: w/e £75, with camping £85; days £35; c/vans £50; under-16s days £20, w/e £40 & £50; under 12 FREE
Stainsby Festival
Friday 15 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Chesterfield, Derbyshire – MAP
Cost: W/e – £40 (£45 after 01/06); Sat eve £13; Saturday day £12; All other sessions £10; under 16s FREE
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and Rally
Friday 15 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Tolpuddle – MAP
Cost: FREE admission (except £10 on Saturday night in the Marquee), charge £25 for weekend camping
Ian Brown in the forests
Saturday 16 July until Thursday 23 June 2005
Thetford Forest, Suffolk & Delamere Forest, Nr Northwich, Cheshire.
Cost: £22
Tribal Gathering
Saturday 16 July 2005
Luton Hoo Estate, Bedfordshire. – MAP
Cost: first 5,000 £39, otherwise £45
Ashton Court Festival
Saturday 16 July until Sunday 17 July 2005
Bristol
Cost: around £5 per day, children under 14 free
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
Thursday 21 July until Sunday 24 July 2005
Wingfield, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire – MAP
Cost: £75 – w/e adult; £37.50 – w/e kids 10-15yrs; Day tickets available
Brightlingsea MusicFest
Friday 22 July until Saturday 23 July 2005
Brightlingsea – MAP
Cost: FREE
The Wickerman Festival
Friday 22 July until Saturday 23 July 2005
nr. Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Scotland – MAP
Cost: £40 (early bird price) w/e incl camping; Saturday only £30. Children 13yrs and under admitted free.
Wakestock
Friday 22 July until Saturday 23 July 2005
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales – MAP
Cost: £40 weekend, £25 per night, £15 camping – on sale 3rd May
Air Fusion Festival
Friday 22 July until Sunday 24 July 2005
Newton Abbot, Devon – MAP
Cost: around £1 (to cover policing costs!)
Warwick Folk festival
Friday 22 July until Sunday 24 July 2005
Warwick – MAP
Cost: Adult w/e – £52 b4 15th June / £60 thereafter; family w/e £130 / £150; kids 10 – 18yrs £26 / £30
BOMFest
Saturday 23 July 2005
Barnsley, South Yorkshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Big Gay Out
Saturday 23 July 2005
Finsbury Park, North London – MAP
Cost: £25
Lovebox on a Summer’s Day
Saturday 23 July 2005
Victoria Park, London – MAP
Cost: £30
Marvellous In The Park
Saturday 23 July until Sunday 24 July 2005
Wellington Country Park – MAP
Cost: £25 (Sat); £25(Sun); £40(w/e) – adults; Kids tickets from around £5 night/ £10 w/e
Truck Festival
Saturday 23 July until Sunday 24 July 2005
Steventon, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire – MAP
Cost: £27.50 (b4 1st June), £37.50 thereafter; accompanied under 14s admitted free.
Jools Holland in the forests
Sunday 24 July until Wednesday 29 June 2005
Delamere Forest, Nr Northwich, Cheshire, & Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury, Glos.
Cost: £27
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
Sunday 24 July 2005
Bridgwater, Somerset – MAP
Cost: Adults£18/ £10 Concs (OAP/U16) in advance or Adults,£20 /£10 Concs (OAP/U16) on the day
Thirteenth Day
Sunday 24 July 2005
Birmingham Academy – MAP
Cost: £18
World Peepul
Sunday 24 July 2005
Leicester – MAP
Cost: FREE.
Blakey Ridge Festival
Thursday 28 July 2005
Blakey Ridge, North Yorkshire. – MAP
Cost: £20 advance, £25 on the day (subject to availability). Under 15s half price
Godskitchen Global Gathering
Friday 29 July until Friday 30 July 2004
nr. Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire. – MAP
Cost: Friday £37.50, Saturday £52.50, both days £90
Tapestry festival
Friday 29 July until Saturday 30 July 2005
Newquay, Cornwall – MAP
Cost: around £40 weekend ticket including camping, £35 coach from London, £75 both coach and ticket
Badfest
Friday 29 July until Sunday 31 July 2005
Bedfordshire – MAP
Cost: £45 w/e ticket in advance; £55 on the gate; Concessions in advance only. Kids under 12 go free.
WOMAD
Friday 29 July until Sunday 31 July 2005
Reading, Berkshire – MAP
Cost: w/e £99.99 incl. camping; Day tickets Friday £35, Saturday £55, Sunday £45
Sidmouth Folk Week
Friday 29 July until Friday 5 August 2005
Sidmouth, Devon – MAP
Cost: Prices vary depending on the event – hopefully season tickets will also be available.
Clarence Park Festival
Saturday 30 July until Sunday 31 July 2005
Wakefield, West Yorkshire – MAP
Cost: FREE
Ambient Picnic
Sunday 31 July 2005
Guildford, Surrey – MAP
Cost: £5 in advance – not yet on sale