List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

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There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. Many of the UK's music festivals are world renowned, and have been held for many years including the most famous, Glastonbury. There are also many high quality free festivals around the country including Scarborough's Acoustic Gathering Festival where performers are rowed onto a stage in the middle of a lake. The largest (best attended) free music festival in the UK is Basingstoke Live - with the attendance in 2010 estimated at 30,000.

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[edit] Annual festivals

[edit] Bluegrass music

[edit] Classical music and opera

see also List of opera festivals

[edit] Dance & Electronic music

See also: List of electronic music festivals

[edit] Ethnic music

[edit] Folk music

The stage at Fairport's Cropredy Convention festival, Oxfordshire, in August 2009 (click for larger image)

[edit] Jazz music

[edit] Metal music

[edit] Pop music

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[edit] Punk music

[edit] Rock music

The Main Stage at the 2006 Reading Festival.

[edit] Tribute Act Festivals

[edit] Cross-genre

[edit] Travelling festivals

Some festivals do not appear in the same location every year, but in different places around the country, or even in other countries. Notable festivals to appear in the UK include:

[edit] Metal music

[edit] Rock music

[edit] One time festivals

[edit] References

  1. ^ We Love Ashton Court Festival
  • http://www.eFestivals.co.uk
  • http://www.skiddle.com/festivals/
  • Andrew Blake (1997) The Land Without Music: Music, Culture and Society in Twentieth Century Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • George McKay (2000) Glastonbury: A Very English Fair, inc. chapter one 'Histories of festival culture', also 'Timeline of British pop festival culture'. London: Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06807-8.
  • George McKay (2005) Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain, chapter one 'New Orleans jazz, protest (Aldermaston) and carnival (Beaulieu [Jazz Festival 1956-60])'. Durham NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3573-5.
Major British music festivals
Dance & electronic
Metal music
Rock/alternative rock
Others
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