Live Music

The Sydney Jazz Festival is famous the world over. With the location's pleasant weather and a vibrant setting, a trip to the three-day festival will be one you will never forget--whether or not...

The Essence Music Festival is a music festival held annually in New Orleans. It is the largest event in the United States aimed at celebrating African American music and culture.

Summer is a popular time for music festivals. More often than not, they are multi-day events with camping and an overall good time.

The Warped Tour is an annual music and extreme-sport festival held in various open-lawn areas throughout the world. The music featured here leans more towards punk and alternative rock, though...

The Warped Tour is a punk rock and extreme sports festival created in 1994 by skateboard-enthusiast Kevin Lyman. Since 1995, the Vans shoe company has sponsored the tour and it has been known as...

People who do not live in Syracuse, New York tend to associate the city with Syracuse University – and the sports that go along with it. However, the city has much more to offer visitors. While...

Packing for a music festival is one of the biggest preparations you can make to ensure you enjoy yourself while you're there. Whether it is a one day music festival or a week-long music and art...

Live music, goods for sale, the first taste of sunshine in the air...what could be better than a spring festival in your city or community? Though these events are fun to attend and may sound...

The Summer Sundae Weekender is a three day music festival featuring internationally known and cutting edge artists on stages both indoor and outdoor in Leicester, England, here are some tips on...

Fall in New Orleans brings a change in temperature after the very long, hot summer in the city. And with the temperature change comes a new season of festivals. From art to heritage to film and...

The New Orleans Jazzfest is a wonderful outdoor concert that spans two weekends and attracts not only big name musicians but amazing local artists as well. If you're in the mood to see some great...

If you enjoy your trance, hard trance and hard house music, then you will not want to miss out on the Antiworld International Indoor Festival. You will experience 24 hours of great music from some...

There are many music festivals out there and the V Festival is definitely one of the biggest. If you are planning on going to this event, make sure that you cover everything beforehand in order to...

What is the Green Apple Festival? An orchard tour? Although information is scant, online resources identify the Green Apple Festival as an Earth Day live music event still in the making, but...

Named for the Cajun slang term for "a really good time," the Bonnaroo Music Festival is staged during the third weekend of June at a 700-acre farm outside of Manchester, Tennessee. The festival...

As the name might suggest, Hertfordshire’s Festival of Song, Drum and Dance is a celebration of the natural world through music and dancing. It’s a fantastic weekend of family-oriented workshops...

As Europe’s largest wakeboarding festival, every year Wakestock plays host to a number of big name musical acts and wakeboarding competitions right next to the beach. The festival is held in the...

The Black Horse Festival has been providing great live music for two decades and has become world famous in the process. The festival takes place over four days in May in the hamlet of Telham. If...

If you love folk music and like your music festivals small and friendly, plan a weekend at the Ely Folk Festival. The Ely Folk Festival is located on one single site just outside of the City of...

Do you love the infectious boogie woogie piano playing style? If you want to hear the best players, plan a weekend at Dorset’s Fomag Boogie Woogie Festival. Set in the heart of rural Dorset with...

From Leadbelly to Blind Lemon Jefferson, blue singers have always had strange names. The Spitz Festival and Blues continues this tradition with artists like Dog Breath and Seasick Steve over a...

Great Yarmouth’s Bloc Weekend concentrates purely on the fun aspects, supplying the event with new, exciting bands at a holiday complex that their website compares to the lost palace of the Sun...

Every year for a weekend in mid-June, the small Oxfordshire town of Charlbury plays host to two days of varied musical entertainment by the river. Over 5,000 people come each year to enjoy the...

Donnington Park is known as the spiritual home of rock music in Britain. The Download Festival has been held there since 2003, and has played host to bands such as Metallica and Iron Maiden. It...

The Monmouth festival is in its 25th year. Running in 2007 from July 27 to August 4, it is 9 days of free music, and events such as an open mic night, a Sunday carnival and a fun fair, all set in...

The King maybe be dead, but his spirit is very much alive and celebrated at the Porthcawl Elvis Festival in Wales. But don't think that this is just another bunch of Elvis impersonators because...

For a Friday and Saturday in May, the tiny village of Llanarmon D.C. in the foothills of the beautiful Berwyns plays host to a two day celebration of local music, food and art. About three hundred...

Branding itself as the "UK’s Leading Sustainable Festival", the Sunrise Celebration is held each year for 4 days at the end of May on beautiful Bearley Farm in South Somerset. It’s run entirely on...

The St. Valentines Folk Festival is held in the middle of February to raise money for the children's charity NCH. In the last four years they have raised almost £9,000. Taking place at Sutton...

As the UK’s first female fronted blues festival, Manchester’s Girls Got the Blues launched in May 2007 to celebrate and showcase female blues artists and bands. This one-day music festival takes...

The Wisley Festival is an open air festival taking place at the Royal Horticultural Society. Over three days in June ticket holders get the opportunity to watch orchestras, West End productions...

The Clun Green Man festival celebrates the legend in the title. "A symbol of man's union with nature", he is described on the website as having "great trees border his cloak, their branches...

The Wychwood Music Festival is set within the grounds of the famous Cheltenham racecourse--home of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Once a year, since 2005, the race course turns into a celebration of...

When we think of Tunbridge Wells we think of high culture. Not only is it home to one of Britain's most prestigious schools, but the full name of the town, Royal Tunbridge wells, hints at the...

Get away to Bristol's Dot to Dot Festival and join the crowds for 15 hours of new music from Indie to dance. With three venues you have the opportunity to watch such up and coming bands as Blonde...

The Bournemouth Fire Festival is exactly what it states--a celebration of fire with such acts as fire juggling, eating, blowing, human Catherine wheels and even artwork. But there is music as...

When the Bloodstock Festival was looking for an appropriate image to promote the event they fell upon the local myth of the Derby Ram. According to legend the ram is ten feet tall and has a tail...

The Larmer tree is the place the infamous King John (think Robin Hood) met his men before they went out hunting. Unfortunately this piece of history fell down in 1894, but then it was only a tiny...

The full title of this festival is the Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts. Set on a farm in Bromyard in Herefordshire, entertainment includes three stages, showcasing music from dance to indie,...

Every year on the first weekend of August the beautiful banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland play host to one of the country’s most popular festivals–Live at Loch Lomond. The two day festival, held...

The Off the Tracks Spring Festival showcases world music over three days at the end of May. But it's not just about watching-- spectators also get the chance to participate in African drum...

The Isle of Skye was voted the most fan friendly festival in the UK in 2006 and along with its setting between the Collins Mountain range and the shore, this festival is quickly gaining an...

Greenbelt is a Christian charity and the music festival itself is born from non-conformists within the church--though this has stopped the Sun newspaper calling it "the nice person's pop...

Eastern Haze held in 2007 between the July 20 and 22 and is known as a hippy festival. With a Truth tent where ex-members of the MI5 take the stage and talk honesty about recent political events,...

In 2006 a bloke called Simon sold his house, moved his family into rented accommodation, and set about organising the first End of the Road Festival. His sacrifices paid off as it immediately...

Taking place on a Friday and Saturday each year in early August, the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is a family oriented, laid-back event that offers a range of entertainment suitable for all...

The Chippenham Folk Festival is in its 36th year. Set in a small market town in Wiltshire, it has a real community atmosphere with 200 events taking place between May 23 and 26, including a...

The Glade festival, in its 4th year, started life as a stage at Glastonbury, but was so successful it has now become a respected festival in its own right. Running in 2007 from July 20 to 22 at...

The Lomond Folk Festival takes place in Moss O' Balloch Park near the shores of Loch Lomond. Between July 27 and July 29, festival goers have the opportunity to experience traditional Scottish...

The Newcastle Community Green Festival began life in 1995, though unfortunately all records of this first event have apparently disappeared. It's main aim is to provide awareness of environmental...