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Festival
essentials: La Route Du Rock, Field day and more
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Festival Essentials
With May Bank Holiday and warmer temperatures on the
way, it's time to dust off your tote bags and straw hats and get
your festival essentials sorted. We've picked out La Route Du Rock
and By
The Sea for you as our staff picks, but also
feature Field
Day, Common
People, Together
The People, The Irregular Folks Summer Session, Frontera,
Strange Daze and more. We also catch up with Kevin Moore
from The
Great Escape to chat about independent and grass
roots live music, and the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS. Intrigued? Read
on, or check out our full
list of festival picks here.
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La Route Du Rock, Brittany, 11th -
14th August
With a lineup that includes some of our favourite
artists including Battles, La Femme, Julia Holter and Savages, this
festival comes highly recommended. It also takes place in the
stunning Brittany setting of Saint-Malo, and with three day passes
from just over £70, you won't find better value. Shop now.
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By The Sea, Dreamland Margate, 30th
September - 1st October
Following the success of last year's festival, By The
Sea returns to the unique setting of Dreamland Margate with an
incredible line-up headlined by Super Furry Animals and the Mercury
nominated Wild Beasts. WeGotTickets favourites Jagwar Ma and Bill
Ryder Jones also play. Shop now.
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Field Day, Victoria Park, London, 11th
- 12th June
James Blake and Skepta both released new records last
week, and are joined at Field day Festival by the likes of Cass
Mccombs, Goat, Dusky, Floating Points, Mura Masa, Sleaford Mods,
SOAK, Yeasayer and more. Shop now.
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Irregular Folks
Summer Session
Oxford, 2nd July
Oxford
promoter Irregular Folks host another all dayer in beautiful
surroundings, featuring genre bending and independently spirited
music from the UK and abroad.
With a music stage for boundary pushing acts such as Stealing
Sheep, Bastardgeist and Waitress For The Bees, plus the
'Odditorium' stage for talks and eccentricities presented by a
special, secret guest host, Irregular Folks is one of our local
festival highlights. Arts Council Funded too, this year's edition
promises to be the best yet.
Shop now
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Common People, Oxford, 28th - 29th May
The Bestival team present Oxford's inaugural Common
People Festival, with Duran Duran and Primal Scream headlining plus
Kurupt FM, Craig David, London Elektricity, Soul II Soul, Ghostpoet
and the best local bands and artists all featuring, topped off with a
lavish helping of the Bestival team's renowned magic, mayhem and
merriment. Shop now.
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Barefoot Festival
Loughborough, 29th - 31st July
Barefoot
Festival is all about getting back to basics, getting grass in
between your toes and taking time out from the pressures of modern
life! Try something you've never done before, spend quality time
with the family and meet like minded new friends at this grassroots
community gathering.
With music, an arts tent, burlesque, comedy, cabaret, themed fancy
dress days, glamping, chillout area and fire shows, this is more
than just your average festival.
Shop now
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Wychwood Festival
The UK's
Premier Family music Festival returns to Cheltenham Racecourse for
its 12th Year with a line-up that includes 10cc, Bill Bailey, Craig
Charles, The Selecter, Peter Hook and The Light and more! Shop now.
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Strange Daze,
Cardiff
Womanby
Street in Cardiff hosts this bank holiday weekender of psychedelic,
noise and experimental music featuring Flamingods, Gulp, Spectres,
Shit and Shine and Sly and The Family Drone. Shop now.
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Frontera Festival
Chile's
largest music festival hits the capital for the very first time this
May bank holiday, hosting some of Latin America's biggest music stars
including Os Mutantes (pictured), Miranda! and Cultura Profetica. Shop now.
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Kevin Moore Q&A
Heading to
The Great Escape this weekend? We caught up with festival general
manager and INDIE50 judge, Kevin Moore, to discuss the festival,
independence, and possibly the greatest band name ever. Read more.
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