With the UK's music festival season rapidly hurtling towards us, there are now more choices than ever for the weekend reveller.
Here's your comprehensive guide to the who, what, where and when of live music events across the UK this summer.
May
Luke Dyson
The Cause Seaside Beano
Venue: Camber Sands, East Sussex
Dates: May 20-23
Tickets: from £132 (including accommodation),
Headline acts: Helena Hauff, Objekt, Goldie, DJ Bone.
The Cause website
Wide Awake
Venue: Brockwell Park, London.
Dates: May 27-28
Tickets: £92.40 for weekend including booking fee.
Headline acts: Bicep, Primal Scream, Billy Nomates.
Wide Awake website
Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Venue: War Memorial Park, Coventry
Dates: May 27-29
Tickets: Sold out
Headline acts: Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris, Aitch, AJ Tracey, Anne-Marie.
Big Weekend website
June
Creamfields South
Venue: Hylands Park, Chelmsford
Dates: 2-4 June
Tickets: from £220
Headline acts: David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Amelie Lens.
Creamfields website
Download
Venue: Donington Park, Derby
Dates: 10-12 June
Tickets: from £243
Headline acts: KISS, Iron Maiden, Biffy Clyro, A Day To Remember, Deftones, Korn.
Download website
Cambridge Club
Venue: Childerley Orchard, Cambridge
Dates: 10-12 June
Tickets: from £56
Headline acts: Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Level 42, Corinne Bailey Rae
Cambridge Club website
Parklife
Venue: Heaton Park, Manchester
Dates: 11-12 June
Tickets: from £129
Headline acts: Tyler, The Creator, 50 Cent, Megan Thee Stallion, Lewis Capaldi, Chase & Status
Parklife website
Isle of Wight Festival
Venue: Newport, Isle of Wight
Dates: 16-19 June
Tickets: from £160
Headline acts: Lewis Capaldi, Kasabian, Pete Tong, Muse
Isle of Wight Festival website
Glastonbury
Venue: Worthy Farm, Somerset
Dates: 22-26 June
Headline acts: Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross, Olivia Rodrigo
Tickets: £285 (Sold out)
Glastonbury website
July
Wireless
Venue: Crystal Palace Park, London (1-3), NEC outdoors, Birmingham and Finsbury Park, London ( both 8-10)
Dates: July 1-3 and 8-10
Headline acts: A$AP Rocky, Dave, Cardi B, SZA, Nicki Minaj
Tickets: From £90 for day tickets
Wireless website
Love Supreme
Venue: Glynde Place, East Sussex
Dates: July 1-3
Headline acts: Erykah Badu, Gregory Porter, TLC, Tom Misch, Lianne La Havas, Ezra Collective, Sister Sledge
Tickets: from £148.50
Love Supreme website
Latitude
Venue: Henham Park, Suffolk
Dates: July 21-24
Headline acts: Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Snow Patrol, Phoebe Bridgers, Groove Armada
Tickets: from £257.20
Latitude website
Secret Garden Party
Venue: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Dates: July 21-24
Headline acts: TBA
Tickets: Sold out
SGP website
WOMAD
Venue: Charlton Park, Wiltshire
Dates: July 28-31
Headline acts: Fatoumata Diawara, Angelique Kidjo, Kae Tempest, Fantastic Negrito, The Flaming Lips
Tickets: from £205
WOMAD website
Camp Bestival
Venue: Lulworth Castle, Dorset/Weston Park, Shropshire
Dates: July 28-31 (Dorset), August 18-21 (Shropshire)
Headline acts: Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Rudimental, Sister Sledge (Dorset) / Fatboy Slim, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Becky Hill (Shropshire)
Tickets: from £180
Camp Bestival website
August
Boardmasters
Venue: Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach, Cornwall
Dates: August 10-14
Headline acts: George Ezra, Disclosure, Kings of Leon, Damian Marley, Bastille
Tickets: from £214
Boardmasters website
Boomtown
Venue: Winchester, Hampshire
Dates: August 10-14, 2022
Headline acts: Artists TBA
Tickets: from £222.50
Boomtown website
Green Man
Venue: Brecon Beacons, Wales
Dates: August 18-21
Headline acts: Michael Kiwanuka, Kraftwerk, Metronomy, Kae Tempest
Tickets: from £195
Green Man website
Reading and Leeds
Venue: Reading, Berkshire/Leeds, West Yorkshire
Dates: August 25-28
Headline acts: Dave, Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Little Simz, Halsey
Tickets: from £232
Reading Festival website / Leeds Festival website
Creamfields North
Where? Daresbury, Cheshire
When? August 25-28
Who’s on the line-up? David Guetta, Nina Kraviz, Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Camelphat
Tickets: Sold out
Creamfields North website
September
End of the Road
Venue: Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire
Dates: September 1-4
Headline artists: Pixies, Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes
Tickets: from £190
End of the Road website
Forwards
Venue: Clifton Downs, Bristol
Dates: September 3-4
Headline acts: Jamie xx, The Chemical Brothers, Little Simz, Róisín Murphy, Caribou
Tickets: from £98
Forward Bristol website
Naked City
Venue: Beckenham Place Park, London
Date: September 10
Headline acts: ENNY, Kojey Radical, Steam Down, The Blessed Madonna, Joy Orbison
Tickets: from £35.50
Naked City Festival website
Waterworks
Venue: Gunnersbury Park, London
Date: September 17
Headline acts: Ben UFO, Moxie, Midland, Yung Singh, Bradley Zero
Tickets: from £47.50
Waterworks festival
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