34 Best UK Festivals 2024 | Month-By-Month
A round-up of the most notable UK Festivals for 2024. From raucous rock to gentle family friendly festivals, here’s a list of 34 of the best.
Festivals
I’ve been going to festivals for almost 3 decades —and it’s brilliant to be able to share this passion with my children. This category focusses on everything festival related; everything from what to pack to the best festivals for families.
Kendal Calling – Muddy Good Family Fun
A review of our Kendal Calling experience! Asides from rain & mud, we saw dinosaurs, Tom Jones, lots of shiny happy people.
New for 2022: Camp Bestival Shropshire
The team that brought us Bestival and Camp Bestival, have added a new baby to their stable; Camp Bestival Shropshire. Here’s the lowdown.
Everything You Need to Know About Bluedot Festival
I’ve had a few people ask recently ‘what is Bluedot Festival all about’? So I thought I’d do a little FAQ; all you need to know about Bluedot
Our Bluedot Review 2019 | AD
We’ve been to many types of festivals over the years; dance music, food, family, folk — as well as the grandaddy of them all, Glastonbury — but until a few weeks’ ago, we’d never been to a science festival. Bluedot festival at Jodrell Bank is not just science though. I wrote a post about it …
Win a Family Weekend Pass for BlueDot Festival
OK folks. You may have gathered, from the title of this post, that I have exciting news to share. Let’s have a quick show of hands… who wants to win a family weekend pass for Bluedot Festival?? Yes?!! Read on… You may remember that I wrote about Bluedot back in March. We’re lucky enough to …
Going dotty over Bluedot Festival
Aaaah… (breathes a huge sigh of relief) spring is here. Finally. And whilst we didn’t have a return of the Beast From The East (thankfully), the weather over the last couple of months has certainly still been a little bit ‘unpredictable’ and challenging at times. To say the least. I spent quite a lot of …
Our Good Life Festival Experience Review 2018
Looking for a Good Life Festival Experience Review? Here’s mine from 2018. We’d narrowly missed the boat for tickets to the 2017 Good Life Experience, so this is something that I’d been looking forward to for an entire year! And it absolutely didn’t disappoint. I wrote about Good Life back in April; a little potted history, …
Learning how to make pom poms at Camp Bestival
When I talk to people about our festival antics, some people occasionally express surprise about the kind of things we get up to when we’re there. I guess, festivals come in all shapes and sizes, and if you’ve only ever witnessed Glastonbury on the TV, you could be lulled into thinking that all festivals resemble …
Just So Festival | The Lantern Parade
Aaah the sun is shining, summer is well and truly in full swing and — more importantly — festival season is here folks! Hurrah! Regular readers of my blog will know that this is my favourite time of year, bar none. The boys and are already getting excited about the festivals that we’re booked to …
In search of The Good Life Experience
What’s that shining, golden orb in the sky? I *think* it might be the sun but, it’s been such a long since I last saw it, I can’t be totally sure. The breeze feels warm today; we’ve thrown open the windows and the stale, winter fug that has been occupying the rooms of our little …
How to make the perfect Mojito | Dreaming of cocktails & summer
Want to know how to make the perfect Mojito? Read on! I was dreaming of cocktails and summer yesterday; winter has us well and truly in its grips. It snowed here yesterday morning! Funnily enough, it snowed in November in the very first year we moved into this village too. Proper snow. Big fat flakes …
Just So Festival Review & Video {The Best First Family Festival}
AD | I have been (or could be if you click on a link in this post) compensated via a cash payment, gift or something else of value for writing this post. See the full disclosure policy and privacy policy for more details. Is Just So The Best First Family Festival? A question that I’m often asked is; ‘Of …
Just So Festival
So whilst Camp Bestival may be over for another year, festival season is still in full swing — hurrah — and the boys and I are now counting the days until Just So Festival, which is on the 18th-20th of this month. We’ve never been before, and I am beyond excited!! It’s now in it’s …
The soggiest Camp Bestival ever — summer 2017
What makes Camp Bestival 2017 stand out from any other year we’ve been? It rained. And rained and rained and rained. But as a very wise man, called Gilbert K. Chesterton, once said; ‘When it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.’ And I think that perfectly sums up …
5 Weird and Wonderful Things To Do at Camp Bestival
Hurrah! The clocks have gone forward!! This annual event literally makes me smile from ear to ear. Goodbye winter. We’ll miss you! Said no-one. Ever. It’s that time of year where I start coming out of hibernation and begin to look forward to the warmer months that lie ahead. We bought a family calendar a …
181 weeks and 2 days | Camp Bestival 2016 — Out Of This World
Camp Bestival 2016. What an epic adventure. Unbelievably it was a few weekends ago now that we were packing up Dolly The Caravan; to make the journey down to Lulworth in Dorset. I took almost 1000 pictures over the 4 days that we were there (!). And have been ploughing through them, trying to work out what to write about …
Lizzie’s Way at Camp Bestival
Situated in a leafy glade, with sunlight dappling the ground. Lizzie’s Way offers much-needed respite, of festival madness at Camp Bestival.
Caravanserai at Camp Bestival
Caravanserai. Now there’s a word you don’t hear very often. Initially, I thought it was a name made up by those clever bods who brought us Camp Bestival – but it really, really does exist! CARAVANSERAI /ˌkarəˈvansərʌɪ,-ri/ noun historical an inn with a central courtyard for travellers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa. a group …
How to make a rocketpack — Camp Bestival 2016
So I’ve mentioned that next month we’re off to Camp Bestival. Now any Bestival/Camp Bestival aficionado will tell you that one of the best things about the festivals each year is the hotly anticipated theme and this year it’s Outer Space. Some revellers take this very seriously indeed. Others give a little nod to it (and will don a …
Reasons to be cheerful | Camp Bestival 2016
We’re off to Camp Bestival 2016 and just wanted to share a couple of reasons why you should buy a ticket for this year’s festivities!
The Art of Spin Painting at Camp Bestival
A few weeks ago we braved the six jour car journey down to Lulworth Castle, in Dorset, for Camp Bestival. A must for any fun loving family, this friendly little festival was an absolute treat for my boy and me and our little sons loved it too. So many things to see and do — the whole weekend was …
2015 Camp Bestival Review With Video
Disclosure: I was an official Camp Bestival blogger for 2015. My family and I were given tickets in return for our coverage and honest opinions of the festival. As ever, all thoughts, words and pictures are my own. So there we are. All the excitement, planning, packing and anticipation has been and gone. And my head …
Advice and essential items for a kids festival #3
Very often, when we have children, we park the things we used to do in favour of more ‘child friendly’ pursuits. That said, there are certain things that we can still do with the kids in tow! Festivals are a brilliant way of spending quality time with our littles, whilst enjoying live music and a carnival atmosphere. …
Family Festival Checklist
I’ve spoken to lots of people who love the thought of taking their little ones to a festival but aren’t sure what to take. I thought I’d put together a little collection of interviews with friends, who regularly take their kids to festivals. And compile the ultimate Family Festival Checklist! First off we had Tamandra …
Advice and essential items for a kids festival #1
So this summer, we’re off to Camp Bestival 2015! So I thought I’d gather together some of our festival loving friends — who regularly take their kids along to enjoy the fun — and ask them to compile their top tips and essential items for a kids festival. Given the fact my boys are only two — and …
Family Friendly Festivals
As a seasoned festival goer the ‘child friendly’ aspect of a festival really wasn’t on my radar before we had the boys. But nowadays, with my two little tinies in tow, family friendly festivals are something that I’ve been looking into more and more. Especially as festivals are so much a part of our summer — and our lives …
Me and Mine August 2014 | Scenes from Shambala Festival
This month’s ‘Me and Mine photos will certainly be some of the most memorable in years to come. This August — having been to SO many festivals as a couple — we took our children to Shambala Festival for the very first time. Many would balk at the idea of taking two tiny people to a 4 day festival but this is …
