Music Festivals 2008
This is the Coolcampervans guide to the best Music Festivals in 2008
All of our campervans and motorhomes are adapted for use at music festivals
from our own experiences!!!
This is the Coolcampervans guide to the best Music Festivals in 2008
You will see our Campervans and Motorhomes at the various music festivals
this year and you may even meet Suzanne and I who are regular music festival
goers.
Our favourite is Glastonbury because of the wide range of music and arts.
Glastonbury is the daddy of all music festivals and we love it!
Please book your campervan early to avoid disappointment as for some festivals
we book one year in advance.
Big
Chill
If the word festival conjures up images of muddy wellies, soggy burgers,
tattooed teens and chemical toilets, then the Big Chill events may persuade
you to think otherwise.
More of a three day holiday than a festival, this is a festival with a
difference. Both quiet and family camping is available on site, with a
clean covered dining & cooking area, but quality edibles will also
be available for those too chilled to cook!
Glastonbury Festival
Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
Glastonbury is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival
in the world set in 900 acres of the Vale of Avalon, an area steeped in
symbolism, mythology and religious traditions dating back many hundreds
of years. The modern day festival has also etched its way into rock history
since it started in 1970, and acts as a benchmark by which all other festivals
are compared. None will ever match it in terms of its unique atmosphere,
which eclipses the actual music. As well as being one of the most spectacular
events on earth Glastonbury Festival retains its ethos as a positive force
for change locally and internationally; each year that the Festival trades
at a profit major donations are made to a variety of good causes.
Isle of Wight Festival
Historically the Biggest UK Festival EVER!
After an absence of 32 years, the Isle of Wight Festival returned in 2002.
History dictates that over half a million came in 1970, making it the
biggest UK Festival ever - not even Live Aid, Knebworth, Glastonbury or
Reading achieve those numbers. The IoW Festival now packages together
and brands as many musical events, in as many different venues, under
the one Festival umbrella to create a complete attraction to music lovers
across the UK - from beach parties to jazz, jamming sessions to lectures,
rock concerts to inter-band football matches...
Leeds
Festival
Reading's Northern Sister!
The Carling Weekend
Leeds Festival was born in 1999, allowing festival-goers in the North
of England to enjoy the stunning and often exclusive line-ups that its
older brother Reading secured. Both festivals make up The Carling Weekend,
the UK's only simultaneously occurring 3 day festival, with the line-ups
rotating between the two sites. In contrast to the more urban setting
of Reading, Leeds takes place in the smaller, but far more picturesque
setting of Bramham Park (10 miles outside the city), having moved from
its original venue (Temple Newsham Park) in 2003.
Radio 1 One Big Weekend
Tickets might be free, but because of that they are sure to go fast -
so make sure you are first in the queue
Radio 1 play host to a free festival weekend of indie, rock and dance.
Solfest
Get Celtic in the country!
Nestled between the mountains in the picturesque setting of West Cumbria,
Solfest is a Celtic, world and roots three-day event, featuring a range
of musical, cultural, and eye-opening experiences.
T in the Park
Scotland's legendary super-fest
From its beginnings at Strathclyde Country Park in 1994, T in the Park
has grown in size and influence to become one of the most important and
critically acclaimed music events on the UK and European festival scenes,
and is firmly established as Scotland's most popular weekend out. The
festival is now situated in the lush Scottish countryside of Balado, near
Kinross. This popularity can be attributed to the festivals unique party
atmosphere, and also to the fact that it has one of Europe's most exciting
line-ups with over 120 bands and artists playing nine stages, from the
finest unsigned talent to world-wide stars.
T4
on the Beach
Oh I do like to be beside the sea side, oh I do like to be beside the
sea!
Channel 4's summer music event, T4 on the beach takes place this year
in sunny old Weston-super-Mare, which will feature exclusive performances
from some of the best current bands around. A day of great live music,
plenty of ice cream and hopefully lots of sunshine should ensure a day
well spent, so join the T4 presenters at the sea side to see your favourite
bands play your favourite summer tunes!
V Festival
The Original Stereo Super-fest!
It slices, it dices and it'll even get you high if you let it. Welcome
to the phenomenon that is the 'V' Festival. Like all Virgin products,
cynics will whinge that it's just not the real thing, but the converted
will rejoice in its modern approach, and that certainly includes us. Most
festivals revel in their ideologies, and V's is simply that a bit of corporate
sponsorship is a small price to pay for a secure, mud-free site with low
queuing times and premier league artists. V is also the UK's first and
only dual two-day site, occurring simultaneously in Chelmsford and Staffordshire,
with the line-ups rotating each day.
Festival dates 2008
The Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival
Friday 11 April until Sunday 13 April 2008
Where: in and around Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Rebellion Vienna
Saturday 26 April until Sunday 27 April 2008
Where: Vienna
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Tuesday 29 April until Monday 5 May 2008
Where: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Futuresonic Live
Thursday 1 May until Sunday 4 May 2008
Where: Manchester
Moor and Coast festival
Friday 2 May until Sunday 4 May 2008
Where: Whitby, North Yorkshire
The Gathering
Saturday 3 May until Sunday 4 May 2008
Where: Instow, North Devon
All Tomorrow's Parties vs Pitchfork
Friday 9 May until Sunday 11 May 2008
Where: Camber Sands, nr Rye, East Sussex
Holmfirth Festival
Friday 9 May until Sunday 11 May 2008
Where: Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Southport Weekender
Friday 9 May until Sunday 11 May 2008
Where: Southport, Merseyside
Dart Music Festival
Wednesday 14 May until Sunday 18 May 2008
Where: Dartmouth, South Devon
The Great Escape
Thursday 15 May until Saturday 17 May 2008
Where: venues in Brighton, East Sussex
Berwyn Festival
Friday 16 May until Saturday 17 May 2008
Where: Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wales
Shepley Spring Festival
Friday 16 May until Sunday 18 May 2008
Where: Shepley Village, nr Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Bearded Theory
Saturday 17 May 2008
Where: near Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Bath International Music Festival
Wednesday 21 May until Saturday 7 June 2008
Where: Bath
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
Thursday 22 May until Sunday 25 May 2008
Where: Carsphairn, Kirkubrightshire, Scotland
Ireby Music Festival
Friday 23 May until Saturday 24 May 2008
Where: Ireby, Cumbria - MAP
Glastonbudget
Friday 23 May until Sunday 25 May 2008
Where: Wymeswold, Leicestershire
Nice & Sleazy
Friday 23 May until Sunday 25 May 2008
Where: Morecombe, Lancashire
Off The Tracks Spring Festival
Friday 23 May until Sunday 25 May 2008
Where: Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Chester Folk Festival
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Kelsall, nr. Chester, Cheshire
Chippenham Folk Festival
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Cleethorpes Folk Festival
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Cleethorpes, N.E Lincolnshire
Fishguard Folk Festival
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Fishguard, West Wales
V.W Run to the Sun
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Porth, Newquay, Cornwall
The Black Horse Festival
Friday 23 May until Monday 26 May 2008
Where: Telham, East Sussex
Salisbury International Arts Festival
Friday 23 May until Sunday 8 June 2008
Where: Salisbury, Wiltshire
Primavera Sound
Thursday 29 May until Saturday 31 May 2008
Where: Barcelona, Spain
Sunrise Celebration
Thursday 29 May until Sunday 1 June 2008
Where: Yeovil, South Somerset
Wychwood Music Festival
Friday 30 May until Sunday 1 June 2008
Where: Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire
Raglan Music Festival
Friday 6 June until Sunday 8 June 2008
Where: Raglan, Monmouthshire
Wirral Folk on the Coast
Friday 6 June until Sunday 8 June 2008
Where: Bromborough, Wirral
Rock Ness
Saturday 7 June until Sunday 8 June 2008
Where: Loch Ness, Scotland
Beach Break Live
Monday 9 June until Thursday 12 June 2008
Where: Polzeath, Cornwall
Download Festival
Friday 13 June until Sunday 15 June 2008
Where: Donington Park, Leics
Isle of Wight Festival
Friday 13 June until Sunday 15 June 2008
Where: Newport, Isle of Wight
Wimborne Folk Festival
Friday 13 June until Sunday 15 June 2008
Where: Wimborne, Dorset
Exeter Summer Festival
Friday 13 June until Thursday 19 June 2008
Where: Exeter
Leamington Peace Festival
Saturday 14 June until Sunday 15 June 2008
Where: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
3 Wishes Faery Fest
Friday 20 June until Sunday 22 June 2008
Where: Colliford Lake Park, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Beverley Festival
Friday 20 June until Sunday 22 June 2008
Where: Beverley, East Yorkshire
Stonehenge
Saturday 21 June 2008
Where: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Africa Oyé Festival
Saturday 21 June until Sunday 22 June 2008
Where: Liverpool
Knowsley Hall Music Festival
Saturday 21 June until Sunday 22 June 2008
Where: Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Merseyside
Glastonbury Festival
Friday 27 June until Sunday 29 June 2008
Where: Glastonbury, Somerset
Roskilde
Thursday 3 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: Roskilde, Denmark
Wakestock
Friday 4 July until Saturday 5 July 2008
Where: Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales
Blissfields Festival
Friday 4 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: Nr. Winchester, Hampshire
GuilFest
Friday 4 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: Guildford, Surrey
Open'er Festival
Friday 4 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: Gdynia, Poland
Frome festival
Friday 4 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Frome, Somerset
Cornbury Music Festival
Saturday 5 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Sellindge Music Festival
Saturday 5 July until Sunday 6 July 2008
Where: near Ashford, Kent
Brass 08
Saturday 5 July until Sunday 20 July 2008
Where: Durham, Northumberland
Lakeside Magic
Thursday 10 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset
Stonehaven Folk Festival
Thursday 10 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Scotland - MAP
Music for Africa
Friday 11 July until Saturday 12 July 2008
Where: Montacute, Somerset
Two Thousand Trees Festival
Friday 11 July until Saturday 12 July 2008
Where: near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Ely Folk Festival
Friday 11 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Ely, Cambridgeshire
Lounge On The Farm
Friday 11 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Canterbury, Kent
Priddy Folk Festival
Friday 11 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: Priddy, Somerset
Spratton Folk Festival
Friday 11 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
T in the Park
Friday 11 July until Sunday 13 July 2008
Where: nr Kinross. Scotland -
Chagstock
Friday 11 July until Saturday 12 July 2008
Where: Chagford, Devon
Larmer Tree Festival
Wednesday 16 July until Sunday 20 July 2008
Where: Larmer Tree Gardens, nr. Tollard Royal, on the Wilts./Dorset border
Camp Bestival
Friday 18 July until Sunday 20 July 2008
Where: Lulworth Castle, Dorset.
Glade Festival
Friday 18 July until Sunday 20 July 2008
Where: revealed only to ticketholders
Cockermouth Rock Festival
Saturday 19 July 2008
Where: Cockermouth, Cumbria
Marvellous (Wellington)
Saturday 19 July until Sunday 20 July 2008
Where: Wellington Country Park
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
Thursday 24 July until Sunday 27 July 2008
Where: Wingfield, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire
The Wickerman Festival
Friday 25 July until Saturday 26 July 2008
Where: nr. Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Scotland
Lomond Folk Festival
Friday 25 July until Sunday 27 July 2008
Where: Balloch - 20 miles north of Glasgow
Warwick Folk festival
Friday 25 July until Sunday 27 July 2008
Where: Warwick
WOMAD
Friday 25 July until Sunday 27 July 2008
Where: Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Big Tent Festival of Stewardship
Saturday 26 July until Sunday 27 July 2008
Where: Fife, Scotland
Budleigh Salterton Festival
Saturday 26 July until Saturday 2 August 2008
Where: East Devon
Gloucester Rhythm and Blues Festival
Saturday 26 July until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Gloucester
Cambridge Folk Festival
Thursday 31 July until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Wickham Festival
Thursday 31 July until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Wickham, Hampshire
Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
Creation Festival
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Woolacombe, North Devon
Lammas Festival
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Eastbourne
Gig in the Park
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Halesworth, Suffolk
The Slick Licks Didje festival
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Instow, North Devon - MAP
Cost: not known
Sidmouth Folk Week
Friday 1 August until Friday 8 August 2008
Where: Sidmouth, Devon - MAP
Cost: Prices vary depending on event
Newquay Wales Music Festival
Friday 1 August until Sunday 3 August 2008
Where: Newquay, Cardigan Bay, West Wales
Cost: £12 per night, £20/two nights
Fairport's Cropredy Convention
Thursday 7 August until Saturday 9 August 2008
Where: Cropredy, nr. Banbury, Oxfordshire.
The Moor Music Festival
Thursday 7 August until Saturday 9 August 2008
Where: near Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Bulldog Bash
Thursday 7 August until Sunday 10 August 2008
Where: Shakespeare County Raceway, Long Marston, Warwickshire
Rebellion UK
Thursday 7 August until Sunday 10 August 2008
Where: Blackpool, Lancashire - MAP
Bideford Folk Festival
Monday 11 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Bideford, North Devon - MAP.
Beautiful Days
Friday 15 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon
Bloodstock Open Air
Friday 15 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire
The Green Man Festival
Friday 15 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: in the Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales
Tribfest
Friday 15 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Kelleythorpe, East Yorkshire
V Festival (Chelmsford)
Saturday 16 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Chelmsford, Essex
V Festival (Staffordshire)
Saturday 16 August until Sunday 17 August 2008
Where: Weston Park, Staffordshire
Towersey Village Festival
Thursday 21 August until Monday 25 August 2008
Where: Towersey, Thame, Oxon
Festival of World Cultures
Friday 22 August until Sunday 24 August 2008
Where: Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Leeds Festival
Friday 22 August until Sunday 24 August 2008
Where: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Reading Festival
Friday 22 August until Sunday 24 August 2008
Where: Reading, Berkshire
Solfest
Friday 22 August until Sunday 24 August 2008
Where: Tarns, nr Aspatria, Cumbria
Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Friday 22 August until Monday 25 August 2008
Where: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Creamfields
Saturday 23 August 2008
Where: Daresbury Estate, Halton, Cheshire
Greenbelt Festival
Sunday 24 August until Wednesday 27 August 2008
Where: Cheltenham Racecourse
Fiddle Festival
Thursday 28 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Pembrokeshire, Wales
BunkFest
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Connect
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland
Electric Picnic
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Stradbally Hall Estate, Co. Laois, Eire
Off The Tracks Late Festival
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: nr Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Ragged Hedge Fair
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rhythm Festival
Friday 29 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: nr Bedford, Bedfordshire
Weyfest
Saturday 30 August until Sunday 31 August 2008
Where: Tilford, Farnham, Surrey
Bestival
Friday 5 September until Sunday 7 September 2008
Where: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight.
St Ives Festival
Saturday 6 September until Saturday 20 September 2008
Where: St Ives, Cornwall - MAP
End of the Road Festival
Friday 12 September until Sunday 14 September 2008
Where: North Dorset borders / Wiltshire - MAP
Thames Festival
Saturday 13 September until Sunday 14 September 2008
Where: London
Loopallu
Friday 19 September until Saturday 20 September 2008
Where: Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Isle of Wight Folk & Blues Festival
Friday 19 September until Sunday 21 September 2008
Where: in and around Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Love and Peace
Simon and Suzanne
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