FESTIVALS

It's festival season again folks! Here's our pick of the many music happenings close to home...


LIVE AT LEEDS
150 acts on 15 stages across the city make L@L the year's best pub crawl. We recommend this year's cool crowds stumble upon alunageorge, Everything Everything, Savages, The Walkmen, Still Corners, Hawk Eyes.....

SHEPLEY SPRING
Folk festival in Kirklees village this year impresses with genre legends Martin Simpson & Nic Jones.

HEBDEN BRIDGE BLUES FESTIVAL
Award-winning roots sets the right atmosphere in a splendid location headlined by Ron Sayer Jr, Jo Harman & Paddy Milner.

CROOKED WAYS
Second year of Pontefract sun sees lads, legends & locals unite for The Enemy, Grandmaster Flash & handmadehands.

LONG DIVISION
Independent Wakefield trawl put on by local zine Rhubarb Bomb ups the ante terrifically by adding The Fall to an already enjoyable list including Ghostpoet, Let's Wrestle & Post War Glamour Girls.

WILLOWMAN
Camp in beautiful North Yorkshire hills for a retro line-up of fitting festival acts New Model Army, The Orb & The Wonder Stuff.

BEVERLEY FOLK FESTIVAL
Long-time traditional gathering presenting big folk players The Proclaimers & Show of Hands amongst family-friendly fun.

COCOON IN THE PARK
Techno intensities at Temple Newsam where Sven Vath & Richie Hawtin keep crowds high.

DEER SHED
By families, for families, this is a recent success which this year welcomes Gaz Coombes, Willy Mason & Edwyn Collins to the Thirsk park.

TRAMLINES
Sheffield festival attracts large turn-outs to see Lianne La Havas headline after Lanterns On The Lake, Veronica Falls & Jim Jones Revue. All for FREE!

FELL FOOT SOUND
Lovely Lake District surroundings for intimate festival featuring the best local discoveries Sky Larkin, Witch Hunt & Sam Airey.

BEACONS
Hipsters in glorious rolling Skipton moors can this year relax to Julia Holter, riot to Fucked Up, rave to Bonobo and rejoice to Local Natives.

LEEDS FESTIVAL
The huge one offers Eminem & Green Day, Phoenix & Foals, Tame Impala & alt.J, and a whole lot more of the usual shenanigans.

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE
Growing success keeps the Madchester-friendly line-ups flowing enjoyably, this year happily tempting Primal Scream & The Cribs.

SCARBOROUGH JAZZ FESTIVAL
The beachfront Spa continues their annual weekend of jazz for a final summer holiday, headlined this year by the masterful Courtney Pine.