Organisers of the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival where a car ramming attack killed 11 people have said they are “heartbroken” and “collectively shattered”. An exhausted and emotional RJ Aquino said the Filipino community was left “numb”, sad and angry following the incident, which police have said was not terror-related. “We will feel the impact...
Vancouver’s Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday. The attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino culture, also left dozens wounded. The event’s organisers said the city’s tight-knit Filipino community is “grieving” and that the attack’s...
The final batch of resale tickets for Glastonbury Festival have sold out in 20 minutes after “incredible demand”. The general admission tickets for the world-famous event in Somerset were released at 09:00 BST on Sunday, and the festival announced on X they were gone by 9:20 BST. Those who missed out on buying tickets last...
Harry Parkhill & Karl Bird BBC News BBC/Karl Bird Colin Ward was a drummer for Sounds Force Five, who played at Barbeque 67 The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in the US is often cited as having been the first rock festival. But weeks earlier, thousands of fans crowded round a shed in Lincolnshire to watch...
The scheduled dates and location of Fyre Festival 2 have been thrown into doubt, according to US media reports. The reboot of the 2017 Fyre Festival – which made international headlines, sparked a hit Netflix documentary and resulted in organiser Billy McFarland going to jail for fraud – was due to take place in Mexico...
Guy Lambert Entertainment reporter Getty Images Popstars snuck into the audience at Coachella to watch each other perform this weekend – as Lady Gaga wowed festivalgoers with a dramatic main stage set. Fans swarmed to catch the Poker Face singer perform songs from her new album Mayhem, delivering a visual spectacle by opening her set...
Kendal Calling Kendal Calling returns to Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District this summer. Befitting its 20th anniversary celebration, it boasts a line up that oozes party atmosphere and good vibes among an eclectic cast of performers. For those arriving on Thursday, Sophie Ellis Bextor sets the party mood, before Kaiser Chiefs bring proceedings...
Bearded Theory FestivalCatton Park, Derbyshire 21st – 25th May 2025 Bearded Theory Festival is back again next month with a stellar line-up. Neil Crud looks forward to making the annual pilgrimage to this wonderful festival, now in its eighteenth year and going from strength to strength. From its humble beginnings to the pinnacles it exceeds...
© Nici Eberl © Nici Eberl We’re looking forward to another fantastic Green Man this year, the award-winning independent music, arts, comedy and science festival held in the stunning Bannau Brycheiniog This year’s lineup includes: Kneecap, Wet Leg, Underworld, TV On The Radio, Beth Gibbons, MJ Lenderman & The Wind, CMAT, Yard Act, Wunderhorse, Nilüfer...
 Gurriers Ritual Union FestivalBristol29th March 2025 Four venues, over thirty names to choose from and one day to fit in as many emerging acts as possible appearing at Bristol’s Ritual Union Festival. Keith Goldhanger reports. Drawing circles around a dozen band names that are performing around a tiny area of Bristol between just after...
The UK’s “largest queer festival” is coming to North Devon, organisers have said. The Out & Wild Festival, billed as the UK’s largest festival celebrating the lesbian, bi, trans, and queer women and non-binary people community, is set to take place in June near Bideford. Organisers said the event, which started during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Peel Slowly And See festival Leiden Holland various venues March 2025 Live Review by Richard Foster and John Robb (in bold) The dark, but cosy Resistor is an aptly named space, given the complex it’s part of once housed the jam factory that employed the Reichstag firestarter, Marinus van der Lubbe.  Sets on the first...
A three day festival of instrumental music played by upcoming professional musicians hosted in Topsham venues returns for its third year from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 April. The event aims to showcase and support young musicians from across the UK by bringing them and their work to audiences in Devon. The festival is led...
A free one-day festival celebrating women is being held at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 15 March following International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March. The programme includes music from the Newtown Roots Band and The Corduroy Curiosities with a workshop and choir led by Wren Music. There will also be panel discussions and a screening...
The jaw-dropping story of the rise and fall of British music and festival company Pollen. Read full article at source...