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Live at Leeds in the Park: New discoveries and festival favourites

Live at Leeds in the Park: New discoveries and festival favourites

Was it the indie mainstays or the peppering of pop that stole the show at 2024’s Live at Leeds? Find out what went down here
Long live Rock n Roll Circus: An inside-look into Sheffield’s first-ever carnivalesque festival

Long live Rock n Roll Circus: An inside-look into Sheffield’s first-ever carnivalesque festival

Roll up, roll up: The Mancunion heads to Rock n Roll Circus, Sheffield’s one-of-a-kind circus/music festival hybrid, for a weekend of triumphant headlines and dizzying carnival spectacle.
All Points East 2022: Disclosure bring the dance party to London

All Points East 2022: Disclosure bring the dance party to London

The final weekend of All Points East brought out the sequins and glitter, resulting in a huge dance party in East London.
All Points East 2022: Tame Impala let down by shoddy sound

All Points East 2022: Tame Impala let down by shoddy sound

Headlining All Points East, Tame Impala were let down by shoddy sound despite fantastic performances from Montell Fish and FKJ.
Live at Leeds – Festival Review

Live at Leeds – Festival Review

Serena travels to Leeds to review the first ever Live at Leeds: In the Park at Temple Newsam, covering Easy Life, Lauran Hibberd, Sports Team, The Snuts and more
Liverpool was a Sound City – Festival Review

Liverpool was a Sound City – Festival Review

Serena Jemmett reviews Sound City, including performances from The Lathums, Self Esteem, The Royston Club, and Oliver Malcolm.
Live Review: Neighbourhood Festival 2019

Live Review: Neighbourhood Festival 2019

Head music editor Bella Fleming discusses the highs and lows of Neighbourhood Festival, including a stand out set from Squid and the venue’s excessive use of single-use plastic
Review: Boomtown Festival Chapter 11: ‘A Radical City’

Review: Boomtown Festival Chapter 11: ‘A Radical City’

Chapter 11 of Boomtown Festival did not disappoint Owen Trimming, who reflects on the highlights of the weekend.
Live Review: Spector at Year’s End Festival

Live Review: Spector at Year’s End Festival

Jasmine Bennett ends the semester with a trip to Manchester’s finest new festival, Year’s End.
Festival Review: Neighbourhood 2018

Festival Review: Neighbourhood 2018

Neighbourhood granted a stage to some of the most unique, peculiar and dystopian artists that the current music industry has to offer, writes Olivia White