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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