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If it’s a European-style dance festival with a Scouse accent you’re after, there’s only one choice this summer.

If you want a week in the sun, away from the pilled up Eastern European destinations, Optimus Alive must be the choice.

A small, tight-knit festival where, if you like the music, you’re bound to run in to somebody you know at every turn.

One thing’s for sure, FestivalRepublic know how to throw a scintillating party.

Hop has taken things back to basics, making the festival experience all about the fans.

Only a few weeks left now until what will most likely be the third-annual sold out Parklife Weekender.

Complete with neon sheep and extensive arts events across the site, there’s more than a weekend’s worth to get involved with.

Set to become a mainstay on the overseas festival circuit, Hideout can surely equal anything a UK festival can offer, and then some.

Loud, crammed and for the most part jolly, though there may be a few more shouts of “SLAYER!!!” at 5am.

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Tom Geddes gives a quick rundown of the highs and lows of this year’s Sonisphere, as headlined by Metallica, Biffy Clyro and Slipknot.