FOCUS Wales reveals the first acts for its 16th edition

FOCUS Wales has unveiled 76 acts from 18 nations, including Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, South London post-punk quintet Shame and alt-indie band FatDog. The Welsh showcase takes place in Wrexham from 7-9 May 2026. Following its 15th anniversary in 2025 that welcomed 25,000 music fans, 260 performing artists and 422 international delegates—and which saw […]

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Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice, Courteeners and Wet Leg to play Tramlines Festival 2026

Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice and Courteeners are set to headline Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival in 2026. Other big names across the 24-26 July weekend include Blossoms, Wet Leg, Kaiser Chiefs, The Coral and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tramlines Festival (@tramlines) The festival will celebrate its 17th edition in 2026, and […]

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Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club and The Streets announced as Y Not? headliners

Y Not? Festival returns to Derbyshire on 30 July to 2 August 2026 with Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club and The Streets as its headline acts. Kaiser Chiefs, Dizzee Rascal, Scissor Sisters, The Libertines and more have also been announced for the long-running festival. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Y Not […]

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Truck Festival announces headliners for 2026

Truck Festival, which returns to Hill Farm, Oxfordshire from 23-26 July 2026 has announced Maccabees, Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats, CMAT and the Libertines as 2026 headliners. CMAT will headline Thursday evening, while The Wombats and The Libertines co-headline on Sunday, with The Libertines closing the festival. Also playing are Primal Scream, Kaiser Chiefs […]

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All Points East announce Twenty One Pilots as next headliner

London’s All Points East festival has announced the US rock duo Twenty One Pilots as its next headline act. The duo will perform on Sunday 30 August 30 2026. The festival, which takes place 22-30 August in east London’s Victoria Park, will also host Lorde, Deftones and a two-day headline performance from Tyler, The Creator. […]

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‘Community is key’: four insights from Future of Festivals CEO Robert Stolt

It’s hard to predict the future, but some of us can try. For the festival industry, that comes in Future of Festivals. The person behind this is Robert Stolt. Robert is the CEO of Future of Festivals, which welcomes over 8000 delegates, more than 350 exhibitors and 150-plus speakers to Berlin each year. He’s also […]

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