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From Monday 04 April 2016

Manchester Punk Festival to be streamed live via Bird Attack Records

Manchester Punk Festival will be streamed live as it happens via Bird Attack Records, a label based in Jacksonville, Florida. Taking place from the 21st until the 23rd April 2016, it means anyone unable to attend will be able to get involved. The festival will see the likes of The

Friday 01 April 2016

Plymouth’s Anchored To The Sound Festival announces line-up

Taking place on the 27 August 2016 at Plymouth’s Guild Hall, Anchored To The Sound Festival has announced its full-line up. 31 bands will play across three stages, headlined by Lonely The Brave. The full list of bands is: Lonely The Brave, Polar, Landscapes, Casey, Crooks, Pay No Respect, Crazy Arm,

Handmade Festival complete line-up

Handmade Festival have made the final additions to their 2016 line-up, including Get Inuit and Kagoule. The festival will run from the 29th April until the 1st May, topped by We Are Scientists, Deaf Havana and Swim Deep. Handmade Festival takes over the O2 Academy in Leicester for three days

Thursday 31 March 2016

Second ArcTanGent Festival headliner revealed

ArcTanGent organisers have confirmed Godspeed You! Black Emperor as one of two headliners, joining the already announced American Football. It will mark the Canadian post-rock behemoth’s only UK festival appearance in 2016. It’s also set to be quite the show. “Godspeed headlining ArcTanGent is going to be incredible,” says organiser

Wednesday 30 March 2016

Hevy Fest adds Neck Deep, Saves The Day, Sick Of It All, Hawthorne Heights and more

Hevy Fest have made another announcement, adding another 8 acts to the bill. The latest additions join the already confirmed headliners Enter Shikari. This year sees Hevy move to Derbyshire from its previous home in Kent. It will now take place in Newhaven from the 19th to the 20th

Bestival to bring Pinegrove, Creeper, Moose Blood and more to future stage

Bestival might not be the first festival you think of when it comes to punk and alternative, but this year’s Invaders Of The Future stage looks set to change that. As well as a heap of other styles of music, the stage will welcome the likes of Pinegrove, Creeper,

John Coffey, Tim Vantol, The Tips and more for Jero On Air

Jera On Air Festival organisers have confirmed the next batch of bands to join the bill at the Dutch event, taking place at Ysselsteyn from the 24th to the 25th June 2016. The latest additions join the previously confirmed Pennywise, The Amity Affliction, August Burns Red, H2O, Municipal Waste and

Milk Teeth and more added to The Great Escape, plus young adult tickets

Milk Teeth are among the latest acts to join The Great Escape line-up, with BEASTS and Vulgarians also heading to Brighton between the 19th and 21st May 2016. As well as another 100 plus acts announced today festival organisers have also confirmed young adult tickets, for the first time allowing

Tuesday 29 March 2016

More acts join the Camden Rocks line-up

Cumbrian punk-rockers Colt 45 are among the latest additions to Camden Rocks Festival, alongside the newly announced headliners The Cribs. The Ramona Flowers, Flight Brigade, Death Koolaid, The Crooked Kings, Jolanga, Meredith Baker and Sarah de Warren will also join the 200 plus acts confirmed to play across over twenty

Slam Dunk Festival stage splits are here

Slam Dunk Festival have now officially opened up the “look at all those clashes” portion of the event build-up, with stage splits now available. As in previous years the festival is broadly split into heaviness and vague genre. The main stage takes the lighter acts with the second stage taking