UK Music Festival Calendar 2008
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Festivals in MAY 2008
- Give it a Name Festival - 10th - 11th May 2008 London / Sheffield
- The Great Escape - 15th - 17th May 2008 Various Brighton
- Gatecrasher - 24th May - 25th May 2008 Turweston Aerodrome
Festivals in JUNE 2008
- Download Festival -13th -15th June 2008 Donington Park
Escape into The Park - 14th June 2008 Singleton Park Swansea - Glastonbury - 27th - 29th Jun 2008 Worthy Farm, Pilton
The Verve, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z. Tickets On sale 9am, 6 April - Wakestock Blenheim - Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire - 27th - 29th Jun 2008 - official site
- Hard Rock Calling - 28th - 29th June 2008 at Hyde Park London
The Police, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, KT Tunstall ; £110
Festivals in JULY 2008
- Wireless Festival - 3th - 6th Jul 2008 London and Leeds
Fatboy Slim, Counting Crows, more to be announced ; £40 per day
- Wakestock Abersoch - 4th - 6th July 2008, Llyn Peninsula in North Wales - official site
- Isle of Wight Festival - 13th - 15th June 2008 Seaclose Park, IoW
The Police, Sex Pistols, Kaiser Chiefs; sold out - Guilfest - 4th-6th July 2008 at Stoke Park, Guildford
- Cornbury Festival 5th - 6th Juyl 2008 Cornbury Park Oxford -Official Site
- T in the Park 11th - 13th July 2008 Balado Airfield
The Verve, Rage Against The Machine, REM; sold out - Latitude Festival - 17th - 20th July 2008 Henham Park, Suffolk
Line-up to be announced. With literature, poetry, theatre and cabaret tents, children's area, painted sheep. - Lovebox - 19 & 20 July, Victoria Park, Hackney
Flaming Lips, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Human League; £65 - T4 on the Beach - July 2008 Weston Super Mare
- Secret Garden Party 24th -27th July, Nr Huntingdon, Cambs.
Line-up to be announced. With makeovers, saunas, naked Twister, kissing workshops; £125 - Global Gathering - 25th -26th July 2008 Long Marston
Festivals in AUGUST 2008
- Big Chill - 1st August 2008 Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle
Leonard Cohen, Bomb the Bass, Orchestra Baobab. With Victorian funfair, freakshow, art trail, £129 - Electric Gardens - August 2008 Mount Ephraim Gardens, Kent
- Underage Festival - 8 August 2008, Victoria Park, Hackney
Line-up to be announced; £22.50 www.underagefestivals.com exclusively for 14-17-year-olds - Green Man 15th -17th August, Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons.
Super Furry Animals, Richard Thompson, Beirut. Real ale, organic food, indie films, children's area £105 - V Festival - 16th - 17th August 2008 Hylands Park Chelmsford & Weston Park Staffs
Muse, The Verve, Kaiser Chiefs; sold out - Get Loaded In The Park- 23th -24th August 2008 Clapham Common
- Creamfields - 23rd August 2008 Liverpool
- Leeds Festival - 22nd -24th August 2008 at Bramham Park
- Reading Festival - 22nd -24th August 2008 at Little Johns Farm
Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and Green Day are rumoured.On sale 7pm, 31 March, price tbc
Festivals in SEPTEMBER 2008
- Bestival - 5th - 7th September Isle of Wight
My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Human League. With bivouac campsite, fancy dress, farmers' market; £130