Festival Guide 2007

Pack your wellies, camping gear and oversized sunnies and prepare to get muddy: it’s festival time. Take a look at our round-up of the UK’s biggest and most unique music festivals from the worlds of rock, dance, indie, pop and alternative.

Latitude

When: 12th-15th JulyWhere: Henham Park, Suffolk.Price: £45 for a day ticket, £112 for the weekend.Web: www.latitudefestival.co.uk

Top Three: The Magic Numbers; The Good, The Bad & The Queen; Jarvis Cocker.

2007 is only the second year for this festival. With only four stages, Latitude is run on a smaller scale than some of the other festivals; however, it is organised by Mean Fiddler Music Group, the same company who are in charge of Glastonbury and the Carling Weekend so a great time is guaranteed.

Like Glastonbury, Latitude does not focus entirely on music, with a high quality comedy stage boasting the appearances of Bill Bailey, Phil Jupitus and Dylan Moran amongst others this year.

Wickerman Festival

When: 20th-21st JulyWhere: Dundrenna, Dumfries & Galloway.Price: £45 for Saturday, £65 for the weekend.Web: thewickermanfestival.co.uk

Top Three: Fun Lovin’ Criminals; The Proclaimers; Hayseed Dixie.

The Wickerman Festival’s motto is “Fun, fire and freedom”. Whilst the ‘fun’ and ‘freedom’ might be self explanatory, the ‘fire’ part comes with a good story. On the Saturday night, with spirits high in the camp, a 30-40 foot Wickerman is sacrificed to the festival gods!

Aside from the ritual burning, the Wickerman Festival will have eleven stages in 2007 to cater for the most eclectic music tastes around; including reggae, Scottish music and dance acts.

T4 On The Beach

When: 22nd JulyWhere: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.Price: £28.Web: official website

Top Three: Girls Aloud; McFly; Calvin Harris.

As the adverts on Channel 4 have probably already informed you, T4 On The Beach is approaching again. With 30 of the nation’s top pop acts appearing on the main stage to perform two or three of their most well known songs, the 30,000 strong crowd is set for a treat before Steve Jones starts to bury the equipment again.

As well as the main stage there are two other attractions. A 4Music stage makes its debut showcasing bands on the verge of greatness and the Aygo Disco allows members of the audience to play three songs of their choice as they DJ to a packed house.

For those not able to make the event in South West England, Channel 4 will be showing full coverage.

Global Gathering

When: 27th-28th JulyWhere: Long Marston Airfield, near Stratford Upon Avon.Price: £57.50 for Saturday only (£97.50 for VIP), £105 for the weekend (£155 for VIP).Web: globalgathering.co.uk

Top Three: Faithless; Basement Jaxx; Paul Oakenfold.

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This year marks the seventh occasion of Global Gathering, the world’s largest dance festival. Last year over 75,000 people were in attendance and similar figures are expected for 2007. After the success of Global Gathering in the UK, the festival has also held events in Ireland and the United States.

VIP tickets allow holders into a reserved area that includes a three-storey viewing deck near the main stage. This area is large enough to allow dancing, space to chill out and room for people to eat meals.

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