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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.
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Latitude
When: 12th-15th July
Where: 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
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Wickerman Festival
When: 20th-21st July
Where: 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.
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T4 On The Beach
When: 22nd July
Where: 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.
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Global Gathering
When: 27th-28th July
Where: 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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