Glastonbury festival

Each year, cultural enthusiasts desiring genre ranging from contemporary music and dance to theater and comedy acts can find their heart’s desire at the Glastonbury Festival. The birth of this festival stems from an arts and culture series held in the mid 1920s. The current festival was reborn in 1970 when Michael Eavis was inspired to revive this old tradition following his attendance at a similar festival in Bath headlined by Led Zepplin. [Read the rest of this entry...]

T In The Park Festival

T in the Park, named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennets, is a major Scottish music festival held annually since 1944. The popular festival was originally two days long, until 2007, making it a length of three days due to popularity. In fact, the event became so popular that in later years (2008 and up) introduced a weekend camping ticket to accommodate travelers on Thursday before any musicians perform. The T in the Park festival is promoted by Big Day Out. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Reading Festival

The Reading Festival is the 1st of a two leg festival that takes place in England annually with the second leg being the Leeds Festival. It is in fact the oldest, largest and longest running, musical festival in the world. This festival takes place during the August bank holiday weekend and runs from Friday thru Sunday at Little John’s Farm in central Reading. Originally the festival derived from the National Jazz Festival which was inspired by Henry Pendleton in 1961. [Read the rest of this entry...]