Brittish Festvals august 2008
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Kendal Calling

Kendal, Cumbria | 1-3 Aug 2008
Nestled in the hills and valleys of Cumbria at the gateway to the Lake district, Kendal is the venue for this festival of homage to great music and great times.
Line up:
Dizzee Rascal, Super Furry Animals, British Sea Power, DJ Yoda, Scratch Perverts, Dan Le Sac

A Day At The Races
Manchester | Saturday 02/08/2008
One day, two stages and 1200 people. From ambient to folk, from rock to the bizarre.
Line up:
Four Tet, Los Campesinos, Jeffrey Lewis, Mum, Nina Nastasia, Adem, Johnny Foreigner, Olafur Arnalds, The Mae Shi, Calvin Johnson and much more...

POP IN THE PARK
Nantwich | 2nd - 3rd August 2008
Two of the UK's biggest pop acts headline two days of pop in Nantwich, Cheshire's Dorfold Park.
Line up:
McFly, Girls Aloud and more TBA...

REBELLION FESTIVAL 08

Blackpool | 7th - 10th August 2008
One of the world's biggest and longest running punk festivals, running for four days across four venues, and featuring the best of the current and past punk scenes.
Line up:
Anti Nowhere League, Argy Bargy, Bad Manners, Deadline, Discharge, Neville Staples, UK Subs, The Business, 999, Atilla the Stockbroker, Goldblade and hundreds more...

Rip Curl Boardmasters Unleashed
Newquay | 8th - 9th August
Featuring the world's best surfers, amazing skateboarding and BMX, insane live music to suit any tastes and a huge bar on the beach.
Line up:
The Zutons, Groove Armada, The Pigeon Detectives, Audio Bullys, The Futureheads, Morcheeba, Reverend & the Makers, Mystery Jets, Gallows and many more...

Underage Festival
London | Friday 08/08/2008
Expect three stages of the hottest new bands, exclusively for music savvy 14 to 18 year olds. A safe atmosphere for the younger generation of music fans promises a line-up the adults will be envious of!
Line up: Gallows, Foals, The Horrors, The Rifles, Bonde De Role, Glasvegas, Sons and Daughters, Team Waterpolo, Wild Beasts and many more...

Field Day
Victoria Park
 Tower Hamlets
London | Saturday 09/08/2008
A psychedelic summer fete in the centre of London hosting some of the UK's finest bands and DJs, and a host of other eccentric entertainments including welly throwing, morris dancing, coconut shy, tug of war, brass bands and more across four stages.
Line up: Foals, Fionn Regan, Of Montreal, Simian Mobile Disco, Mystery Jets, Lightspeed Champion, White Lies, Huw Stephens, King Creosote (Duo), and many more...

The Amef 08 Music & Arts Festival

Northampton | Sunday 10/08/2008
The Arts Meets Environment Festival is back, bigger and better featuring exciting indie stalls, skate ramps, art workshops, smoothie bars, climbing walls and music from brilliant live bands.
Line up: Sukie, Miller’s hag, Yeltsin, Uptown Decadence Unit, Illigitimate Sons of the King, My First Radio, Sleepyhead, Casio Kid, My first tooth, The 69s and many more...

Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival
Walton on Trent, Der | 14-17 Aug 2008
Bloodstock offers a traditional rock and metal festival aiming to recapture the spirit of the original Monsters of Rock shows from the 80s and 90s across three stages.
Line up: Communic, Evile, Opeth, At The Gates, Moonsorrow, Cloudscape, Swallow The Sun, Kataklysm, Overkill and many more.

Green Man Festival
Wales | 15th-17th Aug
Featuring a wealth of folk and folktronica acts, as well as a variety of other music and entertainments including cinema, literature, workshops and many more in a family friendly environment.
Line up: Super Furry Animals, Richard Thompson, Iron and Wine, The National, Black Mountain, Drive By Truckers, King Creosote, Caribou, Magik Markers and many more...

Beautiful Days

Devon | 15-17 Aug 2008
Levellers festival in the heart of Devon. Five stages, family camping, huge children's area, carefully selected food & craft stalls, real ale bars and amazing site art.
Line up:
Squeeze, Supergrass, The Levellers, Alabama 3, Nouvelle Vague, Turin Brakes, Stiff Little Fingers, Zion Train, Fishbone, Frank Turner, comedy from Ross Noble, and much more...

Reading and Leeds 2008
Reading and Leeds | 22nd - 24th August 2008
Featuring the best of current music, Reading and Leeds festivals will be back this August.
Line-up:
The Killers, Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, The Fratellis, The Enemy, Biffy Clyro, Serj Tankian, The Raconteurs, Editors, We Are Scientists, Manic Street Preachers, Bullet For My Valentine, Tenacious D, Slipknot, Feeder and many more TBA...

Creamfields 2008
Halton | 23rd&24th August
Celebrating its 10th year, the award winning Creamfields festival will feature its biggest line-up ever.
Line up:
Kasabian, Ian Brown, Fat Boy Slim, Soulwax, Ian Brown, Underworld, The Gossip and much more...

South West Four
London | Saturday 23/08/2008
London's biggest outdoor dance event returns to Clapham Common for it's fifth year.
Line up:
Carl Cox, Erick Morillo, John Digweed, Fedde Le Grand, Layo & Bushwacka, Danny Tenaglia, Sven Vath, Francois K, Armin Van Buuren and many more...

Tenby Folk Festival

Tenby | Saturday 23/08/2008
The first Tenby Folk Festival arrives to showcase the cream of the UK folk and roots scene, mixed among the finest international folk artists available today.
Line up:
Cerys Matthews, José Gonzáles, Eliza Carthy, The Storys, Cecile Corbel, Martyn Joseph and many more...

Relight My Firestation
Bournemouth | Saturday 23/08/2008
A big summer weekender for Bournemouth University allumni. If you used to love dancing to Lollipop and Happy Monday nights during your uni years, this night is going to bring it all flooding back!

Get Loaded In The Park 2008
London | Sunday 24/08/2008
Returning for its fifth year of indie-crazed-rock and electro-jackin-dance is inner-city festival Get Loaded in the Park supported by Time Out and XFM.
Line up: Iggy and the Stooges, Supergrass, Gogol Bordello, Kate Nash, Reverend and the Makers, The Maccabees, The Gossip, Soulwax Nite Versions, Mylo (DJ set) and many more across four stages...
 
20th Off The Tracks Festival
Isley Walton @ J24 ( | 29-31 Aug 2008
An eclectic selection of roots, folk, dance, trance and acoustic across two stages, 45 real ales, good food, acoustic sessions, stalls, excellent camping facilities & showers, family friendly, atmospheric surroundings plus much more...
Line up:
Dreadzone, Kissmet and more to come...

Hydro Connect Music Festival 2008
Scotland | 29th - 31st August 2008
The Duke of Argyll is looking forward to welcoming a new set of revellers into his scenic castle grounds to enjoy a range of music, on the banks of Loch Fyne.
Line up:
Kasabian, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Paolo Nutini, Manic Street Preachers, Spiritualized, The Coral and many more to be revealed...

Offset Festival
Redbridge Essex | Saturday 30/08/2008
Offset is a brand new festival that joins the dots between the hottest new bands and the artists that influenced them with over 150 bands performing over 7 stages, and a lineup handpicked to represent all that's great in UK music.
Line up: Wire, The Young Knives, Chrome Hoof, Ipso Facto, Make Model, Grabba Grabba Tape, O'Children, Die! Die! Die! and over 100 more to be announced.

FEUGH FEST

Aberdeenshire | 30th August 2008
Feugh Fest is returning to Banchory for its second year and is set to be even bigger and better than the inaugral event held last summer.
Line up: The Brand New Heavies, Sandi Thom, Attic Lights, Bad Manners, Popup, Jyrojets, Hi-Five Alive and many more...

Moseley Folk Festival 2008
Moseley, Birmingham | 29th-31st August
Moseley Folk Festival returns to the leafy surroundings of Moseley Park for 2008. And it's worth saying that you'd be hard pressed to find a more suitable environment to sit back and listen to some of the finest folk these isles have to offer.
Line up: José Gonzáles, Seth Lakeman, Waterson:Carthy, Scott Matthews, Morcheeba, The Bees and many many more to be confirmed...

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