UK Music Festivals

Cancel the sensible weekend plans, charge the power banks and start negotiating those dreaded festival clashes, because Firevolt Rock Festival 2026 has officially dropped its full stage times for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Taking place from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August 2026, Firevolt is preparing to unleash three packed days of hard rock, heavy riffs, huge choruses and late-night...

Manchester, prepare your neck muscles. Damnation Festival 2026 is heading back to the BEC Arena in Manchester across Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2026, bringing with it a truly disgusting amount of riffs, blast beats, crushing doom and glorious musical violence. And when we say disgusting, we mean that as the highest possible compliment. 😈 The latest line-up poster...

Steelhouse Festival is not your average weekend in a field. This is a full-blown rock pilgrimage to the top of a Welsh mountain, where the views are massive, the riffs are even bigger and the weather can go from blazing sunshine to horizontal rain before you have finished your first pint. It is beautiful. It is chaotic. It is very,...

Clear a space in the festival calendar, dust off the battle jacket and start mentally preparing your liver, because Mad of Stone Festival is officially gearing up for 2027! 🤘🍻 The independent rock celebration will return to Mote Park in Maidstone from Friday 16 July to Sunday 18 July 2027, and the first wave of Early Bird tickets is on...

When most people think of a rock festival, they picture towering stages, roaring guitar solos, muddy boots, crowdsurfers flying overhead and enough black band shirts to blot out the sun. But one of the UK’s favourite independent festivals is proving that heavy music and family life can go hand in hand. Welcome to 2000trees Festival – the Gloucestershire event where...

The Riff Report’s Biggest Steelhouse Guide Ever Continues… Welcome back, rockers! 🍻 By now you’ve conquered the mountain, pitched your tent, grabbed your wristband and probably already heard someone yell, “Who’s got the beers then?” Now it’s time to make sure you squeeze every last drop of awesome out of your Steelhouse weekend. So grab a brew—or something a little...

Everything You Need to Know Before Rocking the Mountain The Riff Report’s Biggest Steelhouse Guide Ever Published by The Riff Report – Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. 🤘🇼🇸 🎸 Welcome to the Greatest Little Rock Festival on the Mountain Forget muddy fields with no views. Forget faceless corporate festivals. Forget standing in a queue longer than the headliner’s encore. Steelhouse Festival...

“It’s not just a festival… it’s a pilgrimage to the top of a Welsh mountain.” There are festivals you can wander into from a train station, festivals where you’re parked five minutes from the arena, and festivals where everything is nice and flat. Steelhouse Festival laughs at those festivals. Perched high on Hafod-y-Dafal Farm above Ebbw Vale, Steelhouse is one...

Steelhouse Festival is making campsite life a whole lot easier — and a whole lot louder — with the chance to pre-order official Motörhead beers ahead of Steelhouse XV. Rather than cramming the car full of crates, dragging warm cans across the site and nearly putting your back out before the first band has even hit the stage, festival-goers can...

The Steelhouse rock community has once again proved that beneath all the leather jackets, battle vests, muddy boots and thunderous riffs lies an absolutely massive heart. The latest Steelhouse sign auction has officially finished, raising an incredible £754 for the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary. And here’s the important bit: every single penny raised will go directly to the sanctuary,...

Hayrock Festival 2026 is getting closer, the riffs are warming up, the tents are being dragged out of garages across the country, and somebody somewhere is already trying to work out how many cans count as “reasonable personal consumption.” 🍺😅 Taking place from Friday 24 July to Sunday 26 July 2026 at Haydock Park Racecourse, Hayrock is preparing to welcome...

Something loud is stirring in the wilderness, butt… and Call of the Wild Festival has officially told rock fans to clear their diaries for a major 2027 announcement. The festival has dropped a dramatic “Save the Date” teaser confirming that all will be revealed on: 📅 Friday 24th July 2026 🕙 10:00am No bands. No ticket details. No clues beyond...

The battle plan has landed, the clash-finder panic can officially begin, and Maid of Stone Festival 2026 has revealed its complete set times for Saturday 18 July at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent. And blimey, butt — they haven’t exactly eased us into the weekend gently. Saturday’s bill is stacked with British heavy metal royalty, hard-rock heroes, rising talent and...

Bloodstock might be famous for scorching riffs, fiery performances and enough black T-shirts to absorb the entire sun, but festival organisers are keeping a very close eye on the weather ahead of the 2026 event. Should temperatures start climbing, Bloodstock has a wonderfully ridiculous — and genuinely useful — weapon ready to roll. Introducing… THE SWEAT SLAYER! 💦⚔️ No, it...

The countdown has officially hit the danger zone, butt — there is now just ONE WEEK TO GO until Steelhouse Festival 2026 erupts into life at Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Wales! 🎸🏕️ Battle jackets are being dragged out of cupboards, tents are being checked for suspicious holes, and rock fans across the country are already arguing over who forgot to...