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Original Penguin launch #VIPENGUIN competition

Following the success of iconic fashion brand Original Penguin’s Plugged In Sessions series which saw them take over parties in London, Ibiza and beyond with...

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Sound systems have driven the development of music in the UK, powered by hard work, passion and innovation. But preserving UK sound system culture, its knowledge and history, while also pushing it forward, is no easy task today. Ria Hylton traces its path through ska and reggae at blues dances in West Indian households, to soul, boogie, hip-hop and house in ’80s warehouses and at the Notting Hill Carnival, to nationwide tours and global popularity, and finds out how initiatives like the Sound System Futures Programme are seeking to secure its future 

It’s the Thursday before Notting Hill Carnival and Linett Kamala, board director of Europe’s biggest street party, is weaving through the streets of Kilburn. Her...

Alfresco Festival, AVA Festival & Conference, Wigflex City Festival... 

Panic on the streets, or mass protests with Massive Attack’s 3D, moors ablaze and a distressed David Attenborough. The less said about the world...

Croatia's crucial picks...

 

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The Garden might be credited with bringing UK dance tourists to Croatia in the first place, but Hideout is the one that sent...

The UK's best-loved rave in a field announces full line-up for 2012

Just when you thought it was safe to visit the tumbling hillsides, straw-munching horses and fresh-water streams of Norfolk's countryside for a quiet weekend, Glade...

Digital artists, audiovisual nerds and VJs will gather in London's South Bank this March for the UK's premier visual music festival, Optronica.

Digital artists, audiovisual nerds and VJs will gather in London's South Bank this March for the UK's premier visual music festival, Optronica.


Launched by audiovisual...

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Following a live performance at the Wireless Festival last weekend, The Whip has announced a string of UK shows as well as a 19th September...

Puglia’s Panorama Festival announces headliners for 2022 festival

Charlotte de Witte and Peggy Gou are among the acts set to play the festival

Italy's Panorama Festival has announced its headliners for 2022, with the event set to run from 13th to 16th August at the Salento Arena, Santa...

The Clapham Common event is still London's favourite dance fest...

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A music festival in the middle of London? That’s not at Hyde Park? What...

Brexit happens early next year, but its impact upon musicians working in the EU remains unclear. We delve into the potential effects of the UK’s...

NOTE: This article is over two years old and some information may be out of date. Please refer to this feature, written in January...

The past, present & future of the most important festival in the Balkans...

Exit isn't a festival, it's a movement. Held each year in a gargantuan fortress that sits atop Serbia’s second capital of Novi Sad, Exit is...

Knucks is leading UK rap's new wave

A rapper, producer and head of the No Days Off brand, Knucks smashed into the UK album charts this year with his ‘Alpha Place’ project, presenting his ‘chill drill’ sound in all its evolved glory. His triumphant homecoming show at KOKO in Camden saw collaborators like Stormzy, SL, Youngs Teflon and Ragz Originale join him on stage. Here, Yemi Abiade meets the Londoner to learn how there are now no limitations on his future

It’s late May in North London. The sun is setting with a burning intensity that only a summer’s evening in this concrete jungle can provide...

Farr shows that it can go the distance

While Glastonbury remains true to its rootsy, friends in a field origins, despite having become arguably the most famous party in the world, there's a...

Tickets on sale Friday 5th May...

Now that Gorillaz collaboration-heavy album 'Humanz' is finally out, the world's most successful virtual band fronted by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have announced an...

The biggest beats on British soil...

This years British festival listings