The festival hopping ska-rap-punk band, Imperial Leisure, top the bill on first night of Pulse Festival which kicks off this evening on the outskirts of Southampton. Rob Ball Gates open at 4pm this afternoon (10th May) for the 2 day festival which for the first time is allowing campers to pitch their tents. Also playing [...]
The festival season is just around the corner and for those in south of England (and those who aren’t!) then Pulse Festival is one that should be top of everybody’s list. It’s an old cliché when they say there’s something for everybody here – but at Pulse, which is based at Sunnyfields Farm on the outskirts of [...]
After the cancellation of this years Pulse Festival due to the poor weather, organisers have announced a few changes to next year’s bash, which takes place on the outskirts of Southampton. As well as changing to a two day festival with (very limited) camping, they will also be bringing the date forward. They have said [...]
Boscombe Community Fair returns to Kings Park this weekend (September 14-16th) , and the event needs all the support possible from the local community. Now in its 17th year this not for profit event looks to be as fun packed as ever with so many different styles of music and performers on display there is [...]
With just under a month to go until the juggernaut of BoomTown Fair unleashes mayhem onto the Winchester countryside, the UKs maddest fair has now officially SOLD OUT for the fourth year in a row! For those who have not managed to get their hands on one the coveted passes for BoomTown Fair 2012, to catch [...]
To coincide with this years theme, everybody who is attending this year’s Blissfields Festival has been placed into different “School Houses”. Everybody, including all of the performers, have been placed into either Bentworth, Bradley, Candover or Wallop. Here is our guide to who is in what house: BRADLEY Bradley House values the heritage and history [...]
Blissfields Festival have today announced a surprise addition to this years line up, Charlotte Church. Following the announcement this week that Bastille and King Charles were added to this summer’s Blissfields Festival line-up, organizers are thrilled to announce that the multi-platinum-selling Charlotte Church has been confirmed to make a very special appearance at Hampshire’s longest running boutique music festival. With [...]
This evening (Friday 18th May), at The Joiners, four of Southampton’s finest acts will compete for a place at this years Blissfields Festival. For the first time, The Road To Blissfields will take place at the legendary venue with The Novatones, Anja McCloskey, The Blue Screen of Death and England Road all vying for a [...]
The Road To Blissfields arrives in Winchester this Saturday, 7th April. The winners of Saturdays final will win a slot at this years festival, which has confirmed acts including The Noisettes, Patrick Wolf, Pronghorn and Dreadzone on this years bill. All week, we’ll be running a preview on each of the bands who will be [...]
Blissfields Festival organisers have confirmed that festival favourites and Kings of Cow Punk, Pronghorn, will be playing the Hampshire festival for the first time this year. Pronghorn are regulars at many festivals across the country including Glastonbury, Camp Bestival, Bearded Theory and many more. Pronghorn are also the organisers behind the Endorse It In Dorset [...]
The team behind Endorse It In Dorset Festival have this morning made an announcement that they will be taking a break in 2012. Here is the statement, posted by Flounder, on the Endorse It In Dorset Facebook page this morning: “”After eight very successful years, The Endorse It In Dorset Team have decided to take [...]
Pulse Festival organisers are getting excited as the site has been growing over the past couple of days to weather that seems to be getting hotter and hotter. The fence has been going up today and organiser Mark Ward told me they’ve already sold more than double the amount of tickets than they had at [...]
2011 was just my third Endorse It In Dorset but 2011 has firmly cemented itself as my favourite ‘small’ festival. Much of the reasoning is all down to Scrumpy Sunday or Ladies Day. Ladies Day brings possibly the most amount of fun one could wish to have. It’s brilliant that so many grizzly and normally [...]
With just 4 weeks to go until festival organisers decamp to Sunnyfields Farm this years Pulse Festival lineup is now complete and all plans are in place for a fantastic festival. This years festival boasts three stages, the amazing outdoor stage with top notch lighting and sound rig, the new Marquee stage in field 2 [...]