FESTIVALS IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND 2026
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Festivals in the East of England 2026

Looking for festivals in the East of England? We track 42 happening across the region in 2026, from Houghton Festival, Ideas Fest, Folk In A Field to hidden local gems. Filter by genre, month, size and camping to find one near you.

The East of England runs a varied festival circuit from May to October in 2026. Latitude Festival at Henham Park in Suffolk is the headline event, with a broad indie and arts bill in July. Cambridge Folk Festival and Houghton Festival both anchor August, at opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Slam Dunk Festival South in Hertfordshire opens the season in May. Folk In A Field in Norfolk is a boutique folk and roots weekend. Fezzy tracks 42 events across the region in 2026.

42 festivalsMay to October 2026Biggest: Latitude Festival (45,000 cap)Folk · Electronic · Rock · Pop
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Featured
23-26 Jul

Latitude Festival

Southwold
Featured45,000 cap

Celebrating its 20th edition in 2026, Latitude offers a weekend of discovery in the stunning surrounds of Henham Park. Beyond hea...

Big indie / alternativecomedy & arts festival👨‍👩‍👧
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9-10 Sept

Ideas Fest

Tring
Festival6,000 cap

Ideas Fest 2026: Ben Shephard, Joel Dommett + 500 sessions at Champneys, Tring, 9-10 Sep. Business & founders festival. From £199...

Immersive Glastonbury for entrepreneurs style gathering with founder talks, workshops, wellness and live music in a relaxed countryside setting.
Tickets
Hidden Gem
28-30 Aug

Maui Waui Festival

Unknown
Hidden gem5,000 cap

A colourful world, circus and roots weekender in the Suffolk countryside with quirky stages and late night cabaret.

Eclectic world / circus / rootsElectronic👨‍👩‍👧
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Hidden Gem
8-12 Jul

Bures Music Festival

East of England
Hidden gem3,000 cap

Community-led summer music event in Suffolk, 8-12 July 2026, featuring rock, blues, pop, jazz and ska; all profits to local chari...

rock, blues, pop tributesWeek-long community charity music festival in the village of Bures covering rock👨‍👩‍👧
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Hidden Gem
2-5 Jul

Folk In A Field

Swaffham
Hidden gem2,000 cap

Seth Lakeman, Talisk & The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats headline. Award-winning family folk festival in a Norfolk woodland. 2027:...

FolkLaid-back independent folk festival in Bradmoor Woods with acoustic stages👨‍👩‍👧
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Hidden Gem
21-23 Aug

Field Maneuvers

East of England
Hidden gem1,000 cap

Field Maneuvers festival is currently taking registrations for their 2026 edition.

Electronic
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30-30 Aug

New World Festival

East of England
Festival

New World Festival 2026 lineup: Craig David Presents TS5, Sigma, Nathan Dawe, Low Steppa, Kurupt FM & Switch Disco. Bass and elec...

Multi-genre electronic
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30-30 Aug

Proper Fest

Clacton-on-Sea
Festival

Ratpack, Slipmatt and Shades Of Rhythm headline Essex's one-day rave across 7 stages, celebrating late 80s, 90s and 00s dance mus...

Multi-stage danceHouse
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Featured
2-4 Sept

Sundown Festival

Norwich
Featured40,000 cap

Norwich dance and pop festival. Skipped 2025 (refunds issued). 2026 status unconfirmed - official website offline and no headline...

Mainstream pop & dance music
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6-9 Aug

Houghton Festival

King's Lynn
Festival10,000 cap

Houghton Festival 2026: Ben UFO, Ricardo Villalobos, Helena Hauff headline. Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Audiophile electronic festiva...

Electronichouse
Tickets
28-31 Aug

Twinwood Festival

East of England
Festival10,000 cap

Vintage 1940s-50s swing and jive festival at Twinwood Arena, Bedford; August 28-31; largest UK festival of its era with Jazz and...

Swingjazz & vintage (1940s–50s era)
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Hidden Gem
23-24 May

LeeStock Music Festival

East of England
Hidden gem5,000 cap

Suffolk

Rockindie & tribute acts
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Hidden Gem
10-12 Jul

Ely Folk Festival

Ely
Hidden gem2,000 cap

Small, friendly folk and roots weekender with camping near Ely.

Folk & roots music
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Hidden Gem
21-23 Aug

Folk East

Beccles, Suffolk
Hidden gem2,000 cap

Folk East 2026 lineup: Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips headlines Saturday, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys Sunday. Elephant Sessi...

Folk
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Hidden Gem
19-21 Jun

The Wild Wood Disco

Linton
Hidden gem2,000 cap

Iconic woodland disco party with house, disco and stunning forest staging.

Boutique woodland disco (electronic)
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12-13 Sept

ALB Fest

East of England
Festival

ALB Fest 2026 line up: Scouting for Girls, Heather Small, Jon & Jo from S Club 7 + Gok Wan. Lower Castle Park, Colchester. 12-13...

Family-friendly
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5-9 Jun

An Experience Festival

Abbots Ripton
Festival

AnExperience Festival is a grassroots overnight rave weekender at Grange Farm, Abbots Ripton (PE28 2PH), running Thursday to Mond...

Electronic
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14-16 Aug

Awakened Spirit

East of England
Festival

Bedfordshire

Holistic / conscious
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1-2 Aug

Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge
Festival

Frank Turner, Suzanne Vega and Richard Thompson at Cherry Hinton Hall. One of folk's oldest festivals runs as a tight two-day wee...

Folkamericana👨‍👩‍👧
Tickets
3-4 Jul

Chilfest

Tring
Festival

Chilfest is an 80s and 90s themed music festival held on Cow Lane in Tring, Hertfordshire, running over a Friday tribute-band nig...

PopRock
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18-21 Jun

Elemental Temple Festival

Thetford
Festival

Four-day wellness and ceremony festival at Elveden Estate, Thetford, Suffolk running 18-21 June 2026. Features psychedelic DJs, l...

Arts
Tickets
24-26 Jul

Empire LARP

Cottenham
Festival

Large-scale live roleplay for 3,500+ players. Summer Solstice event (388YE) at Steeplechase LRP Centre, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire...

LARP
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Festival

Forest Live returns to High Lodge in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, for a week of open-air concerts among the trees. The 2026 shows ra...

MixedPop
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Festival

A two-day steam rally and heavy horse show held annually in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire. Attendee camping is available from the Fri...

Steam & Vintage
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31 Jul - 2 Aug

Harlequin Fayre

East of England
Festival

Harlequin Fayre is a beautiful East Anglia Festival bringing people together to celebrate community, unity and party. Set on a st...

Family-friendlyalternative / arts👨‍👩‍👧
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Festival

The Childeric Saddles Little Downham International Horse Trials, run by Ely Eventing Centre, returns 3-4 and 7 Oct 2026 with clas...

Equestrian
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3-5 Jul

Maverick Festival

East of England
Festival

The UK's first dedicated Americana and roots music festival held at Easton Farm Park in Suffolk across six indoor and outdoor sta...

Americana & country music
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15-17 May

Menhirs Fate Event 1

Baldock
Festival

Menhirs Fate is a high-fantasy festival LARP held at Bygrave Woods, Baldock, Hertfordshire, running multiple multi-day events per...

LARP
Tickets
Festival

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a multi-arts festival spanning music, theatre, circus and visual arts across Norwich and around the...

MixedFolk
Tickets
10-12 Jul

Origin Festival

Abbots Ripton
Festival

Eat Static, System 7, John 00 Fleming & D.A.V.E. The Drummer headlined. Psychedelic trance camping festival in ancient woodland,...

Electronic
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Festival

Profound Decisions Empire is a long-running UK LARP campaign running four 3-day events per year at Steeplechase LRP Centre near C...

LARP
Tickets
24-25 Jun

Royal Norfolk Show

Norwich
Festival

The Royal Norfolk Show is the largest two-day agricultural show in England, running 24-25 June 2026 at the Norfolk Showground, No...

County Show
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Sign of the Times

East of England
Festival

An 80s-themed music festival in east Hertfordshire near Bishop's Stortford featuring indie, rock and pop acts from the era

80s-themed music festival
23-23 May

Slam Dunk Festival South

Hatfield
Festival

Good Charlotte, Sublime, Taking Back Sunday & Knocked Loose headlined 2026 at Hatfield Park. The UK's biggest pop-punk and metalc...

PunkPop-punk
Tickets
26-28 Jun

State Fayre Festival

Chelmsford
Festival

Brand new rock, Americana and country festival at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, running 26-28 June 2026 with camping, ~30,000 capacit...

Music
Tickets
24-25 Oct

Tetworth Horse Trials

Sandy, Cambridgeshire
Festival

Tetworth Horse Trials is a volunteer-run equestrian event at the Tetworth Estate, Cambridgeshire, with classes from BE80 to Inter...

Equestrian
Tickets
12-12 Sept

Tewinbury Festival

Tewin
Festival

House & Garage Orchestra headline. Single-day farm festival at Tewinbury Farm Hotel, Hertfordshire, 12 Sep 2026.

House & GarageElectronic
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11-13 Sept

The Big Retreat Cambridgeshire

Huntingdon
Festival

Big Retreat Cambridgeshire 2026: adults-only wellness festival, 11-13 Sep, Abbots Ripton Estate near Huntingdon. Yoga, wild swimm...

Arts
Tickets
7-9 Aug

Timescape Festival

Huntingdon
Festival

Timescape Festival 2026 lineup: K-Klass, Ian Van Dahl, Lange, The Thrillseekers & Richard Durand. 18+ trance camping festival at...

Electronic
Tickets
3-5 Jul

Todd in the Hole

East of England
Festival

Multi-day rock and tribute band festival in Hertfordshire (July 3-5) with six stages featuring tribute acts and emerging local ta...

Rockpop & tribute acts (family)
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6-10 Aug

Tokonatsu

East of England
Festival

Bedfordshire

Japanese culture & anime (camping con)
Tickets
19-21 Jun

Wild Wood

Linton
Festival

Wild Wood is a 2,000-capacity 18+ electronic festival at Horseheath Racecourse, Linton, Cambs, running 19-21 June 2026 with on-si...

Electronic
Tickets

East of England festivals month by month

September

5 festivals
9-10 SeptIdeas FestTring · Immersive Glastonbury for entrepreneurs style gathering with founder talks, workshops, wellness and live music in a relaxed countryside setting.
11-13 SeptThe Big Retreat CambridgeshireHuntingdon · Arts
12-13 SeptALB FestEast of England · Family-friendly
12-13 SeptHaddenham Steam Rally & Heavy Horse ShowHaddenham · Steam & Vintage
12-12 SeptTewinbury FestivalTewin · House & Garage

October

2 festivals
3-7 OctLittle Downham Horse TrialsEly · Equestrian
24-25 OctTetworth Horse TrialsSandy, Cambridgeshire · Equestrian

May

4 festivals · already run for 2026
8-24 MayNorfolk & Norwich FestivalNorwich · Mixed
15-17 MayMenhirs Fate Event 1Baldock · LARP
23-24 MayLeeStock Music FestivalEast of England · Rock
23-23 MaySlam Dunk Festival SouthHatfield · Punk

June

7 festivals · already run for 2026
5-9 JunAn Experience FestivalAbbots Ripton · Electronic
18-21 JunElemental Temple FestivalThetford · Arts
19-21 JunThe Wild Wood DiscoLinton · Boutique woodland disco (electronic)
19-21 JunWild WoodLinton · Electronic
24-25 JunRoyal Norfolk ShowNorwich · County Show
26-28 JunState Fayre FestivalChelmsford · Music

July

11 festivals · already run for 2026
2-5 JulFolk In A FieldSwaffham · Folk
3-4 JulChilfestTring · Pop
3-5 JulMaverick FestivalEast of England · Americana & country music
3-5 JulTodd in the HoleEast of England · Rock
8-12 JulBures Music FestivalEast of England · rock, blues, pop tributes
10-12 JulEly Folk FestivalEly · Folk & roots music
10-12 JulOrigin FestivalAbbots Ripton · Electronic
23-26 JulLatitude FestivalSouthwold · Big indie / alternative
+3 more in July → all July festivals

August

12 festivals · already run for 2026
1-2 AugCambridge Folk FestivalCambridge · Folk
6-9 AugHoughton FestivalKing's Lynn · Electronic
6-10 AugTokonatsuEast of England · Japanese culture & anime (camping con)
7-9 AugTimescape FestivalHuntingdon · Electronic
14-16 AugAwakened SpiritEast of England · Holistic / conscious
21-23 AugField ManeuversEast of England · Electronic
21-23 AugFolk EastBeccles, Suffolk · Folk
28-30 AugMaui Waui FestivalUnknown · Eclectic world / circus / roots
+4 more in August → all August festivals

FAQs

When are the next festivals in East of England?

The next festivals in East of England are Ideas Fest (9-10 Sept), The Big Retreat Cambridgeshire (11-13 Sept), ALB Fest (12-13 Sept).

What is the biggest of the festivals in East of England?

Latitude Festival is the biggest of the festivals in East of England in our directory, with a capacity of around 45,000.

How many festivals in East of England are happening in 2026?

Fezzy lists 42 festivals in East of England for 2026, running May to October 2026. New events are added as they are announced.