Festivals in August 2026

Reading and Leeds Festival is the UK's premier twin festival experience, taking place simultaneously across two iconic locations....

Ireland’s biggest camping festival at Stradbally Hall with a huge multi-genre line-up, arts areas and late-night fun.

Huge immersive festival built like a living city with countless venues and multi-genre programming.

Hampshire (Portsmouth)

Escape to the edge of the world at Cornwall's ultimate coastal celebration. Two sites, twelve stages, and one epic coastline come...

A major London festival hosting huge international acts across the spectrum of electronic, pop and indie in Victoria Park.

Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire

Massive Belfast dance festival with top-tier electronic acts and huge production across multiple stages.

City Park, Stirling

Green Man Festival is a beloved Welsh festival featuring multiple unique stages across beautiful natural settings. With areas lik...

Big 80s nostalgia weekender across three UK sites with singalong hits, fancy dress and family camping.

The UK’s biggest independent metal festival, famous for huge production, legendary lineups and a fiercely dedicated community of...

The UK's fastest growing family festival set against the stunning backdrop of Eastnor Castle. Lakefest combines world-class music...

Eastern Electrics is an electronic music festival. Further details about dates, location and lineup require additional informatio...

A theatrical electronic festival in a mysterious abandoned village. Think Secret Cinema meets Fabric.

Radically creative eco-minded festival mixing experimental music, costumes, cabaret and activism.

Cattows Farm, Heather, Leicestershire

Greenbelt is where artistry meets activism and the political meets the practical. A welcoming festival where you're as likely to...

Walesby Forest, Nottinghamshire

A New Day Festival takes place in the beautiful Mount Ephraim Gardens in Kent over three days in August. The festival offers mult...

An enchanting family arts festival full of storytelling, music, woodland adventures and imaginative outdoor play at Rode Hall Est...

Shrewsbury Folk Festival brings together acclaimed folk artists including Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders and Ferocious Dog...

Step into an enchanted world at the New Forest Fairy Festival, where magic comes alive in the beautiful Hampshire countryside. Th...

ArcTanGent is a welcoming, inclusive hub where music devotees and visionaries can indulge in 4 days of ground-breaking, idiosyncr...

Nature-rooted spiritual and wellbeing festival with workshops, live music and family activities.

A festival taking place in the historic town of Linlithgow over a weekend in August 2026.

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

Cumbria

England

Between the Trees is a 4-day nature and science-themed festival featuring indie-folk and acoustic roots music in a beautiful Wels...

A grassroots eco-focused gathering with folk music, workshops, activism and a strong emphasis on sustainable living and community.

A small druid-inspired spiritual camp blending folk music, rituals, storytelling and nature-based workshops in a peaceful woodlan...

An intimate roots and blues gathering featuring soulful performances, workshops and laid-back summer vibes in rural Somerset.

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

Garslade Farm, Godney, Glastonbury, Somerset

LOVEJAM Campout is a unique alcohol-free festival celebrating conscious community, creativity and authentic self-expression. This...

Berkshire

New World Festival returns in August 2026 with pre-sale ticket registration now open. Sign up with email and mobile to receive ex...

LGBTQ+ women’s camping festival with DJs, live acts and inclusive community vibe.

Essex's number 1 multi-genre rave festival bringing together dance music lovers across 7 stages of ultimate festival vibes. Featu...

Europe's largest street event, a celebration of Caribbean culture that has run through the streets of West London since 1966. It...

The UK's biggest dance music camping festival, grown out of the Cream club nights in Liverpool and now a four-day August bank hol...

Big pop and dance festival with chart acts and DJs at Norfolk Showground.

Oxfordshire

Cheshire

Independent family festival at Escot Park curated by the Levellers, mixing indie, folk, rock and roots with a friendly campsite f...

24-hour electronic music festival in the grounds of Houghton Hall with audiophile sound and woodland dancefloors.

Bedfordshire

Independent rock and metal weekender on the Manchester–Cheshire border with camping.

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

One-day celebration of house, garage, soul and dance with a carnival energy in London.

Bedfordshire

Aberdeenshire

Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast

The UK's biggest Christian music gathering fills the Wiston Estate beneath the South Downs, and for 2026 it shifts to the August...

One of the longest running folk festivals in the world returns in a refreshed shape for 2026: a week of citywide shows building t...

Fairport Convention's own gathering turns a quiet Oxfordshire village into one big folk rock reunion every August. One single sta...

Team Love's inner-city weekender on Clifton Downs closes Bristol's festival summer with a deliberately broad bill, pairing intern...

Gloworm Festival is a magical three-day family celebration in the stunning surroundings of Thoresby Park, designed especially for...

An intimate Dorset gathering of yoga, kirtan and sacred music — three days of conscious connection at the Leela Centre.

Wales's national festival of language and culture pitches its travelling Maes in north Pembrokeshire for 2026, billed as Eisteddf...

NEON In Nature weaves world class live and electronic music with wellness and sustainability programming in an intimate natural s...

County Durham

Kent

Leicestershire

London, London (Greater)

Bedfordshire

Gilles Peterson's Dorset weekender brings four days of jazz, soul, house and global sounds to the parkland of St Giles House. Exp...

North Yorkshire (Craven), Yorkshire & Humber