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The Best of British Festivals

• 12th Jul 2014

Glastonbury and Download are done, and Wireless has come to an end, but in reality we’re still in the early point of UK festivals this year. Here at Glasswerk HQ we’ve come up with a top list of those amazing festivals set to go, even if the weather has gone already!

T-In The Park
When: July 11-13
Where: Balado, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Headliners: Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris, Arctic Monkeys
What else is there? Bastille, Disclosure, Ed Sheeran, Elbow, Franz Ferdinand, James, Kaiser Chiefs, Paolo Nutini, Pixies, Pharrell Williams and the incredible Scottish crowds, one not to be missed.
Tickets: Weekend: £194; Day: £82.50
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Latitude
When: July 17-20
Where: Henham Park, Suffolk
Headliners: Two Door Cinema Club, Damon Albarn, The Black Keys
What else is there? Billy Bragg, Bombay Bicycle Club, Editors, Haim, Kelis, Mogwai, Royksopp and Robyn, Tame Impala amongst caberet, cinema, comedy and secrets you’ll keep on stumbling across. The Middle Class Glastonbury that everyone can enjoy.
Tickets: Weekend: £195.50; Day: £84.50
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Lovebox
When: July 18-19
Where: Victoria Park, London
Headliners: Chase & Status, MIA
What else is there? Annie Mac, A$AP Rocky, Bonobo, Crystal Fighters, The Horrors, Katy B, Sub Focus. A great one if camping is not for you, and it’s based in trendy East London, what more could you want?!
Tickets: Day: from £35
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Secret Garden Party
When: July 24-27
Where: Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon
Headliners: Little Dragon, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Clean Bandit, Foxes, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Deap Vally, Morcheeba, The Correspondents
What else is there? The Amazing Snakeheads, Denai Moore, Jagwar Ma, Sub Focus DJ Set + ID, Wolf Alice. Their theme for the year is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. SGP is not for the faint hearted, think of it like a real life Wonderland of Alice’s, with a party in a shed, an awesome art display that you can swim out to in the middle of the lake, and don’t forget the naked trampolining.
Tickets: Weekend: £180.50

Standon Calling
When: August 1-3
Where: Standon, Hertfordshire
Headliners: Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Public Enemy, Maximo Park
What else is there? Clean Bandit, Giles Peterson, Grandmaster Flash and Peace. Their theme for 2014 is Latin America, and they are the only festival in the UK with an ACTUAL swimming pool as well as a dog show.
Tickets: Weekend: £119 Day: £50/£60
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Wilderness
When: August 7-10
Where: Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire
Headliners: London Grammar, Burt Bacharach, Metronomy
What else is there? Connan Mockasin, Jessie Ware, Joan As Police Woman, Sam Smith. The food. So much food, in every which way possibly imaginable. Gastronomy courses, long table banquets, lobster, pheasant and chips…
Tickets: Weekend: £151.50
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Green Man
When: August 14-17
Where: Glanusk, Wales
Headliners: Beirut, Natural Milk Hotel
What else is there? Bill Callahan, Caribou, First Aid Kit, Lanterns on the Lake, Simian Mobile Disco, Toy, The War on Drugs, The Waterboys. Beauty in Wales, and normally not too much rain, surprisingly, Green Man burn the Green Man in a celebration that gets better each year. Go find the secret acoustic sets!
Tickets: Weekend: £159
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Hevy
When: August 15-16
Where: Port Lympne, Kent
Headliners: Finch, Vandals
What else is there? The Hell, Palmreader, a SAFARI PARK… It’s where Andrew WK’s movie was filmed, and has bands to blow your head off. It’s small but fun, and a great heavier festival, one of the not many left at this point in summer!
Tickets: Weekend: £69
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V Festival
When: August 16-17
Where: Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, South Staffordshire
Headliners: Justin Timberlake, The Killers
What else is there? Ed Sheeran, Elbow, Example, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Paolo Nutini, Lily Allen. Another one, not for the campers. Although more TOWIE friendly, V is fun and a place to find all the big pop acts in one place. Though you might want to make sure your festival fashion is spot on and that summer tan topped up.
Tickets: Weekend: £189; Day: £89
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Creamfields
When: August 22-24
Where: Daresbury, Cheshire
Headliners: Avicii, Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren, Steve Angello
What else is there? Afro Jack, Annie Mac, Claude Vonstroke, Eric Prydz, Pete Tong, Skream. Not one for the faint hearted and the only advice we have is don’t take anything you wouldn’t want to lose (including your dignity). Be prepared to party harder than you have ever partied and dance until the sun comes up…on Monday.
Tickets: Weekend: £180; Day: £80-£85
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Reading and Leeds
When: August 22-24
Where: Richfield Avenue, Reading and Bramham Park, Leeds
Headliners: Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Arctic Monkeys, Blink 182
What else is there? Bombay Bicycle Club, The Courteeners, Disclosure, Imagine Dragons, Jake Bugg, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Vampire Weekend, You me At Six, Lower Than Atlantis, Mallory Knox. This is the festival of all festivals, yet the one that we cant sell with anything different. You don’t want to miss out on this year’s exceptional line up and sturdy as ever festival. Reading is the number one for all festival experiences.
Tickets: Weekend: £213; Day: £99.50
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Bestival
When: September 4-7
Where: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight
Headliners: OutKast, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Foals, Beck
What else is there? Basement Jaxx, Busta Rhymes, Disclosure, Laura Mvula, London Grammar, Major Lazer, Paloma Faith, Sam Smith, Wild Beasts. As if getting a ferry to an island and still being in the UK isn’t fun enough, Bestival is ALL about the fancy dress. Get involved in that and find some street parties and other acts of carnival to get involved in too!
Tickets: Weekend: £180.50
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Festival No.6
When: September 5-7
Where: Portmeiron, North Wales
Headliners: London Grammar, Beck
What else is there? Julio Bashmore, Los Campesinos!, Martha & the Vandellas, Steve Mason. Boutique, chilled out and the perfect end to a busy festival season, commandeered by BBC 6, and the height of cool, this is a festival that will leave you begging for next summer already.
Tickets: Weekend: £160-£175
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