festivals in the UK An eclectic and growing list of small, alternative and boutique festivals in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. While a few music festivals are included we tend to include more participatory events. Know a great event that isn’t listed? Let us know!  

Festivals in 2023



April

Space to Emerge

28 April-1 May 2023 | Lake District, England

A family-friendly event with a variety of more than 20 different workshops (including some for children), opportunities for one to one healing sessions, evening entertainment with music and dancing, a ...

May

Hemp Redemption

12-14 May 2023 | Chilton Polden, England

Hemp Redemption Spring Festival is an event that welcomes you to enjoy a family-friendly weekend with live music, art, and hemp education on the grounds of a stunning vegan castle.  The festival orga ...

Burning Nest (CANCELLED)

22-29 May 2023 | Exeter, England

Burning Nest is an event inspired by Burning Man, its culture, community and principles. the festival organisers say: “Nest is a non-profit organisation that runs solely on the energy and enthus ...

Shindig Festival

25-28 May 2023 | Dillington Estate, England

Shindig Festival is a mash up of a gig, a house party, a circus show, comedy night, a wellbeing retreat and a kid’s party. No main stages, just an arrangement of stretch marquees, so you can be in a ...

Conscious Camp

26-29 May 2023 | North Wales, near Llangollen

The connections, the workshops, the music, the river, and all the other people here make Conscious Camp one of Wales’s favorite small gatherings.  The festival organizers say: “This is an intoxic ...

Gaia Tribe Summer Camp

26-31 May 2023 | North Yorkshire, England

The Gaia Tribe Summer Camp is an annual event held by The Gaia Tribe. Voted the UK’s friendliest family festival, the five-day event combines the vitality of live music and dance with relaxation, gr ...

June

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Fire in the Mountain Festival

1-5 June 2023 | Wales

Fire in the Mountain Festival is something homegrown and non-commercial set ancient farm between the foothills of the magnificent Cambrian Mountains and the beautiful coast of Cardigan bay.’ Lo ...

Eden Festival

8-11 June 2023 | St Ann's, Scotland

When a festival features areas with names like Vishnu Lounge, The Lost Disco and The Melodrome Theatre, you know it’s going to be one of the most interesting events to go to. The festival organi ...

Gottwood Festival

8-11 June 2023 | Wales

Gottwood  takes place on the Northern tip of Wales nestled between rolling hills and the Irish sea, the small close-knit festival have built an intimate family feel since their first edition back in ...

The Beacon Festival

16-17 June 2023 | Watlington, Oxfordshire, England

The Beacon Festival is a not-for-profit family friendly Music festival in Oxfordshire (Watlington). The organisers say: “We are a festival that celebrates real ale, music, workshops and plenty ...

To be confirmed: Body & Soul

16-18 June 2023 | Westmeath, Ireland

Body & Soul is an annual gathering celebrating art, music, performance and creative expression in Westmeath, Ireland. The award-winning festival aims to heighten awareness of human-environment con ...

Pagan Tribal Gathering

22-25 June 2023 | Warwickshire, England

The Pagan Tribal Gathering is a chilled out camping event, family and pet friendly with a spiritual theme leaning towards paganism. There will be speakers on various esoteric topics, workshops on ever ...

Barn On The Farm Festival

29 June-2 July 2023 | Gloucester, England

Barn On The Farm is an annual four-day festival hosted at Over Farm, just outside Gloucester, England. The multi award-winning event aims to ‘Bring New Music Closer’, creating a unique and intimat ...

Kelburn Garden Party

30 June-3 July 2023 | Glasgow, Scotland

Kelburn Garden Party is an annual, independent music and arts festival in the heart of Scotland. The festival takes place in a unique, 13th century painted castle and has been dubbed Scotland’s most ...

July

Noisily Festival in England

Noisily Festival

6-9 July 2023 | Leicestershire, UK

Noisily Festival is an event that celebrates coming together and community and it looks beautiful. It’s a platform for arts, music and creativity.  The festival organisers say: ‘Noisily ...

Timber Festival

7-9 July 2023 | Swadlincote, England

Timber Festival is the international forest festival celebrating woodland culture. The annual celebration features a weekend of debate, celebration and reflection in the Feanedock National Forest. The ...

Buddhafield Festival

12-16 July 2023 | Somerset, England

Buddhafield Festival is an annual celebration of community and connection with the land. The festival welcomes more than 4000 visitors each year for a weekend of song, dance, arts and crafts, yoga and ...

Beat-Herder Festival

13-16 July 2023 | Lancashire, England

Beat-Herder Festival is an annual celebration of beats and barminess. Creating unforgettable memories since 2006, the three-day event welcomes thousands of visitors each summer and showcases everythin ...

Also Festival

14-16 July 2023 | Warwickshire, England

Also Festival is a Music festival set over three transformative days, taking a look through the crucial ideas of our time, gazing on the natural world and into the internal world, to consider why we ...

Tropical Pressure Festival

14-17 July 2023 | Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Porthtowan

A small, vibe filled, family friendly festival, that celebrates the music, dance and food of 3 Tropical continents. The organisers say: “Tropical Pressure takes place at Mount Pleasant Eco Park; a ...

Burning Woman Festival

21-23 July 2023 | Belvoir Castle, England

Burning Woman Festival is a festival run by women and for women. It is a beautiful heart space for women to relax, rejuvenate, celebrate, connect, flourish, transform, and take time for themselves. Th ...

Stainsby Festival

21-23 July 2023 | Chesterfield, England

Stainsby Festival is an annual, non-for-profit event in the heart of Chesterfield, England. The event has everything from folk and world music to craft stalls, children’s entertainment, workshops, t ...

Dance Camp East

22-30 July 2023 | Suffolk, England

Dance Camp East is a camping holiday with a difference! The annual family-friendly event welcomes hundreds of visitors each year to celebrate music, dance and community in the heart of East Anglia. A ...

Camp Bestival

27-30 July 2023 | Dorset, England

Camp Bestival is an annual, ‘awe inspiring’ and multi award winning summer festival in the heart of Dorset, England. The family friendly event features a wide variety of local and international mu ...

Bimble Bandada

28-30 July 2023 | Dorset, England

If you are into an eco-friendly lifestyle and enjoy music and nature then Bimble Bandada is your festival.The 2020 festival will again be 100% solar powered, and on a new magical site in Dorset (nr Bo ...

To be confirmed: Glas-Denbury Festival

31 July-1 August 2023 | Devon, England

For the perfect family weekend out, Devon’s ‘Festival Of The Year’ showcases the best of creativity, food, music and entertainment in in the South West. Enjoy more than 6 stages of l ...

August

All About Love Festival

2-8 August 2023 | Huntington, England

All About Love is a music and medicine festival dedicated to the UK and European tribes. A celebration of the advancements to come in these fields.  The festival organizers say: “Personal relations ...

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Farm Fest

3-5 August 2023 | Somerset, UK

A down to earth, affordable but overall fun festival happening at Gilcombe Farm, in the heart of Somerset, on 24 & 25th July 2020. It started as a party for friends and has stayed that way 15 year ...

Green Gathering

3-6 August 2023 | Wales

The Green Gathering is the perfect festival if you are into sustainability, education, low impact alternatives. It prouds itself to be the greenest gathering in the United Kingdom. Here you’ll f ...

Rumble Festival

3-7 August 2023 | Chesham, England

Rumble Festival is a wild weekend of sound inspired movement and dance in the heart of England. The annual event features plenty of opportunities to dance and explore with a variety of teachers, works ...

World Yoga Festival

3-6 August 2023 | Reading, England

The World Yoga Festival is an annual celebration of traditional yoga in the UK. The event welcomes more than 1500 people from over 40 nations to a weekend of classes, workshops, concerts and more. The ...

The Spirit Of Awen Camp

4-13 August 2023 | Gloucestershire, England

The Spirit Of Awen Camp is an annual Pagan gathering of celebration, rituals, workshops, laughter, inspiration and more. Embrace the spirit of the bear and call for a new awakening at The Spirit Of Aw ...

One Love Festival

10-13 August 2023 | The Hop Farm, Kent

One Love Festival is currently the UK’s longest continuously running specialist reggae music festival. It was created in 2008 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley’s famous 1978 Peace ...

Green Man Festival

17-20 August 2023 | Matterley Estate, Winchester

Come an enjoy of an award winning independent music festival which promotes the best emerging artists to shout loudly their talent. What the organizers say: “Tumble through ten wild lands of laughs, ...

Medicine Festival

17-21 August 2023 | Berkshire, England

Medicine is a registered Community Interest Company (C.I.C). All profits from this event will go to help empower indigenous peoples to preserve and protect their land, traditions, and wisdom. The fest ...

Another Love Story

18-20 August 2023 | Meath, Ireland

Another Love Story is an annual celebration of music, art, conversation, food and more; nestled amongst Killyon Manor. The unique 18th century home hosts hundreds of visitors, as well as a range of mu ...

Just So Festival

18-20 August 2023 | Cheshire, England

The thing that makes Just So Festival truly magical and memorable is you, the visitors, intrepid festival explorers. The organizers invite you all to bring your skills, talents, and ideas to the curio ...

To be confirmed: Field Maneuvers

18-20 August 2023 | London

If you are into house and techno, this is the festival to go to! With a capacity for only 800 people, this is a small and friendly way to get off your face to repetitive beats.     What the ...

Spiritual Realms Festival

19-20 August 2023 | Bedford, England

Spiritual Realms Festival aims to cover every aspect of spirituality and spiritual growth. Providing a space for you to build your confidence and sense of trust in yourself. And simultaneously encoura ...

Into The Wild

24-28 August 2023 | Sussex, England

Into The Wild Gathering opens the heart and spirit to the beauty of life. This weekend in the Sussex countryside will leave you feeling healthier, more connected and joyful than ever before. The festi ...

Lost Village

24-27 August 2023 | Lancashire, UK

To find yourself, first you have to get lost. At Lost Village Festival you get lost in a forest and find yourself in a 3 day event that includes music, global food, art, comedy and talks, discover mag ...

Between the Trees Festival

25-27 August 2023 | Candleston Castle Campsite, South Wales

A contemporary folk festival for all ages, set deep in a Welsh woodland by the sea. Between The Trees is a magical place to encounter nature, create art, learn new skills, listen to spoken word and di ...

Camp Wildfire

25-27 August 2023 | Kent, England

Camp Wildfire is an annual summer camp for adults. Offering a wild weekend of life-affirming inspiration, Camp Wildfire is filled with wild adventures and even wilder parties! The festival organisers ...

To be confirmed: Alfresco Festival

31-31 August 2023 | Kent, England

Alfresco Festival is an annual award-winning underground music festival. The three-day event has grown to become one of the best electronic music festivals in the UK and features the world’s best DJ ...

September

Off The Tracks

1-3 September 2023 | Castle Donington, UK

A 32-year-old festival that invites you to leave the city stress behind and enjoy of shiatsu, tai-chi and meditation. It offers independent music for your curious ears and also this is a highly kids f ...

LoveJam Campout

7-11 September 2023 | Royal Tunbridge Wells, England

The LoveJam Campout community describes themselves as a nationwide family on a mission to inspire creativity, sobriety & positive transformation for people, community & planet. This festival i ...

Equinox Festival

15-18 September 2023 | Chalk Farm, Lincolnshire

Equinox Festival is a gathering of the tribes. Performance, art, interaction and education for all. Set inside a hill, in the breathtaking Lincolnshire Wolds. Six stages representing all musical taste ...

November

To be confirmed: Sheffield Digital Festival

30-30 November 2023 | Sheffield, England

Sheffield Digital Festival is an annual event celebrating all things creative and digital. The Festival features a wide variety of events, demos, expos, meetups, hangouts and more. The festival organi ...

Festivals in 2024



May

Spirit Of The Marsh

7-10 May 2024 | Lincolnshire, England

Celebrate Beltane in the Lincolnshire countryside at Spirit of the Marsh. Enjoy live music, workshops, spiritual ceremonies, meditations and more at this traditional celebration. The festival organis ...

August

Barefoot Festival

12-15 August 2024 | Leicestershire, England

A magical weekend waits you in the beautiful British countryside. The award winning Barefoot Festival features something for the whole family to enjoy, from arts and crafts to chilled out workshops, l ...