It’s that time of year! Festival line ups are getting announced left, right and centre but which ones are actually worth your time?

2021 didn’t give its best when it comes to festivals. It means that this year, there’s even more of an excuse to go all out. We reckon that it’s what organisers thought as well when booking hot-shit new artists, old-time legends and quirky cult figures across the most exciting line-ups this season. No matter the genre or your geographical position, we promise a hard-hitting dose of live substance soon.

We’d love to attend all of them but until we’d buy a teleport and a cloning machine, we delegate you to give it a go. Let us know about all the music madness there later.

We’ve chronologically listed the best festivals to check out in 2022:

MAY

Great Escape

THE WHEN: 11th - 14th May.
THE WHERE: Brighton, East Sussex, UK.
THE BIG NAMES: Rebecca Black, Yard Act, Porches, Illuminati Hotties, Iris Gold.
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Bearded Theory’s Spring Gathering

THE WHEN: 26th - 29th May.
THE WHERE: Catton Hall, Derbyshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Placebo, The Flaming Lips, Shame, Patti Smith, Porridge Radio
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Wide Awake

THE WHEN: 27th - 28th May.
THE WHERE: Brockwell Park, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Bicep, Caribou, Primal Scream, The Comet is Coming
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

JUNE

GALA

Primavera Sound

THE WHEN: 2nd - 12th June.
THE WHERE: Parc Del Forum, Barcelona, ESP
THE BIG NAMES: Massive Attack, Pavement, Tame Impala, Beck, Gorillaz
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

We Love Green

THE WHEN: 2nd - 5th June.
THE WHERE: Bois de Vincennes, Paris, FR
THE BIG NAMES: Gorillaz, Phoenix, Shygirl, Mac DeMarco
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Junction 2 Festival

THE WHEN: 3rd - 4th June.
THE WHERE: London, exact location TBC, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Four Tet, Honey Dijon, Jon Hopkins, Amelie Lens, Nina Kraviz
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Mighty Hoopla

THE WHEN: 3rd - 4th June.
THE WHERE: Brockwell Park, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Sugababes, Steps, Anastacia, Jessie Ware, Cascada
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Cross The Tracks

THE WHEN: 5th June.
THE WHERE: Brockwell Park, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Khruangbin, Joy Crookes, Gilles Peterson, Sampa The Great
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Nos Primavera Sound Porto

THE WHEN: 9th - 11th June.
THE WHERE: Parque da Cidade, Porto, PT
THE BIG NAMES: Pavement, Caroline Polachek, Beck, Tame Impala, Black Midi, Japanese Breakfast
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Best Kept Secret

THE WHEN: 10th - 12th June.
THE WHERE: Hilvarenbeek, NL
THE BIG NAMES: Beach House, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Big Thief
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

The Cambridge Club Festival

THE WHEN: 10th - 12th June.
THE WHERE: Childerley Orchard, Cambridge, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Level 42
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Bigfoot Festival

THE WHEN: 17th - 19th June.
THE WHERE: Claydon Estate, Buckinghamshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Happy Mondays, Caribou, Self Esteem, Shame, Working Men’s Club
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Kite Festival

THE WHEN: 10th - 12th June.
THE WHERE: Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Grace Jones, Mavis Staples, Tom Misch, This Is The Kit, Baxter Dury
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Parklife

THE WHEN: 11th - 12th June.
THE WHERE: Heaton Park, Manchester, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Tyler, The Creator, 50 Cent, Megan Thee Stallion, Lewis Capaldi
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Glastonbury

THE WHEN: 22nd - 26th June.
THE WHERE: Worthy Farm, Somerset, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Billie Eilish, Diana Ross, Little Simz + more to be announced
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

BST Hyde Park

THE WHEN: 22nd June 10th July.
THE WHERE: Hyde Park, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Adele, Elton John, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers & Chic
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

JULY

Love Supreme

THE WHEN: 1st - 3rd July.
THE WHERE: Glynde Place, East Sussex, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Erykah Badu, TLC, Tom Misch, Lianne La Havas, Ezra Collective, Sister Sledge
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

NOS Alive

THE WHEN: 6th - 9th July.
THE WHERE: Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Lisbon, PT
THE BIG NAMES: The Strokes, St Vincent, Florence and the Machine, The War on Drugs
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Mad Cool Festival

THE WHEN: 6th - 9th July.
THE WHERE: Espacio Mad Cool, Madrid, ESP
THE BIG NAMES: St. Vincent, Haim, Stormzy, Phoebe Bridgers, Jack White
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

2000trees Festival

THE WHEN: 7th - 9th July.
THE WHERE: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Idles, Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Pup, The Chats
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Bilbao BBK Live

THE WHEN: 7th - 9th July.
THE WHERE: Kobetamendi; Bilbao, ESP
THE BIG NAMES: Pet Shop Boys, LCD Soundsystem, Caribou, Stella Donelly, Badbadnotgood
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Somerset House Summer Series

THE WHEN: 7th - 17th July
THE WHERE: Somerset House, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Arlo Parks, John Legend, Carly Rae Jepsen, Squid, SG Lewis
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

TRNSMT

THE WHEN: 8th - 10th July
THE WHERE: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Paolo Nutini, The Strokes, Lewis Capaldi, Beabadoobee, Fontaines D.C.
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Lovebox

THE WHEN: 16th July
THE WHERE: Finsbury Park, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: TBA
NOTES: Information here.

Bluedot

THE WHEN: 21st - 24th July
THE WHERE: Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Björk, Mogwai, Metronomy, Spiritualized
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Latitude

THE WHEN: 21st - 24th July
THE WHERE: Henham Park, Suffolk, UK
THE BIG NAMES: TBA
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Secret Garden Party

THE WHEN: 21st - 24th July
THE WHERE: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: TBA
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

Standon Calling

THE WHEN: 21st - 24th July
THE WHERE: Standon, Hertfordshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Madness, Primal Scream, Loyle Carner, Sleaford Mods, Ezra Furman, The Cribs
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Y Not Festival

THE WHEN: 29th - 31st July
THE WHERE: Pikehall, Derbyshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Stereophonics, Courteeners, Sleaford Mods, Manic Street Preachers, Sports Team
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Deer Shed Festival 12

THE WHEN: 29th - 31st July
THE WHERE: Baldersby Park, Topcliffe North Yorkshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Nadine Shah, John Grant, DJANGO DJANGO, Dry Cleaning, Yard Act
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

AUGUST

Boardmasters

THE WHEN: 10th - 14th August
THE WHERE: Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach, Cornwall, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Idles, Self Esteem, Bombay Bicycle Club, Damian “JR. Gong” Marley, Kings of Leon
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Boomtown

THE WHEN: 10th - 14th August
THE WHERE: Winchester, Hampshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: TBA
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Sziget

THE WHEN: 10th - 15th August
THE WHERE: Budapest, HU
THE BIG NAMES: Artic Monkeys, Little Simz, Princess Nokia, Jungle, Slowthai
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Houghton

THE WHEN: 11th - 14th August
THE WHERE: Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Ben UFO, Seth Troxler, Joy Orbison, Saoirse, Helena Hauff
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Green Man

THE WHEN: 18th - 21st August
THE WHERE: Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Kraftwerk, Beach House, Micheal Kiwanuka, Metronomy, Kae Tempest, Parquet Courts
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

All Points East

**THE WHEN:** 19 August - 28 August.
**THE WHERE:** Victoria Park, London.
**THE BIG NAMES:** Gorillaz, Tame Impala, The Chemical Brothers, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
**NOTES:** Tickets available online here.

Reading and Leeds

THE WHEN: 25th - 28th August
THE WHERE: Reading, Berkshire / Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Dave, Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against The Machine, Little Simz, Halsey
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Creamfields

THE WHEN: 25th - 28th August
THE WHERE: Daresbury, Cheshire, UK
THE BIG NAMES: David Guetta, Nina Kraviz, Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Camelphat
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

Maiden Voyage

THE WHEN: 28th August
THE WHERE: Lee Valley Showground, London, UK
THE BIG NAMES: Hunee, D Double E, Sherelle, Octo Octa, Jayda G
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

SEPTEMBER

End of the Road

THE WHEN: 1st September - 4th September.
THE WHERE: Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire, UK.
THE BIG NAMES: Pixies, Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes
NOTES: Sold out, information here.

Naked City Festival

THE WHEN: 10th September.
THE WHERE: Beckenham Place Park, London, UK.
THE BIG NAMES: TBA
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

Waterworks

THE WHEN: 17th September.
THE WHERE: Gunnersbury Park, London, UK.
THE BIG NAMES: Ben UFO, Moxie, Midland, Yung Singh, Bradley Zero
NOTES: Tickets available online here.

The Best Festivals In 2022