Gigantic Tickets' Guide to 2024's Essential Festivals
Posted on Monday 5th February 2024 at 16:00
Written by
Jimi Arundell
Seeing top bands as the hot sun falls behind the stage, raising your arms to the open sky to late-night DJs or making memories and taking selfies in front of the main stage as your favourite artist plays – there is nothing better than a music festival!
It’s going to be a massive summer of music madness and Gigantic Tickets is here with the very best selection for 2024. Look forward to enjoying huge anthems with friends and family when you book your ticket.
Keep scrolling to discover all the exciting festival news for the coming year. And click the link below to browse even more thrilling gigs, shows and unmissable events.
Beautiful Days
The perfect festival for indie fans
Beautiful Days is the proudly independent festival envisioned and curated by Levellers. The folk-rock legends will be making a headline appearance alongside non-other than Richard Ashcroft and The Saw Doctors. Don’t miss out and book your ticket with Gigantic right now!
📆 Event Dates:
- 15th – 18th August 2024: Beautiful Days 2024 - Escot Park, Exeter
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Let's Rock!
Return to the 80s at this travelling retro festival
Iconic retro festival Let's Rock! hits multiple sites around the UK this summer, bringing the best rock bands and popstars of the 80s to a stage near you. Dress as your favourite legend and return to the decadent decade of shell suits, mullets, and new romantics.
📆 Event Dates:
- 22nd June 2024: Let's Rock Leeds! - Temple Newsam
- 29th June 2024: Let's Rock Exeter! - Powderham Castle
- 6th July 2024: Let's Rock Southampton! - Southampton Common
- 13th July 2024: Let's Rock Shrewsbury - The Quarry
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival
An annual celebration of folk, Americana, and world music
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has unveiled an impressive line-up which includes Mary Black, Eric Bibb, Ward Thomas, Manran, Le Vent du Nord plus many more top folk acts from around the world. Look forward to joining in with ceilidhs, Morris dancing and family entertainment.
📆 Event Dates:
- 23rd - 26th August 2024: Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2024 - West Midlands Showground
Get your Shrewsbury Folk Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Wireless
The festival for fans of hip-hop
Wireless returns to North London for another major weekend of rap and hip-hop music. Look forward to watching headliners Nicki Minaj with special guest Future, 21 Savage and J Hus plus Doja Cat. Tickets on sale with Gigantic.
📆 Event Dates:
- 12th – 14th July 2024: Wireless 2024 - Finsbury Park, London
Get your Wireless tickets with Gigantic today!
Get Together
The massive music festival hitting South Yorkshire
Vibrant multi-venue city festival Get Together takes over the cool venues and unconventional spaces found across Kelham Island in Sheffield. Don’t miss your chance to see a unique fusion of vital acts and future sounds such as CMAT, Gruff Rhys, The Bug Club and Porij.
📆 Event Dates:
- 18th May 2024: GET TOGETHER 2024 - VARIOUS SHEFFIELD VENUES, Sheffield
Get your Get Together tickets with Gigantic today!
Steelhouse Festival
Rock the mountain this summer
Classic rock fans flock each year to Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm for Steelhouse Festival! Perched on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons, it’s the perfect setting for such an epic music event which sees blistering sets from Skindred, The Almighty, Mr. Big and many more guitar wielding warriors.
📆 Event Dates:
- 26th - 28th July 2024: Steelhouse Festival - Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale
Get your Steelhouse Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Liquid Death presents Download Festival
The world-famous hard rock festival presents an intense line up
Returning for its 21st instalment, Download Festival has gone above and beyond in recruiting the top tier hard-rock, heavy-metal and emo greats. Queens of the Stone, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold preside over such world class bands as Enter Shikari, Royal Blood, Limp Bizkit, The Offspring, Sum 41 and many more of your favourite guitar heroes and rock gods.
📆 Event Dates:
- 14th – 16th June 2024: Liquid Death presents Download Festival 2024 - Donington Park, Castle Donington
Get your Download Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Firevolt (MCR) Festival
The UK's fastest growing Rock Festival
Get ready to have your face melted right off at Firevolt (MCR) Festival! The three days of hard-rock, heavy-metal, AOR, blues and alt-rock is provided by Vanderburg, Gun, Stone Broken, Florance Black, Kira Mac and many more riff-tastic bands.
📆 Event Dates:
- 08th – 11th August 2024: Firevolt Rock Festival 2024 - Whitebottom Farm, Stockport
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Bearded Theory
The family-friendly festival combines great legacy acts and new names
Alt-rock greats Jane’s Addiction, punk rock tearaways Amyl and the Sniffers, synth-pop stars Future Islands and lo-fi dance-punks Sleaford Mods all unite for Bearded Theory. It’s a great place to discover new music whilst enjoying performances from essential legacy acts.
📆 Event Dates:
- 23rd – 26th May 2024: Bearded Theory 2024 - Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent
Get your Bearded Theory tickets with Gigantic today!
Belladrum Festival - Tartan Heart Festival
The exciting music and comedy festival found north of the border
Belladrum Festival sees Deacon Blue, Sugababes, Sophie Ellie-Bextor, Callum Beattie and Bill Bailey all grace their stage. The three-day celebrations take place from Thursday 25th - Saturday 27th July!
📆 Event Dates:
- 25th - 27th July 2024: Belladrum Festival - Tartan Heart Festival - Belladrum Estate, Inverness
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Rock N Roll Circus
Welcome to the greatest shows on earth!
Rock N Roll Circus sees such esteemed artists as Richard Hawley, Becky Hill and Milburn all top the bill at Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield.
📆 Event Dates:
- 29th August 2024: Rock N Roll Circus Richard Hawley - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield
- 30th August 2024: Rock N Roll Circus Becky Hill - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield
- 31st August 2024: Rock N Roll Circus Milburn - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield
Get your Rock N Roll Circus tickets with Gigantic today!
Call of the Wild
Lincolnshire’s biggest rock festival
Lincolnshire Showground is the exciting setting for one of the best music festivals in the UK! Call of the Wild is the three-day independent big weekender for rock fans. Take advantage of the payment plan and break costs down into easily manageable instalments.
📆 Event Dates:
- 24th – 26th May 2024: Call Of The Wild 2024 - Lincolnshire Showground
Get your Call of the Wild tickets with Gigantic today!
Big Smoke Festival
The inaugural edition of this brand-new two stage London festival
Big Smoke Festival is the brand-new all-day event hitting Crystal Palace Park this summer and the first edition is curated by Skepta who will be making a headline appearance. Look forward to seeing such hip-hop greats as The Streets, JME, Mahalia and many more grime and R&B greats.
📆 Event Dates:
- 06th July 2024: Big Smoke Festival - Crystal Palace Park, London
Get your Big Smoke Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Penn Fest
Buckinghamshire's family friendly festival
Penn Fest at The Big Park has lived up to the sites name by booking a trio of massive headliners! Grab your ticket and get ready to see incredible indie icon Richard Ashcroft, dance-popstar Jess Glynne, and Modfather Paul Weller!
📆 Event Dates:
- 19th – 22nd July 2024: Penn Festival 2024 - The Big Park, Buckinghamshire
Get your Penn Fest tickets with Gigantic today!
Focus Wales
See everything that the Cymru underground has to offer
Focus Wales showcases all the best talent the country has to offer, highlighting emerging acts and notable developing talent. The multi-venue festival also includes headline shows from Snapped Ankles, Spiritualized, The Mysterines – plus more!
📆 Event Dates:
- 09th – 11th May 2024: FOCUS Wales - Delegate Passes - Various Wrexham Venues
- 09th – 11th 2024: FOCUS Wales - Standard Festival Passes - Various Wrexham Venues
- 09th – 11th May 2024: FOCUS Wales - Priority Festival Passes - Various Wrexham Venues
- 09th – 11th May 2024: Focus Wales - Day Passes - Various Wrexham Venues
- 09th May 2024: The Royston Club - Llwyn Isaf (Library Field), Wrexham
- 09th May 2024: Cerys Hafana - St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham
- 09th May 2024: Snapped Ankles - The Rockin' Chair, Wrexham
- 10th May 2024: The Mysterines - Llwyn Isaf (Library Field), Wrexham
- 10th May 2024: Flamingods - The Rockin' Chair, Wrexham
- 10th May 2024: Willy Mason - St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham
- 11th May 2024: Spiritualized - Llwyn Isaf (Library Field), Wrexham
- 11th May 2024: Angeline Morrison - St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham
- 11th May 2024: Deerhoof - The Rockin' Chair, Wrexham
Get your Focus Wales tickets with Gigantic today!
Bristol Sounds
Returning for its tenth year
Bristol Sounds brings a huge range of rock and pop greats to the beautiful Harbourside. The day festivals are headed by Skindred, Gentleman's Dub Club, James Arthur, Placebo and The Breeders.
📆 Event Dates:
- 22 June 2024: Bristol Sounds: Skindred - Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol
- 23 June 2024: Bristol Sounds: Gentleman's Dub Club - Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol
- 26 June 2024: Bristol Sounds: James Arthur - Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol
- 28 June 2024: Bristol Sounds: Placebo - Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol
- 30 June 2024: Bristol Sounds: The Breeders - Canons Marsh Amphitheatre, Bristol
Get your Bristol Sounds tickets with Gigantic today!
Latitude Festival
Head to Henham Park for an unbeatable experience
Annual arts and music fiesta Latitude Festival arrives in Suffolk once again this summer. It promises to be a golden year for revellers who will be treated to Kasabian, London Grammer, and Duran Duran. The headliners preside over a vast array of major performers, including The Vaccines, Future Islands, Orbital, Nile Rodger & CHIC – plus more!
📆 Event Dates:
- 25th – 28th July 2024: Latitude Festival - Henham Park, Southwold
Get your Latitude Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Hardwick Festival
The biggest music festival in the North East
Hardwick Festival hits Hardwick Hall Hotel from Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August. The three-day party sees a headline performance by dance-pop superstar Becky Hill, with many more awesome acts to be announced.
📆 Event Dates:
- 16th – 18th August 2024: Hardwick Festival - Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham
Get your Hardwick Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Live at Leeds
A whole load of great music at the Yorkshire all-dayer
The magnificent grounds of Temple Newsam are transformed into a thrilling one-day festival for Live at Leeds. The nearly endless list of rock and indie greats includes The Kooks, Declan McKenna, The Cribs, Sea Girls, Future Islands, Circa Waves, Mystery Jets, The Mysterines, White Lies, Hotwax, plus so many crucial artists. Book your ticket and look forward to one of the best music festival of the year.
📆 Event Dates:
- 25th May 2024: LIVE AT LEEDS IN THE PARK - Temple Newsam
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Outer Town Festival
Bristol's latest independent multi-venue music event
Snapped Ankles, Heavy Lungs, Flamingods and Deadletter will all be tearing it up across the very best venues Bristol has to offer at Outer Town Festival! They’re joined by many more rising stars and future greats on Saturday 13th April.
📆 Event Dates:
- 13th April 2024: Outer Town Festival - Various Venues, Bristol
Get your Outer Town Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Beam Me Up
Out-of-this-world music for you to enjoy
This month sees Beam Me Up head to The Drill in Lincoln before heading down to Oxford. A new name on the festival scene, it offers an exciting roster of cutting-edge acts and future greats destined for big things. See Deadletter, The Rills, Snayx and Dolores Forever play at both cities.
📆 Event Dates:
- 9th February 2024: Beam Me Up! Lincoln 2024 - The Drill, Lincoln
- 10th February 2024: Beam Me Up! Oxford 2024 - Various Oxford Venues
Get your Beam Me Up tickets with Gigantic today!
Dot to Dot Festival
Uniting the best venues in Bristol and Nottingham
Dot to Dot Festival is the perfect event to discover the future sounds shaping the year ahead and beyond. The award-winning multi-venue metropolitan festival hits Bristol then Nottingham, and sees avant-garde alt-pop duo Jockstrap headline, which further appearances from Aziya, Florry, Gglum, Kaeto and Panic Shack.
📆 Event Dates:
- 25th May 2024: Dot To Dot Festival 2024 - Various Venues, Bristol
- 26th May 2024: Dot To Dot Festival Nottingham 2024 - Various Venues, Nottingham
Get your Dot to Dot Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
Takedown Festival
The vital alt-rock event returns to Portsmouth with an impressive line-up
Alt-rock and metal big weekender Takedown Festival offers an uncompromising line up of intense bands and artists. Burst your eardrums to the likes of Creeper, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Kid Kapichi, Terrorvision, Graphic Nature and many more raging rock acts.
📆 Event Dates:
- 13th - 14th April 2024: Takedown Festival 2024 - Portsmouth Guildhall
Get your Takedown Festival tickets with Gigantic today!
App Fest
The UK's number one family-friendly festival
App Fest offers a sensational combination of original artists and stellar tribute acts, sure to delight all the family. The Feeling, The Wurzels and Jamies Lawson plus more will all play at Somerset whilst The Boomtown Rats, Feeder, Scouting For Girls and others can be seen at the Gloucestershire date.
📆 Event Dates:
- 08th June 2024: App Fest Somerset - The Blue Bowl Inn, Bristol
- 01st August 2024: App Fest Gloucestershire - Hilworth Farm, Tewkesbury
Get your App Fest tickets with Gigantic today!
Rock and Bike Fest
The ever-popular three-day rock music festival for bikers is back!
Rock and Bike Fest offers a staggering 25+ band and artists, including huge headliner Showaddywaddy plus Hung Like Hanratty, Midnite City and The Spontanes. And see cover acts of Oasis, Queen, Bon Jovi, Journey and many more tributes to the true greats.
📆 Event Dates:
- 11th – 13th July 2024: Rock and Bike Fest 2024 - Longmoor Lane, Breaston, Derbyshire
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Primordial General Mayhem
This festival rocks!
Primordial General Mayhem is expertly curated by the rock and metal station Primordial Radio. They have just announced headline appearances from grime-metal duo Bob Vylan and high energy rockers The Treatment, plus As December Falls, Bar Stool Preachers, Calva Louise and more.
📆 Event Dates:
- 26th -27th April 2024: Primordial General Mayhem 2024 - KKs Steel Mill, Wolverhampton
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Ritual Union
A one-day, multi-venue festival in vibrant Bristol
Ritual Union is the perfect festival for the discerning music fan. Riot-grrl informed punk rockers Dream Wife and essential indie-pop songwriter Liz Lawrence top a bill of cutting-edge artists, including Do Nothing, Widowspeak, Sam Akpro, Ovlov and more vital names you need to know.
📆 Event Dates:
- 23th March 2024: Ritual Union - Various Venues, Bristol
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Daresbury Festival
A delectable selection of house and disco at a lavish Elizabethan-style hall
The resplendent grounds of Walton Hall and Gardens till be the picturesque setting for boutique music event Daresbury Festival. It’s an elegant wany to enjoy such house and disco greats as Soul II Soul, Craig Charles, Greg Wilson and K-Klass (live) feat. Bibbi.
📆 Event Dates:
- 22nd June 2024: Daresbury Festival 2024 - Walton Hall and Gardens, Warrington
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Woodland Disco Festival
The Nottinghamshire all-dayer held at the ancestral home of Lord Byron.
Woodland Disco Festival offers two exciting stages plus a VIP area. The fully immersive event sees performances from Sister Sledge, Jocelyn Brown, Fat Tony, Gok Wan and more at the picturesque Newstead Abbey.
📆 Event Dates:
- 06th July 2024: Woodland Disco Festival 2024 - Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead
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GlastonBudget
The original tribute festival
GlastonBudget offers tribute acts of big names for a fraction of the price of Worthy Farm. Tickets on sale with Gigantic, plus take advantage of the payment plan!
📆 Event Dates:
- 23rd - May 2024: GlastonBudget - Turnpost Farm, Leicestershire
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Bloodstock Open Air
By the fans, for the fans
Open air heavy metal festival Bloodstock goes hard and heavy with a mighty roster of devastating bands and artists. This year, headliners Opeth, Architects and Amon Amarth are joined by Flogging Molly, Hatebreed and Clutch. Plus, Rotting Christ, Malevolence and Septicflesh will be playing there only UK festival shows of the year.
📆 Event Dates:
- 08th – 11th August 2024: Bloodstock Open Air - Catton Park, Derbyshire
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Could Be Real
Even better than the real thing
Could Be Real presents a legendary line up of the greatest rock and pop artists of all time featuring a dream team of ten tribute acts. See Sham Fender, Almost Pink, Attic Monkeys, Supersonic Queen, Viva 4 Eva Spice Girls, The Oasis Experience, Ultimate Amy, Sum of Sheeran, Kings of Lyon and Mike Andrew as Robbie Williams all playing this mind-blowing musical extravaganza.
📆 Event Dates:
- 21st June 2024: Could Be Real Tribute Festival - Walton Hall and Gardens, Warrington
- 05th July 2024: Could Be Real Tribute Festival - Newstead Abbey, Nottingham
- 08th September 2024: Could Be Real Tribute Festival - Weston Super Mare Beach