Festival Guide
Do all Festivals use re-usable printed Festival Cups?
Unfortunately many festivals still use single use disposable plastic cups. Disposable plastic cups are very bad for the environment, particularly our oceans if they are not re-cycled correctly. Many Festivals, where glass isn’t an option due to safety concern are now moving to re-usable printed cups. These have several benefits, they not only reduce waste but can also be an additional revenue stream to the festival organisers and clean up times are greatly reduced. Many cups are taken home by customer as a reminder of a great event.
How many people go to Festivals in the UK?
It is estimated that around 30 million people attend festivals in England, Scotland and Wales each year. read more
How much money is spent at UK music festivals?
Live music events raise in the region of £4bn in to the UK economy and providing a welcome boost for the music industry each year. It’s big business! read more
Are the number of Festivals declining?
The UK music concert and festivals market continues to grow in value fuelled by more events, higher ticket prices and a rise in the number of music tourists from overseas. In 2018 it is estimated to be worth £2,459 million. However, it appears that some fans are beginning to cut back on the number of music events they attend. This will become more noticeable if ticket prices continue to rise. Mintel
Which country has the largest music festival?
Vienna in Austria has the largest music festival in the world attracting 3.1 million people to its Donauinselfest each year. With more than 200 acts on 11 stages, there’s a huge variety of music, and in 2017, one of the headliners was a tribute concert to music legend Falco.
Where can I buy Festival Cups?
You can buy re-usable printed festival cups here. The cups can be printed with your logo with full colour wrap around print and are available in both Pints, Half Pints or European measures. These cups reduce waste at your event drastically.
What are the most popular Festivals?
Here you can find a list of the most popular festivals in the UK. Some of these are in England, some Festivals are in Wales and some are in Scotland.
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Albion Fairs
Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk
Appleby Jazz Festival
Arundel Festival
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Bath Fringe Festival
Bath International Music Festival
Bath Literature Festival
Beached Festival in Scarborough
Bedford River Festival
Big Chill Festival in Eastnor
Birmingham: ArtsFest, Book Festival, International Carnival
Blackpool: Illuminations, Festival of Light, Rebellion Festival
Blissfields, near Winchester
Bradford Literature Festival
Bradford Mela Festival
Bridgnorth Folk Festival, Shropshire
Bridgwater: Guy Fawkes Carnival
Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival Fringe
Bristol: Ashton Court, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Harbour Festival
Bromyard Folk Festival
Bulldog Bash Motorcycle Festival
BunkFest
Burtfest, Burton Upon Trent
Bury Festival, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Buxton Festival, Buxton, Derbyshire
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Castlemorton Common Festival
Cheltenham: Cheltenham Festivals:
Cheltenham Cricket Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Science Festival
Chicken Stock Festival, small arts festival near Malvern, Worcestershire
Cleveland: Middlesbrough Music Live Stockton Riverside Festival
Clitheroe Food Festival, Lancashire’s premier food and drink festival, Clitheroe, Lancashire
Coventry: Godiva, Jazz, Town & Country, Kite,[3] Royal Show[4]
Creamfields dance music festival
Cropredy Festival
Cypriot Film Festival UK
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Deepdale Festival, Deepdale Backpackers & Camping, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk [5]
Deepdale Hygge, Deepdale Backpackers & Camping, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk [6]
Donington Monsters of Rock
Dover Carnival, Dover, England
Download Festival, annual rock festival held at Donington Park since 2003
Durham Miners’ Gala
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Endless Festival
Esethvos Kernow, Cornwall
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Frome Festival, Somerset
FuseLeeds
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Glastonbury Festival
Glyndebourne Opera Festival
Godiva Festival
Golowan Festival
Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, Colne, Lancashire
Green Man Festival
Greenbelt festival
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
Guilfest
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H2OFest
Harrogate: Harrogate International Festivals, Great Yorkshire Show
Hay-on-Wye: Hay Festival of Literature & Arts
Hemsby Festival
Henley Festival of Music and the Arts
Huddersfield: Caribbean Carnival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Asian Mela
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Ilkley Literature Festival
International Festival of the Sea
International Guitar Festival of Great Britain, Wirral
International Organ Festival at St Albans
Isle of Wight Festival 1968, 1969 and 1970
J
Jersey Eisteddfod
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Keighley: Keighley Festival
Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Keswick Mountain Festival
Knebworth concerts (occasional)
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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal, Cumbria
Latitude Festival, Suffolk
Ledbury Poetry Festival, Herefordshire
LeeFest, Bromley
Leicester: Leicester Comedy Festival, Leicester Caribbean Carnival
Letchworth Garden City: Rap-Aid Music Festival
Lichfield Festival
Liverpool: Liverpool Garden Festival (1984)
Ludlow Festival, Shropshire
Lumiere festival
Luton Carnival
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
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Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough Music Live
Montol Festival, Penzance
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Newcastle upon Tyne: The Hoppings
Newlyn Fish Festival
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
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Peak Literary Festival, Peak District National Park
Pershore Plum Festival, Pershore, Worcestershire
Peterborough Festival
Parklife Weekender, Heaton Park
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Reading: Reading Festival, WOMAD[15]
RhythmTree World Music & Didgeridoo Festival, Calbourne Water Mill, Calbourne, Isle of Wight
Ross on Wye International Festival
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Salisbury International Arts Festival
Sathiyanathan Natarajan
Scarborough Literature Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Shifnal Festival
Sidmouth International Festival
Soundwave Festival
St Barnabas Community Fete, Bow, London
Stonehenge Free Festival
Strawberry Fair, Cambridge
Swan Upping
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Thames Festival
Three Choirs Festival
The Tolpuddle Martyrs festival
Towersey Village Festival
Tramlines Festival
Thought Bubble Festival
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V Festival
Vegfest (UK)
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Warwick Folk Festival
West Country: West Country Carnival circuit
Weyfest
Wimborne Folk Festival
Wirral International Film Festival
Womad
Women in Tune
Worcestershire Literary Festival
Wonder Fields
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Young Carer’s Festival, Curdridge, Southampton
Z
Zebru Festival
Festivals in Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway: Gaelfest
Dundee: Dundee Flower and Food Festival, Dundee Guitar Festival, Dundee Blues Bonanza, Dundee International Book Prize
Edinburgh: Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, International Festivals of the Sea
Glamis, by Forfar: Scotland’s Countryside Festival
Glasgow: Glasgow Jazz Festival; Celtic Connections; MovieMinds, an international online film festival
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Inverary: Connect Festival
Inverness: Highland Festival
Orkney: St Magnus Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival, various locations
Shetland: Up Helly-Aa
Ullapool: Loopallu Festival
Festivals in Wales
Abergavenny Food Festival
Brecon Jazz Festival
Cardiff Festival
Cardiff International Film Festival Wales
Hay Festival of Literature & Arts
Llangollen International Eisteddfod
National Eisteddfod of Wales
Pontardawe Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival, various locations
Small Nations Festival
Urdd National Eisteddfod
Northern Ireland
Belfast Festival at Queens
Belfast Film Festival
Shakespeare Schools Festival, Belfast and Derry
