I love a festival.
As the UK’s longest standing festival blogger,
I’ve been to 60 different festivals in 22 countries.
Have a browse of my experiences for top festival advice, and tips on getting the most from your festival life from Glastonbury to Tomatina to Coachella. I’m always interested to hear about new festivals, and to revisit old ones so let me know if there are any you think I should check out!
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VickyFlipFlop’s Festival History:
Month by Month
The festivals I’ve been to around the world.
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January
Sapporo Ice Festival, Japan
Otaru Snow Light Festival, Japan
Dosijin Fire Festival, Japan
Hogmanay, Scotland
Tet, Vietnam
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February
Kumbh Mela, India
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March
Las Fallas, Spain
SXSW, USA
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April
Coachella, USA
New Orleans Jazz Festival, USA
Hogs for the Cause Festival, USA
French Quarter Festival, USA
Seville Feria, Spain
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May
Cannes Film Festival, France
Manly Food and Drink Festival, Australia
VIVID Sydney, Australia
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June
Parklife Festival, England
Glastonbury, England
Isle of Wight Festival, England
Eroica Britannia, England
Hayling Island Kitesurfing Festival, England
Field Day, England
Primavera, Spain
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July
EXIT Festival, Serbia
Latitude, England
British Summer Time Festival, England
Lovebox Festival, England
Henley Festival, England
Bilbao BBK, Spain
Dour Festival, Belgium
Global Gathering, UK
Dawson City Music Festival, Canada
Knysna Oyster Festival, South Africa
Warriorfest, England
Atlas Festival, England
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August
Sziget Festival, Hungary
Victorious, England
Wilderness, England
Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland
Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Scotland
The Gin Festival, England
Neverworld, England
MS Dockville, Germany
A Summer’s Tale Festival, Germany
Tomatina, Spain
FloVibe, England
Rock en Seine, France
Reading Festival, England
Leeds Festival, England
Notting Hill Carnival, England
90s Festival, England
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September
Oktoberfest, Germany
Bestival, England
Festival No 6, Wales
Saas Fee Culinary Mile Festival, Switzerland
Bardolino Wine Festival, Italy
Lake of Stars Festival, Malawi
Voorkamer Festival, South Africa
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October
Halloween at Dracula’s Castle, Romania
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November
– Best festivals in November –
Day of the Dead Festival, Mexico
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December
– Coolest festivals in December –
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Why I blog about festivals
Why I blog about festivalsFunny story: back in many, many years ago I started a blog about festivals as my high school computer project. I was 16 and doing my GCSEs. I set up a geocities blog about festivals and wrote online about my experience at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival.
It was something like geocities.com/vixakillah.
Unfortunately Geocities got rid of all the blogs. Makes me sad that I’ll never get to access that festival blog. Who woulda thought I would end up being a festival blogger for a career? Definitely not my computer teacher, that’s for sure!
But now I travel the world, bouncing around from festival to festival. I feel very lucky that I can say I’ve been to so many festivals as a blogger, and that I often get to go as press too. I love festivals, from the planning to the final act – maybe not so much the coming home.
I’m planning an epic summer of festivals for 2020, so if you don’t see the festival you want to go to on this page right now, then come back next year and hopefully I’ll have been!
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I love this blog and i want start a blog on festivals
Thank you. Just let me know if you do, I'd love to check it out :)
Hello! Have you heard about the Maui Waui Festival? It is 2-4th Sept in Suffolk (Theberton) - 5 stages - world music plus cabaret, circus and street performers plus the living art show http://www.mauiwauievents.co.uk/ A great family- friendly, all ages festival of the arts - very, very creative. Check it out!
Nope! Sounds cool. Looks like I've just missed it for this year but I'll keep an eye on it for next. Sounds interesting!
I'm heading to a new one called Haven in Copenhagen this August, wondered if you'd ever been to any over there before?! http://havenkbh.dk/
Nope! Would love to do a bit of a Scandinavia tour one day though. That festival looks AWESOME. I love The National, and Beach House. I want to go!
Hello have you ever been to Croatia. there is SeaStar festival.
Oh, I've not been to that one, or even heard of it actually. Any good?!
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Hi Vicky,
have you heard from the Folklorum? It's more or less a folk-world-music festval in Germany close to the Polish border. The festival takes place at a big wooden made playground... sounds strange but take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLI7RvN2s7Q
Ooo sounds fun. There are so many cool festivals around the world to try. I'm working hard to get through them :).
Hi Vicky,
Just thought id drop a msg. I'm looking to go to a Festival, either in the Uk or abroad in Europe, i don't actually have anyone to travel with this year. Do you know of any festival websites where i can chat to people or put up an Advert seeing if anybody else is interested in festivalling together?
Thanks
Hey Adz, great that you're still going to go. My advice would be to look at the particular festival's website, or their Facebook page to see if there's a solo festivaller's group or anything. Or, you could look on efestivals.co.uk – they often have groups for solo people. I've been to festivals alone before and although I'd rather go with someone it wasn't the worst. You'll meet people and get to see the bands YOU want to. Winner!
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Lovely blog...
I can't believe how many festivals there really are and how many you have been to! I want to go to them all too! We do festival makeovers for kids who sadly can't go to a lot of these festivals until they are old enough! However, they are boho inspired and love a bit of eco glitter so it works really well!
Hey there. I am not sure if this would be a festival you would like to go to, but there are many EDM festivals in the USA and around the world like EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival). It is super fun and you meet some of the best people out there, along with listening to wonderful music. Some of the artists even play at Coachella. Just thought I would let you know if you wanted to check it out.
You've done Isle of Wight but it's a chilled friendly one if they book some good bands.
Lollapalooza in Paris looks great too ?
We have also been to sziget twice and are gutted we can’t go this year to see foo fighters
Oh are the Foos there?! Amazing. Definitely one of the biggest and best gigs I ever went to, seeing them at Glastonbury a few years ago. They're awesome live!
I love festivals too! The one I'd most like to go to is Glastonbury as there's such a variety of acts, loads of choice and I'm sure the atmosphere would be amazing! Would love to win the tickets & visit the 80s, 90s festival too!
Glastonbury is a great festival. It's popular for a reason! I hope you make it there one day :).
WOW! You have been to a LOT of festivals!! I would love to go to the Isle of Wight festival myself :)
Oh great choice. The Isle of Wight Festival is fab!
Wow soooooo many festivals! You must have the most incredible memories from them all. I've only been to 1 about 18 years ago, before health issues kicked in preventing me for many years, but I would really love to go to Glastonbury one day, I'm determined to do so. Please count me in for the giveaway.
Oh Glastonbury is amazing. I'm fresh back from it – feel like I've only just recovered to be honest! Yeah I have been to quite a few – there's always more though!
Brilliant guide and such good tips! I would love to attend Wilderness :-)
My Husband is American and I would love for him to experience Glastonbury festival. I have been 3 times but not since 2005.
sziget would be my choice - loving the idea of a great, international audience and festival site
Henley, 'cos I can walk there from where I live and take the boat home...
Latitude, it's in my area.
Reading Festival is my favourite
Have always wanted to attend Isle of Wight. Great location, great people and fantastic music. Hard to beat!
VIVID Sydney, Australia...seems so exotically far-away...
I've only ever been to one festival which was V Festival and it was amazing! Being born in the 70's I would love to go to Back to the 80s & 90s Festival! I love Doctor and The Medics and would love to see them live - along with all the other amazing artists of course!
Coachella looks epic and is so on my list!
Would absolutely love to go to Glastonbury, it is definitely top of my list - although would go to any! Your list has inspired me!
Reading Festival is my favourite.
Knowing about new festivals is really great feeling thank you so much for this article.
Ah no worries. I love writing about them!