UK Festivals 2023
UK Music Festivals / UK Festivals Accommodation / Other Types of UK Festivals / Festivals Abroad
The UK Festivals scene is the brightest it has ever been in 2023, with more choice and more events on these shores than ever before.We can boast world class gatherings like Glastonbury, Strawberries and Creem, The Cambridge Club, and Bestival (check out what happened at the latter below) alongside new contenders such as Love Saves the Day, making for a globally renownded scene of epic proportions.
Whether you want a classic blood and thunder mix of bands or a smorgasbord of haute couture food and craft ales, there's a litany of options available for everyone from the festival newcomer to even the savviest of veterans.
UK Music Festivals 2023
Ravers can get lost in an abyss of choices in our dance music festivals section, with guitar music fiends equally well fed in their realm. You can find your perfect music festival via our Festival Finder tool, which helps you select the perfect criteria for your experience of what you want out of the event.The strength of diversity of our tastes has led to a beautifully varied selection of UK Music Festivals, with many doing glorious jobs of hitting a number of genres whilst others cover specific niches perfectly. Find out what festivals are on this weekend!
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UK Festivals Accommodation
For many the festival experience wouldn't be authentic if you didn’t spend it in a tent, but this is by no means the only option available in this day and age. Here’s a few alternatives to the standard pitch a tent choice - click on each link to find festivals that allow for it or offer them as a ticket option
See our full recommendations in Skiddle’s guide to accommodation at festivals
Other Types of UK Festivals
Festivals aren’t just focused on music. There’s Food Festivals, Beer Festivals, Comedy Festivals, Comic Book Festivals - pretty much every type of interest across our culture has an event which celebrates it. There’s even an abundance of chilli festivals celebrating the power of taste driven heat; check out the video to North East Chilli Festival below
Whether you just fancy a change from the standard festival experience or have a thirst for a specific passion, festivals provide the perfect chance for you to indulge that passion or passing interest with equal aplomb. For festivals this weekend check out our guide below.
Festivals in the UK
Searching for a festival by city? Take alook at our dedicated festival guides for the following cities:
Festivals beyond the UK
Fancy something a little further afield? The selection of European/Overseas festivals in our guide has a mixture of UK ran events and more exotic choices, enabling you to recreate the UK experience with more certainty of the weather or discover something completely new and exciting.
Latest UK Festivals 2023 News
Sparks are our artist of the month for May 2023.
Teletech festival announces set times
The set times have been revealed for this year's Teletech festival.
The Best Sustainable Festivals
Festivals are notorious for their poor environmental record, but many are striving to change the ethos, booking sustainability as their headline act, where good vibes never destroy the atmosphere!
Essential Listening: The best new music releases in June 2023
Check out the best new music in June 2023 with playlists for house and techno, indie and alternative, hip-hop and jazz, and DnB and jungle.
Skiddle Recommends: The Best Events to Attend in June 2023
All of Skiddle’s biggest and best events in June 2023, all in one place. All so you and your pals can blow the roof off the start of this year's festival season!
FLY Open Air returns to Princess Street Gardens this September
The wicked weekend-long rave, situated in the UNESCO heritage Gardens under the watchful eye of Edinburgh Castle looks set to be yet another awesome FLY event. Lineup TBA, but tickets available now!
Other festival guides
Here's some more festival info to help you plan your summer. Or why not skip directly to our Festival Finder?
