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End of the Road offers a cinema programme curated by the likes of Martin McDonagh and Ben Wheatley, while Taffe approaches bands that aren’t touring on the festival circuit. Afro Nation, which is based in Portugal but is run by British promoters and has a majority UK crowd, has plugged into the growing Afrobeats scene and captured one of the most underserviced festival audiences: . We Out Here was a sellout success showing the pulling power of jazz, Houghton thrives offering a boutique dance music festival in rural Norfolk, and Glastonbury, once again, sold out in under an hour.
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