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Perfect pitch: the 2024 UK music festivals you can still book now


We may not be able to guarantee the sunshine, but British summer time always means great live music. Grab your spangly cowboy hat – these are the best fests to visit this year

Think workshops on sustainable food, live nature podcasts and a flower show featuring attendees flaunting homemade costumes, alongside music curated by Kiiōtō (comprising Lamb’s Lou Rhodes and songwriter Rohan Heath) and composer Jason Singh. While parents enjoy the musical stylings of Groove Armada, Greentea Peng, Maribou State, Leftfield, Joe Goddard and Laura Misch, kids can hang out at the roller disco, try canoeing, or take over Tinkertown, getting crafty with “real tools and scrap timber”. Highlights for this year’s edition include British luminary Courtney Pine, multiple Grammy-winner Dionne Warwick, a jazz, hip-hop and Afrobeat double bill of Orchestra Baobab and Nubiyan Twist, rising Glaswegian trombonist corto.alto and powerhouse American saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin.

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