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The UK festival calendar is one of the best in the world. Whether you’re into rock, pop, dance, indie or just love the atmosphere of a great outdoor event, there’s a festival here that will suit you perfectly. We’ve pulled together everything you need to know about the biggest festivals happening across the UK — dates, headliners and tickets all in one place.
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Download Festival is one of the UK’s best-known heavy music festivals and is strongly associated with rock, metal, punk, alternative, emo, hardcore and classic rock. It is usually held in June and attracts visitors looking for heavier music, major bands and a large outdoor festival atmosphere.
Line-Up Highlights
Download Festival 2026 is headlined by Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park. The official Download announcement says all three headline the Apex Stage, alongside a line-up of more than 90 artists.
Other major names announced include:
Bad Omens Cypress Hill Trivium Architects Electric Callboy Halestorm Ice Nine Kills BABYMETAL Pendulum The Pretty Reckless Black Veil Brides Behemoth Mastodon The All-American Rejects Feeder Cavalera Static-X Blood Incantation
Line-ups and set times can change, so check the official Download Festival site before booking or travelling.
The Isle of Wight Festival is one of the best-known British music festivals and usually offers a broad mix of pop, rock, indie, dance, classic acts and newer artists. Because it is held on the Isle of Wight, travel planning is more important than for many mainland festivals, especially if you need ferry travel, camping or accommodation.
Line-Up Highlights
The Isle of Wight Festival 2026 headliners are Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris and The Cure. The official festival announcement says the 2026 event is sold out and names those three as the headline acts.
Other confirmed names listed by ticket and travel sources include:
Lewis Capaldi Calvin Harris The Cure Teddy Swims The Kooks Tom Grennan Wet Leg Two Door Cinema Club Rick Astley Anastacia KT Tunstall Feeder The Last Dinner Party David Gray Shed Seven Suzanne Vega Jo Whiley’s 90s Anthems
Ticketmaster’s event listing also shows day-by-day acts for the 2026 festival, including Lewis Capaldi, Wet Leg and Two Door Cinema Club on one listing, Calvin Harris, Teddy Swims and Rick Astley on another, and The Cure, The Kooks and The Last Dinner Party on another.
Line-ups, day splits and set times can change, so check the official festival information before travelling.
BST Hyde Park is different from a normal camping festival. Instead of one continuous weekend with camping, BST Hyde Park is made up of separate large concert days across late June and July. Each date usually has its own headline act, support artists, ticket types, food areas and premium options.
Line-Up Highlights
BST Hyde Park 2026 is spread across several headline concert days.
Confirmed headline dates currently include:
Garth Brooks — Saturday 27 June ATEEZ — Sunday 28 June Maroon 5 — Friday 3 July Mumford & Sons — Saturday 4 July Duran Duran — Sunday 5 July Pitbull — Friday 10 July Lewis Capaldi — Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July
The official general information page lists these event dates and says entry is from around 14:00, with earlier entry for Primary Entry and VIP ticket holders.
Some event pages also list major support acts. For example, the official line-up page says Maroon 5 are joined by OneRepublic, Jess Glynne, Ella Eyre and more, while Lewis Capaldi’s Saturday show includes Conan Gray, Jacob Alon, The Vaccines and others.
Line-ups, support acts and stage times can change, so check the official BST Hyde Park site before travelling.
TRNSMT is a major city-centre music festival held at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a non-camping festival, so it works differently from weekend camping festivals such as Download, Reading and Leeds or Creamfields. TRNSMT is better suited to people who want a big festival atmosphere during the day and evening, while staying in Glasgow or travelling in and out each day.
Line-Up Highlights
TRNSMT 2026 includes a mix of major Scottish, UK and international acts across the weekend.
The official TRNSMT site currently lists artists including:
Richard Ashcroft Wolf Alice Kasabian Nile Rodgers & Chic Dylan John Thomas Sonny Fodera The Snuts Loyle Carner Lewis Capaldi Amy Macdonald CMAT Two Door Cinema Club Skye Newman Cammy Barnes
TRNSMT is a good choice if you enjoy a broad city festival line-up rather than a single music style. It can suit groups with mixed music tastes because the bill usually includes indie, pop, rock, dance and Scottish artists.
Line-ups, day splits and set times can change, so check the official TRNSMT website before travelling.
Reading and Leeds Festival 2026 is one of the UK’s biggest paired music festivals, held over the same weekend at two different sites: Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park near Leeds.
The two festivals share much of the same line-up, with artists usually appearing at both sites on different days. Reading has a more town-centre feel, while Leeds is in a larger parkland setting outside the city.
Creamfields is one of the UK’s best-known dance festivals and is strongly associated with EDM, house, techno, trance, drum and bass, electronic music and large-scale stage production.
Line-Up Highlights
Creamfields 2026 has a large electronic music line-up, with artists across dance, house, techno, trance, drum and bass and other electronic genres.
The official 2026 line-up page currently includes names such as:
Alesso Alex Farell Aly & Fila Amelie Lens Ammara Andy C Armin van Buuren Calvin Harris Carl Cox CamelPhat Disclosure Dom Dolla Eli Brown Jazzy Martin Garrix MK Sonny Fodera Underworld
The official line-up page introduces the 2026 line-up as part of Creamfields’ 20 years at Daresbury celebration over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Line-ups, stages, day splits and set times can change, so check the official Creamfields website before travelling.
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