Music Festivals 2016 Welcome to The Festival Calendar 2016

Music Festivals 2016 Welcome to The Festival Calendar 2016,

Upcoming 2015 UK FestivalsFeatured Festival Reading Festival Start Date: 28th August 2015 Big annual music festival in Reading...

Featured Festival Behind The Castle Start Date: 13th June 2015 One day, stunning location, The Waterboys, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Larkin Poe, Nizlopi and more...!...

Featured Festival The Lost City Music Festival Weekender Start Date: 26th June 2015 Indoor & Outdoor festival in ...

May 2015 MARGATE MOD & SIXTIES FESTIVAL Start Date: 22nd May 2015 Great British Music & Culture present a brand new event this summer in the rejuvenated seaside town of Margate on the Kent coast. ...

Ashburton Blues Festival Start Date: 22nd May 2015 Weekend festival of the Best of the Blues in Glorious Devon surroundings...

Breaking Bands Festival Start Date: 22nd May 2015 The sole aim of the event is to bring the very best of the bands of the future into one place to open up the festival season and show what they can do....

X Music Festival Edinburgh Start Date: 22nd May 2015 Join 10,000 people at X Music Festival Edinburgh this summer as the UK's biggest & best artists take to the stage!...

Game On Start Date: 22nd May 2015 The Midlands only sport and music festival...Perfect for sports teams end of season tour...

. Bude And Stratton Folk Festival Start Date: 22nd May 2015 Bude and Stratton Folk Festival is a friendly mix of folk concerts, workshops and themed events held annually on the late May Bank Holiday weekend. It features dance displays, music and song all based in and around the North Cornwall coastal town of Bude. ...

Chester Folk Festival Start Date: 22nd May 2015 A full Spring Bank Holiday Weekend of folk events for all the family...

Newcastle-under-Lyme Jazz And Blues Festival 2015 Start Date: 22nd May 2015 DOZENS of quality live local and national jazz and blues bands will come to town to perform for Newcastle and take over the town at the 10th annual Jazz and Blues Festival....

Lechlade Music Festival Start Date: 22nd May 2015 A 3 day family orientated festival with STATUS QUO headlining. Over 60 bands across 3 stages...

Harambee Pasadia Start Date: 22nd May 2015 Harambee Pasadia is a 4-day family camping extravaganza in celebration of diverse cultures, foods, music, artists, and fusions of the African diaspora. ...

Featured Festival LeeStock Music Festival 2015 Start Date: 23rd May 2015 LeeStock is a charity music festival based in Suffolk, held in the grounds of an old East Anglian Tudor Hall. Scouting For Girls, Dodgy and Dumbfoundus set to feature in 2015....

Happy Days Festival 2015 Start Date: 23rd May 2015 Happy Days Festival 2015 is taking place on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May - come along to see original artists from the 70's, 80's & 90's! Great Music Great Times!...

Featured Festival YORK FAKE FESTIVAL Start Date: 23rd May 2015 The UK's Premier TRIBUTE BAND tour comes to York for the 1st time...

Love Saves The Day 2015 Start Date: 23rd May 2015 We are back again for another love-fuelled festival on the 23rd & 24th of May...

FKA twigs at Heaton Park, Manchester, 6/7 June If you are yet to catch one of the world’s most talked about new artists, it would be worth the price of a day ticket to Manchester’s park party just to see her. With delicately childlike vocals, atmospheric beats and the best dance moves in the business, FKA Twigs’ live performance skills have made serious waves.

The British festival circuit may have more options on offer than ever before, but before everyone starts readying their wellies for the summer months, don't forget that probably the best way to see an artist is still a good, old fashioned gig. With better sound quality and a more appreciative audience – unlike festival goers, the crowd at gigs won't have been living off a cider-only diet for the past three days – it’s hard to beat the brilliance of an intimate show, although festivals can offer more bands for your buck.

For live music fans craving that magic moment of discovering an amazing support act, or waiting for their all-time favourite to step up to the mic, 2015 has got a tonne of new musical potential in store, as well as the return of some of the world's greatest artists.

The UK continues to breed some inspiring young acts like BBC Sound of 2015 winners Years & Years, while emerging talents like emotionally intense singer/songwriter Waxahatchee and future rock superstars PVRIS are also both planning visits from across the pond.

Click through this list for 10 of the must-see shows happening over the next 12 months.

Gig Central

Glasgow's well-earned reputation as a city that no singer or band wants to miss off the tour schedule looks set to continue, with some of the biggest names on the planet heading this way.

Here are 12 shows to get a ticket for, whatever the cost....

Hector Bizerk, Broadcast, February 20.

One of the most exciting and vital bands in Scotland at the moment, rap act Hector Bizerk are currently releasing a series of EPs, including a collaboration with Scotland's Makar, Liz Lochhead. Vigo Thieves, King Tut's, February 21.

One of Glasgow's most loved venues, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut turns 25 in February. A whole host of shows are planned with special acts, but the rowdiest gig will probably be rising Scottish rockers Vigo Thieves, who've recently seen their tune Believe adopted by the Scotland football team for the Euro 2016 qualifiers..

Royal Blood, Barrowland, February 22 and 23.

Few bands had a better 2014 than Royal Blood. After an ABC appearance in October they've now got two dates at the Barrowland lined up, which will surely be triumphant occasions.