The Best UK Festivals This Spring
The Best UK Festivals This Spring By Caitlin Taylor 8 April 2026 From Brighton to Salford, here are the best fest festivals the UK has to offer before June hits. If you want to be in the know before anyone else – and support local venues and independent artists – buy a ticket to one, or two, or three. Outertown, Bristol Saturday, 11th April It’s the five year anniversary of Bristol’s own Outertown festival and they’re supplying us with a killer lineup to celebrate. Buy a ticket so that there can be many more to come! Top Picks: wing!, ashnymph, Ninush View this post on Instagram A post shared by Outer Town Festival (@outertownbristol) Buy Tickets Here Homegrown, Brighton Saturday, 11th April Some properly obscure artists on this lineup from the first of two Brighton based festival on this list. Hopefully the sun stays shining and the wind stays calm this weekend so you can sit on the beach with an ice cream in between discovering some new sounds. Top Picks: AtticOmattic, Eva Lunny, Rainy Day Cafe View this post on Instagram A post shared by Homegrown Festival (@homegrownbrighton) Buy Tickets Here Sounds From The City, Salford Sunday, 3rd May If you know, you know. Salford is the place to be for exciting music at the moment. London isn’t the centre of the world – get up North and have your mind blown. Top Picks – Slag, Lancer, Pollyfromthedirt View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sounds From The Other City (@sftoc) Buy Tickets Here The Great Escape, Brighton 13th-16th May The second Brighton-based multi-venue festival on this list, TGE is a staple in the calendar for new music. We’re biased because we have our own stage here for the second year in a row alongside our good friends at Still Listening but there’s also hundreds of other amazing artists to check out. Top Picks: Internet Cafe, KEYAH/BLU, SILVERWINGKILLER View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Great Escape Festival (@greatescapefest) Buy Tickets Here