May
Puravida Long Weekend, 3rd-6th May. Osho Leela, Thorngrove House, Common Mead Lane, Gillingham Lane, Dorset. Offering dancefloor hedonism meets meditation, the festival encourages chilling to the max with tantra, Osho meditations, Ratu shaking meditation and a yurt sauna as well as DJ’s letting your hair down until the early hours of the morning. www.puravida.uk.com
VegfestUK Bristol, 24th - 26th May The Amphitheatre and Waterfront Square, Bristol. Officially the world’s biggest veggie event, come along to help celebrate its 10th birthday. www.bristol.vegfest.co.uk
Wild Heart Gathering, 24th – 27th May Location TBC. Get back to nature with a weekend of music, dancing, and foraging and bushcraft workshops. www.wildheartgathering.com
Mind Body Spirit, 24th – 27th May Earls Court, London. With a programme that includes eco-living, spirituality, natural health, alternative technology and complementary medicine, this weekend will inspire and uplift. www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk
Surya Yoga Camp, 29th May – 2nd June Chyan Cultural Centre, Cornwall. Small and family-friendly, offering a programme of yoga classes in a beautiful, peaceful woodlands. www.surya.org.uk
Wychwood Festival, 31st May –2nd June. Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire. This is its ninth annual festival, and has been nomintated for Best Family Festival in UK Festival awards. This festival is well known for its relaxed atmosphere and prides itself on its eclectic mix of indie, folk, pop and world music. www.wychwoodfestival.com
Glastonbury, 26th- 30th June. Worthy Farm, Somerset. A legendary festival held at Worthy Farm, Somerset where Michael Eavis first opened his arms to thousands of festival goers back in 1970. Expect entertainment from across fifty stages, as well as cabarat, theatre, circus acts, poetry and an awesome kids zone. www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
Larmer Tree Fest, 17th- 21st July. Larmer Tree Gardens, near Tollard Royal, on the Wilts/Dorset border. Holding an intimate crowd of only 4,000, this five day family friendly spectacle provides acoustic, folk. Jazz, Americana and reggae delights to the beautiful backdrop of the Larmer Tree Gardens, with its resident peacocks and macaws. www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Woodfest, 19th-21st July. Highcliffe Farm, Keighley. This small festival was set up to raise funds for the Sue Ryder foundation, which provides help for those with life-changing illnesses. With local and regional bands appearing, you are guaranteed to have a great weekend, as well as knowing that the money made goes to a fantastic cause. www.sueryder.org/events
WOMAD, 25th-28th July. Charlton Park, Upper Minety, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Standing for World of Music, Arts and Dance, the festival aims to celebrate the many cultures of the world with food, entertainment and workshops including yoga, salsa and night owl happenings. www.womad.co.uk
Secret Garden Party, 25th-28th July. Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Secret Garden party is a garden-party-gone-crazy, set in a 10 acre landscape bordering on rivers and lakes. As well as music, there’s a kid’s zone featuring egg hunts and kite flying. To add to this an area of woodland dedicated to acoustic artists, barefoot discos and twilight fire tales. www.secretgardenparty.com
Green Man, 15th-18th August. Glanusk Wales. You can look forward to this folk-fuelled event, full of diversity in food, music and workshops, which include a nature and nurture massage area and even a boat party. Keen to support the environment, the ‘Green Bus’ will be travelling from most city destinations. www.greenman.net
Shambala, 22nd-25th August County estate TBC. Shambala has continuously proved itself to be one of the best for family friendly fun; full of fancy dress, woodland wackiness, colourful theatrics and great music. www.shambalafestival.org
End of the Road Festival, 30th August – 1st September. Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset Borders. Catering for around 5,000 music lovers, the festival consists of collection of stages, as well as comedy and film showings. Set to the backdrop of the infamous and breath taking Larmer Tree Gardens, the Tipi tent area will also be returning keeping that ever important intimate feel. www.endoftheroadfestival.com
festivals & events 2013
