Fireworks over The Main Stage at Kendal Calling Festival 2026 Kendal Calling is just the right size! It’s big enough to bring in the big acts and has plenty of stages to satisfy a diverse audience but isn’t too big that the family vibe is lost. I feel safe wandering around at Kendal Calling. I see familiar faces year after year. People tend to revisit Kendal Calling every year as it’s a good all-round festival. I bump into the same families and friendship groups year after ye

Fatboy Slim Headlining Tramlines On the Main Stage on Friday 24th July 2026 Tramlines 2026, what a weekend! As a photographer, Tramlines Festival was the best festival I’ve photographed to date. The Tramlines team were so accommodating and looked after the press team like family. The festival itself had such a good lineup and was on such a good site. The press area was luxurious with tea and coffee on tap (which, trust me, as a photographer, we need copious amounts of). I mad

As a Yorkshire lass, I love a good old festival in my neck of the woods, and one with an epic lineup this year has to be Tramlines! Their main stage has some incredible headliners: Fatboy Slim spinning the decks on Friday night, Courteeners bringing their crowd-pleasing indie anthems on Saturday, and the iconic Wolf Alice on Sunday. Blossoms are always my top go-see band. They have become a firm favourite of mine since seeing them back in 2023 at Kendal Calling. I only knew a

By Sarah Fisher ~ Sarah in the pit Burned as Witches - Self-titled debut album art self-published Night & Day Cafe was the perfect venue for an album launch gig, right in the heart of Manchester . The cosy bar, known for its iconic gigs, was just the right amount of space needed for a dark, rock introduction to Burned As Witches . The night started with support from local band Arms & Hearts . Their revenge punk sound was reminiscent of the early work of The Goo Goo Dol