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    Weird and Wonderful Wood 2025 Review: Family Magic Incarnate

    by Tim Bradford 28th May 2025
    by Tim Bradford 28th May 2025

    Running for its 30th instalment this year, Weird and Wonderful Wood is a bit of a unique beast in the world of festivals. A combination of the best bits of …

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    The Incredible (But True) Story of Hamster Racing (Plus a Little Bit of Gerbil)

    by Tim Bradford 15th March 2025
    by Tim Bradford 15th March 2025

    I’ll admit it. I was worried the Electric Hamster Races Great Yarmouth Hippodrome show would be a disaster. Promotion was slim on the ground, the cast only had a week …

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    In Cider Review 2025: The Power of Pontins

    by Tim Bradford 14th February 2025
    by Tim Bradford 14th February 2025

    In Cider shouldn’t work. It’s a festival in February, in a run-down Pontins, in Weston-super-Mare. The setting is drab, the weather is miserable, and everything about it should drain the …

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    The Electric Hamster Race at the Yarmouth Empire: Review

    by Tim Bradford 27th November 2024
    by Tim Bradford 27th November 2024

    Bringing their popular festival sideshow out of the fields and into town, in an urban enviroment the Electric Hamster Race crew truly outdid themselves in Great Yarmouth

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    2,000 km From Home and Worth Every Second: Inside the Cascade Masquerade

    by Tim Bradford 9th November 2024
    by Tim Bradford 9th November 2024

    Going to the Cascade Masquerade was a big risk. You see, experienced festival-goers know that a first-year event is always an inherently risky endeavour. No one knows quite how it …

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    The Commoners Fair: A folk-punk piss-up in a brewery

    by Tim Bradford 15th October 2024
    by Tim Bradford 15th October 2024

    If you know me well, then you know getting me to party inside is a hard job. I thrive in open fields, under the sky, surrounded by nature. Walls and …

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    TheFestivals.UK Edinburgh Fringe 2024: 5-star shortlist – weeks one and two

    by Samuel Saucha 13th September 2024
    by Samuel Saucha 13th September 2024

    Impatient Productions View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luke Rollason (@lukerollasonisaclown) Show: Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your HairGenre: Comedy (alternative comedy, clown) Seeing the world …

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    Kendal Calling review: a wholesome family-friendly weekend

    by Ana Blinstrubaite 22nd August 2024
    by Ana Blinstrubaite 22nd August 2024

    Nestled in the scenic Lowther Deer Park, Kendal Calling welcomed 40,000 from Thursday 1st to Saturday 4th August, and it was an unexpected treat for our Edinburgh team. If you’re …

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    Boomtown Festival Review 2024: Look, I only listened to Folk and Punk

    by Tim Bradford 18th August 2024
    by Tim Bradford 18th August 2024

    Boomtown Festival has returned once again to the Matterley Bowl, and for those of you who’ve attended in recent years—well—it hasn’t bloody changed much. It’s still a feast for the …

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    Outcider Review 2024: Scrumpy and Western’s Spiritual Home

    by Tim Bradford 17th August 2024
    by Tim Bradford 17th August 2024

    Outcider is a very special little festival. I almost don’t want to write about it because I’m afraid that if it gets any bigger, it might lose the charm that …

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