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Festivals and Events

Festivals and events

Reviews and info on the best festivals and events that are well worth travelling for. From music festivals to famous food markets or cultural events, get inspired to take your next trip.

<p>From Billie Eilish to Sam Fender, this year’s home turf festivals offer it all</p>
Features

The 11 best music festivals in the UK for 2023

Not sure which music festivals to hit this summer? The Independent’s culture staff have you covered, from Americana and country-themed events in the Kentish countryside to spiritual experiences in the lush Welsh mountains

<p>The festivals we’ve picked will likely tempt music fans to swap mud-trodden fields for a week in the sun</p>
Features

The 14 best music festivals in Europe

<p>Nick Cave reaches out to the crowd at Øya 2022</p>
Reviews

The magic of Øya, the world’s greenest music festival

Features

The best UK festivals for discovering new music

<p>Taste of London kicks of this week in London’s Regent’s Park </p>
Food and Drink

10 of the best food festivals coming to the UK this year

Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
Europe

The best food and drink festivals in Europe this autumn

Down in Deptford: The craft beer festival is free and features many of the local breweries
Food and Drink

This March, you must go to these 7 food festivals

The customary couple-of-hundred stalls of food purveyors are still a key element
Food and Drink

Abergavenny food festival at 20

Hashtag food love: the Tiny Rebel Newport food fest
Food and Drink

October’s 9 best food and drink festivals

The Isles of Scilly Food Festival is here for its second year
UK

The best things to do at the Isles of Scilly Food Festival

Pick your poison: handmade liqueurs at the Guernsey Food Festival
Food and Drink

September's 7 best food and drink festivals

Tom Kerridge is the latest celebrity chef to put his name to a festival
Food and Drink

Chef Tom Kerridge launches Pub in the Park food festival

Ultra trendy Paper Island Market offers up a variety of street food options
Europe

Europe’s best street food markets

Europe

Europe’s best street food markets

Ultra trendy Paper Island Market offers up a variety of street food options
Giddy-up: the Horse Box gin bar will be at the Liverpool Food, Drink & Lifestyle Festival this month
Food and Drink

April food and drink events

Michel Roux teams up with Freddy Bird to uncover some of the UK’s most off-the-beaten-track gastronomic delights
Food and Drink

The six best food events in March

Ludlow hosts the grandaddy of the UK's food festivals, which this year begins on 9 September
UK

Cool Place of the Day: Ludlow Food Festival, Shropshire

Lifestyle

Prepare for autumn with this list of the best things to do in London

<p>‘These processions tumble through the island’s streets for nine days every October’ </p>
Thailand

Phuket’s holiest – and goriest – festival is back with a bang

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