Features tagged with festival

Mexico's musical scene is thriving after decades of difficulties and one corollary of this is an ever-growing number of music festivals. Earlier this month, Carlos Dávalos visited one of the newest additions to the calendar: Carnaval Bahidorá.

As they prepare to play the fourth, annual Norwich Sound & Vision festival, locals Wooden Arms talk to Carlos Dávalos about their music, their inspirations and making CDs out of wood.

Last month, Bestival celebrated its tenth anniversary with headline performances from Fatboy Slim, Snoop Dogg and Elton John.  Here, Craig Stevens shares his experiences of HMS Bestival 2013 and some of the musical highlights that came with it.

Juan Edgardo Rodríguez shares a sampling of some of the more notable acts he saw at this year's FYF Festival in Downtown Los Angeles.

Ahead of next month's Fieldview Festival, Craig Stevens chats to festival co-founder Dan Cameron.

Rounding off No Ripcord's coverage of this year's Bestival, Joe Rivers spoke to singer-songwriter, Mary Epworth, who performed at the event. They talked songwriting, Spotify, Czech gypsy music workshops, and more.

Hamburg, Germany hosts its autumnal festival and reimagines the boundaries within which music festivals can be restricted.

You've read our interviews, now here's what actually happened on the Isle of Wight. Our comprehensive review of all the music and magic that took place at this year's Bestival.

On a sunny Sunday morning on the Isle of Wight, Emily Barker caught up with Joe Rivers to talk tours, funding, closing the festival and the biggest gig of her life.

With just over a week to go until Bestival descends upon the Isle of Wight for a ninth consecutive year, Craig Stevens chats to festival curator and BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank.