Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival  held annually in late summer since 2004, in a small country park called 'Robin Hill'- a beautiful leafy country park (a veritable Garden of Eden)!. The event is organized by BBC Radio 1 leftfield DJ Rob da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights.

Aside from the mind-blowing music and fantastical frolics, Bestival has always been renowned for its fancy dress themes.

Website - www.bestival.net

The Big Chill is a multimedia festival, bar, club and record label dedicated to transforming the spirit of our times.

The Big Chill offers a highly evolved, all-round experience that is completely unique, with a wide variety of music and performance, art, comedy, dance and film; technology and its relationship with nature; identifying artists and nurturing their creativity. It is about energy, community and fun.

Website - www.bigchill.net/festival

The Bloodstock Open Air heavy metal festival opened in 2005 to bring more choice of heavy metal bands to the UK and showcase the best established and unsigned metal bands in a large and enthusiastic area filled with an audience of true metal heads.

Bloodstock Open Air has three days of diverse international heavy metal bands over three stages, merchandise stalls, metal karaoke as well as food and drink delights.

Website - www.bloodstock.uk.com

It's inspired by the halcyon days of summers past - imagine the 1950s British Holiday Camp with a twist and you’ll get close to what Camp Bestival is all about.

Expect to bask in nostalgia and fits of giggles as the Bestival Bluecoats lead you on a merry jaunt around the most beautiful site in the world designed by Josie da Bank. Mix in entertainment of the highest order, splendid music, the biggest boutique campsite ever, excellent facilities for the outdoor life and a generous sprinkle of Bestival magic and you’re in our world.

Website - www.campbestival.net

The theme of Festival 2010 is ‘God Songs in a Strange Land'. With Bible Studies led by former Principal of Cliff College, Rev Dr Howard Mellor, and a diverse range of special guests - from Adrian and Bridget Plass to DJ Kubiks (Christian Drum'n'bass artist), a gospel choir and a drum workshop - there will be a variety of ways to engage with the theme, enjoy fellowship together and become better equipped to serve God in today's world.

A new stream of dedicated seminars will put the icing on the youth programme of Bible studies, celebrations and other activities, ensuring that Festival is about equipping the young as well as the old(er!) to live as disciples of Jesus in an ever-changing and more challenging world.  As always, there will be an energetic and creative programme for children too.

Website - www.cliffcollege.ac.uk/page/festival

Creamfields has established itself as the crown jewel of dance festivals and continues to be in the Top 5 festivals in the UK and the most popular and renowned open air electronic music festival in the world.  Creamfields is famous for many things but essentially for bringing together genre breaking pioneers from across the dj and live music spectrum. The structure of the 15 hour festival features the enormously successful Live Outdoor Stage and between 8-10 DJ only arenas.

It continues to push the boundaries of popular culture and raise the benchmark and in doing so has become an institution that has inspired a near religious devotion from its loyal followers.

Website - www.creamfields.com

"..a totally amazing event…a cross between Glastonbury and Hay-on-Wye"
Jon Snow, Sept 09

Electric Picnic will be parading back into Stradbally once again with all the usual suspects and more, adorned in all their festival finery. The hottest bands, the brightest minds, the most devilish comedians. A unique combination of energy and sparkle, other worldliness and circus pizzazz.

Website - www.electricpicnic.ie

The idea with the End of the Road Festival was to organise an intimate festival with our favourite artists and the festival has a friendly and relaxed feel.

The Larmer Tree Gardens (North Dorset/Wiltshire borders, UK) is the perfect venue to create this kind of atmosphere - where music-loving, open minded and chilled out people get together in the beautiful countryside whilst parrots and peacocks wander around!

Website - www.endoftheroadfestival.com

Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.  More than 170,000 people will see over 700 acts on over 80 stages.  The huge site, located in the beautiful Vale of Avalon in Somerset, covers 900 acres and takes about an hour to walk from side to side.

Glastonbury is like lots of different festivals converging on the same gorgeous countryside for the weekend.  Best known for its contemporary music, the festival also features dance, comedy, cabaret, and many other arts.  There's also family oriented areas like the Kidz Field, the Theatre and Circus fields.

No other festival comes close to the unique atmosphere and the sheer size and scale of Glastobury.  From watching the biggest bands on the Pyramid and Other stages, magical moments can also be found in Jazz World, the Dance Village and in the famous Green Fields.

Website - www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Greenbelt is an independent Christian charity working to express love, creativity and justice in the arts and contemporary culture in the light of the Christian gospel.

Website - www.greenbelt.org.uk