The Top 5 Music Festivals In the UK

Everyone loves a music festival. Especially since we’ve been deprived of all outdoor events for the best part of 2 years. Summer 2022 will be special, because once again we can dance and have fun with our friends and family enjoying some of the best atmosphere Britain has to offer. 

It’s a time to enjoy music from your favourite artists, DJs; enjoy outdoor entertainment and great food. We are lucky in the UK with so many fantastic festivals to choose from. Elpromotions event and staffing agency have been providing festival staff, marshals and hospitality staff for UK festivals since 2011. We recruit and manage committed and enthusiastic staff for events and festivals in London and across the UK. We have provided outgoing and hardworking festival staff to some of the UK’s best-known events such as Brighton Pride and All Points East Festival. 

Our event staff are reliable, experienced and understand the need for extra crew support during a busy festival season. From flyering to event management, and everything in-between, we guarantee to have the best festival staff for hire, which will make your event a big success. Hire festival event staff for local, regional and national festivals and events. 

Here are 5 top UK music festivals you won’t want to miss this year:

Glastonbury

Festival lineup (2022): Billie Eilish + more TBA

Glastonbury Festival is one of the world’s most famous music and performing arts festivals. Embracing each and every genre across the spectrum, from rock and pop to minimal house, techno and full-throttle drum ‘n’ bass, music-lovers flock to its spiritual fields in beautiful Somerset.

When & where: 22nd – 26th June 2022; Pilton

Parklife

Festival lineup (2021): Dave, Megan Thee Stallion, Skepta, Disclosure, Jamie xx, DaBaby, Burna Boy, Eric Prydz

Parklife Festival is one of the UK’s most popular and famous weekend music festivals, laying on a programme of diverse and cutting-edge music inside Manchester’s Heaton Park.

Curated by a number of the UK’s most renowned clubbing brands, the weekender has rubber stamped its position at the very front of the country’s dance music scene.

When & where: 2022 Dates TBA; Manchester

All Points East Festival

Festival lineup (2021): Jamie xx, Foals, Kano, Bombay Bicycle Club, London Grammar, Jorja Smith, Tom Misch, slowthai

After a thrilling debut in 2018, All Points East has become a staple of east London’s Victoria Park as they continue to take things to an even higher level.

When & where: August 2022; London

The Isle Of Wight Festival

Festival lineup (2022): Muse, Lionel Richie, Lewis Capaldi, Kasabian, Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Blossoms

The reincarnation of one of the UK’s first ever festivals continues to pull in the world’s biggest guitar slingers and the hottest craftsmen and women from pop and electronic genres. 

Born in 1968 and still rocking out strong 50 years later, IoW has lived through decades of musical and cultural change, always staying relevant and incredibly popular.

When & where: 16-19 June 2022; Isle of Wight

Field Day

Festival lineup (2021): Bicep, Floorplan, The Blessed Madonna, DJ Seinfeld, George Fitzgerald, Mall Grab, Floating Points, Ross From Friends

Now one of the capital’s most loved music festivals, Field Day is curated by a collection of clubs and promoters from the London music scene, culminating in a forward-thinking, genre-pushing lineup that features live performances and DJ sets that showcase house, techno, hip-hop and more.

When & where: TBA 2022; London

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