Tiny UK Festivals Draw the Crowds During Glastonbury's Fallow Year
With the festival giant on a break, grassroots events offering intimacy and eccentric line-ups are winning over fans seeking a less corporate experience.
Sophie Bennett
Writer ·
With Glastonbury in a fallow year, small independent festivals across the UK are drawing renewed attention from music fans seeking intimacy, eccentric line-ups and a less corporate live-music experience.
A grassroots scene on the rise
The Guardian highlighted events such as Loveshack, Killer Wales and Come Bye Oddfolk as examples of a grassroots circuit gaining momentum while the biggest festival of all takes its scheduled break. For many fans, the smaller scale is the appeal rather than the compromise.
What happens next
With Glastonbury away, the gap in the calendar offers independent organisers a rare chance to win new audiences. Whether the surge in interest endures once the festival giant returns will be one to watch.
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