Recomedations

[insideaway]

Hey was just wandering if anyone could recomend any good smaller sized festivals, ideally rock/indie fest. Thanks.

[Rich BT]

Y-Not Festival in Derby is one of the best smaller indie festivals and very good value considering the line up they put out each year.

[ramragon]

Give us an idea where abouts you are in the country and we may be able to narrow the list down a bit mate, can't see you wanting to travel 400 miles to a smaller 2 day festival

[Magic42]

I'd suggest Blissfields

Website is a holding page at the moment, new website published on Dec 1st

Or facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blissfields

[eFestivals]

I'd suggest Blissfields

Website is a holding page at the moment, new website published on Dec 1st

Or facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blissfields

Of course you'd suggest it. It's the festival you run.

(posted just so that's clear. People should declare their interests).

[Magic42]

Of course you'd suggest it. It's the festival you run.

(posted just so that's clear. People should declare their interests).

[theampersanddevil]

I really enjoyed doune the rabbit hole this year.

Completely disorganised, not enough food choices, camping just wherever you could find a spot, pissed down all weekend, no idea who was on where. No mobile signal. Was effing brilliant.

Nice, friendly, relaxed, beautiful scenery (its held in a fort!) cheap beer, could walk around with your own alcohol, food was gorgeous even though more choices for veggie would be good. Some amazing little bands and some great better known ones like king creosote, Malcolm Middleton, lovely eggs. Really small but still had six stages.

Loved it.

[xxtinkerbellxx]

Another one here for Y Not Festival, one of my favourite festivals

[goonerming]

Kendal Calling.....

[howie7]

Bearded Theory gets my vote...

[mrtourette]

I guess it depends what you mean by rock/indie. In line with most mainstream festivals (T, V, R&L) trimming down their alt rock/indie there isn't really an small alternative rock festival. Blissfields, The Great Escape, No 6 and Y Not all have a decent amount of variety around the indie spectrum and a good range of folk/indie/pop and maybe reasonably heavy indie bands/rock (at Y Not) but nothing that could be described as rock on any sizeable scale.

http://www.ynotfestivals.co.uk/lineup.php - probably closest to what you may mean by rock

http://www.festivalnumber6.com/music/lineupgfx

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/241157405168107520

http://blissfields.co.uk/lineup/

I'm seriously looking at a festival like this next year, hopefully The Joy Formidable will be headlining one of them and make my decision for me.