There's an area of high pressure situated just to the east of the UK which heads over the country towards the middle of the week. This will bring us some much warmer days from the south by the middle of the week.
So, with the sun finally about to shine, it's surely time to head for a festival this weekend and there are plenty of them around, here's eFestivals' quick round up of a few of the events on offer this weekend.
Starting this Thursday in Cambridgeshire is The Secret Garden Party, tickets are priced at £125 for an adult weekend ticket and has a line-up including Grace Jones, Glasvegas, Morcheeba, Florence & The Machine, Infadels, Cage The Elephant, 2Many Wedding DJs, Atomic Hooligan, Kissy Sell Out, Late Of The Pier, and more. To buy tickets, click here. Click here to find out more.
Trowbridge Village Pump in Wiltshire also opens its gates on Thursday with a bill including Don McLean, Little Feat, Richard Thompson, Alabama 3, Andy Fairweather Low, Oysterband, Show of Hands, Cara Dillon, and 6 Day Riot. a weekend ticket is priced at £105 and to buy tickets, click here. For more information click here.
WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) also takes place this weekend in Wiltshire with a wealth of world music artists including Squeeze, Rachid Taha, Ernest Ranglin, Dengue Fever, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Eddy Grant & The Frontline Orchestra, Toumani Diabaté, Orchestra Baobab, Sharon Shannon Big Band feat Shane MacGowan, Damien Dempsey & Mundy, and Martha Wainwright. Full tickets are on sale priced at £125 for the three days, to buy tickets, click here. To find out more click here.
In Weymouth this weekend is the two day family friendly festival Evolve 08 an adult ticket is £30 and the entertainment includes Lou Rhodes, 3 Daft Monkeys, Mawkin:Causley, Pronghorn, Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Tim Van Eyken, and more. To buy tickets, Two day Tickets Adult Ticket £30/ Junior (11-16) £19; Friday Adult £16 / Junior £10; Saturday Adult £18 / Junior £12. 10 years of age and under, One child accompanied by an adult is free entry. To buy tickets, click here. Click here to find out more.
Friday and Saturday in Warwickshire is the hedonistic weekend of Global Gathering with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Roisin Murphy, Robyn, Sam Sparro, Hadouken!, Filthy Dukes, Moby, 2 Many DJs, and many more playing the dance based event. Tickets are on sale priced at £115. To buy, click here. For more information click here.
Blues fans should head to Cumbria this weekend of the three day Maryport Blues Festival which is offering a host of legends including Chuck Berry, Jimmie Vaughan, Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Beth Rowley, and more. A weekend ticket is priced at £99.75, to buy tickets, click here. Click here to find out more.
In Kent is the new Sound Island Music Festival offering Katherine Jenkins, The Hoosiers, UB40, Aswad, Blake, Scouting For Girls, Elliot Minor, Imperial Leisure, and National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are priced between £26 and £32.50 depending on day, they can be purchased by clicking here. For more information click here.
This weekend at Galloway in Scotland is The Wickerman Festival with acts like Gary Numan, KT Tunstall, Dream Machine, Alabama 3, Dub Pistols, Dodgy, The Cuban Brothers, Hugh Cornwell, and The Fall. Tickets are on sale, click here, priced at £75 for the two days. To find out more click here.
Warwick Folk Festival is a three day event which takes place in the West Midlands. The confirmed acts include Bellowhead, Oysterband, Bob Fox, The Young Coppers, Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies, Dave Pegg & PJ Wright, and Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, and there are walk up tickets available priced at £74 for adults. To find out more click here.
In Cornwall there's the one day family friendly White Stuff Surf Relief Festival offering Surf championships and music from Stereo MCs, The Rumblestrips, The Wonderfuls, Justin Nozuka, and Ash Grunwald. Tickets are priced at £10 and to buy tickets, click here. Click here to find out more.
In Derbyshire, there's a mix of trains and music at the Indie Tracks Indiepop Festival. The line-up includes Los Campesinos!, The Wedding Present, Comet Gain, The Bobby McGees, Airport Girl, Milky Wimpshake, and The Wave Pictures. Tickets are priced at £45 for the weekend, and can be purchased here. For more information click here.
There's a Sunday event in Hertfordshire called Folk by the Oak with Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon, Julie Fowlis, Martin Simpson, and more. An adult ticket is priced at £26, to buy tickets click here. To find out more click here.
West Yorkshire has a free festival this weekend, the Clarence Park Free Music Festival which plays host to acts including Cry Girl Cry, Rosie Doonan, The Solicitors, and Piston Broke. Click here to find out more.
So if you fancy having a weekend with music in the sun, get those tickets booked and head for a festival this weekend.