4th January 2022. Organisers of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta have confirmed the dates for this year as 11th - 14th August 2022 as the popular event returns after a 2-year absence. The event regularly attracts up to 500,000 visitors and features balloon mass ascents along with evening fireworks displays and live music. The event takes place at Bristol’s Ashton Court estate.

3rd January 2022. A new 3-day music festival has been announced for Blackburn at the 15,000 capacity Ewood Park stadium scheduled for 27th - 29th May 2022. The SummerFest have released their line-up that includes The Human League, Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Culture Club, UB40, Howard Jones, Limahl and Aswad. Registration is now open for news on tickets which gone on sale from 7th January 2022.

31st December 2021. The 5-day EDM music festival in Cancun has been cancelled. The festival had already been moved from April 2021 to the new dates of 13th - 17th January 2022. The organisers, LiveOne, have cited concerns over the surge in Omicron cases as a reason for the cancellation. The event was the feature Liquid Stranger, Zeds Dead, REZZ, GRiZ, Dillon Francis, Drezo, Yung Gravy, Clozee, Lucii, and Chomppa.

30th December 2021. Organisers of the 2-day music festival in New Zealand have announced on their Facebook page that some of their headliners have pulled out after either testing positive for Omicron or as a precaution. The festival started yesterday and goes on until 31st December, it was already mandated for visitors to be 100% vaccinated. The headliners that pulled out were Friction, Dimension and Lee Mvtthews.

29th December 2021. Organisers of the 3-day arts and electronic music festival in Belgium have announced headliners for the event scheduled for 29th April - 1st May 2022. The event has moved from its traditional September dates to spring next year. Headliners announced are Akua, Black Cadmium, Clara!, DJ Fettburger, DJ Rino, DVS1, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, FAUZIA, Francesco Del Garda, GiGi FM, Kim Kenis, LSDXOXO, M.Bootyspoon, Paula Tape, Roméo Poirier, Roza Terenzi & D.Tiffany and SiSi. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

28th December 2021. A new 2-day ski and snowboard festival has been announced in the Scottish ski resort of Glencoe scheduled for 27th - 28th March 2022. Called The Mighty Coe, it will feature a variety of winter sports activities plus vendors, an expo and night time entertainment. Registration is now open for updates and news on tickets and activities.

27th December 2021. Organisers of the Uddingston Music Festival part of the Bothwell Scarecrow Festival have announced headliners for the event scheduled for 7th - 15th September 2022. Headliners announced are Space, The Bluebells and Jumbo Gibson. They join James Grant, Conner Fyfe and Lights out by Nine. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

24th December 2021. Organisers of the Celtic Connections festival scheduled for 20th January - 6th February have made an announcement regarding new restrictions. New guidelines issued by the Scottish Government in light of Omicron have meant that a small number of shows for the event may be cancelled. This is an evolving situation.

23rd December 2021. Organisers of the American underground and house music festival in Arizona have announced the first wave of headliners for the event scheduled for 4th - 6th March 2022. Headliners announced are Adam Beyer, Carl Cox, Boris Brejcha, and Kaskade. Other artists announced include Dombresky b2b Noizu, Drezo, Eats Everything, Hannah Wants, Kasablanca, Kyle Watson, RebÅ«ke, Shiba San, Sohmi, Teenage Mutants, Township Rebellion, and Wax Motif. Tickets go on sale from today for anyone interested. 

22nd December 2021. A new 3-day music festival to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is being planned for Leighton Hall in Carnforth scheduled for 3rd - 5th June 2022. The announcement on a new Facebook page gives little information although the organisers are the same people behind the Highest Point festival at Williamson Park also in Lancashire scheduled for 12th - 14th May 2022.

21st December 2021. Organisers of the Larmer Tree music festival have announced that their 2022 event will now not go ahead. The announcement states that the disruption caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic means holding the event in 2022 is too risky. This will be the third year that the festival has been cancelled, it last took place in 2019. 

20th December 2021. Organisers of the dance music festival in Croatia have announced the first wave of headliners for the event scheduled for 8th - 10th July 2022. Headliners announced are Adam Beyer, Afrojack, Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Joseph Capriati, Martin Garrix, Nina Kraviz, Oliver Heldens, Richie Hawtin, Tiësto, Timmy Trumpet and Vini Vici. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested but they are selling out fast.

17th December 2021. A new boutique dance music festival has been announced for Newcastle scheduled for 2nd - 4th June 2022. The new festival has already announced Danny Howells, Henry Saiz, Nick Warren and Hernan Cattaneo in their line-up. Registrations are now open for anyone interested in tickets which are planned to go on sale from today.

16th December 2021. Organisers of the popular retro music festival in Derbyshire have announced the first wave of headliners for the event scheduled for 30th June - 3rd July 2022. Headliners announced are Steps, UB40, Cascada, Aqua, East 17, S Club, Fatman Scoop, Vengaboys, T'Pau, Scouting for Girls, Toploader and Ace of Base. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested in music from the 80s and 90s.

15th December 2021. Organisers of the Birmingham folk festival have announced the first wave of headliners for the event scheduled for 2nd - 4th September 2022. Headliners announced are Supergrass, Seasick Steve, Kurt Vile and The Violators, The Weather Station, Bess Atwell, Anaïs Mitchell and John Francis Flynn. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

14th December 2021. The popular folk festival returns next year after a two-year break and is scheduled for 28th - 31st July 2022. Organisers have announced their first wave of headliners including Passenger, Seasick Steve, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Clannad, Suzanne Vega, Spell Songs and This Is The Kit plus many more. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

13th December 2021. Organisers of Portsmouth's music festival have announced headliners for their event scheduled for 26th - 28th August 2022. The first wave of headliners announced are Stereophonics, James, Sugababes, Nothing But Thieves, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Wombats, Declan McKenna, Self Esteem, We Are Scientists, Becky Hill, Little Man Tate, Baby Queen, Coach Party, WorryWorry and Sam Ryder. Early bird tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

10th December 2021. Organisers of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival in Sussex have announced headliners for their event scheduled for 1st - 3rd July 2022. The first wave of headliners announced are TLC, Tom Misch, Lianne La Havas and Sister Sledge plus 30 other artists including Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell, Mulatu Astatke, Gary Bartz, Emma-Jean Thackray, Julian Lage, Sarathy Korwar and Nala Sinephro. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

9th December 2021. Organisers of the Reading and Leeds Festival have announced headliners for their event scheduled for 26th - 28th August 2022. The first phase of headliners announced are Arctic Monkeys, Dave, Rage Against The Machine, Halsey, Bring Me The Horizon and Megan Thee Stallion. Also announced were Little Simz, Polo G, Glass Animals, Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C., Run The Jewels, Maneskin and Bastille. More artists will be announced in due course and tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

8th December 2021. Organisers of the long running Croatian music festival have announced a new UK edition of their event called ‘Outlook UK’ scheduled for 30th June - 3rd July 2022. The new music festival will take place in Cheshire and the line-up is yet to be announced. Anyone interested can register now for news on headliners and ticket sales.

7th December 2021. The Southbank Centre in London will be running its 20th children's festival scheduled for 9th - 20th February 2022. Imagine Children’s Festival is dedicated to families experiencing and enjoying all kinds of art and culture together. There are 160 events in 12 days with over half of the festival being completely free. The annual event features children's theatre, comedy, music, literature, dance and full-on fun for children and their grown-ups. 

6th December 2021. A new one-day dance music festival in Kent has been announced by founders Lucy Beckwith and Reece Miller and is scheduled for 28th May 2022. The impressive line-up already confirmed includes Basement Jaxx, Roger Sanchez, Marco Carola, Rossi, East End Dubs and George Mensah. Tickets go on sale on 8th December for anyone interested.

3rd December 2021. Organisers of NASS Festival near Bristol have announced their line-up of 80 artists for their event scheduled for 7th - 10th July 2022. Headliners announced were The Streets, Headie One and Mabel, other acts in the line-up include Becky Hill, Wilkinson, Ocean Wisdom, Ella Eyre, Ray BLK, Raye, Jaykae, Ms Banks and Bru-C. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested.

2nd December 2021. Organisers of the Slam Dunk festival in Leeds and Hatfield have announced their headline acts for the event scheduled for 3rd - 4th June 2022. The Alternative rock festival have announced Sum 41 and Dropkick Murphys as their latest headliners who join already announced Alexisonfire, however Rancid will no longer play. Also announced this week are The Interrupters, KennyHoopla, Pennywise, Pinkshift and Deaf Havana. Tickets are available now for anyone interested.

1st December 2021. Organisers of Glasgow’s Riverside festival have announced their headline acts for the event scheduled for 2nd - 4th June 2022. The EDM festival have announced Charlotte De Witte, Carl Cox, Slam, SPFDJ, 999999999, Roisin Murphy, Overmono, Job Jobse, Shoot Your Shot and Taahliah. Registration for pre-sale tickets is now open for anyone interested. 

30th November 2021. Organisers of the Truck music festival have announced 50 artists for their line-up next year. The Oxfordshire festival scheduled for 22nd - 24th July 2022 has announced Kasabian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Sam Fender, The Kooks, Blossoms, Sigrid, Easy Life, Kelis, Inhaler, Jade Bird, Sundara Karma, Black Honey, The Big Moon, The Subways, Sports Team and Shame plus many more. Limited tickets are on sale now for anyone interested. 

29th November 2021. Organisers of the Lancashire festival have added Simply Red, Elbow, Tears for Fears, The Strokes and Fontaines DC to their 6th - 10th July line-up. The festival scheduled in two parts for has already secured Diana Ross, Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran and Lionel Richie for part one scheduled for 28th June - 2nd July 2022. Tickets are on sale now for anyone interested.

26th November 2021. Organisers of the Glasgow festival have added Sam Fender, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Self Esteem, Griff, The Lathums, Tom Grennan, Ella Henderson, Nina Nesbitt, Brooke Combe, Example and Maximo Park to their line-up. The festival scheduled for 8th - 10th July 2022 has already secured beabadoobee, Foals, Fontaines D.C., Jimmy Eat World, Sigrid, The Snuts and Wolf Alice. Tickets for cinch presents TRNSMT are on sale now for anyone interested. 

25th November 2021. Organisers of the Country and Americana music festival in Leicestershire have announced their first wave of headline acts. The festival, scheduled for 26th - 28th August 2022, has announced The Cadillac Three, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Brandy Clark, LOCASH, Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Ell, Sara Evans, Gretchen Peters, Sunny Sweeny, Cassadee Pope, Sarah Darling and Lilly Hiatt plus many more. Tickets are on sale from 26th November for anyone interested. 

24th November 2021. Promoters DF Concerts and Events have announced a new music festival for Scotland scheduled for 26th - 28th August 2022. The Connect festival was last run in 2008 so it’s more of a relaunch, no further details have been released yet. The promoter is also behind the popular TRNSMT and Summer Sessions festivals in Scotland.