With the raging roster of concerts and expansive parks of London, there’s no doubt that this city embraces warmer weather perfectly. This makes it an ideal place to spend your summer vacation with your family or friends. From independent music festivals and craft beer, to multi-venue extravaganzas and weekend long raves, below are top recommendations for London summer festivals:
Mighty Hoopla
It will be held in Brockwell Park on the 3rd of June 2018. If you are a dancing queen, it’s the best festival that you shouldn’t miss in London. It is back in East London for a 1-day outdoor festival. Everyone should expect Melanie C, Louisa Johnson, Lily Allen, TLC, and the iconic Bingo and drag-queen hoedowns of Bongo. You may fuel your day with some snacks from the Bad Brownie, The Cheese Truck, and Arancini Brothers. You may also chill out with the Poptails.
Meltdown Festival
Robert Smith will be the one to curate 2018 Meltdown Festival of Southbank Center. This festival is on the 15th to 24th of June 2018. Robert Smith, the frontman of The Cure, is the first to lay bare the male condition’s hidden fragility. On its 25th year, Southbank Center festival would bring more than thirty of the all time favorite of Smith to the 10-night summer extravaganza.
Once you realize he played guitar with Banshees and Siouxsie and recorded and performed with Cult Hero, 65daysofstatic, Blank & Jones, Korn, Faithless, Junkie XL, Chris Vrenna, Earl Slick, Crystal Castles, Placebo, The Stranglers, Blink 182, Billy Corgan, and David Bowie. He also worked with Steve Severin. They created the Blue Sunshine project of The Glove There’s a lot of material here. Robert Smith joins the long list of the illustrious curators of Meltdown. The other curators include Jarvis Cocker, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Yoko Ono, and so on.
Field Day
It’s known as the London summer festival’s former indie darling. Field Day is on the 1st to 2nd day of June at Brockwell Park. It has outdone itself continually over the previous decade. It embraces everything from post-punk, pop, and folk to jazz, techno, and grime, this year will surely be the first that it will be enjoyed outside Hackney. It will move to the south to Brockwell Park’s sunny inclines.
Alongside the stellar lineup that features Charrlotte Gainsbourg, Loyle Carner, Four Tet, and Erykah Badu, the Field Dayd will bring its trademark. It is the village mentality that is complete with sack racing, village green, delicious street food, and human pyramids.
Visions Festival
It will be held on the 4th of August across the different Hackney venues. Taking over the top venues in Hackney, Visions basically ploughs the depths of alternative music industry to highlight some of the best under-the-radar talents and rising stars in the industry. If catching sets from the most diverse and brightest new artists in the world of alternative pop, neo-soul, post-punk, and indie was not enough, Visions festival runs a dog show to help All Dogs Matter. The prizes are Best Fancy Dress, Waggiest Tail, and Cutest Pup.