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Upcoming multi-day festivals across the UK, soonest first — the dates they run, where they are, and how long they last. Updated daily from live listings.

16 festivals coming up across the UK, soonest first.

Coming up

Sun 23 – Sat 29 Aug — Festival Season Ticket 2026 (7 days) at Y Tabernacl Auditorium, Machynlleth
Thu 27 – Sun 30 Aug — Shambala Festival (4 days) at Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens, Northampton
Thu 27 – Sun 30 Aug — Creamfields (4 days) at Creamfields, Daresbury
Fri 28 – Mon 31 Aug — Shrewsbury Folk Festival (4 days) at West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury
Fri 28 – Sun 30 Aug — Local and Live Main Festival (3 days) at Calverley Grounds, Tunbridge Wells
Sat 29 – Sun 30 Aug — Love on The Runway (2 days) at Manston Airport, Ramsgate
Thu 3 – Sun 6 Sept — End of The Road Festival 2026 (4 days) at End of The Road Festival 2026, Salisbury
Sat 5 – Sun 6 Sept — Chapel Down Magnum Festival (2 days) at Chapel Down Winery, Tenterden
Thu 10 – Sun 13 Sept — Festival of Sound (4 days) at Ramsgate, Ramsgate
Thu 10 – Sun 13 Sept — Folkestone Skabour Festival (4 days) at The Grand Burstin Hotel, Folkestone
Fri 11 – Sun 13 Sept — Renaissance Faire UK (3 days) at Quex Park, Birchington
Sat 12 – Sun 13 Sept — Steampunk Weekend 2026 (2 days) at Bridlington Spa, Bridlington
Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct — Folkestone Live ‘26 - Festival of Theatre and Comedy (2 days) at Folkestone Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Gwyl ABERTEIFI LIVE 2026 (2 days) at Small World Theatre, Cardigan
Wed 9 – Thu 10 Dec — Debut 2026 – A Festival of Theatre, Film and Comedy (2 days) at New Adelphi, Salford
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Jul 2027 — Blue Reef Festival 2027 (3 days) at Loddington Farm

A listing appears here when it runs across more than one day and the organiser has published both a start and an end date. One-day events, and multi-day ones whose listing doesn’t say when they finish, are on what’s on and gigs instead.

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