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	Planet Tree Music - London-based tonal contemporary music event. Provides a schedule of events, articles, and related links.
	Raise Your Banners - Biennial celebration of political music and song held at Sheffield Hallam University. Includes schedule of events and news.
	Coalisland International Music Festival - Annual event held in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Provides a history, photos, and artist listings.
	Thorney Live Charity Music Festival - Annual event in aid of local charities. Provides a festival history, artist lineup, photos, and directions.
	BBC Music Live - Multi-city event showcasing a range of styles including jazz, classical and rock. Provides photos, news, and a schedule of events.
	Homelands Music Festival - Fan site offers chat rooms, discussion, reviews, pictures, artist lineups, and news.
	The Scottish Tattoo - Festival of Scottish history, music and dance held at the Royal Albert Hall.
	Fordstock - Annual one-day mid-July festival offers two stages and features rock, pop, trance, jazz and blues. Harbertonford, Devon.
	Langholm and Eskdale Music and Arts Festival - Annual festival in the Scottish Borders held in August. Programme of a diverse range of events.
	Isle of Wight Festival - Official website for the Isle of Wight festival featuring news, line ups, message boards, forums, accommodation providers, ticket and travel information.
	MeanFiddler.com - Official homepage for MeanFiddler. Information on Reading, Leeds, Homelands, and Jazzcafé, and other events; includes ticket purchase facility, and news updates.
	Pittenweem Arts Festival - Details of this annual festival located in the East Neuk of Fife. Includes event programme, venue detail, and contact information.
	Sesiwn Fawr, Dolgellau - Annual music festival in Wales; details of bands appearing, with details of events, campsite, tickets, and contact details. (Cymraeg and English)
	The Cornbury Music Festival - Includes information, news, schedule and tickets.
	Festival News - Featuring news, lineups, tickets and rumours for all major music festivals.
	Festival Hype - News, information, tickets, line-up, forum, pictures and links for all major UK festivals.
	Download Festival - Official Site - News, information, line-up, tickets and forum for both the English and Scottish events.
	Abingdon Music Festival - An annual non-competitive event for singers, instrumentalists and ensembles of all ages, with hands-on assessment from professional adjudicators, and a final concert selected from entries.
	UK Festivals - Forum for UK festivals.
	Tiverton Spring Festival - Held every May in Tiverton, Devon. Wide range of live music for all tastes and other local interest activities.
	Leeds Festival - Unofficial site for the annual Leeds Festival (Carling Weekend) held in Bramham Country Park. Programme, with ticket and venue details, and useful information for festival-goers.
	Out There Bracknell Festival - Annual arts festival in June. Artists, diary, location and ticket sales.
	Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians - Annual event comprising competitive and non-competitive classes in piano, strings, woodwind and ensemble sections. Held In Swansea.
	Chelmsford Competitive Festival of Music & Drama - Details of events, prizes and contacts.
	Earth Spirit 2004 - Held in August near Tunbridge Wells. Profile and prices.

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