Sonic Festival Package 2010

May sees two massive metropolitan festivals: the award-winning Camden Crawl (1st-2nd May) in London and The Great Escape (13th-15th May) in Brighton. Camden is probably the best equipped location for a 25-venue event to host not only 130 hot bands of 2010, but also comedy gigs, theatre and art. In the past, The Camden Crawl has been credited with showing big artists first including Snow Patrol, Kate Nash and Mogwai. The Great Escape sees it’s 5th year of action in 2010, showcasing over 300 local and international ‘export ready’ bands.

Mid Summer kicks off 24-25th July with High Voltage and Global Gathering (30th-31st July). This year will be Global Gathering’s tenth birthday, the annual festival attracts 50,000 revellers, with 100 acts over 16 stages. Global Gathering is an international festival and has won ‘The Best UK Festival’ two years in a row from the DJ magazine awards.

Lovebox (16th-18th July) is probably the most loved London festival with attendance of 50,000 in Victoria Park. This year sees a headline act from Dizzee Rascal and overall the event features genres spanning from folk to hip-hop. The Guardian describes Lovebox festival as an ‘Annual love letter to the capital.’ Winnner of the best Medium-sized festival 2008 at the UK festival awards.