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Preview: Roadburn Festival
The Mic's Managing Director, Jake Longhurst, writes their thoughts on the upcoming metal festival this year, Roadburn. Metal has its fair...
Jake Longhurst
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Preview: End Of The Road 2023
Freya Martin previews what we can expect from End Of The Road festival this year. With many legends and ones-to-be gracing its stages,...
Freya Martin
Mar 13, 20232 min read


Interview: Lime Cordiale
At Boardmasters festival Benedict Watson had the pleasure of interviewing the charismatic Lime Cordiale, a successful Australian...
Benedict Watson
Sep 6, 20223 min read


Interview: M'Way - Reading Festival
On the final day of Reading Festival, our Managing Director, Jake Longhurst, caught up with Nottingham-based rapper M’Way for a chat...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 4, 20223 min read


Reading Festival: What Biscuit Are You?
On the weekend of the iconic Reading Festival, The Mic president, Jake Longhurst, was joined by his brother, Sam Longhurst, to talk to a...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 4, 20224 min read


Reading Festival Curates a Supergroup
Jake Longhurst was at Reading Festival over the weekend and had a chat with plenty of bands, asking them all two important questions, the...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 2, 20223 min read


WOMAD Festival @ Charlton Park Review
WOMAD festival showcases the best our planet has to offer. Dominic Allum reviews.
Dominic Allum
Aug 13, 20226 min read


Boardmasters Festival Preview
The music-acts have started playing at the UK-youth -rite-of-passage that is Boardmasters. In advance of a full-length review from The...
Benedict Watson
Aug 12, 20222 min read


2000Trees Festival Review
This summer, The Mic has been busy covering all sorts of festivals! Managing Director, Jake Longhurst made his way to Upcote Farm for...
Jake Longhurst
Jul 29, 20229 min read


KITE Festival
As a ‘new festival of music and ideas’, Kite Festival lived up to its billing as one of this summer’s most innovative and exciting live...
Joe Hughes
Jul 15, 20223 min read


Live Review: Outbreak Festival @ BEC Arena, Manchester
Outbreak Festival’s tenth anniversary took place on the weekend of the 24-26th of June, so Jake Longhurst took a coach and headed to the...
Jake Longhurst
Jun 28, 20226 min read


Live Review: Download Festival @ Donington Park, Castle Donington
The Mic's resident metalhead Jake Longhurst offers his perspective of Download Festival 2022.
Jake Longhurst
Jun 22, 202210 min read


Live Review: Dot to Dot Festival Nottingham 2022
Dot To Dot is the highlight of the Nottingham gig calendar, a multi-venue city festival boasting some of the most exciting new names from...
Louis Griffin
Jun 9, 20224 min read

Live Review: Meadowlands Festival
Last Friday saw the inaugural edition of Meadowlands Festival, an indie-centred event located on Nottingham’s Victoria Embankment. With...
Benedict Watson
Jun 8, 20223 min read


Dot To Dot Festival Preview
And so May rolls around again, writes Louis Griffin. With it comes the promise of summer, of warm cans and swimming in lakes, of exams...
Louis Griffin
May 26, 20222 min read


Live Review: Wigflex 2021
In 19 secret(ish) venues across Nottingham on October 9th, Wigflex hosted around 4000 people for their 15th birthday celebration. Cat...
Cat Jordan
Oct 30, 20213 min read


Live Review: Dot To Dot Festival 2021
After 18 months of silence, it’s been fascinating watching each limb of the music industry wake back up, piece by piece. First were the...
Louis Griffin
Oct 7, 20214 min read


Live Review: All Points East 2021
After a two year wait, All Points East returned this bank holiday weekend to Victoria Park, London with a jam-packed line-up. The Saturday h
Abi Kara-Fernandes
Sep 2, 20213 min read


Is announcing music festivals for 2021 absolutely absurd?
Festivals scheduled to take place in England this summer are selling out at a rapid rate following the Government’s announcement of its...
Gemma Cockrell
Mar 8, 20214 min read


Preview: Beat The Streets 2020
Ahead of 2020’s edition, Ben Standring provides an extensive preview of the annual charity festival set to take Nottingham by storm.
The Mic Magazine
Jan 19, 20206 min read
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