The Story Small boutique festivals are proving popular, offering something different for a lot less money, each year new ones pop, those that don’t live up to exceptions fall away whilst those that keep punters happy grow and grow and drift into the corporate side. Inner-city festivals are also ever increasing, a big mix of bands then a proper bed to sleep in and recharge for the next day is more refreshing than camping in muddy fields, London's Camden Crawl and Brighton's Great Escape attract the bigger acts but America’s SXSW is the one that creates the biggest buzz. Only a few years back there were very few American festivals, that is gradually changing, European festivals are also becoming more important and popular year-on-year.
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Camden Crawl
A lot has happened in the last ten years, The Strokes performed on the main stage at Reading & Leeds festival before they had released their debut, My Chemical Romance hadn't even formed and Muse were still virtually unknowns, this year the bands headline the said festival that has more than doubled in price. Not only are prices going up but so has the amount of festivals, each year the festival season grows, this time around starting in April, with so much on offer there is no time to be bored. This has been the first in years that Reading did not sell out immediately. Is this just a dip or a decline? Glastonbury has had some ups and downs over recent years, Jay-Z was the unlikely hero and this years line-up looks as diverse as ever.