End of the Road festival
Abba to Zappa: pop, rock and classical music to look forward to in 2022
UK rap’s biggest star goes on tour, Wet Leg drop a deadpan debut and Rosalía gets into reggaeton. Here are the albums, concerts and tours the big hitters have in store
Alexis Petridis and Andrew Clements
30, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM
End of the Road 2021 review – phones firmly in pockets at life-affirming festival
From Little Simz to Richard Dawson, the indie stalwart’s 15th anniversary party provided a joyous slice of summer in a difficult year
Ammar Kalia
06, Sep, 2021 @10:43 AM
End of the Road festival review – potent bacchanalia and mysticism
‘See you in the twilight zone’ says one musician; EOTR has enough weirdness, charm and shaggy charisma to weather our end-of-days era
Jazz Monroe
02, Sep, 2019 @11:01 AM
The UK’s 10 best music festivals
Whether you go full on feral at Glastonbury or chomp on churros at a one-day dad-fest, there’s a festival for you
Leonie Cooper
04, May, 2019 @5:59 AM
Beirut, Michael Kiwanuka, Spiritualized and Metronomy to headline End of the Road festival
Courtney Barnett and Jarvis Cocker also join lineup for eclectic West Country summer gathering
Kate Nicholson
31, Jan, 2019 @8:00 AM
End of the Road review – intimate, adventurous fest steals the summer
In lieu of glittery students, the esoteric festival’s lineup does the sparkling – from Vampire Weekend’s afro-indie hits to St Vincent’s visceral synth-rock
Mark Beaumont
03, Sep, 2018 @11:00 AM
The UK’s eight best music festivals
From the Mighty Hoopla’s queer, pop-focused celebration to Download’s annual joyous metal onslaught, there’s an event this summer for everyone
Leonie Cooper
12, May, 2018 @8:15 AM
Vampire Weekend, St Vincent and Feist to headline End of the Road festival
Julia Holter to play her only UK festival date alongside acts including Velvet Underground founder John Cale and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
Laura Snapes
31, Jan, 2018 @9:00 AM
End of the Road review – irony versus revolution in majestic musical battle
Father John Misty’s show-stealing stagecraft crowned a brilliantly curated weekend of rock-adjacent acts – from Parquet Courts’ prickly postpunk to Slowdive’s shoegaze – under Dorset’s starry skies
Jazz Monroe
04, Sep, 2017 @1:28 PM
The 10 best things to do this week: the Notting Hill carnival
The London institution takes on extra poignancy post-Grenfell. Plus, Boy Better Know settle in at the O2, while it’s the last chance to see Andy Warhol in Scotland
The Guide
25, Aug, 2017 @8:00 AM
The best UK rock, pop and dance festivals for 2017
From Glastonbury to Wireless, a comprehensive guide to the summer’s top 10 rock, pop and dance weekenders, plus the best of the rest
Guardian music
06, May, 2017 @7:00 AM
UK music festivals to hold web blackout to raise awareness of sexual violence
Bestival, Secret Garden Party and others will display #saferspacesatfestivals message to promote zero tolerance
Hannah Ellis-Petersen
05, May, 2017 @4:41 PM
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