WhatsOn editor Nicole Newman, brings some of the hit and unenthralling events of the week. Get ready for some fun-filled events to lookout this weekend and enjoy the weekend with colours, parties, amazing food and much more. Here is the list to get started.
Glastonbury 2022
22 – 26 June
Finally the wait is over for the most famous UK worldwide known festival of performing arts to return after the pandemic. Coming back to a record sell-out festival of 210,000 party people. This is the number 1 grand style UK festival to be at this weekend. The contemporary festival is set in the mammoth estate at Glastonbury in the rolling countryside of Somerset. It is the ultimate festival destination and the founder, Michael Evis and his magnificent team pull out all the big guns for this special festival weekend including one of the largest outdoor camping events with boutique and VIP glamping, arts, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and most importantly taking care after the environment the festival is set in. But it’s the music artists, DJs and entertainment that is the talk of the festival season, as everyone anticipates the headline acts. This year is celebrating Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary and the stellar line up is out of this world. So here we go with some of the artists playing this weekend Billie Elish, Paul Mccartney, Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross, AJ Tracey, Foals, Megan Thee Stallion. Pets Shop Boys, Burna Boy, Little Simz, Roisin Murphy, Bicep, Primal Scream, Jamie T, Charli XCX, Four TET, Jessie Ware, Carl Cox, Chase and Status, Camelphat, Patrick Topping. Hospitality, Sonny Fodera, Gorgan City, Eats Everything, Danny Howard plus hundreds of top quality artists, it’s a musical feast for music lovers to fill there bellies on.
Mallorca Live Festival
24 – 26 June
Mallorca Live Summer 2022 which is take place throughout June and July. The concerts music genres is a wash of Indie, rock, electronic and world music, there’s bound to be a beat that will get you dancing. And if you jetting out on a plane this weekend you’ll be heading into a heatwave in the Spanish sun what more could you ask for? Music and sunshine! The Balearic festival takes place on site of the spectacular surroundings of the old Aquapark in Magaluf. The Mallorca Live Festival is the island’s largest music festival of the season which is guaranteed to bring in a happy up for it crowd. The international event is a three-day festive affair and includes everything from urban art, food trucks, chill-out zones, visual arts and a designers’ market and some wicked music to get your dancing flip flopped feet moving to. This years headline acts and line up includes C, Tangana, Editors, Jamis XX, Vhristina Aguilera, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass, Jeff Mills, Muse, Justice, Metrononmy, The Blessed Madonna, Ben UFO and Jamie Cullum, Rels B, Zahara, Nil Moliner, Morcheeba plus many others acts to delight the festival goers over the three days. Don’t forget your sun lotion, cause its gonna be hot all round!
BST Hyde Park 2022
24 – 26 June
The capital of the UK is hosting its annual ten-day music events across three weekends bang on in British summertime. It’s a musical buffet featuring the biggest superstar music elite artists from around the globe performing to a big crowd in the heart of London’s, Hyde Park.
For those not heading to glasto this is the perfect weekend to get your groove on without camping in the mix. Hopefully welcoming glorious sunshine, the line-up includes Friday ‘Elton John’ will be taking to the centre stage bringing his Farewell, The Yellow Brick Road tour in true glitzy style. He’ll be ‘rocking all over the park’. With special guests Rina Sawayama, Gabriels, Let’s Eat Grandma plus more! Saturday features ‘The Rolling Stones’ who are celebrating a mammoth 60th anniversary for their first performance at BST. Returning in true stones style, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will be putting the ultimate gig playing all their classics on the Great Oak Stage this summer, once again joined by Steve Jordan on the drums.
And finishing off your weekend on Sunday, Eagles will go out with a bang including Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Little Big Town, Cam and more on this very special artist line-up. Making this for one memorable summer of live music after the pandemic
Solstice
23 – 25 June
Step into a magical dream at Finland’s Solstice Festival weekender. Bringing like-minded festival people together for a gathering of all things festival including music, art and getting back to nature. Think of a midsummer’s dream, under the midnight sun aloft the arctic field, in the heart of the most beautiful surroundings in Rukatunturi. The three-day event is offering a planned and curated program of DJ sets, live performances and art installation. As the sun is setting at its highest point in the sky all nightlong the sunominus festival is Finland’s national celebration of the summer solstice. Festivalgoers welcome the uber celestial chill vibes that this festival resonates, celebrating the beauty of life through music. This years line up includes a host of international and local music artists and DJs including Ben UFO, Powder, PLO Man, Roza Terenzi, Jimi Tenor, Sansibar, Katerina.
