Leeds Festival (England)

--------------------- A Yearly Thing --------------------- Leeds Festival is something that my friends and I have been going to for the past four years, and it has always been greatly enjoyed by all of us. It is our festival of choice not only because it is so close to our hometown of York, but also because we have always been impressed with the line up of bands and other acts. --------------------------------- What is Leeds Festival? --------------------------------- Leeds Festival is a music festival that is paired with the Reading Festival which takes place during the same weekend. Reading ... more

It 's only after spending a weekend living in complete filth that I come to appreciate my home comforts. After returning home from this year's Leeds Festival I had never found my own bathtub more welcoming. However, once scrubbed and sweet smelling I did have an urge to return to the unforgettable filth that was the "Carling Weekend 2006". The Festival The Leeds Festival sponsored by Carling (sister to the longer running Reading Festival) took place this year in Bramham Park, Leeds, and ran over the Bank Holiday weekend 25,26 & 27 August. The festival (now commonly known as the Carling ... more

Leeds Festival is the Northern counterpart to Reading Festival, and together they make up the Carling Weekend. Over three days, bands alternate between the two sites, covering stages of various sizes, from the massive Main Stage to the (relatively) tiny unsigned bands tent. Music festivals are about a lot more than just the bands. There's the crowded campsites, the ridiculously priced food, the genuinely mad people that you meet, the inevitable last-night riots (at Leeds at least) and, of course, the dreaded toilets. Don't forget also that a music festival is perhaps the only place where it's ... more

It took a while to decide upon a topic worthy of becoming subject of my first review but with a sudden flash of inspiration it became obvious that nothing would do the job as well as the Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival. For those that don't already know Leeds is a three day alternative music festival that takes place in Bramham Park (Which rather irritatingly is quite a distance from Leeds). It's the much younger sibling of the rather more well known Reading Festival which has been about in some form or another since 1961 (compared to Leeds' 1999). The two festivals take place each year over ... more

Evening everyone. I’ve just got back from the Carling Festival Leeds yesterday. It was pretty good. Bye. WARNING: this opinion contains colourful language and reference to illegal behaviour This is an opinion about the Carling Weekend Leeds 2003…there is no pretence to know anything about previous festivals except there was a riot last year. Right anyway I booked my tickets a couple of months ago and its fair to say I’ve been pretty excited by the prospect of going to a festival, particularly one which has by far the best line up of any British festival, this year and most ... more