Time Flies When You're Having Fun (in the Cider Garden and Tree House)

And so, as the festivals fly by, we reflect on the events of the past couple of months and look forward to what’s up next…

In June, The King of Pop sadly left the building (probably moon-walking, lets face it) and a stormy Glastonbury followed on that rather gloomy note…..but undeterred, the famously hardy faithful dried their eyes and enjoyed what was the most memorable Glasto for years.

Highlights included Friday night’s sublime Fleet Foxes, the crowd-pleasing Lily Allen, and of course the legendary and freshly reformed Specials. Saturday night belonged to ‘The Boss’ and his particular brand of flag-waving ‘stars and stripes' stadium rock, while Sunday served up some classic Madness and brought a high-octane and much lauded performance from reformed estuary boys, Blur - pure Glasto gold.

July now, and along came London’s lovely Lovebox and with it the incredible, gravity-defying, Gaymers Treehouse...just how nice was that? The likes of Duran Duran kept the oldies happy with their musical trip down memory lane, while Bombay Bicycle Club, The Boxer Rebellion and N.E.R.D kept up the youthful interest with slightly more, well, cutting-edge sets.

On to Latitude in sunny Suffolk; complete with our Cider Garden Experience. Friday night belonged to pop gods the Pet Shop Boys, plus Squeeze and Bat for Lashes - a fantastically eclectic line-up. Saturday was taken over by a cracking set from The Doves and headlined by an uncompromising, if strangely hatted, Grace Jones, leaving Sunday memorable for the 'darkness' of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (and a beautiful acoustic set from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke)

Dorset’s Camp Bestival was next, bringing with it the delights of Mercury Rev and a back-on-form Kid Creole…..and that was just day one. Polly Harvey stamped her authority on the Saturday night slot with a classic performance, while Candi Staton and 70s legends Chic gave us a disco-double to strut our funky (well, wet weather) stuff to.

All these shenanigans leave us with nothing left to do but look forward to the terrific twins of the festival family in just two weeks time...come on Reading and Leeds!