This page looks at many of Britain's pay & free music festivals and other outdoor events from 1997 to Now including a number of European and North American events.
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1997   23rd – 26th May 1997 – Telham, Black Horse Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   23rd – 26th May 1997 – Letham, Duneichin Hill Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   24th – 26th May 1997 – Brighton, Stanmer Park, Essential Music Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   26th May 1997 – Kingston, Canbury Gardens, Green Fayre »  Pay »  Bands: Kangaroo Moon, Tonic SKS   26th May 1997 – Maidstone, Mote Park, Green Fayre »  Free »  Bands: ?   30th May – 1st June 1997 – Blowout '97 »  ? »  Bands: ?   2nd – 8th June 1997 – Arran, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   6th – 8th June 1997 – Wimbourne, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   6th – 8th June 1997 – Leamington, Peace Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   6th – 8th June 1997 – Leominster, Fringe Festival »  ? »  Bands: Geno Washington, Bubba, White Rhino Band   7th June 1997 – Cambridge, Midsummer Common, Strawberry Fayre »  Free »  Bands: Zion Train, The Tragic Roundabout   7th June 1997 – London, Finsbury Park, The Fleadh »  Pay »  Bands: Bob Dylan, Van Morrison   20th – 22nd June 1997 – Beverley, Folk Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   27th – 29th June 1997 – Pilton, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury Festival »  Pay »  Bands: Kula Shaker, Stereolab, Sting, Ray Davies, Prodigy, Echo & The Bunnymen, Radiohead, Beck,               Massive Attack, The Bluetones, Smashing Pumpkins, Dodgy, Pavement, Super Furry Animals, Mansun,               Chemical Brothers, Ocean Colour Scene   28th – 29th June 1997 – Crawley, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   3rd – 6th July 1997 – Woodstock, Bluegrass Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   4th – 6th July 1997 – Belper, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   4th – 6th July 1997 – Bracknell, South Hill Park Festival »  Pay »  Bands: James Taylor Quartet, Hydraflow, Cheb Abdel Kader, Calypso Queens   5th July 1997 – Falmouth, Big Green Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   5th July 1997 – London, Finsbury Park, Rock Of Nations »  Pay »  Bands: Kiss   6th July 1997 – London, Morden Park, William Morris Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   11th – 13th July 1997 – Blaisdon, Severn Revels Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   11th – 13th July 1997 – Larmer Tree, Music Festival »  Pay »  Bands: Shak Shak, Aqua Sisters, Rory McLeod   11th – 13th July 1997 – Stonehaven, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   11th – 13th July 1997 – Escalarre, Doctor Music Festival, Spain »  Pay »  Bands: Hawkwind   12th – 13th July 1997 – Bristol, Ashton Court, Community Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   17th – 20th July 1997 – Stratford upon Avon, Long Marston Airfield, Phoenix Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   23rd – 27th July 1997 – Lower Pertwood Farm, Big Green Gathering »  Pay »  Bands: ?   24th – 27th July 1997 – Cambridge, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   25th – 27th July 1997 – Trowbridge, Village Pump »  ? »  Bands: ?   25th – 27th July 1997 – Warwick, Folk Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   25th – 27th July 1997 – Reading, Rivermead, Womad Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   25th – 28th July 1997 – Gorron, Out There Festival, France »  Pay »  Bands: ?   27th July 1997 – Hull, East Park, Rainbow Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   1st – 3rd August 1997 – Guildford, Stoke Park, Blues Festival »  Pay »  Bands: The Levellers, Kangaroo Moon, Richard Thompson, The Bootleg Beatles, Jethro Tull, John Ottway   3rd August 1997 – Kettering, Rushton Hall, Sun Daze Festival »  Pay »  Bands: Bedouin, Anomie   8th – 9th August 1997 – Banbury, Cropredy Festival »  Pay »  Bands: Fairport Convention   8th – 9th August 1997 – Helston, Lizard Festival »  ? »  Bands: Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static   12th – 13th August 1997 – Castle Donington, Monsters Of Rock Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   15th – 17th August 1997 – Pontardawe, World Music Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   17th August 1997 – Vale Castle, Vale Earth Fayre, Guernsey »  Pay »  Bands: Banco De Gaia   22nd – 25th August 1997 – Wadebridge, Folk Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   23rd – 25th August 1997 – London, Notting Hill Carnival »  Free »  Bands: ?   29th – 31st August 1997 – Bridgnorth, Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   29th – 31st August 1997 – Fleetwood, Fylde Folk Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   29th – 31st August 1997 – Castle Donington, Park Farmhouse, Off The Tracks Festival »  Pay »  Bands: ?   30th – 31st August 1997 – Sherman, Brushwood Folklore Campgrounds, Strange Daze Festival, NY, U.S.A »  Pay »  Bands: Hawkwind, Nik Turner & Farlung, Bionaut, Alien Planetscapes, Architectural Metaphor, Melting Euthoria,               Red Giant, Nick Riff, Red Giant, Quarkspace, Born To Go, F/i, Nucleon, ST 37, Gaia Avatara   31st August 1997 – Norwich, Earlham Park, Sun In The East Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   6th September 1997 – Boscombe, Community Fayre »  Pay »  Bands: ?   19th – 21st September 1997 – Otley, Black Sheep Festival »  ? »  Bands: ?   19th – 21st September 1997 – Claunie Dam, Midge Death Festival »  Free »  Bands: ?   26th – 28th September 1997 – Whitby, Stripes Farm, DracFest »  Pay »  Bands: Hawkwind, The Stranglers, Lena Lovich, Arthur Brown, Alien Sex Fiend, Christian Death, The Damned

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