WHAT: End Of The Road goes north, heads to the start of the season rather than the end and reconnects with its smaller-scale roots
WHY: Because they know how to run a niche festival and have brought some of their old friends along to help out
WHEN: 8th-10th June
WHERE: Welbeck Abbey, near Worksop
HOW: Weekend tickets £105
WHO:
FRIDAY: Dirty Three, The Low Anthem, Diagrams, Peaking Lights, Austra, Django Django, Ve..

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WHAT: Post-rock (and associated genres) three-dayer as part of Brighton Fringe
WHEN: 27th-29th May
WHERE: Druids Arms, Ditchling Road, Brighton
HOW: Free. Nothing. Gratis
WHO:
FRIDAY: &U&I, Fall of Messiah
SATURDAY: Three Trapped Tigers, You Slut!, Alright the Captain, Theo
SUNDAY: Her Name is Calla, Monsters Build Mean Robots, T E Morris

WHAT: The boutique, family-friendlier self-answer to Field Day
WHY: High quality handpicked music, plus comedy, art, magic and a food market
WHEN: 3rd June
WHERE: Victoria Park
HOW: £35
WHO: Scritti Politti, Billy Bragg, Josh T Pearson, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse, Beth Jeans Houghton, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Penguin Café, Marques Toliver, Noah & The Whale, Jamie N Commons, Gaz Coombes, Lianne La Havas, Stornoway, Marcus Foster