Another festival well worth a look is Beatherder. Think it used to be a party, but last year they went legit and put on a proper festival. Beautiful site on a farm/woods in Lancashire, loads of different music on the main stage (last year Dreadzone, Eat Static… various rock/ska/hip-hop etc. bands), big rig set up in the woods playin techno, breaks, dnb… few more systems around the place in tents. Really intimate festival, loads of random shit to explore – the underground tunnel tht came out under the gramophone in some old persons living room was probably the weirdest thing I’ve ever discovered. I dont hav anything to do with organising it, just thought I’d giv it a mention cos it was the highlight of last year for me.

http://www.beatherder.co.uk/