BBC Local Radio in England, along with BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, and BBC Northern Ireland, is partnering with BBC Music to create a one-stop shop for the festival experience this summer.
Kicking off in June and running until September, each station will champion one festival under the umbrella of BBC Music. Coverage will be collated into a digital collection on BBC Music alongside coverage of events such as the massively popular Glastonbury Festival, T In The Park, and Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
BBC Local Radio has a history of championing local events and through BBC Introducing kick-starting the careers of new acts such as Jake Bugg, Florence + the Machine and Jack Garrett. Since 2007, over 500,000 tracks have been uploaded to the BBC Introducing website and 130,000 artists have registered. Over 500 acts have performed for BBC Introducing at major UK festivals over the past nine years.
Each year the BBC broadcasts from many festivals and last year, BBC Local Radio and the Nations collectively broadcast in some way from 120, but this year will be the first time the coverage will be curated in one place online for audiences to enjoy.
Each station will feature a highlights package from the festivals, including behind the scenes insights, interviews with acts and original stories, as well as social media content and a photo gallery. The range of 42 local festivals includes: Manchester’s Parklife; Frome Festival in Somerset town Frome; the largest free music event in the UK – Coventry’s Godiva Festival; Newcastle’s Mouth Of The Tyne Festival; Stendhal Festival in Limavady, Northern Ireland; Sunflowerfest in Hillsborough; in Scotland there’s the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire; and in Wales, Festival No.6.
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