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Kaiser Chiefs will top the bill on Saturday at the 2026 Wychwood Festival

Kaiser Chiefs announced as headliner at 2026 Wychwood Festival

KAISER Chiefs are the first headliners announced for the 2026 Wychwood Festival. The event, which runs at Cheltenham Racecourse from…

The 2027 Glastonbury Festival takes place between June 23 and 27. Picture: Paul Jones/Somerset Leveller

2027 Glastonbury Festival dates confirmed – and you could win tickets NOW!

THE 2027 Glastonbury Festival will take place from June 23 to 27 – and punters have been offered the…

Festival goers are being urged to have their say over the line-up of the first Show of Hands Festival, in Bruton

New community-powered Somerset festival wants YOUR views on the line-up

FESTIVAL goers will be able to have their say over the line-up at a new Somerset event. Show of Hands,…

Ferries and more pass the victorious main stage, on the coast at Portsmouth. Picture: Somerset Leveller

Victorious 2025: Something for everyone by the seaside. No, really…

FESTIVALS based in a town or city can be tricky. It can feel like they struggle for identity. Are…

Kieron Lloyd, right, with his winning photograph during the presentation of his award

Young photographer scoops top prize for ‘upside down’ snap of Bridgwater

AN UNUSUAL picture of a Somerset scene has scooped a top photography prize. The Robert Richards Award – awarded to…

The plot is less than three miles from the Glastonbury Festival site

Five-acre ‘potential development’ plot near Glastonbury Festival site up for sale

A FIVE-ACRE ‘potential development’ site less than three miles from the Glastonbury Festival site is up for sale. The paddock…

Organisers of the Godney Gathering, inset, have paid tribute to their colleagues at Tomorrowland in Belgium, main picture. Pictures: Godney Gathering/Tomorrowland

Somerset festival pays tribute to organisers of Tomorrowland after devastating fire

A SOMERSET festival has paid tribute to the efforts of organisers at the Tomorrowland event – which saw a…

Police seized 21 vehicles during an operation around the Glastonbury Festival. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

More than 20 vehicles seized during Glastonbury Festival police operation

MORE than 20 vehicles were seized as festival goers arrived and departed the Glastonbury site. Avon & Somerset Police and…

Glastonbury 2025 review: Context is everything…

FOUR decades ago, one of the biggest mass arrests in English legal history took place. It happened on June…

A criminal probe has been launched into comments made by Bob Vylan at Glastonbury. Picture: Ithaka Darin Pappas

Criminal probe launched into Bob Vylan’s anti-IDF comments at Glastonbury

POLICE have launched a criminal investigation into comments made at Glastonbury by grime-punk-rap duo, Bob Vylan. Avon & Somerset Police…