From The Fields

15/08/2024

THANK YOU! 🙌

You came, you partied and you left nothing but memories - we're proud to say that 98.9% of all tents were taken home from Kendal Calling this year!

A brilliant improvement on last year's 98.03% and a third straight year of increases in tents being taken home!

We also collected 270 kilos in food donations for local food banks, a huge thank you to anyone who dropped off items with our staff on the Monday morning.

We continue in our quest for 100% of tents taken home, and with your help, we know we can get there! See you in the fields ❤️

12/08/2024

Thank you ❤️

Each year, before we go on sale, we wake up with nervous flutters about how it's going to unfold. Despite feeling the love and the passion you all have for the festival, we're only human and have the same doubts anyone else would have. Nevertheless, you all turn out to book tickets for the following year - this year in record numbers - and it's something we will never take for granted.

Release three of Weekend Tickets are now on sale. Both Emperors Field and Great Plains are now sold out and we have a handful of tickets left for The Frontier - Live-in Vehicles. We can't wait to get back in those fields for the next adventure and for our 20th birthday celebration with you all!

Love, Andy, Ben & The KC Team

05/08/2024

From Paolo Nutini to Gary Neville, the homecoming of Lottery Winners and the return of The Reytons - that was a Sunday in the fields, we won't be forgetting in a hurry! ❤️

19 years in and this could be our favourite one yet - see you back here in 360 days for our 20th birthday celebration! 🎉

📸 Tom Martin

04/08/2024

Is it biscuit time? 🍪 Saturday was a beautiful day in the fields - can't believe it's our last day today! Let's make it count x

03/08/2024

Legend doesn't cut it. Noel Gallagher. What an incredible finish to a beautiful Friday in the fields! 🎉

From The K's to Keane, Tim Burgess to CMAT and even Tyson Fury making a special appearance backstage - it's been one for the history books.

Thank you Kendal!

📸 Tom Martin, Natalie Argent, Jess Huxham, George Harrison

02/08/2024

We had an epic first day back in the fields yesterday!

Paul Heaton brought the house down with a roaring rendition of Caravan of Love while Declan McKenna played to a stunning sunset! 🌅

29/07/2024

SOLD OUT! 🎉

Thank you for our 19th consecutive sell-out year!

We count ourselves so lucky to have such a wonderful audience - many of whom return year after year, and many who will experience the magic for the first time this week!

Just a few days left to go - see you in the fields! 🙌

Andy, Ben & The KC Team

25/07/2024

FINAL CALL! 🙌 Kendal '24 will be sold out within the next 24 hours!

Still wanna join us in the fields? Bag one of the last handful here
👉 www.kendalcalling.co.uk

23/07/2024

The map is finally here! 🌍

A few changes from 2023's festival! Including additional female urinals, more Silent Disco locations and new venues aplenty!

Dive in to discover and familiarise yourself with the world of Kendal Calling. 👀

kendalcalling.co.uk

08/07/2024

Too early to start packing?
Festival essentials at the ready! 🙌

04/07/2024

Tickets are running scarce for Kendal Calling 2024! 👀

Don't say we didn't warn you! 🙌

01/07/2024

Who caught The Streets at Glastonbury over the weekend? Looks like we're in for an absolute treat at this year’s Kendal Calling. 🙌

Only 828 weekend tickets left 👀 🎟

📸 Glasto Live

28/06/2024

This week we’ve been planning our winter events over the hottest days of the year! 🥵 With three incredible light trails launched and on sale. ✨

Christmas at Bute Park returns for its fourth year with a phenomenal response. 🙌

Northern Lights Newcastle is back, having been rated as one of the top five light trails by The Guardian & The Times. 📰

Last but certainly not least, Northern Lights Leeds makes its debut at Temple Newsam this year. ❄️

We’re excited to be bringing more world-class illuminations to Cardiff, Newcastle and Leeds this winter! 🌈

24/06/2024

Wonderful to be back on site in the rolling hills of the lake district last week! Just a few more weeks to go and we'll be starting to transform the place into the third biggest town in the county! 🙌

Scroll to see Ernest the dog doing his best to try and find his favourite stick. 🦴

21/06/2024

⛺ Join the Leave Nothing But Memories Impact Crew at Kendal Calling 2024!

📝 Apply here: https://shorturl.at/csjZi

🎟️ Get FREE tickets, meals, hot showers and more!

📧 [email protected]

12/06/2024

Cardiff’s Premier Light Trail returns! ✨

We are busy putting together a jaw-dropping host of new magical illuminations and special effects for Christmas at Bute Park 2024. Journey into a world of enchantment at Cardiff's biggest winter attraction.

Tickets on sale at 9am, 27th June 🚨

🎊Top rated in The Guardian!
🌈 Epic illuminations and special effects.
🌟 Across a host of utterly magical zones.
🍔 Delicious artisan street food & drinks.
✅ Accessible for wheelchairs and buggies.

Sign up via link below, to receive a limited 20% off your ticket! ⬇️

christmasatbutepark.com

10/06/2024

Lost Eden emerges from Kendal Calling's undergrowth once more this August!

🌟 Take an enchanted walk beneath the treetops and experience the magic and wonder of our cornucopia of curiosity!

🌎 Gaze in wonder at the natural world as GAIA returns.

✨ New for 2024 - the pulsating fibre optics of Mycelium by Stevie Thompson

🔥 Join a campfire singalong with a brew in the Magic Teapot!

🌊 New for 2024 - Lost At Sea, a castaway haunt for sailors and landlovers alike

As always though - expect the unexpected in amongst the woods! Lost Eden is all about discovery, with much of it having to be seen to be believed. 🙌

06/06/2024

Northern Lights Newcastle returns. ✨💫✨💫✨

After a sell-out first year, we can’t wait to bring our festive light trail back to Leazes Park this winter. ❄️

We’ve been working hard on a new spectacle of world-class illuminations. 🌈

Sign-up is now open for a limited 20% off tickets. 🎟

Tickets on sale at 9am, 25th June! 🗓

northernlightsnewcastle.com

03/06/2024

FULL STAGE SPLITS REVEALED FOR KC24! 🙌

Time to get planning your weekend!

From roaring headline sets by Paolo Nutini & Noel Gallagher to rave bangers with Katy B & Shy FX, family entertainment with Slay Duggee & Dick & Dom to belly laughs with Russell Howard & Paul Smith - we've got a stacked weekend in store for ya!

We have less than 5% of weekend tickets left with a sell-out expected imminently. 🚨

⬇️ Secure one today from £49 deposit. ⬇️

kendalcalling.co.uk

30/05/2024

betternotstop release their More Than Music report 2024!

📲 Download here: betternotstop.com/morethanmusic2024/

Investigating what UK music festivals are doing to create a better world and how their influence on climate action spans beyond the fields…

From The Fields acted as an industry advisor alongside other key organisations contributing to the report, which includes a case study from our award-winning 2022 ‘Leave Nothing But Memories Campaign’ at Kendal Calling.

This focus on sustainability in the fields resulted in:

✅ Over 98% of tents taken home
✅ 91% of audiences engaged with the campaign
✅ 74.6% thought it was important that we take action to support the environment and fight the climate crisis.

Since the launch of our Leave Nothing But Memories campaign, we have managed to reduce tent waste dramatically – with 98.07% of all tents being taken home in 2023. We also managed to save 45,000 kilos of CO2 emissions using our reusable cup scheme. This is staggering progress from where we began – but we believe we can go further.

Key insights from the More Than Music report 2024 📊

* 90% of audiences believe festival organisers should take action to reduce energy consumption
* 70% of festivals have charitable giving policies
* 46% have sustainability policies
* 31% have some form of carbon measures

29/05/2024

Introducing Northern Lights Leeds: Yorkshire’s brand NEW immersive light Trail ✨

Following its sellout success in Newcastle last year, Northern Lights now launches in Leeds!

With a whopping 15,000 people already signed up we can’t wait to step into a jaw-dropping world of magic at Temple Newsam this winter. 💫

Learn more ⬇️
northernlightsleeds.com

23/05/2024

Woodlands, revealed for Kendal Calling 2024! 🌳

Party under the treetops this August!

Headlined by the mighty Lucy Spraggan, the psychedelic sounds of Temples and The Untold Orchestra, who will perform the timeless classics of the one and only Stevie Wonder!

An eclectic line up joins them including Kendal favourite Beans On Toast, the hotly tipped rock act Hotwax and the genre-blending brainchild of master producer Frazer T. Smith, Future Utopia!

If UK hip hop is your vibe, check out Baby Panna and House of Lazarus - two rising stars who we expect to see move much further up the line up in years to come!

This is your opportunity to catch one of the most bonkers live sets you'll see this year with Getdown Services! Meanwhile, we'll be getting all groovy with Creeping Jean and Youth Sector and Unpeople alongside Venus Grrrls bring the riffs!

Catch all of these incredible acts playing nestled in amongst the magical woods of Lost Eden! Once the sun goes down and the headliners finish, it'll be time to don those headphones once and sing your heart out as the infamous Woodlands Silent Disco returns! Stay tuned for more details on how you can secure your headset...

We are down to the last 6% of all weekend tickets now and with just 71 days to go until the festival - time is running out to secure your place for this year’s adventure!

21/05/2024

We're inviting 5 Cumbrian artists to attend Kendal Calling 2024 in the hope of developing relationships with regional artists that will inspire new work for the festival in 2025. 👀

We're looking for artists, who are either from Cumbria, or reside in Cumbria, to attend the festival with the intention of proposing a site-specific work to be commissioned for the festival’s 20th anniversary year in 2025.

We're looking for artists of any practice – from performance to installation, circus to dance, at any stage in their artistic journey. ⬇️

ARTIST OPEN CALL. We are inviting 5 Cumbrian artists to attend Kendal Calling 2024. By attending Kendal Calling we hope to develop a relationship with regional artists that will inspire new work for the festival in 2025. Kendal Calling Festival is a music festival in Cumbria. Overlooking the incredi...

16/05/2024

Parklands unveiled! 💐 Step inside the upside-down garden and experience something other-worldly this August. There is so much to unpack here, so let's dive in!

Headlined by the mighty Lottery Winners, Lightning Seeds and Katy B - Parklands will also see arena comic Paul Smith perform a very special set on Sunday evening!

Our pal Tim Burgess will be joined by football ace Gary Neville for the most talked about DJ set of the year while we're also buzzing to have The Pigeon Detectives back for their first performance in the fields since 2019!

As always, Parklands is home to some of our more weird and wonderful bookings so head down early doors for some metal covers of family favourites as Slay Duggee take to the stage! If that's your bag then you may also fancy sticking around for The 900 who will perform a set of stone-cold classics from the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack.

13/05/2024

Kendal Calling and Krankenhaus Festival have partnered up to offer a placement scheme across the festivals, offering hands-on learning in event production.

You don’t need any previous experience of production, just a passion for festivals and a hands-on, team-centred approach to working.

Learn more and apply ⬇️

ART PRODUCTION PLACEMENT. Kendal Calling and Krankenhaus have partnered up to offer a placement scheme across the festivals, offering hands-on learning in event production. You don’t need any previous experience of production, just a passion for festivals and a hands-on, team-centered approach to ...

09/05/2024

Up for a laugh? 🤭 We're happy to reveal this year's line up for The Soapbox at Kendal Calling!

Taking to the circus big top this year will be Shooting Stars legend Angelos Epithimou, Phoenix Nights favourite Justin Moorhouse, Balls of Steel's Olivia Lee & many more!

Of course the comedy doesn't stop there this year though, as elsewhere across site, we'll be welcoming the brilliant Russell Howard and Paul Smith to the fields!

As the day turns to night though, expect a bit of chaos to descend on The Soapbox as festival favourites Dabbers Social Bingo & Karaoke Rumble returns!

07/05/2024

Don't take our word for it... take theirs! ✌️

Counting down the days until Kendal Calling 2024 🗓

01/05/2024

On track for another sell-out year in the fields! 🙌

29/04/2024

This year's poster for the diner of dreams - Tim Peaks! ☕

Those of you who have been to Kendal Calling before know how special this place is. Tim Burgess and his team assemble a brilliant line-up each year, all while serving the best coffee around and arranging the most incredible surprises - you just never know what might happen in this place...

22/04/2024

Revealing the return of the hottest nightspot in town as the first in Kendal Calling’s stage splits. 💃

Desert Island Disco is back to keep those feet moving until the early hours!

With parties devoted to ABBA, Motown & Kendal favourites, CHIC - head downtown for a night at the discotheque this August!