Dare 2 Festival takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Tollard Royal, West of Salisbury, Dorset ticket cost adult weekend £35, Child (5-17) W/d £25, Family (2 adult up to 4 child) W/d £130 - buy tickets online for more information see the Dare 2 Festival listing at eFestivals

The Down Home Blues and Country Festival takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Church Farm, Coombes,West Sussex ticket cost £50 for weekend, including camping - buy tickets online for more information see the Down Home Festival listing at eFestivals

National Adventure Sports Show takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset ticket cost adult weekend camping £64.99; child 8-13 weekend camping £34.99 - buy tickets online see acts including CKY, N*E*R*D, Chase & Status, Zane Lowe, Kano, The King Blues, Attack! Attack!, Plan B, Lethal Bizzle, Hexes, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, Jett Black, Sharks, Turbowolf for more information see the NASS listing at eFestivals

Spratton Folk Festival takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Spratton, Northamptonshire ticket cost early bird adult weekend ticket £25, under 18s Free - buy tickets online see acts including Random, Skyclad, The Demon Barbers, 3 Daft Monkeys, Cave, Colvin Quarmby, 4Square, Andy Smythe, Waterhorse, Ella Edmondson, Invocal, Phil Hulse, Skyhook, Dead Like Harry, Tarantism for more information see the Spratton Folk Festival listing at eFestivals

Wakestock takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Pwllheli Inner Marina and Abersoch Beach, Abersoch, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales ticket cost £90 without camping, £115 with camping - buy tickets online see acts including Dizzee Rascal, Moby, N*E*R*D, Chicane, Super Furry Animals, Zane Lowe, James Zabiela, Tinchy Stryder, Elliot Minor, Red Light Company, Wally Lopez, Norman Jay, Sibrydion, The Mission District, Fran & Josh for more information see the Wakestock listing at eFestivals

Workhouse Festival takes place from Friday 10th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales ticket cost adult £69 for the weekend, £39 youth, under 12s free but need a ticket - buy tickets online see acts including 6ix Toys, Loonaloop, Neck, Sam Isaac, Screaming Lights, Subsource, The Blockheads, The Holloways, The Kabeedies, Jon The Bop, Koma and Bones, Mr Snakes, Pablo Mangotrasher, Run Riot, Sonny Wharton for more information see the Workhouse Festival listing at eFestivals

Latitude takes place from Thursday 16th until Sunday 19 July 2009 at Henham Park Estate, Beccles, Suffolk ticket cost weekend ticket £150 - SOLD OUT, day tickets are priced at £60 - buy tickets online see acts including Grace Jones, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pet Shop Boys, Doves, Editors, Regina Spektor, Phoenix, The Gaslight Anthem, The Pretenders, White Lies, The Rumble Strips, Ladyhawke, Lisa Hannigan, Patrick Wolf, Of Montreal for more information see the Latitude listing at eFestivals

Rock and Blues Custom Show takes place from Thursday 23rd until Saturday 25 July 2009 at Coney Grey Showground, Chesterfield Road, Pentrich, Derbyshire ticket cost £35 - buy tickets online see acts including Skinny Molly, The Quireboys, Homemade Sin, LiveWire, GMT, Wolfsbane, Beholder, Neverland, The Shy, Warner E Hodges, Idle Hands, Mars Bonfire, Doctor and the Medics, Exhibit A, Fat Stan for more information see the Rock and Blues Custom Show listing at eFestivals

Limetree Festival takes place from Friday 24th until Sunday 26 July 2009 at Lime Tree farm, near Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire ticket cost adult £80 Weekend £45, junior (5-17) £25 - buy tickets online for more information see the Limetree Festival listing at eFestivals

Redfest takes place from Saturday 25th until Sunday 26 July 2009 at Robins Cook Farm, Redhill, Surrey ticket cost £15 for the weekend with free camping & parking, day tix £10, under 14's go free - buy tickets online see acts including The Whip, White Rabbits, Floors And Walls, The Kabeedies, Post War Years, Sukie, Dead Pixels, Mean Poppa Lean, Gloria Cycles, The Colours, Crane Brothers, The Critical, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, The Momeraths, Arcane Roots for more information see the Redfest listing at eFestivals

Truck Festival takes place from Saturday 25th until Sunday 26 July 2009 at Hill Farm, Steventon, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire ticket cost £70 - buy tickets online see acts including Ash, Supergrass, Stars Of Track And Field, Damo Suzuki, The Candyskins, Dive Dive, Red Light Company, The Long Insiders, Vieux Farka Touré, The Epstein, Wintersleep, Hjaltalin, Jali Fily Cissokho, Alphabet Backwards, Fanfarlo for more information see the Truck Festival listing at eFestivals

The Big Green Gathering takes place from Wednesday 29th July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Mendip Hills, near Cheddar, Somerset ticket cost adults £125, children under 12 free and 12-17 £50 - buy tickets online see acts including Howard Marks, Rodney Branigan, 10 Ton Tongue, 3 Daft Monkeys, Andrea Soler, Bert Miller and the Animal Folk, Bindoo Babas, Bizali, Caitlin & Sika, Celt Islam, Cocos Lovers, David Celia, Diddley Squat, Dragonsfly, Dubblehead for more information see the The Big Green Gathering listing at eFestivals

Cambridge Folk Festival takes place from Thursday 30th July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ticket cost £104 for full weekend - buy tickets online see acts including Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, Alela Diane, Bella Hardy, Bellowhead, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Blazin Fiddles, Booker T. Jones, Brian McNeill, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Calan, Cara Dillon, Crooked Still, Diana Jones, Eddi Reader, Edward II for more information see the Cambridge Folk Festival listing at eFestivals

Nozstock Festival takes place from Friday 31st July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Bromyard, Herefordshire ticket cost £60 advanced, free camping and parking, 13s and under free - buy tickets online see acts including Buzzcocks, Red Light Company, The Anomalies, Babyhead, Weapons of Sound, Neck, The Roseville Band, Talons, Zebedy Rays, Rupert and The Robbers, Strange Machine, And What Will be Left of Them?, Apples, Baddies, New Rope String Band for more information see the Nozstock Festival listing at eFestivals

Y-Not Festival takes place from Friday 31st July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Mouldridge Lane, Pikehall, Matlock, Derbyshire ticket cost weekend ticket £42, youth (10-15 ) £29, under 10s free. Frid £21/Sat £24/Sun £17 - buy tickets online see acts including Noah and the Whale, The King Blues, Young Knives, Nine Black Alps, The Boxer Rebellion, The Rascals, Dananananaykroyd, Detroit Social Club, Johnny Foreigner, Baddies, Esser, Minus IQ, Astro Physics, Tellison, The Virgin Marys for more information see the Y-Not Festival listing at eFestivals

Sonisphere takes place from Saturday 1st until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire ticket cost £132.50 for both days, £157.50 with camping; parking £10, day tix £67.50 - buy tickets online see acts including Linkin Park, Metallica, Heaven and Hell, Nine Inch Nails, Coheed & Cambria, Machine Head, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Taking Back Sunday, Killing Joke, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Airbourne, Alice in Chains, Feeder for more information see the Sonisphere listing at eFestivals

Rebellion UK Festival takes place from Thursday 6th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at Blackpool Winter Gardens, 97 Church Street, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 1HW ticket cost early bird weekend tickets £80 - buy tickets online see acts including Agnostic Front, Napalm Death, Shame Academy, The Varukers, Dead Wretched, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Section 5, The Animals, Instant Agony, Mad Sin, Random Hand, The Templars, Police Bastard, Resistance 77, The Creepshow for more information see the Rebellion UK listing at eFestivals

Big Chill Festival @ Eastnor Castle takes place from Friday 7th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL ticket cost adult w/e £145; aged 13-17 £60; parking £7.50; live-in vehicles £50 - buy tickets online see acts including Basement Jaxx, David Byrne, Orbital, Norman Jay, Lindstrom, Alphabeat, Dan Black, DJ Sandrinho, Dylan Moran, Favela Chic Soundsystem, Friendly Fires, Horse Meat Disco, Magistrates, Marina and the Diamonds, Metro Area for more information see the Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle listing at eFestivals

Chalgrove Live Music Festival takes place from Friday 7th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at The Moors Field, , Mill Lane, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire ticket cost Weekend £10, Camping £5, Friday night is Free, Day tickets £5, under 14s are free - buy tickets online for more information see the Chalgrove Festival listing at eFestivals

Isle of Wight DidgHeadRadioFest takes place from Friday 7th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at The Water Mill, Calbourne, Isle of Wight ticket cost adult £45 weekend; £15 for day tickets - buy tickets online for more information see the Isle of Wight DidgHeadRadioFest listing at eFestivals

Bloodstock Open Air takes place from Friday 14th until Sunday 16 August 2009 at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire, DE12 8LN ticket cost £95 incl camping, children £35, day tickets £45 - buy tickets online see acts including Arch Enemy, Blind Guardian, Carcass, Cradle of Filth, Europe, Amon Amarth, Anathema, Apocalyptica, Battlelore, Beholder, Candlemass, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Enslaved, Entombed, Equilibrium for more information see the Bloodstock Open Air listing at eFestivals

Croissant Neuf Summer Party takes place from Friday 14th until Sunday 16 August 2009 at near Usk, Monmouthshire ticket cost £80 for adults and £25 for kids - buy tickets online see acts including The Beat, Steve Knightley, Ella Edmondson, The Baghdaddies, The Travelling Band, Joe Driscoll, Ash Grunwald, Park Bench Poet, Chew Lips, The Anomalies, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, The Communicators, Chris Moreton, Chris Jagger\'s Atcha!, Andy Peat for more information see the Croissant Neuf Summer Party listing at eFestivals

Farmer Phil\'s Festival takes place from Friday 14th until Sunday 16 August 2009 at Ratlinghope, Shropshire ticket cost £50 weekend ticket including camping, day tickets £28 - buy tickets online see acts including Bleeding Hearts, Cracked Actors, Dik Guru, Dub The Earth, Flat Stanley, Flipron, Goayandi, HMV Band, Insomniac Jack, Legend, Never The Bride, Peatbog Faeries, Root'n Toot'n, The Coal Porters, The Glamsters for more information see the Farmer Phil\'s Festival listing at eFestivals

Beautiful Days takes place from Friday 21st until Sunday 23 August 2009 at Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon ticket cost adult weekend camping £100 - buy tickets online see acts including Hawkwind, Levellers, The Pogues, Barry Castagnola, Duncan Oakley, Jeff Innocent, Keith Platt, Liam Mullone, Martin Soan, Mitch Benn, Scary Dave, The Saw Doctors, Gong, Lamb, Dreadzone for more information see the Beautiful Days listing at eFestivals

Rhythm Festival takes place from Friday 21st until Sunday 23 August 2009 at Twinwood Arena, Clapham, nr Bedford, Bedfordshire ticket cost 3-day: £90 (£82.50 before 31/3/09); days: Adults £35 (Fri); £39 (Sat); £39 (Sun). Camping extra - buy tickets online see acts including Alabama 3, James Hunter, The Proclaimers, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus, Strawbs, Terry Reid, Billy Jenkins Blues Collective, Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, Bill Posters Will Be Band, Eric Bell, The Blow Monkeys, Imperial Leisure, The Beat for more information see the Rhythm Festival listing at eFestivals

non-camping festivals

The Hop Farm Festival Saturday 4th until Sunday 5 July 2009 at The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent ticket cost weekend with camping £125, day tickets £65 buy tickets online more info on The Hop Farm Festival

Wireless Festival Saturday 4th until Sunday 5 July 2009 at Hyde Park, London ticket cost £45 for Saturday, Sunday early bird £40 buy tickets online more info on Wireless Festival

The Eagles tour Saturday 4th until Sunday 12 July 2009 at Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester ticket cost £50 buy tickets online more info on The Eagles tour

The Eden Sessions Saturday 4th until Saturday 18 July 2009 at St Austell, Cornwall ticket cost £40 buy tickets online more info on The Eden Sessions

Kew Summer Swing Festival Tuesday 7th until Saturday 11 July 2009 at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey ticket cost Various - £30 to £37.50 depending on show buy tickets online more info on Kew Summer Swing Festival

BlastOff Festival Thursday 9th until Saturday 11 July 2009 at various venues, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire ticket cost early bird £59 buy tickets online more info on BlastOff Festival

Somerset House Series Thursday 9th until Monday 20 July 2009 at Somerset House, London ticket cost £22.50 - £45, per day depending on the event buy tickets online more info on Somerset House Series

David Gray in the Forests Friday 10th until Friday 17 July 2009 at Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire ticket cost £31.50 buy tickets online more info on David Gray in the Forests

Lovebox Weekender Saturday 18th until Sunday 19 July 2009 at Victoria Park, London ticket cost £75 for both days, or £42.50 per day buy tickets online more info on Lovebox Weekender

Marvellous (Wellington) Friday 24th until Saturday 25 July 2009 at Wellington Country Park ticket cost Friday adult £22, children (5-15) £10. Sunday adult £28, children (5-15) £10 buy tickets online more info on Marvellous (Wellington)

Sound Island Music Festival Friday 24th until Sunday 26 July 2009 at Quex Park, Nr Margate, Kent ticket cost £32.50 buy tickets online more info on Sound Island Music Festival

Arcane Festival Friday 31st July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Horsenden Meadow, Tetsworth, Nr. Thame, Oxfordshire ticket cost early bird weekend £25, youth ticket (10 - 17) £15, children 9 and under - free buy tickets online more info on Arcane Festival

Hachfest Friday 31st July until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Mutimer\'s Meadow, Hacheston, Suffolk ticket cost weekend £20, Fri/Sat day tickets £10, Sunday £5, (12's & under go free) buy tickets online more info on Hachfest

Tatton Park Picnic Concerts Saturday 1st until Sunday 2 August 2009 at Tatton Park, Knutsford, Knutsford, Cheshire ticket cost Saturday £25.50, Sunday £29.50 buy tickets online more info on Tatton Park Picnic Concerts

Relentless Boardmasters Wednesday 5th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at Watergate Bay, nr Newquay, Cornwall ticket cost £54.99 adult ticket for both days, £14.99 per beach session buy tickets online more info on Relentless Boardmasters

Rock The River Friday 7th until Sunday 9 August 2009 at Conwy Quay, Conwy, North Wales ticket cost Free daytime admission, evening £20 buy tickets online more info on Rock The River

Walton Soundfest Saturday 15th until Sunday 16 August 2009 at Apps Court Farm, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey ticket cost adult weekend £30, child (10-16 yrs) weekend £17 both include camping buy tickets online more info on Walton Soundfest

Watchet Music Festival Friday 28th until Sunday 30 August 2009 at Watchet, West Somerset ticket cost weekend tickets £25, under 18s £15, under 12s free, add £10 for camping tickets buy tickets online more info on Watchet Music Festival

South East In East Festival Friday 28th August until Thursday 3 September 2009 at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London ticket cost £7 a day buy tickets online more info on South East In East Festival

Creamfields Saturday 29th until Sunday 30 August 2009 at Daresbury Estate, Halton, Cheshire ticket cost weekend tickets £100, day tickets £57.50 buy tickets online more info on Creamfields

Bingley Music Live Friday 4th until Sunday 6 September 2009 at Bingley, West Yorkshire ticket cost £25 adult weekend buy tickets online more info on Bingley Music Live

Moseley Folk Festival Friday 4th until Sunday 6 September 2009 at Moseley, Birmingham, ticket cost weekend adult £65, Friday £20, Saturday/Sunday £35, kids (aged 12-16) £30 buy tickets online more info on Moseley Folk Festival

Blackpool International Music Festival Friday 11th until Saturday 12 September 2009 at Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire ticket cost weekend £60, Fri or Sat £35 buy tickets online more info on Blackpool International Music Festival

The Tower Music Festival Friday 11th until Sunday 20 September 2009 at The Tower Of London, London ticket cost various prices, dependant on day & seating buy tickets online more info on The Tower Music Festival

Harvest at Jimmy\'s Saturday 12th until Sunday 13 September 2009 at Jimmy\'s Farm, Ipswich, Suffolk ticket cost adult weekend £45, adult day ticket £25, youth (13-17) day ticket £17, 12 & under free buy tickets online more info on Harvest at Jimmy\'s