Two festivals | Kendal Calling and Leeds | Review

Summer is definitely at an end, and while I enjoy waking up to frosty mornings and crisp, clear air (when it's not raining), I can't help but reminisce about my summer. 

Festivals have fast become the must-do of the summer season, so I jumped on the bandwagon and headed to a couple myself: Kendal Calling and Leeds Festival. If you've never been to either but are considering it, I hope this post inspires you! 

Kendal Calling

Kendal Calling is a great medium sized music festival and makes for the perfect introduction to the festival scene. It is fun, intimate and family friendly. 

KC is made up of 7 stages: 

Main stage - Where more main-stream and commercial acts play. Right in the center of everything, surrounded by bars, food and mud (when the rain predictably fell).

Glow tent - Full of DJs, strobe lights and lasers. A very fun place to be, especially when you're drunk AF.

Calling out stage - A platform for new and somewhat unheard of acts to be thrown into the festival scene and discovered. 

Chai Wallah Stage - A mix of every genre of music pretty much. Quite a hippy chilled out vibe. 

Woodlands Stage - Stage surrounded by trees which included a silent disco every night. Really fun, cool atmosphere with a mixture of bands playing. 

House Party - Everything you would expect from a house party really, minus the expensive furniture. 

Riot Jazz - Best described as a neon Narnia with Blues, Jazz and Disco. 

A number of other stages were home to comedy acts, dance classes and more intimate settings such as Tim Peaks Diner, Kids Calling (specifically for children) and the Big Birthday Blow out down by the river. There was also the renowned Real Ale festival, Bulmers Colourena, a cinema, Jagerhaus and Lost Eden, an arts area in the woods.

The size and layout of KC meant that it was really easy to navigate; there was something for everyone to enjoy, including children and an amazing and electric atmosphere all weekend! 

The best thing about Kendal Calling is that it is so different to other music festivals, it thrives off of offering local talent a stepping stone to success and it really cares about everyone involved, from performer to, employee to customer.

Leeds Festival

If you haven't heard of Leeds and Reading Festival then I'm not sure where you've been.. This is a festival I have wanted to go to since I was 16 (and yes, you can expect to feel old if you're 25+). It is home to 9 different stages: Main Stage, NME/BBC Radio 1 stage, BBC Radio 1 Dance stage, Festival Republic stage, BBC Radio 1xtra stage/cinema, Lock up/The Pit, Alternative stage and the Disco shed. 

Leeds festival honestly get the best and biggest variety of acts, you're constantly buzzing even if you are run down and there's so much more to do than listen to music. The slush puppy stand was a lifesaver, curing every hangover! There was a supermarket, a cocktail bar which hosted it's own party every night, a funfair, 5-a-side football and loads of merchandise and clothes stalls/shops. 

Leeds is everything you would expect it, or have heard it to be. Fun, Non-stop and a little bit dangerous. One thing, Don't expect to sleep while you are there, unless your body just shuts down... which is a possibility.  

What's your favourite festival? 

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