5 must-see festivals to discover in Great Britain

Download Festival : 
If you like heavy metal, punk, you've come to the right place.One of the biggest rock, festivals in the world is at Donington Park, near Leicestershire, in the center of England. The festival takes place for 3 days during the second week of June. This festival was created in 2003 and opened its doors for the first time. It replaced the “Monsters of Rock” which took place between 1980 to 1996 in the same place. We can discover artists like Marilyn Manson, Metallica, or even Linkin Park.

Reading and Leeds festival :
Reading festival has its origins in the National Jazz and Blues Festival opened in 1961. Each year the festival changes name and location. Since 1970, the festival has tended to be rock only. Little anecdote : it is in this festival that Nirvana played on stage for the last time. 
Leeds Festival opened in 1999. These two events take place during the month of August each year. Green day, Linkin Park or The Rolling Stones went through these festivals.

iTunes: One month of free concerts
This festival takes place every year in September in London. It was opened in 2007 and offers 30 days of free concerts. It is managed by the IT company Apple and serves as an event promoting its online music sales platform iTunes Store. Places are not bought but are only to be won. Funny concept. It is also available online and can be watched worldwide via Apple TV or iOS. It is located in the Roundhouse room. There are 430 artists who have already performed like Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams, Coldplay, David Guetta, or Ed Sheeran.

Glastonbury : Concerts and live shows 
The Glastonbury Festival, officially called the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, is one of the largest music and performing arts festivals in the world. He mixes music and live performance. We can find concerts, theater shows, circus, cabarets, or even exhibitions. For example, in 2007, there were 700 shows given on 80 stages.
This event has existed since 1970 but was known as the Pilton Festival. The place of the festival is used by a farm the rest of the year, which made concerts in 1988,1991,1996,2001 and 2006 impossible so as not to damage the soil and therefore the crops. As for the programming it is quite varied, there was Oasis, Paul McCartney, Coldplay or Muse.

Wireless Festival : The pop specialist
Wireless Festival is THE British urban festival not to be missed: it is located on Finsbury Park in London to the delight of fans of hip hop, or other urban styles. This festival is the specialist of pop music in London. It first opened in 2005 in Hyde Park. At its opening, to get a day pass you had to spend £ 35 but the price has increased today. Headliners like Keane, Rihanna, James Blunt and even Daft Punk made the English tremble.