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  2. List of music festivals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Glastonbury Festival, England, 2016 There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September. Some are world-renowned and have been held for many years, including the world's largest greenfield festival, Glastonbury, which has been held since the 1970s. History This section needs expansion. You can ...

  3. 1947 in British music - Wikipedia

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    22 August – The first Edinburgh International Festival opens. Its co-founder and first director is Sir Rudolf Bing. The first Festival concentrates mainly on classical music, a highlight being concerts given by the Vienna Philharmonic, reunited with their erstwhile conductor Bruno Walter, who had left Europe after the Nazi occupation of his ...

  4. BBC Proms - Wikipedia

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    Current BBC Proms logo, used from the 2022 Proms season Outside the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms season of 2008. The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

  5. Category:British music history - Wikipedia

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    Music Hall Strike of 1907; Music in Medieval England; Music of the United Kingdom; Music of the United Kingdom (1950s) Music of the United Kingdom (1960s) Music of the United Kingdom (1970s) Music of the United Kingdom (1980s) Music of the United Kingdom (1990s) Music of the United Kingdom (2000s and 2010s)

  6. List of festivals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    England A Albion Fairs Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk All Points East Appleby Jazz Festival Arundel Festival B Bolton food festival Barnes Film Festival Bath Fringe Festival Bath International Music Festival Bath Literature Festival Beached Festival in Scarborough Bedford Fringe Festival - 2023 will be 16th year Bedford River Festival Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Birmingham: ArtsFest, Book ...

  7. Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - Wikipedia

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    The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and often acknowledged as the largest musical event of its time, with a larger ...

  8. Birmingham Triennial Music Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Theatre Royal Birmingham in 1780 Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham Triennial Music Festival, Town Hall 1834. The first music festival, over three days in September 1768, was to help raise funds to complete the new General Hospital on Summer Lane. It proved to be very popular and successful, but it took another event in 1778 to achieve the ...

  9. Leeds Festival (classical music) - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Lascelles was a noted music critic whose career included the role of artistic director of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival (1958–74). [7] In April 1953, members of the public were for the first time told by the festival's chairman, Sir George Martin, that they may not be permitted to attend the rehearsals of some of the performances.