Haven't made it to Global Gathering? Have no fear, Mixmag.net are here and will be keeping a blog of the highs and lows via our LIVE FESTIVAL BLOG!

Just tune in to Mixmag.net throughout the festival weekend to find out what's happening via live updates from the Mixmag team, right here in the comments below...

The line-up for the Tidy Weekender in March has been announced and it was the voting public who decided on the acts.

Artists confirmed to play at the Pontins holiday resort in Prestatyn, Wales, include the Tidy Boys, K90, BK, Rob Tissera, A+D+A+M Lab4, Mark EG, Lisa Pin-Up, Amber D, Organ Donors and Kym Ayres.

Special guests and daytime antics are still to be announced for the event, which runs from 7th – 9th March.

For the full line up and to buy tickets visit http://www.tidyweekender.com

Crasher have confirmed their Summer Soundsystem will return in 2008 for a 2 DAY CAMPING FESTIVAL over the May Bank Holiday.

Headliners include The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, CSS, Soulwax Nite Versions, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism Live, Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Tiga, New Young Pony Club, The Whip, Axwell and Ingrosso, Bloc Party (DJ set), Roni Size Represent, DJ Yoda, DJ Marky and Zane Lowe.

The events takes place at Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire between Saturday 24th May from 4pm – 6am and Sunday 25th May from 1pm – 6am.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 25th January. Limited Early Bird Weekend Tickets are £105. Call 08704 282726 for more details.

Despite the crappy summer we've been having the show must go on and so we've blagged a pair of tickets for next weekend's Electric Gardens festival at Mount Ephraim Gardens, Kent.
Taking place 4 and 5 August, the festival features Calvin Harris, NYPC, Slam, Nic Fanciulli, Funk D'Void and many more over 4 stages.
For the chance to win a pair of tickets email your name, address and phone number to competitions@mixmag.net with Electric Gardens in the subject line.
See www.EGFEST.com or www.myspace.com/electricgardensfestival for more infos.

This weekend's 'Wildchild Outside 2007' festival has now been moved to the Canvas and The Cross innercity site, near King's Cross. Promoters have cited the dense population of the previous venue, Shoreditch Park, as the reason for the move.
All tickets are still valid and the line-up remains the same with arenas hosted by Hed Kandi, Ministry of Sound, Secretsundaze, Pukka Up, Chew The Fat, Wildchild, Extreme Euphoria, and Drum & Bass Arena.
For full infos go to www.wildchildoutside.tv

If you're up for a wild party this weekend then why not check out Renaissance's 15th birthday festival, Wild in the Country, at Knebworth Park on Sat 30 June.
The line-up of live acts and DJs accross 3 arenas includes a plethora of Mixmag faves including Hot Chip, Mathew Jonson (both live), 2ManyDJs, Justice, Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Erol Alkan, Geddes and a load more.
We've teamed up with our buddies at Renaissance to offer one of you lot the chance to win a pair of VIP tickets to the event and they'll even throw in a few classic Renaissance CDs.
For the chance to win email your name, address and phone number to competitions@mixmag.net with Renaissance in the subject line before Thur 28 June at 5pm.
See www.renaissance.com for more info on Wild in the Counrty

With less than 3 weeks to go until the world's biggest festival, Glastonbury, kicks off, the Mixmag office is starting to buzz.
To wet appetites even more, the full line-up up has now been announced. So click here to start planning your adventure.
Who are you most looking forward to seeing? let us know...

The UK's biggest dance festival has just got bigger - by inviting the worlds biggest dance mag to host its own outdoor terrace. Not content with filling our line-up with the likes of D Rameirez, Mason, Boys Noize, Streetlife DJs, Switch, The Klaxons and Touche - we're also offering one of you the chance to play. That’s right, a DJ set at Global Gathering. To enter send us a 30 minute mix CD with the full tracklisting including artists and tracks with the CD. The style should be fitting with the artists playing on our terrace. Also include your name, your phone number and your email address.
The mix we deem worthy and the DJ most fitting to play gets the gig (and obviously a couple of free weekend tickets).
Want in? Get posting to Global Mixmag DJ Comp, 90-92 Penville Road, London, N1 9HS.
Closing date for all entries in Monday 9 July. Please note entries must be over 18 and will have to arrange their own travel.

If you were planning to hit Bestival this year and haven't yet bought your tickets then bad new, it's sold out 4 months before the event.
One of Mixmag's favourite jaunts and programmed by Rob Da Bank, we've also heard that the traditional fancy dress Saturday will be Wizards. Go to www.bestival.net for more info.
fear not if you haven't scooped up a ticket, keep your eyes peeled to Mixmag as we'll be giving tickets away...

If you fancy winning tickets to Global Gathering we’ve got a comp just for you. We’re looking for people with amazing Global Gathering stories. Did you meet your wife in the Air tent in 2005? Did you hear the set that changed your life on the Mixmag Beach in 2003? Or find a wallet with a hundred quid in it in the Godskitchen Tent in 2002? Did you meet mates you’ve since moved in with in the campsite in 2005? Or were you the stalker that made Tiesto have a little strop with our Signing Tent security last year? We want your stories and more importantly your pictures from previous Globals. Email us now at competitions@mixmag.net with your stories and photos, putting global in the subject line The best four stories win a pair of VIP tickets EACH. Normal Mixmag comp rules apply.

Despite last year's successful event, Berlin's famous Love Parade party will not take place in the city this year, with organisers citing bureaucratic and political differences with Berlin's council.
It will be replaced by the Berliner Dance Parade, AKA the B Parade, taking place on 21 July. The B Parade will basically be a carbon copy of the Love Parade although LP owner Rainer Schalle and founder Dr. Motte will not be involved.
Instead Love Parade organisers are considering a number of other European cities to host the event this year with Cologne and Hamburg rumoured to be in the running.
For more info on each event go to www.bparade.eu/ or www.loveparade.com.
Where would you like to see it held and why?

When the Mixmag office relocates to the Isle of Wight for the weekend in September it means only one thing, Bestival, Rob Da Bank's forward-thinking music festival.
After announcing Hip Hop legends the Beastie Boys will headline this years festival, taking place on 7, 8, 9 September, the Bestival crew have today bolstered the line-up with live acts the Gossip, Soul II Soul, Man Like Me and Kode9 now added.
DJs also now confirmed include Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig, Annie Mac, Optimo, James Lavelle and many more. For more info go to www.bestival.net.
We suggest you start planning you costume tomfoolery asap...

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If you're all as excited as us about this year's Glastonbury festival and are planning to register and buy tickets on Sunday 1 April then you'll be glad to hear that you'll be able to buy 4 tickets at a time.
So you all don't have to stay up after raving all night to buy them. For more info go to www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/

The nominations for the 2006 UK Festival Awards have been announced today and we’re delighted that dance music festivals and artists feature heavily this year.
Creamfields and Global Gathering are both up for the ‘Major Festival’ award, Daft Punk and The Prodigy are up for ‘Best Headline Act’ and Bestival, Glade, HI:FI, The SLAM Tent (T in the Park), Lovebox, Mylo, 2ManyDJS and Carl Cox have also received nominations.
For more info on the awards ceremony, full nominations list and to vote then go to www.festivalawards.com.

What's been you favourite festival/performance/moment this summer. Let us know….