The Best UK Music Festivals 2022

Posted July 20, 2022

If you’re planning which music festivals to head to this summer, this is your essential guide to the most exciting events in the UK in 2022.

Music festivals are a hot bed of inspiration, innovation, collaboration and community. As well as new music, festivals are increasingly promoting sustainability, indie artisan traders and local creatives.

Here’s the indie Oxford top tips for the festival season to give you some inspiration for awesome gatherings summer 2022 in the UK. >>

Treehouse Festival

Treehouse AF is a boutique festival nestled beneath the ancient White Horse of Uffington, Oxfordshire. Centred around a magnificent Treehouse built by Tom the founder, Treehouse captures the essence of early festivals: combining talented performers, intimate interactions and beautiful surroundings it curates a truly magical weekend of revelry.

Founded in 2017, Treehouse has grown from an annual reunion into a thriving community of loyal followers who return year on year. Against all the odds, Treehouse was Oxfordshire’s only socially distanced music festival of 2020 and has big plans for 2022, having tripled the size of the site.

Visit the Treehouse website for further info.

Truck Festival

This year’s headline acts for Truck feature Bombay Bicycle Club, Sam Fender and Kasabian. The festival, which formed two decades ago in 1998, will this year take place from 22nd – 24th July at Hill Farm in Steventon, Oxfordshire.

Check out my review from Truck 2019 to find out more about this Oxfordshire festival.

For more info and to get your ticket, visit the Truck Festival website.

Boomtown

This festival has to be the most theatrical and immersive on the UK circuit at the moment, and the organisers pride themselves on being one of the largest independent festivals around. They are also working on their environmental mission, by pledging to become a circular festival by 2025. This includes making campsite waste a thing of the past, reducing festival fuel consumption, and encouraging of festival goers to arrive by public transport. This year’s festival, ‘Chapter One: The Gathering’ will be held at Matterley Estate nr Winchester from 10th – 14th August ties together interactive theatre with an overarching story line, and a eclectic line up of music covering diverse genres. You can read the Independent Oxford 2019 Boomtown review to get a feel for this festival adventure.

Visit the Boomtown website for further info and to book your ticket.

Green Man

Green Man is a Welsh independent festival creating opportunities – from supporting emerging artists and offering real-world training – to getting people engaged with science and inspiring positive change.

Acts include Metronomy, Beach House and Michael Kiwanuka.

Green Man takes place on 18th to 21st August near Crickhowell, Brecon Beacons.

Check out the website for more information.

ArcTanGent

ArcTanGent is a critically acclaimed, independent festival and since 2013 has been delivering line-ups you won’t find anywhere else.

Acts include Caspian and Delta Sleep, both signed to Oxfordshire label Big Scary Monsters.

The festival takes place on 18th – 20th August on the idyllic Fernhill Farm near Bristol

Check out the website for more information and to book your tickets.

I’m really looking forward to getting out into the fields again this year! Which festivals are you making a beeline for in 2022?

Love, Rosie

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Rosie Jacobs

I’m really passionate about Independent Oxford and supporting and promoting independent businesses in Oxfordshire. Indie businesses are the life blood of our towns, cities and communities, but they need support to survive and thrive. Creating a network that provides a space for indies to find peer support, knowledge and information is so important, and means businesses are far more likely to continue. Supporting indies means a stronger local economy and a closer, inclusive community for all.