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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Slam Dunk Festival 2026 North Live at Temple Newsam, Leeds 

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With more than a small helping of anticipation, we made our way through the already heaving queue to the entrance of the Temple Newsam grounds for what promises to be a for-rip-roaring day of music and festival shenanigans. Even though it’s only a relatively quick jaunt over to Leeds from homebase this weekend personally marks only my second Slam Dunk experience, with the first being all the way back in 2018, which marked the final year of the city centre edition of the festival. Continue reading →


FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Slam Dunk Festival 2026

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Slam Dunk Festival is back for 2026, and this year’s edition feels extra special. The festival is once again hitting both Hatfield Park in Hertfordshire on Saturday 23 May and Temple Newsam Park in Leeds on Sunday 24 May over the late May bank holiday weekend. Organisers are marking a milestone with the 20th anniversary of the festival, so you can expect a full weekend of big names, new surprises, and plenty of party vibes.

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Four Year Strong’s 11th Annual Christmas Show at the Worcester Palladium

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Ah, Christmas time. A time for friends, family, spiked eggnog and cider, and… moshing.

Yup, it’s that time of the year again. It’s time to break out your ugly Christmas sweaters and your pair of trusty Chuck Taylor’s. Because it’s time for Four Year Strong’s 11th Annual Christmas Show at the Worcester Palladium. Yes, the 11th one, I remember the first one back in 2009 with Bane, Therefore I Am, Smartbomb, and Beyond City Lights. Continue reading →