EFG Jazz Festival: Kandace Springs

Kandace Springs Sounds the trumpets! The EFG London Jazz Festival has officially begun, and, this Saturday, we headed to the Southbank Centre to see Kandace Springs perform her soulful tracks to a packed-out audience. The 10-day celebration hopes to provide audiences with a mixture of renowned artists and emerging stars from the world of Jazz. The popular event will see artists such as…

EFG London Jazz Festival 2018 launch party

EFG London Jazz Festival 2018 Words: Flora Neighbour Monday saw the crème de la crème of the jazz world get together for the EFG London Jazz Festival 2018 launch party. A boozy affair in the low-lit, ground-floor Crystal Room at The May Fair Hotel, the evening was packed full of entertainment and speeches from big names in jazz and blues, hosted by BBC 3’s Jumoké Fashola. People gathered…

FAULT Magazine to attend POP Kultur Festival 2018

As summer slowly draws to a close (not that you would know with the summer we're currently experiencing), as does festival season, but that does mean an end to all the festivities as we've still got one last festival to review this summer and all signs point to it being a great one. From the 15th-18th of August we're heading on down to Berlin to experience their Pop kultur festival, which has…

BST Hyde Park FESTIVAL SPECIAL – THE WELL-KNOWN, THE NEW, THE LEGENDARY

Photography: Jack Alexander   Words: Adina Ilie This weekend, British Summer Time showcased an array of exceptional talent ranging from the well-established to the ones-to-watch. As ever, BST Hyde Park is a celebration of music in all of its splendour, where genres intertwine, and people gather to immerse themselves in pure talent. This year, Bruno Mars, this year’s most acclaimed…

Wireless Festival 2018 – London’s Hottest Music Festival

  Wireless 2018 on paper promised to be the king of the day festivals in London this year, with heavyweights from the hip hop and R&B scene converging on a weekend in the Finsbury Park sunshine. We arrived on Friday excited for what was in store, and were not disappointed.    Friday: We were welcomed by the “The Godfather of Grime” (to…

Isle of Wight Festival 2018: review and pictures

As the Isle of Wight festival 2018 celebrated its 50th anniversary, the sun shone as golden as the glittery glad rags parading around the festival field...and we got our cameras out: Isle of Wight festival 2018: Friday Grooving on the main stage Nile Rodgers and Chic performed a flawless performance that fired out hit and hit and got the fans on their feet. While the Big Top tent saw…

Wireless Festival 2018 set to be the best yet

  Entering its 13th year, Wireless Festival 2018 is ready to continue its dominance of the London day festival scene. Taking place across 6th, 7th, 8th July, this year’s iteration sees the heavyweights you hear on Spotify every day making their way to Finsbury Park. It’s proved to be the hottest ticket in London town, with all 3 days sold out. Friday sees the return of J Cole as a…

LSTD 2018 Kicks off British Festival season with a bang

  While stateside, Coachella is the place to be to kick off festival season, here in the UK, FAULT tradition is to always start our summer with a trip to Love Saves The Day Festival. Granted, it's not the usual choice, however, for years we've watched the festival grow in both accolades but also in the acts that they pull in to perform. This year, Fat Boy Slim, Bicep, Tom Misch and…