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Fill that Glasto-shaped hole! The 40 best UK festivals you can still book | Festivals

Fill that Glasto-shaped hole! The 40 best UK festivals you can still book | Festivals

Big names Live streamer … Creamfields. Photograph: Geoffrey Hubbel Download10 to 14 June, Donington, LeicestershireIf you needed another reminder of the cultural capital currently wielded by the sounds and styles of the early 2000s, witness nu-metal veterans Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park headlining the UK’s biggest rock festival alongside Guns N’ Roses, who continue to fly the flag for Donington’s Monsters of Rock heritage. Further down the poster you’ll find the really adrenalised stuff: Blood Incantation’s cosmic death metal; Drain’s febrile hardcore; and Die Spitz’s peerlessly cool doom-punk hybrid. Huw Baines Isle of Wight18 to 21 June, NewportHeadliner-wise, Isle of Wight offers the perfect arc for a festival weekend. Friday is all about hugging your mates while enjoying emotive, singalong bops with Lewis Capaldi; then on Saturday, with energy levels still high, Calvin Harris brings frenetic, star-studded bangers; while Sunday’s possibly dark-hued comedown is perfectly soundtracked by enduring goth titans the Cure. Inbetween, there’s the likes of everyone from Wet Leg to Rick Astley, via Teddy Swims and, why not aye, Five. Michael Cragg TRNSMT19 …