Festivals near Nottingham

In Nottingham, music lives beneath the Gothic frame of Wollaton Hall, whose deer park hosts Splendour, the city's biggest gathering and a launchpad for local sons like Jake Bugg. Below it, the legendary Rock City has shaped the city's guitar backbone for decades: a sharp appetite for angular indie and garage rock that even feeds the electronic floors of Replika Festival.

The surrounding county quickly widens the palette. Just down the road, Donington Park lets Download roar as Britain's biggest metal weekend, while the lakeside fields near Southwell unfurl the folk, americana and blues of Gate To Southwell Festival. FestT ties this whole landscape to your ear: it computes the FestiScore, the affinity between a lineup and your favourite artists, and keeps dates and ticketing up to date.