Entertainment

It’s that time of year here at Young Academic. As you start to maybe think of the summer after your exams and the best way to treat yourself, the festival guide is on hand with profiles of all of Europe’s top events. This week’s instalment is regarding Unknown Festival, which brought to you by the [...]

Well it’s here guys! The snow has subsided, the sun has come out and we can actually start to think about another summer of incredible festivals and gigs. With the return of Glastonbury and the tenth anniversary of Bestival, 2013 is set to be an absolute barnstormer. However, before that there are all sorts of [...]

We have one of the biggest festival announcements of the year so far for you this morning, as the festival guide can announce that Creamfields is back in 2013, stronger than ever before! We brought you news yesterday regarding the £500,000 they are pumping in to the event in order to ensure it isn't a [...]

Another exciting festival guide update for you this morning folks, as Creamfields have announced a number of major improvements to the festival site at Daresbury. This follows the regrettable cancellation of the final day of last year’s event due to adverse weather and flooding on-site and the assurance that an assessment would be made [...]

As promised, the Young Academic festival guide is back in action after a winter of much needed recuperation 2012 was an absolute belter with the likes of Bestival and Optimus Alive raising the bar big time. [...]

Evolution Festival returns to the North East with another outstanding line-up featuring the most influential and exciting names in popular music right now. Evolution has been highly acclaiming for delivering fantastic line-ups at unbeatable prices and this year a host of amazing acts will perform for under £40 for the weekend [...]

Politic North is preparing to open its doors for the very last time and will be doing so in some style on February 23rd. Situated on Chester’s iconic rows, the distinguished venue will welcome South London Ordnance to draw the curtains on what has been an incredible few years courtesy of the ever popular Fractured [...]

Young Academic managed to catch up with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis ahead of the release of The Campaign in the United Kingdom to pick their brains abour the film, its production and politics. [...]

Young Academic can reveal that MR. G will be performing an exclusive live set with support from Just Jack & Illusion Recordings on December 1st. [...]

Today we can bring you perhaps the most intriguing entry to the festival guide we have ever seen here at Young Academic. The boutique family event, Wychwood Festival have engaged crowd-sourcing platform CrowdCube to sell shares to festival fans and expand its business. [...]