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So kids, its only the Parklife Weekender tomorrow! We are pretty excited here at Young Academic HQ and as such, we thought we should bring you a roundup of what we are looking forward to the most over the next couple of days. This is the first of a number of Parklife specials we will [...]

Warehouse Project season may be over, but that doesn’t mean the end of the festivities at Victoria Warehouse. It’s a busy old time for the music scene at present, with a plethora of additions to the Festival Guide and this weekend sees the eagerly anticipated arrival of Visionquest THIRTEEN to Manchester. [...]

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 [...]

As promised, the Young Academic commitment to all things music and summer festivals continued in earnest. You may well have seen some great additions to the festival guide this week and we also have some incredible gigs to tell you about for students across the United Kingdom. If you are studying in the Leeds area [...]

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 [...]

Following the huge success of Fractured Sound’s au revoir to Politic North, the team are incredibly proud to announce their next instalment. They are really looking to get the Chester music scene pumping again and as such, they have a fantastic line up arranged for a night at The Compass which is owned and run [...]

The Young Academic School of Music is delighted to be able to bring you news regarding the Ten Cities initiative, being coordinated by the Goethe-Institut Nairobi. This focuses on the global cycle and how the roots of all dance music could well have originated in Africa. With today’s climate not seeing Africa looking to the [...]

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. [...]