Summer is here and what better way to enjoy the big bank holiday than the sheer joy of experiencing live events? Gigantic Tickets has a huge range of ideas to make the most of the gloriously sunny days and those hot late nights, including festivals featuring world famous artists, headline shows with top bands, and even some incredible theatre productions.
Keep scrolling to discover just some of the amazing events and events Gigantic has to offer and click the link to see even more. Make sure you sign up to our essential newsletter to receive all the exciting announcements.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival
The summer festival hosting the best in folk music and more
Shrewsbury Folk Festival is a four-day celebration of folk, roots, Americana and world music featuring amazing acts from around the globe. Look forward to extraordinary live music plus ceilidhs, workshops and a craft fair.
📆 Event Dates:
- Friday 23rd – Monday 26th August 2024: Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2024 - West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury
Foolhardy Folk Festival
The perfect family-friendly folk festival
Alt-folk songwriting legend Beans On Toast presents Foolhardy Folk Festival. The one-day event at Nottingham Arboretum Bandstand includes live performances from a wide variety of rising stars of the folk scene. Look forward to seeing Will Varley, Black Water County, Samantics and more.
📆 Event Dates:
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Foolhardy Folk Festival 2024 - Nottingham Arboretum Bandstand
Rossendale Ska, Punk & Mod Fest 2024
The ultimate ska and mod celebration returns to Rossendale this summer
Get ready to skank out this bank holiday with Rossendale Ska, Punk & Mod Fest 2024! The big day out features the best local acts on the circuit including headliners Midlife. The awesome tribute act will be playing the hits of Madness, The Specials and Bad Manners. Further live bands include Skafull, Pretty Green, and Complete Control plus DJ Andy plays all day.
📆 Event Dates:
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Rossendale Ska, Punk & Mod Fest 2024 - St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Eastern Electrics 2024
The warehouse rave featuring top techno, house and disco DJs
Feel the huge rave energy at Eastern Electrics 2024! The massive dance event at Lee Valley Showground sees 30 major names play across five stages, with appearances from Joseph Capriati b2b Seth Troxler, GOLFOS (PAWSA b2b Dennis Cruz), Korolova and more.
📆 Event Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: Eastern Electrics 2024 - Lee Valley Showground, London
RALLY
Discover something new at the majestic Southwark Park
RALLY celebrates London’s diverse DIY culture and grassroots art communities. The one-day festival sees live music performances from the likes of Sorry, Nilufer Yanya, Mount Kimbie, Sam Akpro plus many more cutting-edge artists,
📆 Event Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: RALLY 2024 - Southwark Park, London
Infest
Get ready for an aural assault of extreme electronica
Infest is a three-day festival dedicated to electronica, showcasing the very best in industrial, EBM, futurepop, synth-pop and power-noise. Artists and DJs appearing include Republica, Hatari, XOTOX, DJ Vidma and DJ Fritz.
📆 Event Dates:
- Friday 23rd – Monday 26th August 2024: Infest 2024 - St George's Hall, Bradford
Status Quo
See the Quo thrill fans at Vivary Park
Status Quo are a British rock-n-roll institution. Their mix of blues and rock has found listeners around the world, scoring major hits with such huge anthems as "Rockin' All Over the World", "Down Down" and "Whatever You Want".
With rumours abound this could be their last-ever show, make sure you get your tickets for Taunton and look forward to a historic event.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 23rd August 2024: Status Quo - LIVE IN SOMERSET 2024 - Vivary Park, Taunton
Ministry of Sound Classical
All your favourite rave anthems like you’ve never heard them before
Club classics and banging dance tunes are given a radical reworking with Ministry of Sound Classical. The magnificent 31-piece orchestra plus special guests Tall Paul, Ellie Sax and K-Klass transform top Ibiza tracks into a remarkable live experience with a classical twist at Somerset next month.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Ministry of Sound Classical - LIVE IN SOMERSET 2024 - Vivary Park, Taunton
JLS
The legendary R&B boy band are back!
Multi-MOBO winners JLS are amongst the greatest British R&B acts of all time. After hitting No. 1 with debut singles "Beat Again" and "Everybody in Love", the quartet have reached multi-platinum sales with their eponymous entry album and sophomore record Outta This World. They returned after a hiatus with the Top 10 album 2.0, and now you can see them play all their hits at Vivary Park this summer.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: JLS - Vivary Park, Taunton
Busted
The phenomenal pop-punk three-piece play iconic venues this summer bank holiday
Busted became THE breakthrough band of the millennium. They shot to fame with such catchy singles as "What I Go to School For", "Year 3000" and "You Said No". It was the start of a career which has seen the pop-punk boy band win two BRIT Awards and sell more than five million records worldwide.
Catch James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson when they hit Vivary Park and Dreamland next month.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 23rd August 2024: Busted - Dreamland, Margate
- Monday 26th August 2024: Busted - LIVE IN SOMERSET 2024 - Vivary Park, Taunton
- Thursday 29th August 2024: Busted - Hitchin Priory, Hitchin
Tiësto
Get ready for the rave hitting Alexandra Head at Cardiff Bay
Dutch superstar DJ and acclaimed producer Tiësto returns to Cardiff for the first time in over a decade to blow your mind with his top trance tracks. Voted “The Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine readers, you are guaranteed a good time when you grab tickets for his unmissable bank holiday show.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Tiësto - Alexandra Head at Cardiff Bay
Becky Hill
The multi-platinum superstar heads to Wales this summer
Dance-pop sensation Becky Hill has scored a No. 1 hit with Oliver Heldens on "Gecko (Overdrive)”. She went on to hit gold sales with debut album Only Honest on the Weekend and smashed into the Top 10 with the sophomore title Believe Me Now? Now, she takes over Alexandra Head at Cardiff Bay for a special bank holiday show.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 9th August 2024: Becky Hill - Newmarket Racecourses, Newmarket
- Friday 16th August 2024: Hardwick Festival (Becky Hill) - Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham
- Saturday 24th August 2024: Becky Hill - Alexandra Head at Cardiff Bay
- Friday 30th August 2024: Rock N Roll Circus: Becky Hill - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield
- Saturday 31st August 2024: Becky Hill - Dreamland, Margate
- Sunday 1st September 2024: Becky Hill - Dreamland, Margate
The Streets
Mike Skinner returns to Birmingham for a massive homecoming show
The Streets transformed the sound of British rap. Led by Mike Skinner, his Boy Next Door lyrics combined with UK-garage and grime saw the Brummy boy explode onto the scene with Original Pirate Material, going on to top the charts with A Grand Don't Come for Free and The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living. He heads back to Birmingham as part of the Centenary Square Summer Series to play all the hits you know and love.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 23rd August 2024: Centenary Square Summer Series - The Streets - Centenary Square, Birmingham
Cian Ducrot
The "All for You" singer prepares to amaze audiences at Centenary Square
Irish indie-pop singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot topped the charts both here and in his home country with his stunning debut album Victory. Poised to release a second record, he announces summer dates including a headline show in Birmingham as part of the Centenary Square Summer Series.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 26th July 2024: Jess Glynne (Cian Ducrot support) - Dreamland, Margate
- Friday 9th August 2024: Jess Glynne + Cian Ducrot + Supports - Crystal Palace Bowl, Crystal Palace
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Centenary Square Summer Series - Cian Ducrot - Centenary Square, Birmingham
- Friday 30th August 2024: Rock N Roll Circus: Becky Hill (Cian Ducrot support) - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield
Ocean Colour Scene
The indie icons play Birmingham on the bank holiday
Mod revivalist greats Ocean Colour Scene became major players on the Britpop scene. Their huge anthems "The Riverboat Song" and "The Day We Caught the Train" were two of the biggest 90s indie anthems, and you can see them at Centenary Square when you book tickets with Gigantic.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Saturday 27th July 2024: Embrace (Ocean Colour Scene support) - Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
- Sunday 28th July 2024: Summer Sundays - Ocean Colour Scene - Quex Park, Margate
- Wednesday 31st July 2024: Ocean Colour Scene - Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow
- Friday 2nd August 2024: Ocean Colour Scene - The Engine Shed, Lincoln
- Saturday 3rd August 2024: HERITAGE LIVE 2024 - Richard Ashcroft (Ocean Colour Scene support) - Audley End, Essex
- Monday 26th August 2024: Centenary Square Summer Series - Ocean Colour Scene - Centenary Square, Birmingham
James Arthur
The X Factor winner is set to play a stunning show at Dreamland
James Arthur is amongst the greatest pop stars of his generation. After winning The X Factor, he released his self-titled platinum-selling debut album and hit No. 1 with the sophomore record Back from the Edge. He now plays the Margate funfair Dreamland.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Friday 2nd August 2024: James Arthur - Newmarket Racecourses
- Sunday 25th August 2024: James Arthur - Dreamland, Margate
The Postal Service + Death Cab For Cutie
Two titans of US indie combine for a mighty co-headline show
This year sees the 20th anniversary of The Postal Service‘s Give Up plus Death Cab For Cutie‘s Transatlanticism. The two bands team up to celebrate the release of both seminal records at Utilita Arena, Cardiff.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: The Postal Service + Death Cab For Cutie - Utilita Arena Cardiff
Milburn
The Sheffield indie-rockers hit the road this summer
Milburn were an essential part of the post-millennium indie resurgence, releasing the records Well Well Well, These Are the Facts and Time before splitting in 2008. The Yorkshire lads reunited in 2016 and you can see them this summer when you book tickets with Gigantic.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: Milburn - Riverside Newcastle
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Milburn - Hangar 34, Liverpool
- Friday 30th August 2024: Milburn - Academy 2, Manchester
Flavour
The Igbo-highlife superstar plays OVO Arena Wembley
Nigerian singer Chinedu Okoli is better known to the world as Flavour. Following the release of his latest album African Royalty, he now heads to OVO Arena Wembley for a massive headline show.
📆 Tour Dates:
- Sunday 25th August 2024: Flavour - African Royalty - OVO Arena Wembley, London
Hits out of Hell at Weymouth Pavilion
Featuring the ultimate Meatloaf tribute
Hits out of Hell at Weymouth Pavilion is the ultimate celebration of Meatloaf at Weymouth Pavilion
📆 Event Dates:
- Friday 23rd August 2024: Hits out of Hell the Meatloaf songbook - Weymouth Pavilion
Direct from Graceland: Elvis
For true fans of The King
Get close to the personal items of Elvis Presley with Direct from Graceland: ELVIS. It sees many artefacts brought to the UK shores for the very first time.
Arboretum Beer Festival
Tasty treats, sumptuous drinks and live performances to enjoy this bank holiday
Enjoy real ales and great music in the centre of Nottingham with Arboretum Beer Festival. Tickets now on sale with Gigantic.
📆 Event Dates:
- Saturday 24th August 2024: ARBORETUM BEER FESTIVAL - Nottingham Arboretum Bandstand
Mean Girls
The hit Hollywood movie is transformed into a stage production
Can Cady Heron survive the wild wilderness of American High School? Or will she be torn apart by cruel clique The Plastics?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Potter fans are heading to Palace Theatre to enjoy this magical stage show
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a totally original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany especially for the stage.
Cabaret
The Kit Kat Club comes to London
Cabaret is a warning from history, reminding us of the delicacy of democracy. Set during the Weimar Republic in Germany, the wild hedonism of the jazz era is about to fall into the abyss of fascism.