Beautiful Days (festival)

Beautiful Days
Genrerock, alternative rock, folk, punk rock, dance, experimental
DatesAugust
Location(s)Escot Park, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England
Years active2003–present
Websitewww.beautifuldays.org

Beautiful Days is a music festival that takes place in August at Escot Park, near Ottery St Mary, Devon. The festival was founded by, and is managed by the band The Levellers and was first held in 2003. The festival has no corporate sponsorship or branding,[1] leading to Virtual Festivals proclaiming it "the festival that sells out ... by not selling out".[2] In 2011 Beautiful Days was pronounced "Best Family Festival" by the UK Festival Awards,[3] later winning the "Grass Roots Festival Award" in 2015,[4] as well as the "Best Medium Festival" award from FestivalKidz the same year.[2] Every festival from 2003 to the current one (2024) has sold out in advance;[5] although the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current capacity is 17,500.[6]

  1. ^ Gliddon, Becca (4 March 2016). "Beautiful Days Festival 2016 - Line-up announced". Midweek Herald. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Beautiful Days 2016". virtualfestivals.com. Retrieved 29 October 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "and the winners are..." UK Festival Awards. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Devon's Beautiful Days triumph at the 2015 UK Festival Awards". Exeter Express and Echo. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Beautiful Days". eFestivals. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "About the festival". beautifuldays.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.