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| Y Not Festival | |
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| Genre | Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, dance, world, punk rock, electronic music, reggae, folk, hip hop |
| Dates | Last weekend of July/first weekend of August |
| Location(s) | Peak District, England |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Website | ynotfestival.com |
The Y Not Festival is an annual music festival held in Pikehall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. It began in 2005 as a house party organized by Ralph Broadbent.[1] In its first year, it was named The Big Gin Festival (a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District), and the stage used in the festival has retained its name as The Big Gin Stage. The following year, it was renamed Y Not Festival and was opened to the public. In 2007, the festival relocated to its current site at Pikehall in Derbyshire.
The event won awards and accolades at the UK Festival Awards, such as Best Grassroots Event and Best Toilets in 2011 and Best Small Festival in 2012. In 2016, the festival was sold to Global Radio's festival division, Broadwick Live.
The original owners regained ownership of the festival in 2019. The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 as a result of lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In November 2022, it was announced that the UK-company, Superstruct Entertainment, had acquired a majority stake in the Y Not Festival.[2]
- ^ "About | Y Not Festival | 28th - 30th July 2023 | Pikehall, Derbyshire". Y Not Festival. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ IQ (18 November 2022). "Superstruct acquires UK's Y Not festival". IQ Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2022.