How to Build a Festival

Episode 46 - End of the Road preview with Ronan Leonard

It’s End of the Road and that means back to back episodes! We go through our picks for the week, compare them to the famous Sally’s Notes, and chat with End of the Road lineup mainstay Ronan Leonard…. Plus a super exciting announcement

Episode 45 Green Man Recap and Echo 17 Preparation

Cat and Rach work through where we’re at with preparations now we’ve launched our website and lineup! We recap a very hot Green Man, one of the best lineups of 2025

Episode 44 - Chatting with Danny Hagan, co-founder of Green Man Festival and The Wake Festival

Danny Hagan co-founded Green Man Festival in 2003 and 21 years later launched The Wake in 2024. Now coming into its second sold out year, we chat to Danny about the experience both festivals, the difference starting them two decades apart and what made he and his partner Jo come back to start a second festival last year.

Episode 43 - Lakefest Preview

Rach and Cat check in with Lakefest Owner Lee Martin ahead of the 2025 edition of the brilliant family festival coming up this weekend.
We talk about the lineup, the frantic nature of the weeks building up to the event and the wonderful ‘Road to Lakefest’ initiative

Episode 42 - Emergency pod… our big announcement

Our short and sweet announcement episode... The one we’ve been working towards for the last 41 episodes! Announcing our name, date, venues and pricing structure as well as what happens next!
Join us on our journey!

Episode 41 - Truck Festival and Deer Shed 2025 very unofficial preview

We team up with Lisa and Uncouth Brett to preview this year’s Truck Festival before looking at the 2025 edition of Deer Shed ahead of one of the busiest weekends of the festival summer
Get in touch with any tips for either of these awesome festivals!

Episode 40 - Glastonbury 2025 Recap with OOFestivals

We follow up with Damian, Gina and Jack on this year’s Glastonbury festival and talk all about it. Relive the last Glasto for a couple of years here with your favourite OOF mods!

Episode 39 - Last minute Glastonbury 2025 lineup tips

It’s Glastonbury Eve… have you somehow forgotten to do any lineup research, looking for some last minute inspiration, or just stuck in traffic just after Fleet Services on the way to Worthy Farm? Here’s your last minute lineup tips from the HTBAF gang and their friends
Search HTBAF Glastonbury 2025 for our new playlist
Have an amazing Glasto everybody!
Thanks to Tom, Bilal & Leo for joining us!

Episode 38 - Glastonbury preview and festival community chat with OOFestivals

How do you say OOFestivals, what is it, and how has it grown in a way the team never imagined? We’re joined by three of its moderators to talk through the incredible online community of festival fans and of course to deliver their Glastonbury 2025 preview including lineup favourites, first timer tips and vital information for the OOFestivals meetup

Episode 37 - Festival progress, Wide Awake and Wanderlust recap and designing merch

Today we canter through how our preparation is coming along and recaps of both Wide Awake and Wanderlust festivals with special guest Alexa. We also talk MJ Lenderman, Mama’s Broke and Dana Sipos from recent gigs