Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekend

Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekendImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Pop star Becky Hill will play the 250-capacity Marrs Bar in her home town of Worcester as part of the Everywhere At Once festivalByMark SavageMusic correspondentPublished1 minute agoMaybe it's a blessing that Glastonbury's taken a year off. There isn't an artist alive, from Sabrina Carpenter to Fontaines DC, good enough to justify getting heatstroke in a field this weekend.But the festival's fallow year has left a gaping hole in the summer music calendar. The BBC's filling the gap on iPlayer by resurrecting classic sets from its archive - from Radiohead in 1997 to Olivia Rodrigo last year. But there's another alternative for anyone craving a live music fix, and it's right on your doorstep.More than 2,000 acts, including Becky Hill, Rizzle Kicks, Inspiral Carpets, Divine Comedy and The Lathums, will play local venues across the UK to celebrate the grassroots scene.Why there will be no Glastonbury Festival in 2026Published26 June 2025Fatboy Slim will perform an exclusive DJ set at The Pipeline in Brighton, external, where the capacity is just 60 people; while grime legend D Double E plays a warehouse gig at Nottingham's Brickworks.And chart-topping pop star Hill will preview songs from her forthcoming album, Rebecca, at the legendary Marrs Bar in her hometown of Worcester.Billed as "Everywhere At Once", the festival has been organised by the Music Venue Trust, which hopes it will highlight the value of small, local venues at a time of existential threat. It says 37% of the UK's clubs have closed since the pandemic. Those that remain are operating on a knife edge. More than half failed to make a profit last year, while changes to national insurance and business rates resulted in a loss of 6,000 jobs."We're losing three nightclubs a month," says Tinie Tempah, who's performing in Newc...