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Keeping Festivals Clean: What’s Being Done, And What You Can Do To Help
Festivals can be a glorious landscape of music and unity that brings joy to millions of people a year. However, once the crowds are gone that landscape isn’t quite so glorious to gaze upon as the sea of rubbish and abandoned tents is revealed. Every year we see that festival grounds are left in poor states the day after, so what’s being done to prevent this, and what can you do to help?
One of the main things you always see is thousands of tents left behind which contrary to popular belief are usually incinerated instead of donated. Thankfully festivals like Creamfields have a salvage operation in place where charities and community groups are allowed in at the end to collect reusable tents and camping gear. Tomorrowland’s approach to this problem is their ‘Camp2Camp’ scheme where they collect, clean, and repair camping equipment to hire out at future events. Although that Monday morning may hold a horrific hangover at the end of the festival, you still need to make the effort to take your belongings home. It helps the environment, it helps the clean up crew, and it saves you having to buy more equipment for the next festival.

Of course, the other main problem is general rubbish with cups and bottles creating a new layer on top of festival grounds. The type of waste left behind has improved drastically in the last few years with the advent of paper cups and aluminium cans/bottles over plastic. An excellent idea that many festivals have adopted is giving a small amount of money for returning cups which encourages people to not just drop them on the floor. Brands like Liquid Death that provide water in recyclable cans are becoming more frequently seen at festivals even being a title sponsor for Download Festival. This is all encouraging but this waste still needs to be disposed of properly to make this change work. It’s on festivals to provide the correct facilities to dispose of all the rubbish, it’s on festivalgoers to make use of those facilities.
Amidst the rubbish there is always thousands of cigarettes and in the past few years a rapidly increasing number of disposable vapes. Neither of these are biodegradable, and both leak toxins into the soil. Now disposable vapes are more popular festivals are providing electronic waste bins and it’s essential that they are used. Disposable vapes are both harmful to the environment as well as being dangerous if the battery is damaged. On the cigarette front Ultra Music Festival has come up with a simple solution as they provide pocket ashtrays for free so people can keep their cigarette butts till they find a bin.
All these efforts are not only for the environment, but for the continuation of festivals. If the grounds are not looked after, then whoever owns that land may decide to stop hiring it out. The grounds must be respected by festivalgoers as much as the festivalgoers must be respected by the festival itself. Woodstock 1999 didn’t provide adequate waste facilities, and we all know how that went. If everyone does their bit then festivals can continue to thrive, and the world will be a better place for it.
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EDM Festivals August 2026: Festivals We Can’t Miss Worldwide
EDM Festivals August 2026: Festivals We Can’t Miss Worldwide as major events take over Europe and North America throughout the final full month of summer
August 2026 brings another packed month for the EDM festival calendar, with major events taking place across Europe and North America. In the US, HARD Summer, Breakaway Michigan, Breakaway Mass, Elements Music Festival, and Zedd in the Park bring several large festival weekends to different cities throughout the month. Canada also joins the August schedule with VELD Music Festival and ÎLESONIQ. Across Europe, UNTOLD Festival, Creamfields, Electrisize Festival, Weekend Festival, Dance Valley, Loveland Festival, Decibel Outdoor, Electric Love Festival, Brunch Electronik Festival, Les Plages Électroniques, and Nibirii Festival take place across several countries. Here’s a full look at the EDM festivals taking place throughout August 2026.
UNTOLD Festival
Dates: August 6–9, 2026
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania
UNTOLD Festival returns to Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, from August 6–9, 2026, for four days of electronic music, pop, hip-hop, and live performances across several stages. The Main Stage lineup includes Martin Garrix, Kygo, Marshmello, Alan Walker, The Chainsmokers, Sebastian Ingrosso, James Hype, Steve Aoki, Lost Frequencies, Tchami, and Maddix, alongside live acts including Sting, Lewis Capaldi, Flo Rida, Swae Lee, and Zara Larsson. The Galaxy Stage focuses on house and techno with Carl Cox, Solomun, Sara Landry, Mau P, Jamie Jones, Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex, Gordo, and MRAK. The festival also features Jan Blomqvist, Major League DJz, Shimza, and WhoMadeWho on the Daydreaming Stage, while Andy C, Camo & Krooked, Pendulum, Sigma, Gramatik, and Denzel Curry are listed for the Alchemy Stage. With international artists spread across its electronic, live, house, techno, and bass stages, UNTOLD is one of the largest festivals taking place in Europe during August 2026

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Biggest EDM Festivals in the World Ranked by Daily Attendance
Biggest EDM Festivals in the World ranked by daily attendance show how scale really compares across global events.
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Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Amelie Lens & Ewan McVicar Announced for Creamfields 2026
Rockstar Energy presents Creamfields continues to raise the bar for its 20th Daresbury anniversary in 2026, unveiling Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Amelie Lens, and Ewan McVicar in its latest lineup reveal.
Rockstar Energy presents Creamfields continue to raise the bar for their landmark 2026 edition, celebrating 20 years at Daresbury, with two more huge announcements revealed today. Chart-topping duo Disclosure will bring their acclaimed live show to Creamfields for the first time, delivering a UK festival exclusive performance, headlining the Arc Stage on Friday 28th August. Excitement is building as the full Creamfields 2026 lineup is gradually unveiled, promising an unforgettable experience.
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Cream HQ have also just revealed that global dance icons Swedish House Mafia will take over the APEX Stage on Sunday 30th August, rounding off an incredible day of announcements.
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Adding to the excitement, Ewan McVicar will make his APEX Stage debut with one of his trademark high-energy sets, on Sunday 30th August. A firm fan favourite, Ewan’s Creamfields journey has been nothing short of meteoric.
Techno powerhouse Amelie Lens has also been confirmed for a UK festival exclusive, set to debut her brand-new AURA show inside the legendary Steel Yard on Saturday 29th August.
These latest announcements follow last month’s headline reveals – Calvin Harris, Sonny Fodera, Armin van Buuren and Underworld – and cements Creamfields 2026 as one of the most anticipated dance events of the year.
With more acts still to be announced, and over 80,000 fans expected to make their annual pilgrimage to the fields of Cheshire from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th August 2026, Creamfields’ 20-years-at-Daresbury celebration is shaping up to be one of the most unforgettable editions in the festival’s storied history.
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