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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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From Creamfields Raver to APEX: Hannah Laing’s Full-Circle Story
From Creamfields raver to APEX, Hannah Laing comes full circle with a 2027 English festival exclusive 15 years after first attending the festival
Creamfields will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Daresbury from August 26–29, 2027, marking three decades as one of the UK’s biggest electronic dance music festivals. As the lineup continues to take form, Hannah Laing has been confirmed to play APEX on August 28 as an English festival exclusive. The booking adds another major name to the anniversary weekend. For Hannah Laing, however, it also has a personal connection to a festival that has been part of her story for years.
From Camping At Creamfields To Playing Its Stages
Hannah Laing’s connection to Creamfields started as a festivalgoer, not an artist. She first attended in 2012, then kept returning and camping with friends while building her name in Scotland. By 2019, she had crossed from the crowd onto the festival lineup for the first time. She already knew Creamfields from years of attending, which made that first booking personal in a completely different way.
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The bigger turning point came in 2022, when she opened Patrick Topping’s Trick stage. Hannah Laing has spoken about worrying that an early slot might mean an empty stage. Instead, the crowd quickly grew into the thousands, with many travelling down from Scotland to see her. She was still balancing DJing and producing with her job as a dental nurse. Seeing that level of support at one of the UK’s biggest dance festivals showed how far her audience had grown.
The years since have changed where Hannah Laing now stands as an artist, but Creamfields has remained part of several important points in her career. Her 2027 APEX appearance brings that history back to the festival she once attended and camped at with friends. This time, she returns during its 30th anniversary edition.
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How Far Hannah Laing Has Come Since 2022
Since that Creamfields breakthrough, Hannah Laing has gone from balancing DJing with her dental nursing job to touring full time. Her international profile has grown considerably along the way. Her music has also become more closely linked with the harder side of dance music, drawing from hard house, trance and techno. That fast-paced sound first helped her gain a following in Scotland and has continued through her more recent releases and sets.
Doof And Her Growing International Career
A major part of that growth has come through Doof, the brand she launched around her own events and releases. Doof In The Park has since become one of the strongest examples of how far her audience now reaches beyond club shows. Her touring schedule has grown alongside it, with appearances at Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, TRNSMT, Parklife and BBC Radio 1 Dance Weekend.
Tracks such as “Good Love” with RoRo have also introduced Hannah Laing to a much wider audience. The track became one of her biggest crossover moments and added another major step to a career already growing quickly through live shows. Since then, she has continued releasing music while taking on bigger festival bookings in the UK and overseas.
With Creamfields 2027 still ahead, Hannah Laing’s booking stands out as one of the more personal announcements tied to the anniversary edition. The festival has followed different stages of her career for 15 years, from attending as a raver to playing APEX as an English festival exclusive.
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The Prodigy Makes Long Awaited Return To Creamfields for 2027
Following another hugely successful edition of Creamfields they’ve announced their first headliner for 2027 with The Prodigy finally heading back to the fields.
Creamfields 2026 saw 80,000 people showing up for each day of the UK’s biggest electronic music festival and already they’re looking forward to 2027. Next year will be the 30th anniversary of Creamfields and they’re kicking off their lineup strong with one of the most influential bands of all time headlining the APEX stage. The Prodigy.
Their last appearance at Creamfields came in 2013 making for a painful 14 year wait for their return which will make their performance all the more historic. The revolutionary UK band has been headlining festivals around the world and recently completed a sold-out tour of the UK. Their ‘Warriors Dance’ tour of the UK alongside Carl Cox brought back that notorious 90s rave energy that everyone has waxed lyrical about for years. Their iconic hits like ‘Firestarter’, ‘Breathe’, and ‘Omen’ have been echoing across arenas making old school ravers and new fans alike charge headfirst into every mosh pit.
The Prodigy has delivered knock out performances around the globe and remain one of the most energetic and powerful live bands to ever grace the worlds stages. For Creamfields 2027 they’ll be stepping up onto one of the worlds biggest indoor stages as they head to the 30,000 capacity APEX stage. The trailblazing Liam Howlett and MC Maxim will be joined by their longstanding live members Leo Crabtree and Rob Holliday to bring the ruckus back to the fields.
The 30th anniversary of Creamfields is an enormous milestone and their making their intentions for a historic year very clear. If you want to make history you have to respect it and bringing in one of the most historic and revolutionary bands in history is the perfect start. Though Creamfields 2026 has barely been and gone, the anticipation for its next edition is already through the roof. With plenty more artists still to be announced and Creamfields’ ability to outdo themselves year on year, 2027 is sure to be another barnstormer of a year out in the fields.
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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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