Information and lineups for the UK's best dance festivals
Beat-Herder
When: 1-3 July
Where: Ribble Valley, Lancashire
What: Atmospheric and quirky annual event served up in lush pasture and woodland.
Who: Leftfield, Simian Mobile Disco, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Mr Scruff, Mylo, Plump DJs
How much: �85
Big Chill
When: 4-7 August
Where: Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire
What: A gorgeous Malvern valley contains one of the UK's best mid-sized festivals. It's not just chill-out music these days, either.
Who: Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Crystal Fighters, Warpaint, Wild Beasts
How much: Weekend camping �165, day tickets �75
Cocoon In The Park
When: 9 July
Where: Temple Newsam, Leeds
What: The grounds of a 450-year-old mansion play host to this open-air techno night, complete with dancers, pyrotechnics and live VJing.
Who: Sven V�th, Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler
How much: �42.50
Coloursfest
When: 4 June
Where: Braehead Arena and Waterfront, Glasgow
What: Major contender for best Scottish dance fest as 10,000 clubbers cram on to the waterfront for this 10th anniversary outing.
Who: Ferry Corsten, Eddie Halliwell, Gareth Emery, Pete Tong, Chickie
How much: �40
Creamfields
When: 27-28 August
Where: Daresbury Estate, Halton, Cheshire
What: Still the UK's biggest dance music festival, featuring a live outdoor stage and 10 DJ arenas.
Who: The Chemical Brothers, Magnetic Man, Paul van Dyk, Sasha, Eddie Halliwell, Calvin Harris, Katy B, Eric Prydz
How much: Weekend camping �115, day tickets from �60
Escape Into The Park
When: 11 June
Where: Singleton Park, Swansea
What: Quite simply Wales's biggest dance event: 11 hours, five stages, 50 acts
Who: Chipmunk, Eddie Halliwell, Headhunterz, Tinchy Stryder, Craig Bartlett
How much: �41.50
Glade
When: 10?12 June
Where: The Mansion House, Old Warden Park, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
What: Offspring of Glasto returns after a year's hiatus at a cosier new home with nine stages of pounding beats.
Who: Trentem�ller, Drumcode, Slam, Andrew Weatherall
How much: �135
Global Gathering
When: 29?30 July
Where: Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire
What: Long-established dance festival returns with 150+ live acts and DJs.
Who: Pendulum, Eric Prydz, Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status, Underworld
How much: Weekend camping �99
Gottwood
When: 30 June?3 July
Where: Anglesey, Wales
What: Eclectic electronica jamboree, twinned with Croatia's Stop Making Sense.
Who: Jamie xx, A Guy Called Gerald, The Correspondents
How much: �80
LED
When: 11 June
Where: Victoria Park, London
What: LED = the London Electronic Dance festival. QED.
Who: Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, Zane Lowe, Nero, Skrillex
How much: �42
South West Four
When 27?28 August
Where Clapham, London
What Clapham Common throbs with pounding bass for two consecutive days.
Who Underworld, Pendulum, Magnetic Man
How much Weekend non-camping �85, day tickets �50
Summer Break
When 5?9, 12?16 June
Where Newquay, Cornwall
What Big-name DJs and dance acts invade Trevelgue caravan park for the ultimate UK student blowout.
Who Chase & Status, Annie Mac, Example (PA), Shy FX, Sub Focus, Nero
How much: Camping (four nights) from �64
halle berry and gabriel aubry charlize theron and stuart townsend susan sarandon and tim robbins jake pavelka and vienna girardi salman kahn and katrina kaif
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