Win a Latitude Festival VIP upgrade for 2
Heading to Henham Park this summer to get your fix of music, comedy and the arts? We’ve got a prize draw that you’ll love!
Liftshare are working with the gang at Latitude to give one lucky winner a pair of VIP upgrades for their tickets. The upgrade will give you…
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If you’re off to Download Festival 2019 have we got the prize draw for you!
Liftshare are working with the team at Download to give one lucky winner a pair of VIP upgrades for their tickets. The upgrade will give you and a friend access to the guest area including guest…
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“Sun is shining, weather is sweet, makes you wanna move your dancing feet” – The infamous words of Mr. Bob Marley. It’s something that thousands of people are set to do this summer, at festivals like Download, Latitude, and Isle of Wight.
Let’s just hope the weather holds out, and the bands will handle the rest!
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Latitude festival is only a few weeks away, with the likes of Solange, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man and The Charlatans all hitting the stage at Henham Park.
If the music’s not your bag, the festival offers you so much more, with comedy from Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Joel Dommett to name just a few, as well as theatre, dance,…
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We say this with fingers and toes crossed – but after the recent heatwave, we think we may have made it out of winter. The more pleasant weather has got us thinking about Mr Whippy’s, barbeques, and, of course, festivals. Whether you fancy moshing at Download or a cultured affair at Latitude, we’ve got you covered!
This year, why not…
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With this year’s festival playing host to The 1975, Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes, Public Service Broadcasting and Goldfrapp, Latitude Festival looks to be the biggest Henham Park has ever seen.
And of course, you want to get there, get settled and jump straight in: so why wait in car park queues and walk from one end of the site…
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It’s not long until the final bank holiday of the summer, and we’ll all be skipping out of the office on the Friday for a glorious three-day weekend. There’s loads on across the country, so if you haven’t already, now’s the time to get planning for your final summer adventure. With drivers and passengers alike ready to share, get…
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Since Liftshare.com launched from a student flat in Bristol nearly 18 years ago, lots has changed. The ‘sharing economy’ has become a worldwide phenomenen, James Corden and Peter Kay have made sharing trips cool, and there are now half a million current members and over 700 companies using Liftshare. Not bad, considering it all began when founder Ali Clabburn couldn’t…
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Summer 2016 sees a plethora of festivals take place, and more events than ever are encouraging revellers to liftshare there and back – to help keep the sites green, cut back on traffic queues, and extend your journey into a proper road trip!
So, where to go this summer? Allow us to advise…
Isle of Wight Festival – June 9th-12th
Seaclose Park, Isle…
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Festivals are one of the times when Liftshare gets extra busy. There are a load of music fans out there who want to get to their events affordably, and have a fun journey too. Our member Jackson Jones is just one of them.
He lives in Nottingham with his girlfriend, and really…
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The AA have released their Fuel Price Report for May – and it’s not good news for car owners.
The continued increase in world oil price has already pushed prices in the UK up to 109.10p per litre… and unfortunately it doesn’t look like it’ll be decreasing any time soon. Since mid-April, the average price of petrol has risen almost 2p,…
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Panic-induced James Corden was set to be late for work, until he bumped into his good friend Australian singer-songwriter Sia and carpooled in the priority sharing lanes all the way to Late Late Show HQ!
This is the first carpool karaoke with an almost-anonymous celeb, as Sia remains in her large wig throughout. It’s also the first of the series to touch…
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As a sustainable, sharing business ourselves, we like to promote like-minded folk working to make the world a beter place. We last wrote about FRANK Water back in 2015, where we interviewed the charity’s founder, Kate Alcott. Now, the charity are back, and bigger than ever – as you’ll spot them at more festivals than ever before for 2016.
So…
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From Geisha girls to Cosplay characters, Hyper Japan offered something for everyone at this year’s festival. Taking place in the O2, Japanophiles from all over the country gathered to celebrate the nation’s vibrant pop culture and immerse themselves in all things kawaii! The atmosphere was fantastic – all smiles, chats, and…
Car sharing is all about friendly people helping others by sharing what they have, so when we heard that a new music festival had been crowd-funded through the generosity and goodwill of others, we simply had to get in touch with them to find out more.
Meet MugStock, the new boutique festival that takes place in MugDock country…
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Festivals can be expensive thanks to all the camping gear, travel, food and other supplies needed to get through the weekend with your stuff (and sanity) intact. The problem is, you need all of that stuff to avoid the usual festival horrors of soggy socks, wellies stuck in mud and phone batteries dying on the first day.
Liftshare loves helping festival-goers enjoy a smooth…
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We’re now firmly in the UK festival season, and the next few months will bring plenty of sunshine, live music and fun times for all. As part of the new season, Liftshare is taking a closer look at The Wickerman Festival, which is one of Scotland’s largest live music events. To mark the occasion we thought we’d take a…
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June is almost upon us, which means the next round of Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festivals are incoming from the wonderful team at Solid Entertainments. We’ve covered a few of their great line-ups here on the Liftshare blog, and the next events in Durham and Cleethorpes (20th and 21st of June respectively) are sure to give genre…
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This weekend the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend hits Norwich, as some of the world’s biggest bands and artists take the stage at Earlham Park across the 23rd and 24th May.
And it’s all change, even at this late stage! Sam Smith has pulled out as he nurses a vocal chord…
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Happy Friday everyone! We’ve just teamed up with two new festivals: the action sports and music event NASS, and the weekend of beach, sun and surf that is Boardmasters.
Both festivals are now encouraging fans to car share together to save money, cut down their impact on the environment and of course, travel with…
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We’ve been speaking with some really interesting and inspiring music festivals over the last six months. It’s helped Liftshare and our community explore new events across the UK, including a wide range of musical styles, themes and offerings. Check out our look at Boomtown Fair for a great example of a truly unique festival experience.
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Liftshare has just started working with the wonderful festival Boomtown Fair, which takes place August 13-16 on the Matterly Estate in Winchester. This is one of the most different, wildly unique and intriguing festivals we’ve worked with in some time.
Allow us to explain; BoomTown “rose up from the underground” in 2009 and started a narrative that flows alongside each…
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Liftshare recently spoke with a great company called CampLight, which gives people a way to rent pre-pitched tents at music festivals in the UK, in the hopes of reducing the amount of abandoned camping gear at events everywhere.
It seems CampLight isn’t alone in its crusade against festival waste, as we’ve been speaking with
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Liftshare continues its look at the UK festival scene with a glimpse of MugStock, a three-day crowd funded event in Mugdock Country Park, which is just north of Glasgow.
Running August 7-9, MugStock’s organisers have dubbed the inaugural event a ’boutique new festival of music, performance, food, drink and extraordinary occurrences.’ Better yet, it’s a not-for-profit event that is…
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If you’re a big festival-goer you need to check out the wonderful Cornbury Festival, which is coming to Great Tew Park in Oxfordshire this July.
Running from the 10th to the 12th, the event has pulled in a long list of headliners throughout the years, and while it’s sure to appease the die-hard festival veterans among us, there’s…
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Between 28-31 August the Shrewsbury Folk Festival will bring a world of musical diversity and fun to the West Midlands Showground.
The organisers recently started recommending Liftshare as a cheaper, social and greener way to travel together, so we decided to take a closer look at the event and what you can expect…
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Liftshare and global charity Oxfam’s festivals team have announced a partnership that will provide car share schemes to their volunteers throughout the 2015 festival season.
Oxfam Stewards provide a professional stewarding service at many of the UK’s largest and most popular music festivals. Stewards fulfil roles such as ticket-checking, wrist-banding, fire-towers, information points, arena and campsite patrols…
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The music festival format has been so ingrained that it can be hard to imaging a big open air event with tents, stages and camping without a dedicated musical component.
However, the wonderful Barefoot Festival jumped ahead of the curve with an alternative extravaganza focused on dancing, theatrics and naturally – a lot of fire. It takes…
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Following on from Liftshare’s coverage of Solid Entertainments’ blues festivals in Norwich, Doncaster, St. Ives, Yeovil and Lincoln, the organisers have just announced another all-day festival to their stellar 2015 line-up.
The Southampton Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival will take place at the Engine Rooms on Saturday, June 27, and the line-up is already tantalising for fans of…
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Liftshare has been looking at a lot of festivals that bring something different to the table recently, and we thought we’d keep the ball rolling with a look at the celebration of Americana that is Maverick Festival.
The festival was founded by Paul Spencer who, after living in America for many years, grew fond…
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Our look at the UK festival scene continues with the wonderful Tenterden Folk Festival, a celebrated event in the heart of Kent. Managed by folk enthusiast and long-time event organiser Alan Castle, the festival enters its 23rd year in 2015 – proof that both the local and broader folk community have strongly supported it year in, year out.
Taking place October…
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As part of Liftshare’s continuous festival coverage, we decided to look at an event in England that has roots as far back as the early ’70s. It all starts back in 1974 at the Lamb Inn pub in Trowbridge.
This was the venue of a popular folk music club called Village Pump. The event grew in popularity and…
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Wychwood Festival 2015 kicks off at Cheltenham Racecourse on May 29-31, and it’s going to be a megaton year! The festival is now recommending Liftshare as a replacement travel option as a way of helping revellers save money on petrol, get a lift if they haven’t got a car, and to reduce carbon…
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Liftshare is always keen to see festivals reduce the amount of waste they produce each year, which is why we encourage revellers to share cars together as a way of cutting down on emissions.
But what about the material waste left behind after a big open-air festival? We recently spoke with Kes, editor at the Festival…
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Every so often we come across a charity or sharing site with such an incredible story to tell that we simply have to make noise about it, and that’s exactly why we decided to highlight the wonderful FRANK Water today.
The charity was formed in 2005 after CEO and founder Kate Alcott contracted dysentery from drinking dirty water in India. Since then Katie has made…
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Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festivals 2 announces stellar line-up
Following on from our coverage of the superb Norwich and Doncaster Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festivals, taking place on 28 February and 1 March, organiser Solid Entertainments has just announced three more fests each boasting a brand-new line up of top acts.
The festivals are as follows:
Yeovil Blues, Rhythm and Rock…
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Festivals exist for music-lovers to let their hair down, ignore their work inbox for a weekend and just cut loose while shaking to some class acts. It’s easy to overlook just how much of an environmental impact large festivals have on their surrounding area, and this is one of the many reasons Liftshare exists.
Not only does sharing lifts together cut…
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Willowman Festival 2015 has started recommending Liftshare to its fans as an alternative mode of transport, so we thought we’d post an introduction to this wonderful four-day event in the heart of North Yorkshire.
This year’s festival takes place 18th-21st June at Hillside Rural Activities Park in…
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The London A Cappella Festival 2015 takes place January 29-31 at Cadogan Hall on Kings Place. It’s a different breed of music festival that ditches instrumentals and sees singers performing without any backing tracks – so it’s no surprise that the term A Cappella means ‘without instrumental accompaniment.’ Get it?
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Happy Friday Liftsharers and welcome to a special edition of our weekly Spotify playlist. We recently introduced the Norwich and Doncaster Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festivals, which are taking place February 28 and March 1 respectively.
Both festivals boast a stunning line up of hazy guitar licks, silky smooth vocals and toe-tapping…
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Hello Liftshare fans and welcome to a very special edition of our Monday event updates, in conjunction with the Norwich and Doncaster Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festivals, which take place February 28 and March 1 respectively.
Both festivals are looking to get as many people lift sharing as possible…
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Happy Monday Liftsharers and welcome to our final UK events line-up of 2014.
By now you surely have all of your Christmas shopping and gift-buying done – we might be getting a bit optimistic here – and you’re ready to kick back and have some fun, so here’s a list of neat events on this week and links to people…
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Happy Monday Liftsharers and welcome to the last week of November, where the Christmas markets have started popping up and everyone’s dashing around like mad to get their gift shopping done.
It’s not all stress and fighting through crazed shoppers hungry for Frozen merchandise, as there’s still a schedule of ace events happening up and down the country. At
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Happy Friday Liftsharers! We’ve got yet another new blog feature for you, in the form of our driving playlist.
Each Friday we will post a new Spotify playlist of the hottest new tracks, breaking artists and true road classics to kick off your weekend. We will also create playlists for each of the major festivals coming up in 2015, such…
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Liverpool Sound City, the largest metropolitan music festival in the UK, returns for its 7th year, from 1st to the 3rd May. Sound City takes place in the heart of the city, using venues and pop up stages around the centre, and each year welcomes over 360 artists across a number of genre’s and nationalities,…
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