As the summer is well and truly here (minus the weather) there’s lots of festivals near and far for you to enjoy over the coming weeks.

Our city will, of course, have great events happening like Leeds Festival, Ed Sheeran’s massive Roundhay Park gigs, Let’s Rock, Leeds West Indian Carnival and more.

As well as all of this amazing fun we know many of you will be looking at events nearby which you can travel to for music or a few pints and...the glorious British summer weather.

We guarantee the weather but we’ve picked out our top tips for festivals and big music events you can travel to within an hour (or so) of Leeds.

No matter what your music taste, we’ve tried to pick some varied events with details of who is playing and how to get tickets.

Scarborough Open Air Theatre

June, July and August

Burniston Road, Scarborough, YO12 6PF

Line up: The summer-long festival series is welcoming headline concerts from Kylie Minogue, Biffy Clryo, Sir Cliff Richard, Years & Years, Lewis Capaldi, Jess Glynne and more.

Ticket price: Varies for individual acts.

You can get tickets by visiting Ticketmaster’s website

Bluedot

Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21

Jodrell Bank Observatory, Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, SK11 9DL

Line up: The unique festival which brings music and science together is being headlined by New Order, Hot Chip and Kraftwerk 3-D with performances also coming from Jarvis Cocker, Anna Calvi and more.

Tickets: Adult weekend tickets are available for £189.75 with concessions and day tickets also on sale.

You can buy tickets from Ticketmaster.

Tramlines

Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21

Hillsborough Park, Parkside Road, Sheffield, S6 2AB

Line up: Back bigger than ever before the headliners for Tramlines 2019 are Two Door Cinema Club, Courteeners and Nile and Rodgers and Chic. Elsewhere on the bill there’s Doves, Manic Street Preachers, Johnny Marr, Annie Mac, Miles Kane and more.

The festival also has a big comedy programme headlined by Reginald D Hunter and Phill Jupitus.

Tickets: An adult weekend festival pass costs £92 while there’s also concessions and day tickets on sale.

You can buy tickets from Ticketmaster.

Splendour Festival

Saturday, July 20

Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 2AE

Line up: The Nottingham event will see performances from Manic Street Preachers, The Specials, Rag’n’Bone Man, All Saints and more.

Tickets: Adult tickets cost £56 while children under 10 can go to Splendour for free.

You can buy tickets from SeeTickets

Deer Shed Festival

Friday July 26 to Sunday, July 28

Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, YO7 3BZ

Line up: Ezra Furman, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Anna Calvi, The Wedding Present and Steve Mason are just some of the artists making up the line up.

Tickets: Adult weekend tickets are on sale for £165 with concessions also available.

You can buy tickets from the official Deer Shed Festival website.

Underneath The Stars

Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 4

Cinder Hill, Darton Rd, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4JA

Line up: The Proclaimers, Billy Bragg and Kate Rusby will be appearing at the event.

Tickets: Weekend passes are sold out but there are still Sunday tickets available

You can buy them from Underneath The Stars’ official website.

Lost Village

Thursday, August 22 to Sunday, August 25

Held at a secret location revealed only to ticketholders.

Line up: Maribou State, Little Dragon, Richie Hawtin and more will be appearing.

Tickets: Weekend adult passes are available for £190

You can buy them through Lost Village’s official website.

Creamfields

Thursday, August 22 to Sunday, August 25

Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4AG

Line up: The famous dance festival will showcase Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, Hannah Wants, Pete Tong and more.

Tickets: There are weekend camping deals still available which start at £150

You can buy Creamfields tickets from Ticketmaster.

Bingley Weekender

Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 1

Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1LT

Line up: James, Echo & The Bunnymen, Billy Bragg, Miles Kane and Tom Grennan.

Tickets: Adult weekend passes cost £97.90 with concessions available.

You can buy tickets from the Bingley Weekender website.

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