Interview: Video: Rob da Bank on The Cure's Bestival show

Bestival organiser Rob da Bank talks us through his crowning headline booking for 2011 and how it's to be immortalised in the first live Cure album since 1993.

News: UK Festival Awards 2011 winners in full

Here's the full list of who won what at the UK Festival Awards 2011.

News: The Cure - Live at Bestival 2011 album announced

The Cure are set to release a live album of their performance at Bestival 2011, with proceedings of the release going to charity.

Photo Blog: Isle Of Wight Festival: Photo Highlights

Highlights from the Isle Of Wight Festival 2002-2011. Visit http://headliners.virtualfestivals.co.uk now to guess the headliners for 2012 and win VIP tickets to the festival!

Slideshow: Retrospectival: a look back at festivals in July 2011

Jack Gunner waits by the welcome mat as Prince finally plays a UK festival as we look back at July 2011.

Slideshow: VF's Top 10 festivals of 2011 - vote for yours!

Like the Christmas day Top Of The Pops chart rundown - this is the big one, so leave granny in her chair, we're going to tell you the festival hits of 2011!

News: Live Music Business Awards 2011 finalists revealed

The finalists for the Live Music Business Awards 2011 have been announced, with Foo Fighters, Slipknot and Beyonce poised to fight it out for the Best Festival Performance award, and Reading, Glastonbury, Bestival and Sonisphere also getting nods.

Feature: VF's Top 10 festival headliners of 2011 - vote for yours!

We've gone all Einstein on the figures and from Slipknot to Gary Barlow calculated the top ten festival headliners of the summer - now tell us what you think!

Feature: June 2010: a festival year in review

Anyone who can remember rolling around fields as far back as June obviously wasn't there, so join us as we take a rake to the Virtual Festivals brain box and attempt to scrape back the memories of a massive festival month.

Photo Blog: Festivals 2010: a chronological glance back in photos

We take a look at some of the most memorable shots taken by VF photographers in 2010.

News: Record number of UK festivals given green award

Independent environmental campaign group A Greener Festival named 23 festivals across Europe as the first summer winners of the prestigious Greener Festival Award 2010, this weekend.

News: Want to improve festivals? Take part in our Festival Census to tell organisers exactly what you think!

Ever wanted to be able to directly tell festival organisers what you think of their events? Anything you particularly love and want to see more of? Or the things that niggle you? Maybe you've got a brilliant idea for ways to improve them...

News: E-fits released after alleged rape near Isle Of Wight Festival

Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating the alleged rape of a local woman near to the location of the Isle of Wight Festival 2010.

News: Police appeal for IOW Festival assault witnesses

Police are making a fresh appeal for witnesses after an allegation of indecent assault that happened at this year's Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday 13 June.

Blog: Katie P's Trident Perpetual Festival adventure # 2

Hello all! Katie P here - I just got back from my 3rd and 4th festivals of a total 30 that I will be reporting back on from around the world.

Photo Blog: Isle of Wight Festival: In pictures