Music festivals

Sunderland kicks off 12 months of music events with the return of two children of the city.

Heather Small and Ian Van Dahl are headlining Laybo's Fest in Gainsborough.

The Great Escape music festival returns to Brighton with a BBC Introducing stage.

Promoters of a festival that was due to feature 50 music acts make "the decision we did not want to".

The Don't Look Back into the Sun singers will play at the final concert of the series this year.

Impact Steel Band had hoped to play at the Coventry festival which runs from 4 to 6 July.

Organisers of Bristol Jazz Festival are calling for support to help "keep it alive".

One of Northern Ireland's leading festivals is celebrating 25 years of showcasing the arts.