Every year there is such a big choice when it comes to festivals and we are here to help you choose what festivals to attend this year with our festival guide which gives you basic information on when major festivals are taking place, where at, whos playing and the all important link to each festivals official website.

Jubilee Family Festival Official Website
The Jubilee Family Festival Presented by Sainsbury's is a two-day fun filled family Jubilee celebration taking place in London's Hyde Park , Sat 2 – Sun 3 June. Hosted by Myleene Klass and Jon Culshaw, the event will be a once in a lifetime experience for the whole family to enjoy featuring the nation's best live music and entertainment. The action-packed and imaginative programme will include: 'The Magic of Disney In Concert', a specially created 70 minute performance that brings together songs, music and characters that span over 70 years of animated and live-action Disney films; performances from BBC's Strictly Come Dancing presented by BBC Worldwide and hosted by Craig Revel Horwood; appearances by the puppets and actors from the National Theatre's award-winning production of War Horse; a Commonwealth stage, Parade Ground and Kids Zone to name just a few.

Download Festival Official Website
The mighty Download Festival returns to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2012 with one of it’s biggest ever line ups. Taking place at the spiritual home of rock, Donington Park between 8-10 June, the weekend will see The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath headline, as well as performances fromSoundgarden, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro, Slash, you Me At Six, Rise Against plus many, many more.

Wireless Festival Official Website
Headlined by dance floor maestro Deadmau5, global superstar Rihanna and Canadia rap powerhouse Drake for one of the hottest weekends in the capital this Summer. Also confirmed to play are the likes of Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, Example, Professor Green, Rizzle Kicks and more.

Nass Festival Official Website
Nass Festival is abck in 2012 to showcase great music and extreme sports, the festival will be host to some of the best skateboarders, bmx riders and snowboarders across the world, musically bands such as sum 41, Roni Size, While She Sleeps, Rolo Tomassi, Don Broco, The Computers and many others will be hitting up the weekend.

Nass 2012 takes place at Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Hard Rock Calling Official Website
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and Paul Simon will headline Hard Rock Calling 2012, which takes place13-15 July 2012 in London’s Hyde Park. Saturday 14 July sees the incredible Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band take to the stage in what is set to be one of THE must-see gigs of the summer. Paul Simon headlines Sunday 15 July, performing one of the most influential albums of the last three decades, ‘Graceland’ in its entirety with Jimmy Cliff and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a UK first since 1987. Friday night's headliner, as well as further additions across all three dates to be announced soon.

Tatton Park Picnic Concerts Official Website
This year's Picnic Concerts will feature an evening of the most celebrated and exciting pieces of choral music from the world famous Halle Orchestra and a choir of 100 voices on Saturday 28 July while music icons Tony Hadley, Rick Astley, Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals, Heaven 17 and Altered Images will put on a show-stopping ‘Back To The 80s’ concert on Sunday 29 July, in association with Francis House Children’s Hospice. All set in the stunning surrounds of the historic estate, Tatton Park.

BT London Live Official Website
BT London Live will be a huge celebration of sport, music and other entertainment in Hyde Park, Victoria Park (open throughout the Olympic Games) and Trafalgar Square (open throughout the Paralympic Games) this summer and will offer hundreds of thousands of visitors from around Britain and the rest of the world as well as Londoners the chance to join in the excitement of the London 2012 festivities, for free.

In addition there are also two paid for Celebration Concerts taking place in Hyde Park. Blur, The Specials and New Order have already been confirmed for the Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert inHydePark on 12 August. The other concert will also take place in Hyde Park to mark the opening of London 2012 on Friday 27 July with artists to be announced shortly.

Boardmasters Festival Official Website
Relentless Boardmasters takes place over five days from Wednesday 8th to Sunday 12th August at a cliff-top location overlooking Watergate Bay, and Fistral Beach.

The festival is held on three different sites across Newquay and offers live great sporting action from surfing, bmx, skating and also live music with artists such as Dizzle Rascal and Ed Sheeran headlining this year and The Ting Tings, Maximo Park, Reel Big Fish and many others joining the line up.

Bloodstock Open Air Festival Official Website
Bloodstock Open Air is back in 2012 and has Behemoth and Alice Cooper headlining the main stage with the final headliner being announced on the 6th June at 6pm, other bands playing the weeked are Iced Earth, Hatebreed, Paradise Lost, Decide, Anvil, Crowbar, Nile, Reign Of Fury and many others.

The festival takes play at Catton Hall in Derby and is the largest growing metal festival in the UK where tickets are looking close to selling already.

V Festival Official Website
The duel sited festival that is V Festival is back in August 2012 with one of it's best ever lineups to date, headlining the festival is The Stone Roses and The Killers and also playing across the weekend is artists such as Newton Faulkner, The Stranglers, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, The Enemey, The Proclaimers, Madness, Keane, Rizzle Kicks and many other bands and loads more to still be announced for the weekend.

V festival takes place at Hylands Park Chelmsford and Weston Park Staffordshire.

Reading Festival Official Website
One of the biggest alternative festivals of all time Reading and Leeds is back for it's annual August bank holiday weekend festival in 2012 and this year The Cure, The Foo Fighters and Kasabian are set to headliner the festival, other bands playing across the weekend include At The Drive who play their first UK show since reforming earlier in the year, Pure Love, Angels And Airwaves, Paramore, Social Distortion, Anti-Flag, The Black Keys, Bullet for My Valentine and many others.

The Reading leg of the festival takes place at Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire and the Leeds leg takes place at Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.