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Y Not Festival | |
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Genre | Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, dance, world, punk rock, electronic music, reggae, folk, hip hop |
Dates | Last weekend in July/first weekend in August, usually |
Location(s) | Peak District, England |
Years active | 2006 – present |
Website | ynotfestival.com |
The Y Not Festival is an annual music festival held in Pikehall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. It began in 2005 at a house party for around 120 people organized by Ralph Broadbent.[1] For the first year, it went under the name of the Big Gin Festival (a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District). The main stage at the festival has retained this name as The Big Gin Stage. The following year, it was renamed Y Not Festival and was opened to the public. In 2007 the festival relocated to its current site at Pikehall in Derbyshire.
The event has won many awards and accolades for small events, such as best small festival in 2012 and the prize for best grass roots event and best toilets at the 2011 UK Festival Awards.
In 2016, the festival was sold to Global Radio's festival division, Broadwick Live.
In 2019, Y Not Festival was bought back by its original owners.
The festival was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the covid pandemic, then returned in 2022 as an independent festival.
In November 2022, it was announced the UK-company, Superstruct Entertainment, had acquired a majority stake in Y Not Festival.[2]