Y Not Festival
| Y Not Festival | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ynotfestivals.co.uk |
The Y Not Festival is an annual music festival held in Pikehall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. It first took place in 2005, at a disused quarry site as a party for around 120 people organised by Ralph Broadbent who was planning a party in the garden of his parents' house but had to relocate when his parents didn't go away as planned. 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 with the public being invited and with attendances increasing year on year (to 15,000 in 2015) and eventually relocating to its current site at Pikehall in Derbyshire. As a small independent festival the event has won many awards and accolades 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 it was sold to Global Radio's festival division, Broadwick Live, along with Truck Festival and the rest of Broadbent's company (Count of Ten) portfolio. 2017 was the first year under the new management.