FRIENDS OF MINE, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, 21-22 May: Organisers have pulled of a coup in securing Leed’s finest The Cribs for Friends Of Mine’s first edition. They are the latest rabble-rousers in the mix alongside the likes of The Fall, Black Lips, The Longcut and The Buzzcocks. www.fomfest.com

HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL, Hop Farm Country Park, Kent, 1-2 Jul: Making up an eclectic mix on Hop Farm’s latest line-up update are Chrissie Hynde, Damien Dempsey, The Duke Spirit, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Frankie & The Heartstrings and hotly-tipped Australian indie sorts Cloud Control. The existing two-day bill, topped off by co-headliners Morrissey and The Eagles, also stars Lou Reed, Iggy & The Stooges, Bryan Ferry and a lone Brandon Flowers. www.hopfarmfestival.com

LATITUDE, Henham Park Estate, Suffolk, 14-17 Jul: Bombay Bicycle Club and Eels are the most recent pair of acts added to the sterling Latitude line-up. In older news, headlining honours will be shared by The National, Paolo Nutini and Suede, with The Vaccines, I Am Kloot, Deerhunter and Bright Eyes also already set to perform. www.latitudefestival.co.uk

SOUTHERN SOUNDS, Clapham Common, London, 11 Jun: Carving its niche in the overstocked festival programme by “celebrating the very best in Southern Hemisphere music under a Northern sky”, headliners INXS are the first sub-equatorial act on the bill for the inaugural edition of Southern Sounds. www.southernsoundsfestival.com

URBAN ART FORMS, Arena Nova Playgrounds, Wiener Neustadt, 16-18 Jun: Heading to the fusion of dance music and visual arts that is this wunderbar weekender will be bill-topping DJ Fat Boy Slim, who is joined by an array of dance acts like Deadmau5, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles and Does It Offend You, Yeah? www.uaf-festival.at

WYCHWOOD, Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, 3-5 Jun: Newly-announced acts including Scottish songwriter Eddie Reader and retiring Britpopsters The Bluetones will be joining in with the congenial atmosphere at this family-friendly bash. Fans can also expect a solo appearance by Eliza Carth of The Gift Band, as well as performances from such already confirmed acts as Cornershop, The Waterboys and Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble. www.wychwoodfestival.com

CAMP BESTIVAL, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, 29-31 Jul: The very polished Mark Ronson & The Business Intl will share headlining duties with Blondie at Camp Bestival this year, whilst House Of Pain, Claire Maguire, Katy B, Eliza Doolittle, zany kids’ TV character Mr Tumble AND old hand Sooty and his pal Sweep are also poised to perform. A host of DJs including Groove Armada present Redlight, Channel One Soundsystem, Dub Pistols Soundsystem, Mistajam, DJ Yoda and Krafty Kuts will spin some tunes for appreciative ravers, while Frankie & The Heartstrings and Caitlin Rose are amongst the emerging acts confirmed to appear at the family-friendly event. www.campbestival.net

FRIENDS OF MINE, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, 21-22 May: Mark E Smith and the boys of The Fall are the latest additions to the inaugural FOM line-up, with support from fellow Mancunians The Longcut. Alt-folk man Liam Frost will also join John Maus, The Heartbreaks, Golden Glow on a this year’s bill, which features a diverse array of acts ranging from such rock stalwarts as The Lightning Seeds and Buzzcocks to young pretenders like Black Lips, Toro Y Moi and Emmy The Great. www.fomfest.com

HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL, Hop Farm Country Park, Kent, 1-2 Jul: The Eagles are to headline the Kentish hopfest this year. The LA rock legends will be making their only UK appearance with what is sure to be a memorable set of classics. Bryan Ferry, Brandon Flowers, Death Cab For Cutie and 10cc complete the recent announcements for Hop Farm. www.hopfarmfestival.com

END OF THE ROAD, Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset, 2-4 Sep: Twice Mercury-nominated songstress Laura Marling leads the latest group of acts announced to appear at this Dorset festival. Also joining in with the folksy merriment will be Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Black Angels, Daniel Martin Moore, Darren Hanlon, The Leisure Society, Megafaun and Lia Ices. Among the acts previously confirmed to play are Beirut, Midlake Wild Beasts, The Fall, and Gruff Rhys. www.endoftheroadfestival.com

FRIENDS OF MINE, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, 21-22 May: The inaugural edition of this two day bash will play host to the very venerable trio of Twisted Wheel, The Farm and The Lightning Seeds, the latter of whom will be co-headlining with Buzzcocks and The Charlatans. Other acts fresh on the bill include Mr Scruff, Toro Y Moi, The Longcut, The Answering Machine and that busiest of festival bands, The Whip. They join a motley gang of already confirmed acts including Black Lips, The Wedding Present, Flats, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and Dutch Uncles. Amongst those DJing at the “country house Party” will be mop-haired Manc hero Tim Burgess, and Wales’ most famous drug trafficker, Howard Marks. www.fomfest.com

LARMER TREE FESTIVAL, Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorset, 13-17 Jul: The second festival taking place at Larmer Tree Gardens in today’s line-up update, though this one more obviously so. Among the first acts announced for this year’s event are Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with Sandie Shaw, Bellowhead, The Penny Black Remedy, The Dodge Brothers, and Polly And The Billets Doux. BBC film critic Mark Kermode will also be hosting a film strand, too. www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

NOVA ROCK, Nickelsdorf, Austria, 11-13 Jun: Alt-dnb Aussies Pendulum are newly added to the Nova Rock line-up, along with groove-metallers Cavalera Conspiracy, and Duff McKagan’s Loaded. Already confirmed to headline is the heavyweight quartet of Iron Maiden, System Of A Down, Linkin Park and, err… Volbeat. www.novarock.at

ROCK WERCHTER, Rotselaar, Belgium, 30 Jun – 3 Jul: This year Belgium’s biggest rock festival will play host to White Lies, Kaiser Chiefs, The National, Social Distortion and All Time Low, organisers have just confirmed. They reinforce an already hefty line-up that includes Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Iron Maiden, The Chemical Brothers, Portishead, Robyn, Elbow, P J Harvey, The Gaslight Anthem and Two Door Cinema Club. Oof, that’s hefty. www.rockwerchter.be/en/home/