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Viv, who’s in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly awaiting the experience of a lifetime, Viv’s inaugural Festival for the Broken-Hearted. Everyone is in fancy dress. No one knows who anyone is. They wander the beautiful woods with just one night to change everything. And to crown it all, a very special guest is expected.

Missed out on Glastonbury this year? Solstice Festival promises to be a KILLER weekend… 'Simmering with tensions and twists. A summer must-read!' B E Jones 'Vivid writing, a twisty plot, and an undertone of dark humour' Sarah Clarke Libby can’t believe her luck when she wins two tickets to...

Orly, Lenny, Mel and Thea have been best friends since school. But now it is 20 years later and inevitably they have drifted apart. It is Lenny's 40th birthday, plus Orly and Mel need cheered up, so Thea suggests a weekend away at a festival in their hometown. It's a chance for them all to reconnect. But their holiday soon takes a sinister turn, and not all of the friends will leave the festival alive....   

The Homefront Sleuths thought their biggest challenge would be planning Blake and Katherine's perfect autumn wedding. But when a mysterious government inspector turns up dead at the Harvest Festival, their cozy village celebration becomes the scene of something sinister. What starts as a puzzling murder quickly becomes a race against time. Missing microfilm, coded messages, and suspicious "diplomats" suggest this case is far more dangerous than anything the Sleuths have faced before. With potential Nazi spies lurking behind familiar faces, no one in Crofter's Green is above suspicion.

Bryce Peabody is ready to give a scandalous talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold. Scathing in his reviews and unseemly in his affairs, Bryce is known to have many enemies. So when he's discovered dead in his hotel room, festival attendees are desperate to know what happened. Could one of the numerous writers he has insulted have taken revenge? Or perhaps one of his scorned lovers? Soon, author Francis Meadowes is drawn into a role he knows only from his own fiction—that of amateur detective.

Light a lantern in Taiwan. Paint your face in Mexico. Celebrate festivals around the world with this exciting series.

Step into the chilling depths of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Festival, a haunting tale of ancestral secrets, forbidden rituals, and cosmic dread. Set in the eerie town of Kingsport during the Yuletide season, this gothic masterpiece unravels a nightmarish journey where family heritage intertwines with unspeakable horrors.

Join Miss Olivia Harper as she reveals which festival shoes will carry you through every dance set and which will leave you limping by sundown. From sneaker showdowns to terrain-specific strategies, discover the footwear secrets that separate seasoned festival veterans from muddy-footed first-timers. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Miles Mercer exposes America's biggest music festival paradox: Summerfest draws over 600,000 people annually to Milwaukee's lakefront, yet remains invisible beyond the Midwest. Across three episodes, he unpacks the coastal bias, wild origin story, and structural changes quietly dismantling the world's largest party nobody talks about. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Modern music festivals have become sharply divided landscapes where your comfort, safety, and social access depend entirely on what you can afford to pay. Host Roman Vale explores how tiered ticketing systems reflect and reinforce broader class inequalities, transforming once-communal celebrations into stratified consumer experiences. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

International stars of the comedy world, established legends of the British stand-up scene and exciting new voices perform exclusively for your laugh-out-loud pleasure.

The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival transformed rock music from teenage novelty to legitimate art form in just three days. Host Alex Calder explores the iconic performances, frantic six-week planning, and cultural collisions that created the blueprint every modern festival still follows—from Hendrix's burning guitar to Janis Joplin's overnight stardom. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

If you didn’t manage to make it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019, Audible has you covered! We selected a cross section of some of the most exciting new plays of the year, invited the actors and directors into the studio and recorded stirringly intimate audio performances of the plays just for you.... Portions of this audio drama contain explicit content, with mature language and themes that some listeners may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

During the conference, we recorded a series of one-to-one interviews and we’re looking forward to sharing them with you.

Discover how a three-day gathering in 1967 California invented the modern music festival, launched Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to stardom, and created the blueprint every festival from Woodstock to Coachella still follows today. Join Lenny Vaughn as he uncovers the improbable story of Monterey Pop. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Host Julia Cartwright delivers straight-talk survival tactics for music festival-goers facing real dangers like crowd crushes, heat exhaustion, and predatory behavior. Learn how to navigate dense crowds, stay hydrated under punishing sun, and protect yourself from sketchy strangers—so you can party hard without ending up in the medical tent or worse. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Host Noah Vale examines the psychological paradox of music festivals—where transcendent community experiences and therapeutic live music collide with post-event depression, crowd-induced panic, and substance-related risks. Through expert research and raw personal accounts, this series reveals why the same weekend that heals you can also break you. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Audible Presents returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to bring you more hilarious stand-up from the world's best comedy festival.

Miss Olivia Harper cuts through the chaos with smart, no-nonsense advice on what to pack for festivals. From clothing and camping gear to survival essentials, she'll help you bring exactly what you need and skip the rest—so you can focus on the music, not your mistakes. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Join Aria as she unpacks Burning Man's radical principles, brutal playa survival, and the cathartic art of watching masterpieces burn. This isn't a festival recap—it's a spiritual deep-dive into why decommodification, dust storms, and temporary beauty might transform how you see community, self-reliance, and letting go. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai