Festivals, whether indoors, outdoors or a mix of both continue to be a growth industry and something we here at Musos’ Guide aim to bring you wide ranging coverage of both in the UK and further afield.

So far in 2015 we’ve tweeted and reported back from Live At Leeds, Cosmic Trip in Bourges & Primavera in Barcelona and in the coming weeks and months expect to be doing the same from Edinburgh’s Franklin Fest, Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival, Liverpool’s Psychfest & Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? to name just a few.

The USA is no doubt a world leader in the development & expansion of the festival as an interaction between fans & the bands they love. Whilst our size has so far limited us to one in-person series of pieces on the 2014 South By So What? festival in Texas the embedded infographic in the Media section at the foot of this page gives you an idea of the scale of things on the other side of the Atlantic and may possibly inspire you to hit the road to catch more than one European event over this Summer.

Many thanks to Max Reich at Rukkus for taking the time to send us the image.

The line-up of the tenth iteration of Hamburg's Reeperbahn Festival, with it's focus on acts emanating from Finland this time around, continues to grow.

Over and above those acts such as Mirel Wagner, K-X-P and Tropics that were initially revealed as appearing over the course of 23 - 26 September a slew of further international bands and performers have been added in recent days including Cosmo Sheldrake, Dralms, Fatherson, Girlpool, Happyness, Menace Beach, Lusts, Palace and a host more.

Additionally on the first night of the event the Wunderkinder initiative takes place, showcasing ten German acts ready for the international stage and just in need of the final piece of the puzzle to make an impact beyond their own shores.

Four day tickets (at a modest 89 euros) can be purchased via the event website here & that's obviously also where you can keep up to date with further developments in the coming months as well as find out fuller details of where to stay in Hamburg etc.