Any Porto in a storm

So, no Glastonbury this year, a wedding the weekend of Green Man, most probably on holiday the weekend of the resurrected Truck and the one December ATP (curated by The National) not holding much appeal - what to do for 2012's festival action? Well, we've found a solution: the new Primavera offshoot, Optimus Primavera Sound, in Porto in June.

We're back in Derbyshire for our wedding anniversary when the established Barcelona Primavera festival is on, but have decided to prolong our holiday and head out to Portugal immediately afterwards. The line-up for Porto is a slightly scaled-down version of its Spanish cousin, but that's hardly grounds for complaint when it still boasts the likes of Yo La Tengo, Shellac, Spiritualized, Sleepy Sun, Dirty Three, Explosions In The Sky, The Flaming Lips, The XX, Wavves and Lee Ranaldo. Add to that both the Afghan Whigs and Codeine and my main reasons for going to ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror in May have been removed - this will kill both birds with one stone.

Superb music, (hopefully) good weather, a new city to explore (plus a couple of nights in Lisbon afterwards) - can't wait...