The great indoors

Time was when Reading and Leeds over the August Bank Holiday weekend marked the end of the festival season. First, it was extended by End Of The Road. And now there's Camp Good Life in Hawarden, which looks to be a much more palatable version of Alex James' Big Feastival and has been taking place this weekend, playing on the fact that we're on the cusp between summer and autumn.

From here on, the festivals just keep coming - though, understandably, they move indoors. For instance, Brighton's Mutations, on the first weekend of November, has a seriously eye-catching line-up including Black Country New Road, Squid and Pip Blom and boasts an incendiary closing party featuring Bob Vylan, Benefits, Grove and Scalping all on the same bill.

Closer to home, we've got Swn and the Festival Of Voice here in Cardiff on consecutive weekends at the end of October. The former features Sea Power, Sweet Baboo, Plastic Mermaids, The Lovely Eggs, Grove, bdrmmm and Obey Cobra among many others, while the pick of the bunch at the latter has to be the Cate Le Bon/Black Midi double bill.

Perhaps most intriguing, though, is Cwtch, which will see a host of acts descend on St Davids as October draws to a close. The Magic Numbers headline on the Saturday night, and Peaness, Penelope Isles and Sister Wives are also on the bill. But over the course of the weekend, there's a strong Welsh presence, with Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard and Adwaith performing together on the Friday, and Melyn Melin, DD Darillo and The Gentle Good also scheduled to appear. My concern is whether the festival will find an audience - will there be enough people already in the area or willing to travel and pay for accommodation to be able to attend?

Fingers crossed it works out - it would be nice to see more events like this, Focus Wales and Ara Deg springing up around the country for the benefit of those outside the capital.