Ok so summer is well and truly upon us. Valencias Feria de Julio is well underway, which if you live in the city you can't help but know already by the constant sound of live P.A. systems every evening.

As if a whole month of music events, street performances, not to mention fireworks and flower battles were enough to satisfy you, there are of course a few juicy festivals to look forward to. The dust at Benicassim is barely settling yet we have the Legendary Creamfields Andalucia and Ola festivals from Sinnamon to look forward to. Both have really strong line-ups with Creamfields offering up (amongst many others) The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Alan Braxe, and Boyse Noize. Ola, which is being held the following weekend, is a more alternative affair, with music from artists such as Björk, The Editors, and Starsailor.

Bono/Combined tickets are available which will give you both a discount on both evens and free camping should you wish to arrive before either event, or just slog out the week inbetween, hardcore! For more information check their web-sites. We'll try and get some good photos and info after the events.

This one snuck up on us a bit... and can you believe it yet MORE festival news. It all started off when we received a link to this rather curious, yet painfully cool youtube video. Now if you were like us after that you would be none the wiser really. However after some digging, and finally some proper press information we were pleased to find out about the curiously named T-shirt Festival . This event looks very interesting, not least because it's in our own fair city of Valencia.

We're definitely largely back on a dance and electronic tip here, with such legends as Primal Scream, Erick Morillo and Todd Terry on the bill. A couple of classics will be playing too, most notably Spanish 80s punk-o-freaks Fangoria. We are sure there is more information to come about this event, but keep that weekend in September free is my advice. Tickets are €40 for one night, or €60 for both which in our opinion is pretty good value.