This week's festival news

Beat-Herder (2-4 Jul, Sawley, beatherder.co.uk ) brings leftfield thrills to Lancashire's Ribble Valley, with Luke Vibert , Erol Alkan and Son Of Dave joining the already-confirmed likes of Django Django and Does It Offend You, Yeah ? … Some more new additions: Mystery Jets , Liars and Caribou will play the Clash Stage at the Big Chill (5-8 Aug, Eastnor Castle, bigchill.net ) … John Cooper Clarke , Howard Marks and Clint Boon bring tales to the Soapbox stage at Kendal Calling (30 Jul-1 Aug, Lowther Deer Park, kendalcalling.com ) … And veterans of the first Glasto, Mad Mick and Marsupialami , reconvene for the festival's Rabbit Hole stage (25-27 Jun, Worthy Farm, glastonburyfestivals.co.uk ) … Coming soon Dragons' Den pitch turned student-pleasing fest Beach Break Live (Mon to Fri, Pembrey Country Park, beachbreaklive.com ) has made a limited number of tickets available to enjoy Vampire Weekend , Chase & Status and Ellie Goulding … Now booking Mystery Jets , Monotonix and Comanechi are the latest names added to the Offset Festival (4-5 Sep, Chigwell, offsetfestival.co.uk ), with early bird tickets still available at £28 (day), £55 (weekend).