Welcome to Houghton Festival, the UK’s only 24-hour music and arts escape, held on the storied grounds of Houghton Hall, an 18th-century manor built for Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

Founded in 2017 by legendary Fabric resident Craig Richards, Houghton offers an immersive world of extended DJ sets, custom sound systems and magical natural staging.

The festival’s stages blend into the landscape: hidden in forests, set beside lakes or carved into old quarry walls. Each has its own distinct atmosphere.

A packed Pavilion Stage at Houghton Festival (Image: Jake Davis | Khroma Collective) Mike Gray pictured in the woods beside the Pavilion Stage (Image: Bruno Brown) Mike Gray, 34, who runs logistics and operations at Gottwood Festival, Houghton’s Welsh sister festival, says: “I have been here since the beginning in 2017.

“There is no other festival like this - it keeps me coming back every year. It is organic in the best possible way you can imagine: good music, good people, good vibes. Craig Richards to a T.”

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