Festivals on rambling estates are all very well, but the industrial setting of the Evolution Festival, the north east's biggest music event, is no less impressive. With acts such as Dizzee Rascal, Friendly Fires and Sinden performing at Spillers Quay on Newcastle Quayside and the Baltic Stage on Gateshead Keys, muddy moshing will be a distant memory. 24-25 May, evolutionfestival.co.uk. £9.50 per day.