Little South is where the artists come to play - created with the goal of supporting and promoting local DJs and Producers in West Cornwall, UK, who specialize in various genres of dance music. The enthusiastic response from the Cornish nightlife community was overwhelming, allowing Little South to become a crucial platform for local artists seeking exposure at events. As time went on, our reach expanded beyond Cornwall and encompassed artists and events from across the entire South West of England, UK. One of our defining features has been the opportunity to showcase DJ mixes through our podcast series. Since our establishment, we have actively published podcast mixes from some of the most talented DJs in the South West. These mixes serve as a testament to the exceptional skills and creativity of our region's DJs, providing a platform for them to showcase their talent to a wider audience.

At Little South, we have a strong commitment to nurturing nightlife and live music events. A crucial aspect of our work is event promotion, which we prioritize and strive to excel at. Our dedicated team actively seeks out localized, independent music events to showcase and promote. Additionally, we proudly provide a platform for major events happening throughout the South West region, including specialist music festivals and large capacity live music events. By actively supporting and promoting these events, we aim to contribute to a thriving music scene and ensure that both local artists and established acts receive the recognition they deserve.

The Little South pages serve as a platform for emerging musical talent in the South West of England. Our goal is to encourage, foster relationships, and provide opportunities for new artists to showcase their sounds and events. We support DJs, Producers, and Vocalists of all genres within the electronic music landscape. If you are interested in being featured on our pages, we warmly welcome your expressions of interest.

Will Any Festivals Go Ahead In 2021?

News & Features

Despite the world pinning hopes upon a vaccine, it is looking less likely that crowded festivals will be taking place this year.

A large crowd of people are watching a concert at night.

The measures needed to ensure a 'covid safe' festival can go ahead are not financially viable.

2021 was supposed to be the year that the world got back to being more 'normal' with the lockdown restrictions left far behind in 2020. But the world is now battling a new, more easily transferable virus variant which is putting the prospect of crowded live music events taking place in doubt.

Glastonbury festival have announced the cancellation of their 2021 festival making it 2 years since Worthy Farm welcomed guests to pitch up and party. Many in the event industry have taken the announcement of Glastonbury as an indicator as to how many other music festivals will follow.

Organisers of Boomtown have laid their cards on the UK government's table to say that they will be in dire straights if the 2021 festival cannot go ahead. The measures needed to ensure a 'covid safe' festival can go ahead are not financially viable - each guest would need a test kit costing £10. That is one for each of the 66,000 guests resulting in an additional £660,000 the festival would need to find.

A group of people are sitting in front of tents at a festival.

...who wants to be at a socially distanced festival?

Some smaller operations may be able to run scaled back festivals with additional measures to ensure social distancing. But let's face it, who wants to be at a socially distanced festival? This experience may suit those desperate for something/anything close to pre-covid times but it is expected that many will choose to skip the experience.

The toilet experience: can you imagine the staffing and measures that would be needed to ensure toilets are 'covid safe' at a festival? There are solutions but the logistics would add to costs and even more headache for organisers.

No alcohol may be another option to ensure social distancing measures are followed. This may well be something organisers have to agree to before an event license is given. Policing this is a whole other headache.

Many are already rolling over their plans for 2022 with the hope that the experience then will be more normal.

Written by

Editorial Team • 28 January 2021

Ibiza Club Anthems In Torquay

by Editorial Team • 4 February 2026

Experience a night of club classics at Arena Torquay on 28/03/2026. Limited tickets. 7PM-12:30AM. This event promises a blend of Trance, House, and Techno anthems. Attendees can expect a journey through different moods and styles of electronic music.

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Ros Atkins' Rave Machine In Falmouth

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