It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Tramlines Festival 2024, bathed in glorious sunshine and blue skies, stood in stark contrast to the muddy, rain-drenched spectacle of 2023. It was an age of open-air revelry, in contrast to the year prior’s waterlogged woes; it was the epoch of carefree dancing, instead of punters shivering under ponchos. The festival grounds in Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park, now dusty and dry, were a far cry from the swamp-like conditions that plagued last year’s event. 

It was the season of sunshine, with no dampened spirits in sight; it was the spring of musical joy, in contrast to what felt like a winter of soggy despair. In short, the transformation was so dramatic that it seemed like an entirely different world, where the music soared under the summer sun and not a wellie boot was in sight. Welcome to Tramlines 2024, where we finally experience Sheffield’s biggest music festival as it was meant to be: bright, jubilant, and free from the clutches of the weather gods. 

Read the full review over at The Indiependent.