LIVE: Burn it Down Festival 2024, Torquay
On the face of it, Burn it Down should never have worked. Little old Torquay just doesn’t host award-winning festivals – or at least, it never used to. Six iterations in, however, and the Best Micro Festival in the country (officially) is only going from strength to strength. Burn it Down is now truly the beautiful, grungy little swan song that signals the end of the traditional festival season, bringing the curtain down on summer with two full days of riffs and inflatables. This might just be its biggest and best year yet. The team have once again quietly amassed a diverse programme, covering most subgenres of heavy music. The production here has always felt slick but lean, with the team opting to let the line-up speak for itself. This year, there are some notable changes to the site – pe...