Briton to attend 26 festivals in one month, hopes for a world record

A 36-year-old Londoner is attempting to set a new world record by visiting 26 European music festivals in a month.

Greg Parmley, a music journalist, will travel through 13 countries on his motorcycle, attending festivals as diverse as Metalcamp – a Slovenian event featuring bands such as Death Angel and Trollfest – and the Montreux Jazz Festival, starring the likes of Sting and Carlos Santana.

He will be reporting twice a week for Telegraph Travel for the duration of his trip, describing the festivals he attends and his two-wheeled journey across Europe.

Mr Parmley’s odyssey begins tomorrow at Glastonbury. On Saturday he will head to the Graspop Metal Meeting in the Belgian town of Dessel.

Over the next month he will visit some of the best festivals in Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, before ending his adventure at the High Voltage Festival in London.

Guinness World Records has agreed to open a new category for the trip: Most Festivals Visited in 30 Days.

“I was trying to think of an excuse to get out of the office and on to a motorbike, and then I started joining the dots around festivals in Europe,” said Mr Parmley. “No one has ever attempted to visit this many before, although there may well be a good reason why not! I’ve always been a huge festival fan, but I may have gone a little overboard this time.”


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