Welcome to MusicRadar's guide to the best of 2012's festival action.

Whether you're after a low-key folk festival, a dance-fuelled rave, an inner-city event or a field full of heavy metal fans, we've rounded-up our pick of some of the UK's biggest and best festivals, plus a few of our favourites from around the world. Check out each individual festival's page for information on line-ups, tickets and locations.

Use the calender below to jump to info on any festival, or scroll though to browse them all. And don't forget to keep checking back as we add more events, extra information and the latest coverage from the festivals themselves.

April

Coachella (USA)

May

Camden Crawl
The Great Escape
ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror
Primavera Sound (Spain)

June

Dot-To-Dot
Download
Sonar (Spain)
Glade
Lovebox
Isle Of Wight

July

Roskilde (Denmark)
Bloc
Sonisphere [cancelled]
T In The Park
Wireless
FIB (Spain)
Latitude
Melt! (Germany)
Hard Rock Calling
Camp Bestival
Global Gathering

August

Lollapalooza (USA)
Green Man
V-Festival
Reading & Leeds
Creamfields

September

Bestival

December

ATP: Curated by The National