🇬🇧 Bedford Summer Sessions 2026

Latest edition2-5 Jul 2026

LocationBedford Park, Bedford, United Kingdom

Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)

29 postsi21.1k engagementsi5.9% Real-Time ERi224.0k video viewsi19.1k likesi259 commentsi979 sharesi783 savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥i

GenresPop · Rock · Soul

Daily capacity7,500

OwnershipCompany: Live Nation UK / Group: Live Nation

LinksWebsite · Instagram (5.1k followers) · TikTok (6.8k followers)

FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE

44.2

2026

FEI

🌎 Ranked: #141 Worldwide

🇬🇧 Ranked: #17 in United Kingdom

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🌎 Ranked: #60 in the World for Pop•🇬🇧 Ranked: #8 in United Kingdom for Pop•🌎 Ranked: #64 in the World for Rock•🇬🇧 Ranked: #7 in United Kingdom for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #7 in the World for Soul•🇬🇧 Ranked: #3 in United Kingdom for Soul•🌎 Ranked: #60 in the World for Pop•🇬🇧 Ranked: #8 in United Kingdom for Pop•🌎 Ranked: #64 in the World for Rock•🇬🇧 Ranked: #7 in United Kingdom for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #7 in the World for Soul•🇬🇧 Ranked: #3 in United Kingdom for Soul•

For Real-Time Posting Volume (29)

🌎 Ranked: #189 in the World

🇬🇧 Ranked: #27 in United Kingdom

For Real-Time Posting Volume (29)

🌎 Ranked: #189 in the World

🇬🇧 Ranked: #27 in United Kingdom

For # Total Engagements (21.1k)

🌎 Ranked: #188 in the World

🇬🇧 Ranked: #26 in United Kingdom

For Real-Time Engagement Rate (5.9%)

🌎 Ranked: #23 in the World

🇬🇧 Ranked: #3 in United Kingdom

For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥🔥)

🌎 Ranked: #39 in the World

🇬🇧 Ranked: #8 in United Kingdom

What's shaping this score?

Viral comments and saves, invisible video reach

What's Working

The comments are overwhelmingly positive. Read them and you see people who had a genuine good time, a warmer response than three quarters of festivals worldwide get.

On TikTok, Bedford Summer Sessions converts its reach into reactions at a rate that sits in the top 25% of all TikTok accounts. The platform is where the festival connects hardest.

People are saving these posts at a rate almost no other festival achieves. Saves only happen when someone intends to return to a post later, which means the audience is marking this festival as something worth remembering.

The posts travel by hand. Fans send them to friends far more than at almost any festival in the world, which is reach the festival never paid for.

Among Soul festivals worldwide, Bedford Summer Sessions ranks among the top three at turning its audience reach into actual reactions.

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Most engaging posts, this edition

1TikTokView post ↗
@Kings of Leon Glasgow loves you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
6.6k engagements · Engagement Rate 130.8% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
2TikTokView post ↗
@Kings of Leon were on FIRE all night 🔥
4.2k engagements · Engagement Rate 82.4%
3TikTokView post ↗
Opening the stage tonight is none other than @The Royston Club 🐂🏹 💥
3.4k engagements · Engagement Rate 67.8%
4TikTokView post ↗
Our headliners @Kings of Leon have arrived to Glasgow Summer Sessions ⭐️
1.6k engagements · Engagement Rate 30.7%
5Insta ReelView post ↗
Tomorrow night the one and only Tom Grennan will be here in Bedford Park for a sold out hometown show!💥 He’ll
985 engagements · Engagement Rate 19.5% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥