Of course it's not only festival season, it's also World Cup season, the whole thing kicking off in Munich in six hours time. If you believe the media the entire nation is gripped by the whole thing (of course I say the whole nation - the bit of the nation I'm going to be in this weekend probably won't be so gripped) - though I can't help thinking more of the nation is gripped by the fact the FIFA World Cup seems to be a perfectly acceptable excuse to skive off work these days.
Whether the kind of music fan who is heading to the Isle Of Wight Festival this weekend is gripped I don't know, though they won't get to watch England's first match tomorrow because festival organisers have said they have no plans to screen it. Though, for those who find their love of music and football competing for their attention, we hear that Newport Football Club, which is near by the IOW Festival site, will be screening the game, and they've invited festival goers to come and watch it in return for a charitable donation of a pound.
The metal headz who are heading to Download this weekend don't need any nice local football grounds to help them out though because organisers of that festival have said they will be showing the match on screens at the Donington festival site.
Though be warned, if England should reach the final on 9 Jul, and you're heading to T In The Park, don't go expecting to see the game. It too, like me this coming weekend, is in that bit of the nation who couldn't care less about England's chances of taking the World Cup. (Actually that's not true at all - I'm sure the average Scot cares a great deal about England's chances of taking of the World Cup - or more to the point - their chances of not taking the World Cup).