Author: Jack Needham

British group SAULT have been announced for London’s All Points East festival. The performance, set to take place on 15 August 2025, marks only the second time the R&B act have performed live. Singer-songwriter Cleo Sol and reggae act Chronixx will also perform on the day. View this post on Instagram A post shared by All Points East (@allpointseastuk) While SAULT have largely remained an anonymous act throughout their existence, it’s understood that the group is led by musician, producer and Little Simz collaborator Inflo. In April of this year, SAULT released their latest album 10. Previously announced…

Vikram Gudi has made his name in the music industry in quite untraditional ways. He grew up in Birmingham, moved to London and became an intern at the record label Ninja Tune. Now, he organises stages at Glastonbury’s Shangri-La area and is the founder of Lila, a non-profit that describes itself as an organisation “focused on empowering South Asian artists & music professionals in the UK music industry.” He also had to lie to his parents to get all of this done. Growing up in a South Asian household, a career in the music industry simply wasn’t a thing. Undeterred,…

The International Festival Forum (IFF) has announced details of its 11th edition. The event will host 1000 agents and festival leaders, and will take place in London between 9-11 September 2025. The event will feature agency pop-up offices, numerous speed meeting sessions, genre-specific mixers, and acts as a showcase for the global music festival industry. The weekend will also play host to a conference programme where industry members will lead discussions about the future of the music festival industry, and what we can learn from 2025. Keynote interviews this year will include Jim King, CEO of AEG’s European Festival Division,…

West London’s Junction 2 festival has added Above & Beyond, deadmau5 and Christian Löffler to its 2025 line-up. Further new additions include deadmau5 as his Testpilot alias, Quest b2b Adiel, DJ Koze, Midland, and a special performance from Palms Trax b2b 2ManyDJs. These acts join the previously announced 999999999, Nina Kraviz, PARAMIDA, Job Jobse and more. Junction 2 has become known for its sound and stage design, which sees Boston Manor Park transformed into a paradise for dance music enthusiasts and revellers. For its 2025 edition, Junction 2 will soon be unveiling news on a brand new stage, which will be revealed on social…

BludFest has proven itself to be a music festival success story. Debuting in 2024, BludFest advertised itself as a home for YungBlud’s fanbase, a place to be yourself and, crucially, a major music festival without the major music festival prices. And by all metrics, it achieved its aims. People came, people danced, and people found their community. YungBlud is intrinsically linked to his festival. First off, it bears his name, and he founded it. But he also has a passion for it that isn’t shared by most artist-led festivals. He doesn’t just turn up, perform his set, leave and collect…

Pitchfork Music Festival London has announced its second line-up for the fifth edition of it’s UK outing. Taking place from 4 – 8 November 2025, the new additions include writer, composer and performer Ali Sethi, electronic musician Nicolás Jaar, Canadian rock troupe Destroyer and The Fiery Furnaces. The newest additions also include dance producer Marie Davidson, ambient musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, dance-rock group RIP Magic and the US-based rapper and poet Saul Williams. Producer Carlos Niño also joins the bill, alongside Los Thuthanaka, Nala Sinephro, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Atlanta indie rock acts Mamalarky, Loukeman, holybones and Irish…

Is it becoming harder to throw a party in a green field? Do music festivals need to become more niche to be successful? And how are promoters becoming more sustainable in their practices? These questions were investigated by Skiddle in its recently released Festival Report, a dedicated investigation into the festival industry trends for 2025 and beyond. The report can be downloaded here. Amongst Skiddle’s findings, we learned that smaller, boutique festivals are thriving, and so too are day festivals. There are success stories such as Reggae Land, held at the Milton Keynes Bowl, but there’s still a need for greater…

Muddy fields, warm beer and questionable food stuffs were once synonymous with the festival experience. Sure, should you be searching for weekend revelry in all its mud-soaked glory, there’s no shortage of options out there. But nowadays, festival-goers increasingly want gourmet foods and clean toilets alongside a great line-up, especially for older generations who no longer have the desire to rough it in the rave. That’s where events such as Homestead Festival comes in. Debuting in 2025, Homestead offers all the bells and whistles that are expected from a more luxury festival experience – VIP tents, a range of foods,…

One of Glastonbury’s best loved stages, The Park Stage, has unveiled its full line-up for 2025. Anohni And The Johnsons, Caribou, and The Maccabees are set to headline over the weekend, and they’ll be joined by new wave icon Gary Numan, Self Esteem, Beth Gibbons, and Future Islands. This will be the first year Gary Numan, whose career spans six decades, has played the Somerset event. Kae Tempest, English Teacher, Osees, Royal Otis and more will also appear on the stage from 27-29 June. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest) This…

Brockwell Live, the promoters behind London’s Field Day, Wide Awake and Cross The Tracks festivals, has announced that all of its festivals will run as planned at Brockwell Park. The news comes after a local campaign group won a High Court legal dispute that found Brockwell Live did not possess the correct planning permission for its summer events. However, in an Instagram message posted on 19 May, the company stated: “Brockwell Live can confirm that all events in the series will go ahead as planned. “Friday’s High Court ruling dealt with a particular point of law and whether an administrative…