UK Festival Guide 2026
- BOOT - - - MUSIC
- Dec 27, 2025
- 2 min read
The time has come to start planning your festival schedule for 2026! Here's some of our favourites where you can discover your new favourite artist...
Sound City - Liverpool (2nd-3rd May)
Liverpool's city festival always provides one of the best venue hopping experiences and always guarantees new music discovery. The 2026 line up features some of the most talked about newcomers from the world of Indie and Post-Punk including Keo, Westside Cowboy and The Molotovs as well as exciting soulful songwriters Brooke Combe and Jalen Ngonda.
Wales’s pioneering showcase festival and conference unveils 76 acts from 18 nations, offering a breathtaking spectrum of sound that celebrates bold experimentation and deepens connections across global music communities. Following a landmark 15th anniversary that welcomed 25,000 music fans the 2026 lineup showcases the festival’s enduring commitment to sonic diversity, Welsh musical heritage, and the celebration of minority languages, while this year’s UK Festival Awards nomination in the same category re-affirms its continued dedication to championing new voices. Scottish luminaries Idlewild lead the line up alongside South London’s Shame and Dance Punk outfit FatDog.
Sheffield's Tramlines has become one of our favourites over the years thanks to its family friendly atmosphere, its integration with the city and the mix of emerging artists and Indie heavyhitters. For 2026 they have confirmed the first wave of artists set to perform at Hillsborough Park this summer. Headliners Fatboy Slim (Friday), Courteeners (Saturday) and Wolf Alice (Sunday) are joined by Kaiser Chiefs (Friday) Blossoms (Saturday) and Wet Leg (Sunday), with additional performances from Gabrielle, Lottery Winners, Rick Astley, Reverend and the Makers, The K’s, The Vaccines, Vanessa Carlton, The Lightning Seeds, The Enemy, The Everly Pregnant Brothers and a disco hosted by Day Fever.
Kendal Calling has already sold out its 2026 festival with 40,000 festival goers descending on Lowther Deer Park. To celebrate this huge achievement, Kendal Calling have revealed a massive line-up led by headliners including Scottish alt-rock icons Biffy Clyro, one of Britain’s most exciting new arena bands Wolf Alice and bonafide indie legends Two Door Cinema Club & The Kooks. With over 120 acts announced already, the 2026 edition of Kendal Calling is boasting one next summer’s most essential line-ups, from pop icons Scissors Sisters, Gabrielle and Groove Armada to indie heroes The Vaccines, Jamie Webster, The Lathums and The Snuts with appearances from some genuine legends as well including The Libertines, Doves and some special guests still to be announced.