Listen closely enough and you’ll hear ravers across the UK collectively roaring “HELL YESSSSSSSS” right now because festival season is finally on the horizon. As for the Broke team, we’re gagging to get back on a dance floor with you lot, in fields, forests and wherever the fuck else organisers fancy sticking a pair of decks. While we’re still a few months out from some of our faves opening their gates, with outdoor events kicking off across the country and festivals constructing stages and campsites ready to host us from May to September, the nation is taking a big fat sigh of relief, shaking off what’s left of our winter hibernation and gearing up for a season of seshing, soul-searching and saucy AF tunes. Whether you’re a seasoned festival-goer after goated underground lineups or a first-timer thirsting for immersive atmospheres with a crowd to match, we’ve rounded up every event that’s caught the Broke team’s eye for 2025 below…
MiNT Festival
WHEN – 3RD MAY – 4TH MAY
WHERE – LEEDS
LINE UP – LOCKLEAD, SWEELY, JOSH BAKER B2B SETH TROXLER, MAX DEAN B2B LUKE DEAN, INTERPLANETARY CRIMINAL, ODEN & FATSO, MALL GRAB.
It’s common knowledge that on any raver’s calendar, summer officially kicks off when the first festival of the season does and doing the honours this year is MiNT, a close-knit, independent, two-dayer taking over Newsam Green Farm in Leeds this May Bank Holiday. Levelling up the production this year, MiNT’s Northern party makers are expanding the site to include six arenas, a new layout, custom-built stage designs and a stacked lineup of selectors as the cherry on top *chefs kiss*.
LOVE SAVES THE DAY
WHEN – 24TH – 25TH MAY
WHERE – BRISTOL
LINEUP – OVERMONO, NIA ARCHIVES, PAWSA, SKREAM B2B BENGA, GIRLS DON’T SYNC, GROOVE ARMADA & MORE
Love Saves the Day shines bright as Bristol’s biggest festival, you are guaranteed the best vibes, crowd and lineup here. It really feels like a celebration and the kinda spot you could find just about anyone living their best life. On a sprawling site, with rides, food and hidey-holes to keep you going. This years lineup isn’t falling short… catch queen of the scene, jungle mama, Nia Archives, the equally impressive duo who just keep growing, Overmono. D&B legends Hybrid Minds, Andy C and Wilkinson. Plus, Skream & Benga, Dr Banana, Dan Shake and 4am Kru. It’s looking like the kinda weekend where we won’t be sitting for a second, and we don’t mind that one bit.
FORBIDDEN FOREST
WHEN – 29TH MAY – 1ST JUNE
WHERE – BELVOIR CASTLE, GRANTHAM
LINE UP – DISCO LINES, PATRICK TOPPING, SAM DIVINE, SAMMY PORTER, ROSSI, LOCKLEAD, PROSPA, CAMELPHAT, HOT SINCE 82, HONEYLUV, MASON COLLECTIVE, SKEPTA, SKREAM & BENGA, EAST END DUBS, MAX DEAN, BOU, HEDEX, CHRIS STUSSY, JAMIE JONES, MARCO CAROLA, I HATE MODELS & MORE
Hosted in the historic location of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, Forbidden Forest returns in 2025 to offer its signature immersive rave experience. Banging the music for four days, this festival has carved out a reputation for blending top-tier electronic music with nature’s raw beauty, creating an unmissable start of summer atmosphere. This year’s lineup includes everything from disco, drum and bass, house, grime, and everything in between. House aficionados can look forward to FISHER, CamelPhat, Gorgon City, and Jamie Jones sets. Grime icon Skepta brings his Mas Tiempo house label vibes to the forest, while drum and bass enthusiasts will be treated to performances by Andy C, Sub Focus, Wilkinson, and Hybrid Minds. Notably, DJ Daddy Skream and Benga will reunite for a special set, marking their debut at the festival (this is a must-see!) Alongside the music, Forbidden Forest presents lux camping options and silent discos that keep the party going into the early hours. They are committed to enhancing attendee comfort with improved facilities, including dedicated Wi-Fi hotspots, upgraded sound systems, and enhanced security operations.
GOTTWOOD
WHEN – 12TH JUNE – 15TH JUNE
WHERE – ANGLESEA, WALES
LINEUP – BABY ROLLEN, BAKEY, DJ TENNIS, DR BANANA, ENZO SIRAGUSA, ERIS DREW B2B OCTO OCTA, KT, LAIDLAW, LUKAS WIGFLEX, MAIN PHASE, MAKE A DANCE, MILEY SERIOUS, PHONE TRAXXX, PEACH, SAOIRSE, SWEELY, VOIGTMANN, & MORE
A hub for underground artists, Gottwood is known for two things, naughty beats and a whole lot of BAAAAAs. Located in the stunning setting of Carreglwyd Estate in Anglesa, anyone keen to try out (or return to) this intimate festival located in the middle of the Welsh countryside will find themselves immersed in a unique world of wobs, wooblies and womps. Set across an earthy venue with decks sprinkled around the sunlit lake, hidden in the mystical woodland and enticing dancers into the secret garden, Gottwood’s signature lineup of carefully curated artists, cosy stages and constant flow of brain-tickling tunes will have you trapped in a bubble bouncing between stages and wondering where the weekend went before you know it.
PARKLIFE
WHEN – 14TH – 15TH JUNE
WHERE – MANCHESTER
LINEUP – PEGGY GOU, PAWSA, BICEP, OVERMONO, CONFIDENCE MAN, HYBRID MINDS, MOCHAKK, HEDEX, DJ HEARTSTRING, JOY ORBISON, SALUTE, PROSPA, BAKEY, GHOULISH.
For our Manny lot, Parklife obviously goes without saying, bringing some of the biggest acts in electronic music to the city’s doorstep with Heaton Park is set to house a big fat weekend sesh (let’s get on ittttt) to celebrate the festivals 15th year in Manchester. With artists spanning across House, Techno and Dubstep (to name a few) Mancinuans will be spoiled for choice.
WILD WOOD
WHEN – 20TH – 23RD JUNE
WHERE – SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
LINEUP – DR BANANA, HORSEMEAT DISCO, JIVE TALK, LUKAS WIGFLEX, NATURAL SYMPHONY, MAKE A DANCE, MOTHER EARTH, KITTY & MORE
Created for the love of a good party, Wild Wood is the eccentric, indepedent and intentionally-intimate fezzie taking over South Cambs’ magical woodland this June. Imagine a space filled with neon, lazers, rainbow LED trees and disco balls (no really, who else spotted the extremley ‘well hung’ glitter dick last year?), and you’ll be ready for a fraction of what this camp AF festival has to offer. Those wanting to rave the day away, will find a saucy lineup of DJs and stages crafted from the woodland floor providing the perfect setting for a feral four days. As for attendees seeking a slower burn (or dancers in desperate need of some recovery from the night before) the site will be once again set with sound healing classes, hot tubs, saunas, creative workshops and art installations to break up the weekend.
LOVE SUPREME
WHEN – 4TH – 6TH JULY
WHERE – GLYNDE PLACE, EAST SUSSEX
LINE UP – NILE RODGERS & CHIC, JACOB COLLIER, THE ROOTS, MAXWELL, THE SACRED SOULS, EN VOGUE & MORE
Love Supreme is set to slap. Based in the Sussex countryside, this is where jazz meets soul, funk, R&B, and pure vibes. Think less picnic blanket snooze-fest, more glittery energy, unreal vocals, and late-night woodland dancing. Jacob Collier’s back doing his genre-bending wizardry, The Roots are bringing the full live hip-hop heat, and neo-soul king Maxwell is finally returning to the UK stage after nearly a decade. Oh, and Nile Rodgers & CHIC? Certified legends. Get ready to scream every word of “Good Times” with a tinnie in hand and your mates two-stepping next to you. It’s also a full-on wellness-meets-wonky-weekend setup—expect hot takes at the Jazz Lounge, swing dance battles, and enough vegan dumplings and drinks to keep you floating.
TWISTED
WHEN – 11TH – 13TH JULY
WHERE – HAMPSHIRE
LINE UP – BETHAN, BILSOL, CHANO, CHANTZ, DJ FART IN THE CLUB, K.HOLE, PAPA NUGS, SOMEONE SUNNY, SPA DAY, TICKLE, DJ POOCH & MORE
Back with a new leafy location, grassroots festival Twisted is bringing a party eutopia to Hampshire and with it a spicy underground-littered lineup that always goes above and beyond. Centred around community, this intimate event is created with love and appreciation for their crowd in mind hosting speed dating to bring ravers together, meditation, sound baths and yoga sessions to revive weary ravers, and an additional day of grooving on the agenda this year.
MADRUGA
WHEN – 25TH – 28TH JULY
WHERE – BASKERVILLE HALL, WALES
LINEUP – DR BANANA, DJ ADHD, HUTCH, KT, LUKAS WIGFLEX, MELLA DEE, PAPA NUGS, KITTY & MORE
Delivering possibly of the best lineup of our 2024 festival season, Madruga put itself on the map last year with a mix of ungodly beats hailing from Bristol & Brighton. Set at the legendary 90s rave location of Baskerville Hall (housing some of the biggest raves of the decade back in the day), this independent 3-dayer with it’s DIY feel will bring a whole different vibe to your festival season. Despite having limited music during the day -that said they may switch it up this year – with a pool, sauna and hot tubs to retreat to on site, you can swim, steam and soak last nights bad decisions away, and ready yourself for another night on their dance floors.
WIBBLY WOODS
WHEN – 24TH JULY – 27TH JULY
WHERE – STAFFORDSHIRE
LINEUP – ARCHIE HOLMES, BABY ROLLEN B2B GALLEGOS, CASE, JIVE TALK, KT, VOIGTMANN & MORE
Oh, what we wouldn’t do to be wibbly in some woods right now. As the name suggests, this independant four-day event is located under Staffordshire’s cosy canopy of trees and with an ethos of intimacy and wicked tunes, it’s ideal for first timers and free spirited festival goers who wanna breeze between stages without the stress of losing your mates. Offering a level of freedom and unfiltered fun that only comes from tight-knit events like this, it’s grounding atmosphere and earthy setting is complimented by stages cacooned in snug clearings, fairy lights leading you to your next dance floor and a lit lineup that’ll have you raving until the early hours.
BOOMTOWN
WHEN – 6TH AUGUST – 10TH AUGUST
WHERE – WINCHESTER
LINEUP – OVERMONO, HYBRID MINDS, NIA ARCHIVES, HONEY DIJON, 4AM KRU, JAYDA G, JOY ORBISON, SEAN PAUL, KOFFEE, AZEALIA BANKS, THE BLESSED MADONNA, BONEY M, GIRLS DON’T SYNC, I HATE MODELS, KURUPT FM, SKREAM B2B PARTIBOI69, CONGO NATTY, BEN HEMSLEY, MOXIE B2B LAIDLAW, SAOIRSE, X CLUB, KENYA GRACE & MORE
Ahhh, we’re do we even begin… One of our favourite UK festivals (and we don’t say that lightly) Boomtown takes all the best bits of fezzie culture and blows them up to a massive scale. A place where you’ll never find yourself bored, it can only be compared to Disneyland for adults. Between the endless array of wobs, wooblies and womps you’ll hear whilst wandering between it’s many, many stages (hosting over 600 artists this year), in this functioning city (featuring a post office, laundrette, pharmacy and whatever else they decide to throw into the mix this year – each featuring their own dance floors), you’ll be met with wacky actors (throwback to when we were asked to sit on a fake toilet and sh*t out a golden poo a couple years back), hidey holes (tiny secret spaces hidden in plain sight), and a storyline that’s as embedded in the festival’s culture as their wholsome community that you’ll no doubt end up chatting nonsense with as you stumble through the districts. This years theme, ‘Power of Now’ invites ravers to live in the moment and soak up every set, second and silly moment of their 2025 edition from the opening ceremony to the closing night, and you’ll most certainly see us there.
HOUGHTON
WHEN – 7TH – 10TH AUGUST
WHERE – NORFOLK
LINEUP – AURORA HALAL, BEN U.F.O, DR BANANA, GENE ON EARTH, JOSH CAFFE, JOY ORBISON, MARCEL DETTMAN, PARANOID LONDON, OMAR, RADIOACTIVE MAN, SHANTI CELESTE, SHERELLE, SONJA MOONEAR, THE GHOST, VOIGTMANN & MORE
People searching for the pinacle of dance music this year will be heading to Houghton. Renowned for their perfectly curated lineups featuring everything from scene defining names, lowkey legends and yet-to-be-discovered artists, it’s a playground for finding new tunes and the place to immerse yourself in the best of house, techno, and electronic sounds. With a whopping 13 stages set across the festival’s home of Houghton Hall, ravers will receive the best of both worlds with the option of bouncing between a inside warehouse setting (a life saver when it rains) and the fezzie’s breezy outdoor dance floors nestled within the woodland. You’ll spend your nights spoiled for choice and desperately tryna ID tracks.
SHAMBALA
WHEN – 21ST AUGUST – 24TH AUGUST
WHERE – NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
LINEUP – MOONCHILD SANELLY, DJ AZURE, DJ FORMAT, IVICORE CORE, MOTHER DUBBER, ELIJAH, MEDIS & MORE
Shambala is a name that keeps popping up for us and after having multiple fezzie-mates-we-made-for-5-minutes-then-never-saw-again mention their stories to us, we’ve honestly developed FOMO. The product of a group of students meeting in the late ’90s and bonding over a shared love of music, good tunes and a thirst for questioning the world, Shambala originated from a series of out of control house parties, and nights help deep in the Welsh hills with sound systems to support charitable causes. Independent, 100% renewably powered (SLAY) and community focused, the festival, celebrating “25 years of adventures in Utopia” this year, mixes the hippie culture and late night music (amen to 5am finishes) we’re looking for. With their immersive lighting installations in the Enchanted Forest, insane amount of stages including House Party, Reflex, Next and Waiting Room (each with their own unique design), attendees dressed as mushrooms or fairies and overall trippy-meets-wholesome vibe, we’re determined to make it down to Northamptonshire to see what all the fuss is about.
LOST VILLAGE
WHEN – 21ST – 24TH AUGUST
WHERE – NORTON DISNEY
LINE UP – ANOTR, HORSE MEAT DISCO, BARRY CAN’T SWIM, CC:DISCO!, CHAOS IN THE CBD, CHLOÉ CAILLET, CRAZY P, DAN SHAKE, DJ SEINFELD, FOUR TET, HAAI, HANNAH HOLLAND B2B JOSH CAFFÉ, HONEY DIJON, JAMZ SUPERNOVA, JOY ORBISON, OK WILLIAMS, PALMS TRAX, SHERELLE & MORE.
Lost Village is a beautifully strange getaway into the woods. Concealed deep in an abandoned forest near Lincoln, this four-day trip combines high-tech dance floors, boogying, and soul-clenching immersiveness to create a party for people seeking music and relaxation. The energy feels more like a surreal secret society than a music festival, with winding woodland paths leading to hidden stages, art installations, and eerie performances that pop up when you least expect it. The lineup’s stacked, as usual—expect deep, emotional sets alongside hypnotic beats from day to night. But it’s not only a music festival; there’s lakeside dining for the food lovers, fireside storytelling, and spa-like Energy Garden sessions (yes, you can have a sauna in the forest). The crowd is usually gorgeous, open-minded, and entirely up for it. Lost Village is one for the curious and the brave—those who like their festivals with a side of mystery.
FORWARDS FESTIVAL
WHEN – 23RD – 24TH AUGUST
WHERE – BRISTOL
LINEUP – DOECHII, BARRY CAN’T SWIM, CONFIDENCE MAN & MORE
Forwards captured our hearts last year, this year, it’s time to hand yours over. For a late summer line up of crowd pleasers, an equally powerful helping of wholesome goodness found in charities, food stands and creative activities to feed and fill your souls. For 2025 The Downs will host a head boggling selection, from Ezra Collective to The Last Dinner Party, Olivia Dean and Jorja Smith to Happy Mondays?! This day promises to be a journey. Topped off with a big dose of sex from personal favs Confidence Man and Doechii, plus Radio legend Annie Mac headlining the festival’s brand new dance tent… Seriously, unmissable.
COSMIC ROOTS
WHEN – 5TH – 8TH SEPTEMBER
LINEUP – JIVE TALK, LUKAS WIGFLEX, SOFTI & MORE
With immersive production and otherworldly music at it’s core, Cosmic Roots invites open-minded ravers into their earthy world (this year in Hampshire) for a weekend of soulful exploration. Offering a space to become one with nature and their community, sound systems so good they’ll give you an out of body experience, and a lineup of electric selectors and wax wizards that know mind-bending frequencies like the back of their hand, attendees are in for four days of trippy tunes across their aptly named Wormhole, Quadrant, Coppice and Pond Life stages in the form of solo sets and etheral B2Bs.
GET ON
WHEN – 5TH – 7TH SEPTEMBER
WHERE – SOUTH WEST
LINE UP – TBA
Closing out the summer , Get On, one of the newest independent festival to hit South West, it’s already adopted and defined its own culture in the short time it’s been running, with the team launching their first edition in 2023. Catching our eye last year with a diverse lineup of underground DJs and stage designs that had us creasing at their creativity and gagging to groove on one of their dance floors, the fezzie has unique quirks scattered throughout from Le Grille (picture a massive barbecue with a pair of decks in it), dangling vinyls decorations, holistic therapies on sight, and a lake side setting perfect for sitting by as the sun goes down, the lights go on and the festival gets into full swing. Appearing to be laid back hippie paradise by day and rave haven at night, while we’re yet to see it for ourselves, we’re buzzing to ‘Get On’ it.