With the pop revival in full swing, female artists such as Doechii, RAYE and Charli xcx dominating the top music awards and international genres such as afrobeats, amapiano smashing mainstream charts thanks to likes of Tems and Tyla, the sound of summer has never been more exciting.
With festival season officially back, all that's left for us to do is plan our festivals fits - whether you're planning to do the season the traditional British way ( a la Glastonbury), opt for denim, go vintage or boot it, the vibe of festivals you'll be attending will somewhat shape your style.
From the big hitters such as Glastonbury and All Points East, to the rise of smaller boutique festivals such as the Jazz Cafe Festival and Cloud X who have reinvigorated the British festival scene there's now so much choice.
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So whether your idea of a festival is sitting on top of a mate's shoulders singing your lungs out to your favourite band, partying into the early hours or getting a cosy night's sleep in a teepee after listening to your favourite author share sage advice and sampling some of London's best restaurants at pop-ups, ELLE's UK festival guide has got you covered.
18 Best UK Music Festival To Book For 2025
Here's everything you need to know for 2025 festival season:
April
Brick Lane Festival
2025 festival line-up: Jelani Blackman, Laraaji, Ragz Originale, Adi Oasis, Reek0, Xhosa Cole, Neue Grafik, Takuya Nakamura, MckNasty and more.
When: April 25-27,
Where: Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Ln, London E1 6QR.
Brick Lane Festival, tickets from £34.95 for general admission.
June
Parklife
2025 festival line-up: Charli xcx, 50 Cent, Jorja Smith, Peggy Gou, BICEP, Lola Young, PAWSA, Hybrid Minds and more.
It's not just the south that knows how to throw a festival; Manchester does it in style too, ta very much. The team behind the Warehouse Project take over Heaton Park for two days of electro hedonism and rap legends.
When: June 14- 15.
Where: Heaton Park, Manchester.
Parklife, tickets from £162 for weekend general admission.
Glastonbury Festival
2025 festival lineup: The 1975, Doechii, Charli xcx, RAYE, Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Loyle Carner, The Prodigy, Noah Kahan, Alanis Morissette, Gracie Abrams, Busta Rhymes, Lola Young, Brandi Carlile, Myles Smith, En Vogue, Amaarae, Cymande, Shaboozey, Osees and Gary Numan.
The Somerset festival, which takes place on Worthy Farm, will return once again, with its melding of music, visual art, politics, performance art, secret sets and a strong message of loving the planet. In 2024, some of the best of British music graced the Pyramid stage including Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Little Simz.
Glastonbury Festival, general admission tickets from £378.50 (including a £5 booking fee per ticket.
When: June 25-29.
Where: Pilton, Somerset, England.
British Summer Time Festival
2025 festival line-up: Olivia Rodrigio, Sabrina Carpenter, Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Beabadoobee, Clairo, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Yusuf/Cat Stevens.
Now a staple of London summers, BST returned in 2024 for its 11th anniversary. Found in Hyde Park, the festival hosts day shows dedicated to one main headliner with support acts often selected by the headliner themselves. Previously host to Stevie Wonder, Adele, Elton John and Taylor Swift, this year the headliners are just as major.
When: June 27- July 13.
Where: Hyde Park, London.
July
Soho House Festival, Gunnersbury Park
2025 festival line-up: TBC In early June.
The private members club hosts its House festival in west London. Members can buy a ticket for themselves and up to three guests and the ticket price also includes unlimited food and drink from Soho House's own offering (their signature Picantes are available) and other vendors including Tigre Tacos, Wright Brothers and Crosstown Doughnuts.
When: July 3.
Where: Gunnersbury Park, London.
Soho House Festival, tickets from £255 for Soho House Under 27 members and £315 for Soho House members.
Lost Village
Festival line up: Alex Kassian, JYOTY, ANOTR, Honey Dijon, Gotts Street Park, Habibi Funk, ATRIP, Caribou, BARRY CAN'T SWIM and more.
Foodies, comedy lovers and creatives rejoice! More than just music, this dance festival brings food by your favourite restaurants Kricket, Pophams, Burger & Beyond, comedy shows, plus free workshops in jewellery making, wood carving, macrame and more. Located in an abandoned forest, explore the network of winding paths leading to derelict houses, overgrown courtyards and an abandoned airport. When your legs tire, there are yoga classes and even a spa with a wood fired hot tub and masseuse - now that's the kind of festival energy we can get on board with.
When: July 4-6.
Where: Lincolnshire, England.
Lost Village, final release tickets for general admission coming soon.
Wireless
2025 festival line-up: Drake, Burna Boy, Vybz Kartel, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Kwn, Summer Walker, Odeal, Roy Woods, Boy Better Know.
Promising to be the biggest celebration of hip hop and grime, ushering in hip hop talent taking the world by storm (Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice) and celebrating some of the biggest rap artists from the last 20 years all at the same time (21 Savage, Don Toliver, Teezo Touchdown).
When: July 11- 13.
Where: Finsbury Park, London.
Wireless, resale tickets for general admission from £180.
Latitude
2025 festival line-up: Fatboy Slim, STING, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Basement Jaxx, elbow, Leon Bridges, SIGRID and more.
The ultimate family friendly festival is back where you can dive fully into their immersive adventure of music, theatre, film and creative arts, deep in the magical forests of rural Suffolk. Always about more than just the music, there are comedy shows (Sara Pascoe and Romesh Ranganathan also feature on the line-up), literary conversations with the likes of Charlie Mackesy, family programming like model making and puppetry and wellness (wild swimming and yoga, dreamy).
When: July 24-27
Where: Henham Park, Suffolk.
Latitude Festival, day tickets from £110, Weekend tickets from 308
August
Jazz Cafe Festival
2025 festival line-up: Masego, Aroop Roy, Dublon, Izco, James Massiah, Juls, Nooriyah, Elmiene, Westside Gunn and more.
As one of the best jazz destinations in the world, London is home to some of the genre's most renowned music venues, and up there is undoubtedly the Jazz Cafe. Equally popular as it is influential, it first opened its doors back in 1990 and has since hosted the likes of Amy Winehouse, Ben E King and Don Cherry. Now, the music venue will hold its second festival this year.
When: August 3.
Where: Burgess Park.
Jazz Cafe Festival, day ticket from £63.40 for general admission.
Boardmasters
Festival line up 2025: RAYE, Central Cee, FLO, The Prodigy, London Grammar, Nelly Furtado, Leigh-Anne and more.
No holiday abroad this year? No problem. Dip into the Newquay's Atlantic ocean at Boardmasters festival and forget you're a car journey from home. And for once, there's no need to compromise your music taste with the eclectic mix of genres including indie, pop, grime, drum and bass, house and rock. Surf culture and wellbeing is key in Cornwall, so look out for yoga classes, reiki and even an eco spa. Get that bikini ready.
When: August 6-10.
Where: Newquay, Cornwall.
Boardmasters, from £259 for weekend general admission.
Big Smoke Festival
2025 festival line-up: Skepta, JME, Frisco, Chy Cartier, Skyla Tylaa, Jordss and more.
2024 marked the debut year of Skepta's debut Big Smoke Festival, cementing it as a steady newcomer in amongst plethora of British music festivals. With performances from Mahalia, Skepta, JME, Uncle Waffles, and this year is expected to bring the same amazing vibes
When: August 9-10.
Where: Crystal Palace Park.
Big Smoke Festival, tickets from £64.40 for general admission
We Out Here
Festival line-up: Michael Kiwanuka, Noname, Pa Salieu, Rotary Connection 222, Jalen Ngonda, Bashy, Kokoroko, Ben UFO, Theo Parrish, Nala Sinephro, Carl Craig and more.
Perfect for listeners looking to join the musical dots between soul, old school jazz, old soul, disco and dance artists at a festival that has is affectionately known as the 'jazz Woodstock'. Think drum and grime infused rhythms, rather than stereotypical jazz scatting.
When: August 14-17.
Where: St Giles House in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset.
We Out Here, from £69 for general admission.
All Points East
Festival line up 2025: RAYE, Tyla, Doechii, BARRY CAN'T SWIM, SHYGIRL, The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chase and Status, Nia Archives and more.
Everyone loves a city festival, right? Enter All Points East. After its 2018 debut, the UK festival has become a staple of east London's Victoria Park and is returning this year to take place across two August weekends. Lucky attendees can expect to see Doechii's latest album Allegator Bites Never Heal and Former ELLE UK cover stars RAYE among others headline the stage
When: August 16-24.
Where: Victoria Park, London.
All Points East, day tickets from £79.95 for general admission.
Creamfields
2024 festival line-up: Adam Beyer, Duke Dumont, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Horse Giirl, Martin Garrix, Solardo, Camelphat, Eric Prydz and more.
The daddy of dance music festivals is sure to be one of the messiest weekends of the summer. Continuing to shape the dance scene as we know it, it's essentially Ibiza in the north of England with the line-up reading like a who's who of EDM.
When: August 21-24.
Where: Daresbury, Cheshire.
Creamfields, tickets from £84 for general admission for a day.
Reading and Leeds Festivals
Festival line-up: Chapell Roan, Suki Waterhouse, Travis Scott, Bakar, D-Block Europe, Trippie Redd, Lola Young, AJ Tracey and more.
For a riotous festival weekend with mosh pits galore, twin music festivals Reading and Leeds have you covered, as usual. From indie rising stars to rock royalty and some of the best of the UK's rap scene, you'll be sure to have a party.
Where: Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, West Yorkshire.
When: August 21-24.
Reading and Leeds Festivals, tickets from £125 for general admission for a day.
September
Boundary Festival
Festival line up 2025: Giggs, Girls Don't Sync, Shy FX, D Double E, DJ Jackum, Emily Makis, Champion and more.
Taking place in Brighton's Stanmer Park at the end of September, the dance music festival closes out the British festival season. Last year, Sub Focus and Pendulum headlined and this year dance and DnB legends Wilkinson and Shy FX and will be on the main stage as will.
Where: Stanmer Park in Falmer, Brighton.
When: September 28.
Boundary Festival, tickets from £42.75.
Festivals That Are TBC
Piano People In The Park
Festival line up 2024: Scorpion Kings, Young Stunna, Virgo Deep, Zakes Bantwini, Kwamzy, Fistoz B2B
Since amapiano's widespread emergence into the global music scene 2019, the South African music genre has scene the likes of Tyla, Uncle Waffles and more take the sound around the world. To experience the culture for yourself, Piano People In The Park are bringing some of amapiano's best sound makers to London for eight hours of serious grooving.
Details of the 2025 festival including the date, location and line up are still yet unknown, however, a sign up link for the 2025 is always a promising sign.
Cloud X
Festival line up 2024: Ghetts, Jaz Karis, Juls, Berwyn, Bellah, Priya Ragu and Sam Tompkins
Dubbed as ‘South London’s Glastonbury’, Cloud X is the festival for lovers of R&B, Soul & Alt-rap music. With a refreshingly diverse line-up of artists, expect to immerse yourself in sounds of sweet melodic tunes, jazz funk and smooth, laid-back sets. For the ravers in attendance, the Selectors Paradise stage has you covered from hip-hop and dancehall to afrobeats.
The exact details for Cloud X are also unknown, however, their sign up link for this year's festival (and 5th anniversary) will guarantee you exclusive access to cheaper tickets and early announcements.
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Olivia Blair is Entertainment Editor (Luxury) at Hearst UK, working across ELLE, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar. Olivia covers all things entertainment and has interviewed the likes of Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Michaela Coel and Ryan Gosling over the years.
