Takedown Festival announce 31 bands for 2025
Takedown Festival have announced 31 bands for next year’s festival!
After building work at the Grade II listed Portsmouth Guildhall forced the alternative festival to postpone to next year, now, the first 31 bands have been announced for next year’s Takedown Festival!
Leading the charge in the first announcement for 2025’s festival is headliners ELVANA and KRIS BARRAS BAND, whilst the likes of DREAM STATE, LAKE MALICE, URNE and ACRES will all perform across the festival’s two days next April.
Also confirmed to perform at next year’s festival are INVISIONS, FORT HOPE, KID BOOKIE, THE NIGHTMARES, BLANKET, THE BOTTOM LINE, BAD TOUCH, SKARLETT RIOT, PINTGLASS, HARBINGER, LASTELLE, SEETHING AKIRA, BLACK COAST, SHIELDS, SCARLET REBELS, ADHARMA, SWEAR BLIND, TRIBE OF GHOSTS, FEROCIOUS DOG, THE RAVEN AGE, DESERT STORM, EMPYRE, THUUM, SUNK and SLAKRR.
Speaking about the new announcement, festival organisers Kai and Sarah Harris says, “we are unbelievably happy to be able to share the line up for Takedown Festival 2025. This year has been particularly economically turbulent for everyone and to date this year 60 UK festivals have been cancelled, postponed or lost and we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to return with a line up we are very proud of. We would like to thank our community for the support we have received this year and we hope to see you in the pit!”
Jessie Powell of DREAM STATE says, “very excited to be finally playing Takedown Festival. The line up looks stacked and we are ready to shred the room to pieces. See you in the pit!” Friday night headliner KRIS BARRAS says, “Takedown Festival has been one I’ve wanted to do for a while. They always put out a great line up featuring the best rock and metal bands the UK has to offer. It’ll be an honour to headline the Friday night.”
Celtic punks FEROCIOUS DOG says, “we’re excited to tear it up at Takedown Festival 2025! We are delighted the festival is back on its feet and that we can bring our high octane Celtic Punk to Portsmouth Guildhall. We’re ready to give it our all and make sure that the FEROCIOUS DOG set is one you won’t forget.”
Takedown Festival 2025 is set to take place at the Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth from April 4th-5th. Tickets will be available from Friday, August 30th and can be purchased here.
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