Y Not Festival 2025: headliners, line-up, stages and ticket info

29 May 2025, 11:32 | Updated: 6 June 2025, 11:18

The Prodigy, Courteeners, Madness and The Wombats
The Prodigy, Courteeners, Madness and The Wombats headline the festival. Picture: Press

By Jenny Mensah

The Derbyshire festival will return this summer. Find out who joins The Prodigy, Courteeners, Madness and The Wombats on the line-up and how to buy tickets.

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By Jenny Mensah

Y Not? Festival has announced the full line-up and stage splits for 2025.

The festival takes place at Pikehall, Derbyshire between 31st July and 3rd August with The Prodigy, Courteeners, Madness and The Wombats as headliners.

Primal Scream, The Last Dinner Party, Franz Ferdinand, Shed Seven, Sigrid, Maxïmo Park, The Futureheads, The Slow Readers Club, The Subways, and many more artists will also play the 18th instalment of the festival.

Now the festival has confirmed its day splits and stages. Find out everything you need to know about the event below and how to buy tickets.

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When does Y Not Festival 2025 take place?

Y Not Festival 2025 takes place from 31st July to 3rd August in Pikehall, Derbyshire.

The Wombats press
The Wombats will play a headline performance on the Thursday night of the festival. Picture: Julia Godfrey

Who's headlining Y Not? Festival 2025?

The Wombats will kick off proceedings with a headline performance on the Thursday night of the festival, playing hits from across their career and their newest album Oh! The Ocean.

Rave legends The Prodigy will play a bill-topping set on the Friday night of the festival, playing their bangers such as Breathe, Firestarter, No Good, Out of Space, Voodoo People and more.

The Prodigy
The Prodigy will headline the Friday night of the festival. Picture: Rahul Singh

Liam Fray and the Middleton outfit will treat fans to a Saturday headline set, full of hits from across the last two decades, including Not Nineteen Forever and Are You In Love With A Notion, plus tracks from their most recent release Pink Cactus Cafe.

Last but not least, ska legends Madness will bring the festival to a triumphant close with a set, which will include their much-loved hits Our House, It Must Be Love and Baggy Trousers.

Y Not Festival returns to Pikehall in Derbyshire this July
Y Not Festival returns to Pikehall in Derbyshire this July. Picture: Jake Haseldine/Press

Who's on the Y Not? Festival 2025 line-up?

Thursday 31st July

  • The Wombats
  • Vistas
  • Pixey
  • The Kites
  • Hannah-Morgan
  • The Cavs
  • Sunbeam
  • About-Faces
  • The Vases
  • Crysometimes
  • Marketplace
  • The Herron Brothers
  • Paytron Saint
  • JJ Lovegrove
  • Ryan Brooks
  • Stacey Lynn

Friday 1st August

The Big Gin

  • The Prodigy
  • Primal Scream
  • Hard Life
  • The Hunna
  • Somebody's Child
  • Panic Shack
  • The Futureheads (special guests)
  • Honey Motel
  • The Lancashire Hotpots

The Quarry

  • Maxïmo Park
  • Brooke Combe
  • Willie J Healey
  • Beans On Toast
  • James Walsh (Starsailor)
  • She's In Parties
  • Fiona-Lee
  • Kean
  • The Faith Estate
  • Kelsey & The Embers

Giant Squid

  • The Slow Readers Club
  • Northside
  • Aerial Salad
  • Arxx
  • Himalayas
  • PAVÉ
  • Harpy
  • Raised By Owls
  • Foxglove
  • Adam Robinson

Saturday 2nd August

The Big Gin

  • Courteeners
  • The Last Dinner Party
  • Sigrid
  • Red Rum Club
  • Lime Garden
  • The Twang (special guests)
  • April Tapes
  • Mr Motivator

The Quarry

  • Professor Green
  • Cassia
  • Chloe Slater
  • Daydreamers
  • Brogeal
  • Cottons
  • Dirt Bloom
  • Set In Motion

Giant Squid

  • The Subways
  • Fickle Friends
  • The Lilacs
  • October Drift
  • The Cheap Thrills
  • Dayboards
  • Aiko
  • Luna Bay
  • Body Water
  • Fork

Sunday 3rd August

The Big Gin

  • Madness
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Shed Seven
  • The K's
  • Siobhan Winifred
  • The Pigeon Detectives (special guests)
  • Cat Ryan
  • King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys

The Quarry

  • Annie Mac
  • Seb Lowe
  • The Guest List
  • Cliffords
  • Home Counties
  • Better Joy
  • Riley Marsh
  • Terrianne
  • Tom Hewitt

Giant Squid

  • The Academic
  • Callum Beattie
  • The Mercians
  • Cyrstal Tides
  • Skies
  • The Small Fortunes
  • Orchards
  • Paradise Circus
  • Mackenzie
  • Redchecks

How to buy tickets to Y Not? 2025:

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie
Primal Scream are among the acts playing Y Not 2025. Picture: Adam Peter Johnson

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