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  2000trees Festival can announce over 45 new bands and acts for the line-up of this Summers much anticipated (and now officially the 'Best Medium Festival', winning the accolade three years in a row at the UK Festival Awards) live event. Bands announced include Scottish 2 piece and 2000trees Festival firm favourites VUKOVI, who are truly part of the soul and fabric of this festival, having played its smallest stage to now playing 3rd from top on the main stage. Joining them include deep, soulful and enthralling punk duo from Birmingham, Big Special, and Irish garage punk band Sprints (who like VUKOVI have become a MASSIVE favourite of the festival, moving up the stages). On top of these we can also announce Welsh post-hardcore legends Future of The Left, exciting UK dance punk rockers SNAYX, indie punk rock 5 piece Panic Shack, Australian/Norwegian metal pop favourites Blood Command, and 3 of the most exciting new UK bands right now with Vower, Meryl Streek and Unpeople. All o...

  2000trees Festival can today announce five (yes, that is FIVE) main stage headliners for its 2025 event. For the first time in the festivals history, all of the main stage headliners have been announced at the same time, and announced nine months ahead of the event. On Saturday the 12th July, making their 2000trees Festival debut, we have Canadian legends (ie The Only Band Ever) Alexisonfire. Formed in 2001, in Ontario Canada, Alexisonfire are truly one of the great rock bands of their generation, and everyone at 2000trees Festival is besides themselves with excitement at the prospect of this stunning band closing out our 2025 event. From George of Alexisonfire - "Alexis is very excited to be playing 2000trees next year. Let it be known, by the time we are done playing there will be significantly less trees." Joining them on the main stage across the weekend will be four bands, with three of them making their 2000trees Festival debuts, and all utterly fantastic. On Thursda...

  2000trees Festival previously announced the headliners The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats and Don Broco plus 7 new bands The Sleeping Souls / Tigress / Blanket / The Hara / Mimi Barks / Seán McGowan / Nate Bergman. They have now shared a host of exciting information from Charity partners, the kids schedule, new food stalls, the expansion of the silent disco and more. THE CLASH FINDER IS OUT NOW We would love fans to share their schedules on social media so we can all find some must-see bands. Those sharing will have the chance to win VIP upgrades. 2000trees is the first festival to have a stage dedicated to live band sets via Silent Disco headphones every night to keep the party going late into the night after the headliners have finished. "We’re excited to be the first festival to have a stage dedicated solely to live acts performing via the silent disco every single night. There’s no better setting for it than our Forest Stage with some of the most exciting artists in UK ro...

  Another bumper 2000trees Festival announcement today (Thursday 7th March), the final one for the 2024 event, with the 3rd and final main stage headliner, as well as a host of some of the finest acts, artists and bands playing across all of the events six+ stages. The 3rd main stage headliner for 2024 will be British rock outfit Don Broco (their ONLY live show of 2024), who have had radio A-list singles, sold out arenas and most recently, a UK number 1 album with 'Amazing Things' in 2021. This will be the Bedford 4-pieces first ever appearance at 2000trees, and one that will for sure live long in the memory. Also announced today includes 2000trees royalty and all round legend, punk rock troubadour Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, in the mix for most exciting UK bands around (and also a fully-fledged 2000trees hero) Bob Vylan, one of the most talked about bands in the world right now Wargasm, the stunning Welsh indie band Los Campesinos! (who are playing their first outdo...

  2000trees Festival can today reveal it's SECOND main stage headlining band of 2024. The brilliant Australian 3 piece The Chats will be coming along to the farm this summer, bringing their sunshine coast punk rock, or as they describe it, 'shed rock'. Originally formed at school, they are a band known for their songs about Australian culture, their very direct song, EP and album titles ('Get This In Ya!' or the most recent 'Get F***ed') and being an incredible live act. Joining them this summer, and also announced today includes fast rising UK rock band Hot Milk, American-Canadian singer songwriter grandson, all conquering phenomenons Nova Twins and the utterly brilliant Canadian duo Death From Above 1979. We also have Virginia Beach emo rockers Turnover, stunning US songsmiths Spanish Love Songs, one of the most exciting and talked about acts on the planet right now, Cassyette, hugely popular US rockers Movements, Liverpudlian 4 piece Crawlers (who opened ...

  2000trees Festival have today revealed the first multiple band announcement for next years 2024 event, and it is as ever, going to be an exceptional weekend of music. Joining the already announced Thursday 11th July main stage headliner (and UK festival exclusive) The Gaslight Anthem, will be the stunning, Atlanta Georgia 4 piece Manchester Orchestra, who have long been a 2000trees fan favourite and a band that recently completed 3 sold out nights at Londons Union Chapel. Also announced include the recently reformed and much loved Kids In Glass Houses, the brilliant American emo rock band from Michigan, Hot Mulligan, Blackpool rockers Boston Manor and the Ontario two-piece (that make far more noise than two people can possibly make), Cleopatrick. Joining them will be one of the UK's finest The XCERTS, the phenomenal heavy sounds of US 5 piece Better Lovers, Liverpool 4 piece (and recent Arctic Monkeys support band) The Mysterines, chaotic Aussie chaps Dune Rats and LA funk danc...

  2000trees Festival have announced the first main stage headliners for 2024, the incredible New Jersey-bred rock band THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM. Like so many of the most essential rock bands, THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM have a rare gift for finding glory in the inescapable pain of being alive. The four-piece bring their soulful breed of punk, exploring everything from mortality to mental illness to the more precarious dimensions of human connection. In the tradition of their seminal sophomore album The ’59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem’s sixth, and forthcoming full-length, 'History Books' ultimately achieves the tremendous feat of hitting every raw nerve while endlessly inspiring wildly triumphant singing-along. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM will headline Thursday 11th July and is a UK Festival Exclusive. From 2000trees Festival booker, James Scarlett - "We’ve tried to book The Gaslight Anthem pretty much every year for the last 10 years, so we’re super stoked to have them joining us at Upcote Farm...

  The final main stage headline act for the 2000trees Festival 2023 can today be announced, along with a host of other brilliant acts. SOFT PLAY (formerly known as Slaves) are headlining the Thursday at 2000trees. Laurie and Isaac are back. New name, same songs, same incredible live show! "Absolutely buzzing to be back headlining 2000trees after all this time. It’s gonna be mental." says the band They join an already impressive lineup of artists including Friday main stage headliners Bullet For My Valentine, Saturday main stage headliners Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, as well as acts like Black Honey, Empire State Bastard, Skindred, Rival Schools, Hundred Reasons, Bob Vylan, The Joy Formidable, Witch Fever, ZULU, Brutus, Cancer Bats, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Wonder Years, The Bronx, Deaf Havana, American Football, Loathe, High Vis, Destroy Boys, Electric Six and man many many more. From 2000trees Festival organiser, James Scarlett - "We’re thrilled to be abl...

  Canadian hardcore punk heavyweights Cancer Bats return to the UK this summer to play intimate shows across the country ahead of their performances at this year's 2000 Trees Festival. Vocalist Liam Cormier said, “UK! WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH!!! There’s no place we would rather be than packed in a sweaty club with all you beautiful ragers going absolutely NUTS!!!! We’ve hand-picked some of our favourite towns to get us absolutely CRANKED for not just 1, but 2 nights at the legendary 2000 Trees festival! What’s happening on night 1 you ask?? We will be EXALTING THE ALMIGHTY LORDS OF METAL WITH OUR HUMBLE OFFERING THAT IS BAT SABBBBBAAAAATH!!! Please take to your songbooks in the coming months to learn these blessed hymns and rejoice with us in the FOREST!!! The full list of shows is as follows: June 30th Glasgow UK - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut July 1st Milton Keynes UK - The Craufurd Arms July 2nd Manchester UK Rebellion July 3rd Newport UK - Le Pub July 4th London UK -O2 Islington Academy Ju...

  Today, Tuesday 28th February, the brilliant 2000trees Festival can announce a whole more bands, acts and artists for their 2023 event. This announcement comes at the end of the now annual 7 Days Of Trees week, with a new band being announced every day for 7 days on a different platform each day. Heading up this announcement are the stunning US emo rock band American Football who are taking time away from supporting The 1975 to play our wonderful festival. Also announced are Californian rock band Eagles Of Death Metal, Sacremento punk band Destroy Boys, the wonderful Belgians Brutus, Detroit 'high voltage' rock band par excellence Electric Six and one of the very best British bands around at the moment, with a string of incredible new singles recently released, Brighton band Black Honey. We also have, fresh from supporting the mighty Gojira, one of the UKs best heavy bands Employed To Serve, Welsh alternative band The Joy Formidable, Dutch rockers De Staat (whose 'Witch Do...

  Following on from the recent 'returning heroes' Wednesday band announcement, 2000trees Festival 2023, taking place next year between Wednesday the 5th and Saturday the 8th of July, can now reveal more of its line up, including the first main stage headliner. The mighty Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes can today be announced as Saturday night headliners. One of the most electrifying live bands to come from our shores, crowds will be in for a treat from this very special, homegrown band, who are more vital, fresh and exciting as they ever have been in their career. From 2000trees festival organiser James Scarlett - "Since their incredible set in 2017 Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes have easily been one of the most requested bands at 2000trees. So we're absolutely stoked that they're coming back to close out the festival as Saturday Main Stage headliners. You do not want to miss this!" Joining them include returning UK rock royalty in the shape of a refo...

  Today, Thursday 27th October, the brilliant, award-winning 2000trees Festival announces the first set of bands for their 2023 event. Ahead of any announcement for the main three full days (Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th July 2023), 2000trees can now announce (nearly all of) the Wednesday Forest Stage line up, which will see a very limited number of festival go-ers given an extra days access to the event. The bands for Wednesday 5th July are all acts and artists that played the 2022 event and instantly became new, 2000trees cult classics. They all took the opportunity in 2022 and return to the festival only a year later as 2000trees heroes. As 2000trees Festival organiser James Scarlett explains, it is not a day to be missed - “Wednesday at Trees is pretty much my favourite day of the entire year! It’s super chilled and is almost the calm before the storm of the full festival. There are only two stages open (Forest and Word) so there is way less running around than on T...