The 2025 edition of the UK’s Outbreak Fest goes down in Manchester on June 14 & 13, and there’s also a one-day, multi-stage event in London on June 13 this year. They’ve just announced the initial lineup for the Manchester portion, which has plenty of great hardcore bands and also continues to branch out from the festival’s hardcore roots. The big-font names so far are current metallic hardcore leaders Knocked Loose, shoegaze legends Slowdive, and Alex G.
Also on the lineup in a slightly bigger font are rappers Danny Brown and Denzel Curry and emo legends Sunny Day Real Estate, and the rest of the initial ’25 lineup includes Deafheaven, Drug Church, Feeble Little Horse, Fleshwater, Foxing, God’s Hate, Gouge Away, Have A Nice Life, Jesus Piece, julie, Kumo 99, Militarie Gun, Model/Actriz, Momma, Pain of Truth, Rocket, Speed, Splitknuckle, Spy, Sunami, Superheaven, TAGABOW, Tigers Jaw, and more, plus even more TBA.
Pre-sale sign-ups are open now. Stay tuned for more.
UPDATE: The initial London lineup has been announced too, with a lot of the same names except Turnstile headline this one (billed as a “UK exclusive”). In addition to them, it’s Knocked Loose, Alex G, Sunny Day Real Estate, Danny Brown, Drug Church, Feeble Little Horse, Fleshwater, Have A Nice Life, julie, Kumo 99, Model/Actriz, Momma, Speed, Superheaven, and TAGABOW, plus more TBA.
Watch Knocked Loose and Turnstile at Outbreak 2022:
