Bearded Theory Festival Confirm Full Line-Up Featuring Everything Everything, The Horrors, And More

Photo: Louisa Tomson | Fat Dog on the Pallet Stage

The full line-up for this year's Bearded Theory has been confirmed.

Final additions to the musical line-up include Everything Everything, The Horrors, The Twilight Sad, A Guy Called Gerald, Jon Spencer, Ozric Tentacles, Swim School, Sir Chloe, Opus Kink, BCUC, The Leisure Society, Tankus, Rianne Downey, Better Joy, Basht., Black Water County, DIY Soundsystem, and The Beatles Dub Club.

Additionally, author Irvine Welsh will appear, and Beans on Toast's annual Foolhardy Takeover of the Woodland stage returns, with the artist hand-picking a selection of acts. Other confirmed names include Katacombs, K.O.G Soundsystem, Mr Bruce, Nuala, and Tankus.

This year's festival will be headlined by Pixies, Garbage, and Skunk Anansie, with Garbage, The Damned, Kae Tempest, Kate Nash, Badly Drawn Boy, CMAT, Bad Nerves, Idlewild, Kid Kapichi, NewDad, EMF, The Magic Numbers, and Westside Cowboy also set to perform.

Other confirmed acts include Big Special, Reverend and The Makers, Fat Dog, Sprints, Lambrini Girls, Peter Hook and The Light, Heartworms, Ferocious Dog, Panic Shack, Bez, and comedian Stewart Lee, among others. 

Bearded Theory will return to Derbyshire's 250-acre Catton Hall estate in May. 

Last year's edition welcomed headliners Iggy Pop, Manic Street Preachers, and Paul Heaton with special guest Rianne Downey.

What? A multi-award-winning music and performing arts festival set in the grounds of the West Midlands’ National Forest.

Where? Catton Hall, Derbyshire.

When? May 20-24, 2026.

Who? Topping the bill will Pixies, Garbage, and Skunk Anansie.

Also set to appear across the weekend is CMAT, The Damned, Kae Tempest, Everything Everything, Fat Dog, Badly Drawn Boy, Bad Nerves, Big Special (T), Ferocious Dog, Getdown Services, Idlewild, Kate Nash, Kid Kapichi, Lambrini Girls (T), NewDad, Panic Shack, Peter Hook and the Light, Reverend and the Makers, Sprints, The Horrors, The Twilight Sad, A Certain Ratio (T), A Guy Called Gerald, Adult DVD, Au Pairs, Basht., BCUC (T), Beans on Toast, Better Joy, Bez, Chalk, Dub Pistols (DJ Set), Eat Static (DJ Set), EMF (W), GANS (W), Girl Scout, Goldie, Good Health Good Wealth, Graeme Park, Heartworms, Henge, Irvine Welsh, jasmine.4.t, Jon Spencer, Kezia Gill, King Prawn, Leeroy Thornhill (ex Prodigy), Neville Staple - From The Specials, Opus Kink, Ozric Tentacles, Phil Hartnoll (Orbital DJ set), Pop Will Eat Itself, Rianne Downey, Senser, Sir Chloe, Stewart Lee, Swim School, The Magic Numbers, The Molotovs, The Sabres of Paradise (Live), The Unthanks (T), The Wedding Present, The Wildhearts, Toots and the Maytals feat Leba Hibbert, Utah Saints, Venus Grrrls (T), Westside Cowboy, 3 Daft Monkeys (T), Amelia Coburn, An Dannsa Dub (T), Andrea Kenny (T), Black Water County, Bloodworm (T), Cara Means Friend (W), Chris Hawkins BBC 6 Music DJ Set (T), DIY Soundsystem, DJ Rap, Drum Machine, Grandmas House, Jess Silk, Jools (W), K.O.G Soundsystem, Katacombs, La Sécurité, LIINES (T), Meatdripper (T), Meryl Streek (W), Miki Berenyi Trio, Mr Bruce, Muddy Summers and the DFWs (T), Native James (T), Nuala, She's In Parties, Slay Duggee, Split Dogs (T), Tankus, Taylor More Swiftly, Teke::Teke, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Beatles Dub Club, The League of Rebelz, The Leisure Society, The Nightingales and Ted Chippington, The Pale White, The Wran, and thistle.

(W) = playing Wednesday, (T) = playing Thursday.

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Bearded Theory Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Wed May 20 2026 - BURTON UPON TRENT Catton Hall
Thu May 21 2026 - BURTON UPON TRENT Catton Hall
Fri May 22 2026 - BURTON UPON TRENT Catton Hall
Sat May 23 2026 - BURTON UPON TRENT Catton Hall
Sun May 24 2026 - BURTON UPON TRENT Catton Hall

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