Dot To Dot is Back ☀️
Tickets for this year now 75% SOLD OUT. Move fast to secure yours here.
2025 brought us an incredible Dot To Dot weekend, this edition celebrating our 20th anniversary with phenomenal performances across Bristol and Nottingham. With stellar line-ups across both cities, fans flocked en masse to witness the best emerging talent from the UK and beyond – piling in to catch an array of new artists and established touring acts. After selling out, Bristol was home to packed venues across the entire day and late into the night.
Thekla is proud to host the centre of Dot To Dot Festival with live music across three stages inside & out, including a full festival site in front of the boat with plenty of outdoor seating and a massive outdoor bar. Wristband exchange for the festival is located at Thekla, so come in and grab a pint while you’re here!
Now, the city’s premier multi-venue live music extravaganza returns on Saturday 23rd May 2026.
FULL LINEUP:
Adult DVD, Afternoon Bike Ride, Alfreda, Alice Costelloe, Another Country $$$$, Any Young Mechanic, AtticOmatic, Bleech 9:3, Blossom Caldarone, Ceebo, Chinese American Bear, Clothesline From Hell, Curiosity Shop, Dave Lofts, East Exchange, Eaves Wilder, Eliza McLamb, Fcukers, Flynn Gurry, Flooding, Fool Nelson, Goodbye, Grandmas House, green star, Hunny Buzz, Jessy Blakemore, Just For Fun, KatzPascale, La Sécurité, Lambrini Girls, Lawn Chair, Little Grandad, Lucia & The Best Boys, Mae Hill, Mandy, Indiana, Marlon Funaki, Marsy, Meltt, Melanie Baker, Middleman, Mitch Santiago, MORN, Mother Soki, Murkage Dave, NewDad, Office Dog, Opal Mag, Pebbledash, Piss, Pollyfromthedirt, Pozzy, Prewn, quickly, quickly, Ratboys, Ribbon Skirt, Sarah Meth, Silver Gore, Sunday Mourners, Swordes, The Cheap Thrills, The Itch, The Rions, The Tullamarines, Tooth, Ugly Ozo, Yes and Maybe.
PLUS a whole wave of local talent with:
Anna Colette, Aquafaba, Belishas, Better Heaven, Bitter Kisses, Break For Lovers, Calder Baxter, Chase The Wild, Chimp, Dorothy Sisters, Dye, Electric Dummy, Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii, Eva Parfitt, Eve Appleton Band, Factor 50, Folketronic, Foot Foot, Gaws, Glasshouse, Grandmas House, Gulf, Hamartia, Harmer Jays, Horsefair, Hunny Buzz, Indecision, Interim, Iota, Kibbo Kift, Kima Moon, Krooked Tongue, Lacross Club, Lara Rxse, Long Tonic, Masca, Max Sloan, Mly, Mp3 Chainsaw, Mumble Tide, Nobody’s Dad, Only Up, Our Nameless Boy, Pabz + The Foxes, Pack Of Animals, Paper Crowns, Parkii, Roses, Runner Up, Sam Paul, Shlug, Shrink, Slak, Sonda, Supermarché, Sweet Juno, The Cindys, The Scuttlers, Truck, Wakey Wakey Rise & Shine, Who Killed Bunny?, Witch Hook, Ziggy 2000, Zoe Myrna.
Participating Venues: O2 Academy Bristol, Electric Bristol, Thekla, Dockside presented by SON Estrella Galicia, Rough Trade, The Fleece, The Louisiana, Strange Brew, The Island, The Lanes, Mr Wolfs, Zed Alley, Shakespeare Tavern.
Once you have purchased your ticket online, you’ll get an e-ticket before the festival, please have this downloaded on to your phone or printed out for the day, your e-tickets will be scanned and exchanged for a wristband from Wristband Exchange located at Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, BS1 4RB.
The wristband exchange in Bristol will be open from 11am until 8pm and situated at Thekla, The Grove, East Mud Dock, Bristol BS1 4RB. Please arrive as early as possible to collect your wristband to avoid queues, we wouldn’t want you missing out on any acts! Wristbands can ONLY be exchanged at Thekla, so make sure you stop here first.
The full lineup, stage splits and timings will be available on the Woov app closer to the day of the festival so you can plan your day & route.
