This just in: Boomtown has just given us a major taste of what its 2026 edition will look like. The Hampshire festival hasn’t just unveiled a few headlining names – it has spoiled us with a reveal of more than 40 acts.
Boomtown has made a big point of evolving year-on-year. And this year, titled ‘Chapter 5: Radical Redesign’, it’s looking more different than ever before. The festival’s co-founder Luke Mitchell said that ‘while bass music has dominated in recent years and will always be at our core, we’re making a conscious move to keep Boomtown musically diverse and unpredictable’.
That means that this year’s lineup includes more genres and more live bands than previous years. The festival has also promises that its next iteration will have a more eco-friendly angle and ‘more space to breathe – more nature, more woodland, more hidden places everywhere’. Here’s everything we know so far.
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Boomtown 2026 date and location
The next edition of Boomtown is happening from Wednesday August 12 to Sunday August 16, 2026 on Hampshire’s Matterley Estate.
Boomtown 2026 full lineup so far
Rap trio Kneecap, pop veterans Scissor Sisters, ska legends Madness, and electronic artists Skrillex and Four Tet are leading Boomtown’s lineup next summer. Faithless, Scooter, Shaggy, Ashnikko and Eve are also at the top of the bill.
Joining them are dozens more acts spanning house, techno, garage, hip-hop, drum & bass, jungle and dub. They include Shy FX, Princess Nokia, Vengaboys and Groove Armada. If you think that’s mega, there’s still hundreds more to be revealed. Take a look at all the announced acts so far below.
Here are all those artists listed out:
- Kneecap
- Scissor Sisters
- Madness
- Skrillex
- Four Tet
- Faithless
- Scooter
- Ashnikko
- Shaggy
- EVE
- 999999999 - AV Show
- Alborosie & Shengen Clan
- Antony Szmierek
- Bad Manners
- Big Special
- Brutalismus 3000
- Camo & Krooked B2B Mefjus
- Diffrent
- Elvana
- Floating Points - Live
- Gentleman's Dub Club & Friends
- Groove Armada
- High Vis
- KiIimanjaro B2B Oppidan
- Kings of the Rollers: Present Royal Rumble
- Less Than Jake
- L'Entourloop
- HAVOC of MOBB DEEP w/ BIG NOYD + DJ L.E.S
- Marlon Hoffstadt
- Mungo’s Hi Fi Allstars
- Nimino - Live
- Notion
- Oguz
- Princess Nokia
- Sampa the Great
- Sherelle - AV Show
- Shy FX
- Skindred
- Vengaboys
- Wilkinson
Tickets and pricing
The public transport tickets for Boomtown 2026 will go on sale on Thursday, October 30 and general entry tickets will go live on Friday, October 31. They cost £405 for Wednesday entry and £345 for Thursday entry. You can get your hands on tickets here.
What are Boomtown’s big changes for 2026?
Exact details of the changes at Boomtown 2026 haven’t been revealed. However, organisers have promised more space with ‘more nature, more woodland, more hidden places everywhere’.
On top of that, broader themes will explore ‘how nature, science and technology can work together to improve our collective futures’.
Who headlined Boomtown in 2025?
Last year Boomtown was headlined by electronic duos Maribou State, Overmono and Hybrid Minds, punk legends the Sex Pistols (fronted by Frank Carter), Jamaican singer Sean Paul, jungle star Nia Archives, US hip-house artist Azealia Banks and drum and bass band Rudimental.
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