Takedown Festival announces return in 2025
Dreamstate, Kid Bookie, Arces, Elvarna, Lake Malice, Kris Barras Band, InVisions, URNE, The Nightmares and more announced to play the 2025 festival
Takedown Festival 2025 will take place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April - tickets are on sale Friday 30th August.
“We are ready to shred the room to pieces.” - Jessie Powell - Dreamstate
Award nominated independent rock and metal festival, Takedown Festival has today announced it’s return in 2025. The festival will take place at the Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2025 with tickets set to go on sale on Friday 30th August 2024 at 9am BST.
After announcing the postponement of the 2024 edition due to the basement development works on the Grade II building, Takedown Festival are hugely proud to announce it’s return in 2025 with the prolific Elvana (Elvis fronted Nirvana) headlining the Saturday and former MMA fighter fronted Kris Barras Band headlining the Friday.
Joining Elvana and Kris Barras Band for a star-studded lineup will be Welsh alt-rockers Dreamstate, two-time MOBO award nominated Kid Bookie, fast rising UK metalcore stars Acres, Lake Malice, InVisions, URNE, The Nightmares, Ferocious Dog, Blanket and many more.
Kai and Sarah Harris of Takedown Festival Ltd said, “We are unbelievably happy to be able to share the line up for Takedown Festival 2025. This year has been particularly economically turbulent for everyone and to date this year 60 UK festivals have been cancelled, postponed or lost and we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to return with a line up we are very proud of. We would like to thank our community for the support we have received this year and we hope to see you in the pit!”
Jessie Powell of Dreamstate comments of their appearance at the 2025 festival. “Very excited to be finally playing Takedown festival. The line up looks stacked and we are ready to shred the room to pieces. See you in the pit!”
Friday night headliner Kris Barras shares, “Takedown Festival has been one I’ve wanted to do for a while. They always put out a great line up featuring the best Rock and Metal bands the UK has to offer. It’ll be an honour to headline the Friday night”
Celtic Punks Ferocious Dog mentions, “We’re excited to tear it up at Takedown Festival 2025! We are delighted the festival is back on its feet and that we can bring our high octane Celtic Punk to Portsmouth Guildhall. We’re ready to give it our all and make sure that the Ferocious Dog set is one you won’t forget.”
Full announced line-up:
Elvana
Kid Bookie
Dreamstate
Kris Barras Band
Acres
Lake Malice
InVisions
URNE
Fort Hope
The Nightmares
Blanket
The Bottom Line
Bad Touch
Skarlett Riot
Shields
Scarlet Rebels
Pint Glass
Harbinger
Lastelle
Seething Akira
Black Coast
Adharma
Swear Blind
Tribe Of Ghosts
Ferocious Dog
The Raven Age
Desert Storm
Empyre
Thuum
SUNK
Slakrr
For the first time ever, Takedown Festival will span over two days, taking place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2025 at the Portsmouth Guildhall. Tickets for Takedown Festival 2025 will go on sale on Friday 30th August - 9am via the link here: www.takedownfestival.com.
After an 8 year hiatus, the legendary festival made a comeback in 2023 with last years headliners Sleep Token and Skindred. The festival moved from its Southampton University roots to the larger Portsmouth Guildhall to become one of the biggest rock events in the festival calendar once again. Takedown Festival’s comeback is part of a new partnership between Divergent Festivals and The Guildhall Trust.
The incredible return for Takedown Festival has been topped off having now been nominated for Best Small Festival, Best Metropolitan Festival and the Grassroots Festival Awards at 2023's UK Festival Awards.
