Arctangent announcement aces over 45 more acts for this years festival
The much-loved and award winning ArcTanGent Festival returns this summer, and can today announce a whole raft of new acts for the event. Taking place between the 19th and 22nd August at Fernhill Farm near Bristol, the festival is a globally celebrated musical melting pot of rock, metal, doom, psych, math rock, post rock, folk rock, avant-garde and much much more.
Kicking todays new announcement off are the VERY recently reformed and returned Arcane Roots, who only this week released their first new music in over 7 years (with single 'A Wave. Across The Sea'), announced a singing to Big Scary Monsters, AND as a live exclusive, slots on both 2000trees Festival and ArcTanGent Festival. One of the most requested bands in ATGhistory, their main stage set and slot will be a defining moment in this years event.
Joining them will be incredibly exciting experimental rock band from Manchester, Maruja, who performed at ATG in 2024 as a brand new band. They now return as one of the most talked about bands in the country, and rightly so. Also added are the magnificent Nordic Giants, who blend their stunning post rock sounds with incredible visuals to make for a totally unique and breathtaking experience. Others include US shoe-gaze rock band Nothing, Faroesean singer songwriter Eivør as a UK 2026 exclusive, the rock and roll gentleman and scholar Jamie Lenman, the enigmatic multi instrumentalist Master Boot Record, visceral London math-core band Pupil Slicer and Brazilian avant-garde metal band Papanugu.
Speaking of the new additions to the ArcTanGent Festival, organiser James Scarlett says -
"ArcTanGent 2026 is officially our best-selling edition of the festival by a country mile, and we are absolutely buzzing to be adding another huge wave of artists for the festival. In particular, bands like EIVØR, Nothing and Master Boot Record, who are joining us at the festival for the very first time. One of the best parts of booking a festival is also to be able to have some artists return significantly bigger than the last time they played. The likes of Maruja and Mass of the Fermenting Dregs have well and truly sped through the ranks and both are not to be missed this year after playing much lower down the bill only a few years ago. All this without mentioning the return of the mighty Arcane Roots - to have them returning after over 7 years, exclusively for our festivals, is a truly special moment."
These newly announced, incredible acts and artists add to an already stacked, already announced line up that includes the three main stage headliners, Chelsea Wolfe, Primus and Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas (performing 'Mariner'), as well as the likes of Igorrr, Sikth, Napalm Death, Pertubator, High On Fire, Chat Pile, Alcest, Oathbreaker, Agent Fresco, TTNG, Svalbard, Conjurer, Heck, Alpha Male Tea Party and many more
Full list of all acts announced today, 29th January:
Arcane Roots / Maruja / Nordic Giants / Zu / Scorpion Milk / Mass of the Fermenting Dregs / Nothing / SOM /EIVØR / Jamie Lenman / Master Boot Record / Pupil Slicer / Papangu / God Alone (Live Silent Disco Set) / Believe In Nothing / Benthos / Bruise Blood (Live Silent Disco Set) / Floating / IAN / ISKANDR / L.O.E. / Matador / Pil & Bue / Sleemo / Terminals / Witchsorrow / Civil Service / moksha / Night Swimming / Ringlets / The Sad Season / Señor Pink / Wildernesses / WORN OUT / You Win Again Gravity / ZAHN / Forlorn / Gösta Berling’s Saga / Hang Linton / itoldyouiwouldeatyou / Leeched / lowheaven / NYOS / PLEB / PREYRS / Ronker
Full Line-up So far:
Wednesday
SikTh / Svalbard / Alpha Male Tea Party / Lost In Kiev / Overhead, The Albatross / Papangu / Chalk Hands / God Alone (Live Silent Disco Set) / DIMSCÛA / Giant Walker / The Grey / Sans Froid / Swamp Coffin
Thursday
Chelsea Wolfe / Igorrr / Alcest / Maruja / Agent Fresco / Nordic Giants / Zu / Psychonaut / Michael Cera Palin / Shearling / Scorpion Milk / Believe In Nothing / Benthos / Bruise Blood (Live Silent Disco Set) / Bucket / Floating / HAAL / IAN / ISKANDR / KLÄMP / L.O.E. / Matador / Pil & Bue / Sleemo / Terminals / Witchsorrow
Friday
Primus / Perturbator / Napalm Death / Arcane Roots / Mass of the Fermenting Dregs / Conjurer / Nothing / BRUIT ≤ / Heck / Amplifier (Live Silent Disco Set) / SOM / Barrens / Blessings / Civil Service / moksha / Night Swimming / No Violet / Ringlets / The Sad Season / Señor Pink / Wildernesses / WORN OUT / You Win Again Gravity / ZAHN / Zatokrev
Saturday
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas (Mariner 10th anniversary) / EIVØR / Chat Pile / High on Fire / Oathbreaker / Jamie Lenman / TTNG / Master Boot Record / Pupil Slicer / Humanfly / Jo Quail and the Crossbones Ensemble / Darkher / Town Portal / Erotic Secrets of Pompeii / Forlorn / Gösta Berling’s Saga / Hang Linton / itoldyouiwouldeatyou / Leeched / lowheaven / Meatdripper / NYOS / PLEB / PREYRS / Ronker / Tanzana / Sara Zozaya
Tickets for Arctangent 2026 are available now HERE.
Taking place near Bristol between the 19th August and the 22nd August, the festival celebrated its TENTH year in 2024, and was once again shortlisted at the Festival Awards (which it won best small festival in 2018), and continues to bring together some of the most interesting, diverse, exciting and eclectic bills for any festival anywhere in the world.
The award-winning ArcTanGent Festival is a green fields music festival that delivers line-ups you won’t find anywhere else on Earth. ArcTanGent Festival has built a reputation for itself as THE emerging UK rock festival, both putting on exclusive performances from exceptional, worldwide artists and supporting new, exciting talent. ArcTanGent Festival is a fully independent festival that grows organically year on year
Previous acts include Mogwai, Heilung, Devin Townsend, Opeth, Messhugah, Coheed and Cambria, Battles, Wardruna, Shellac, Converge, Karnivool, Clown Core, Glassjaw, Explosions In The Sky, Russian Circles, Nordic Giants, Mono, Tesseract, American Football, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Baroness, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Electric Wizard, Carpenter Brut, Deafheaven, La Dispute, Spiritualised, Sikth, Rolo Tomassi, Empire State Bastard, HEALTH, Cave In, Igorrr, Animals As Leaders, Cult of Luna, Deerhoof, This Will Destroy You, 65daysofstatic, Zeal & Ardour, Ho99o9, Daughters, Loathe, Pigs7, Brutus, Red Fang, F**k Buttons, Fronterier, Enslaved, Black Peaks, Pupil Slicer, Ithaca, The Ocean, Employed To Serve and many, many more.
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