Arctangent announce first confirmed bands for 2026 festival
The much-loved and award winning Arctangent Festival returns this next Summer 2026 and can reveal a host of amazing acts for the festival which runs 19-22nd August 2026.
At the top of today's announcement is the incredible French artist Igorrr (UK exclusive), who is musician Gautier Serre's alias. The band mix together stunning black metal, breakbeats, baroque, trip hop and so much more. As unique as they are impressive, theirs will be a set not to miss and will be a UK exclusive.
Joining them are fellow French musicians, black metal band Alcest (UK exclusive) and electronic artist (and recent Kerrang! Magazine cover stars) Perturbator (UK exclusive). Oklahoma noise/sludge/metal band Chat Pile, returning Belgian band Oathbreaker (UK exclusive show), Icelandic math art rock from hugely acclaimed and much loved band Agent Fresco playing first shows in 7 years and a UK exclusive for the fest, and British math rock from the utterly brilliant TTNG, another performing the first time in 7 years.
Also announced today includes a special show from British band Heck who are reforming for the 10th anniversary show of 'Instructions', Humanfly reforming for the first show in 13 years, Town Portal, Shearling, Michael Cera Palin and more. After last years huge Silent Disco success, British rock band Amplifier will be doing a special live silent Disco set.
Some of the Wednesday lineup has also been revealed and includes the soon-to-be-no-more post-hardcore band Svalbard (in what will be their final festival show), French post-rock band Lost In Kiev and math rock from Alpha Male Tea Party (whose recently released album “Reptilian Brain” is surely one of 2025's best).
Speaking of the festival, organiser James Scarlett says "The demand for ArcTanGent 2026 tickets has truly been unprecedented, with over half our tickets sold in the first 2 weeks of them being on sale. Fans will have to wait a little bit longer before we can announce our headliners, but we’re so excited for the exclusives, reformations and special sets we’ve already cooked up - Early Bird tickets are running low so if you want to lock in for another vintage ArcTanGent, don’t sleep!
A full list of bands announced today for ARCTANGENT Festival 2026
Igorrr / Perturbator / Chat Pile / Alcest / Oathbreaker / Agent Fresco / TTNG / Svalbard* / BRUIT ≤ / Amplifier (Silent Disco Live Set) / HECK / Alpha Male Tea Party* / Humanfly / Psychonaut / Lost In Kiev* / Overhead, The Albatross* / Michael Cera Palin / Darkher / Shearling / Town Portal / Barrens / Blessings / Bucket / Chalk Hands* / DIMSCÛA* / Erotic Secrets of Pompeii / Giant Walker* / The Grey* / HAAL / KLÄMP / Meatdripper / No Violet / Sans Froid* / Swamp Coffin* / Tanzana / Zatokrev / Sara Zozaya
*= Wednesday only
A little bit about ARCTANGENT Festival (ATG)
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, 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, Rolo Tomassi, Arcane Roots, Employed To Serve and many, many more.
