Takedown Festival announces return in 2025
After the sad announcement that this year’s Takedown Festival was to be postponed due to the basement development works on the Grade II building, they are happy to announce that they will return for 2025 and have given us the first wave of acts to appear. The festival will take place at the Portsmouth Guildhall on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April 2025 and will see Elvana (Elvis fronted Nirvana) headlining the Saturday and former MMA fighter fronted Kris Barras Band headlining the Friday.
Over 30 more acts have also been announced over the weekend including the likes of Dream State, Kid Bookie, Acres, Lake Malice, InVisions, URNE, Pintglass, Shields, Black Coast, The Nightmares, Ferocious Dog and Blanket
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
Tickets for Takedown Festival 2025 will go on sale on Friday 30th August – 9am via the link here: www.takedownfestival.com.
