The Beautiful Days Festival returns to Escot Park just outside of Exeter from 15th to 17th August with an impressive line-up that promises an unforgettable weekend of music and entertainment. The 2025 event features headliners such as the Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Levellers, Shed Seven, Mercury Rev, Kate Rusby, The Mary Wallopers, Kula Shaker, and many more.

With music and entertainment spread across six stages, attendees can also enjoy the walkabout theatre, decorative site art, a vast children’s area, a wide selection of food and traders, and real ale bars run by Devon’s Otter Brewery. Proudly independent and free from advertising, Beautiful Days is the Levellers’ annual family music festival, organised by Exeter-based DMF Music since its inception in 2003. The festival has already sold over 50% of its tickets, a testament to its enduring popularity.

Main Stage Highlights:

Friday: Frank Turner, one of the UK’s most successful artists, headlines the Main Stage. Known for his 3,000+ performances, including a show at Wembley Arena, Turner’s tenth studio album, Undefeated, debuted at Number 3 in the Official Album Chart in May 2024.
Saturday: The iconic Sex Pistols, featuring Frank Carter, take center stage. The reformed line-up of Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and Carter delivers a performance reminiscent of their 1976 heyday, including classics like Pretty Vacant and Anarchy in the UK.
Sunday: Festival founders Levellers close the weekend with their headlining set, followed by the traditional firework finale. The band also opens the event with a Levellers Collective acoustic set in The Big Top.

Additional Main Stage acts include beloved rock band Shed Seven, rabble-rousing Irish ballad group The Mary Wallopers, space rockers Spiritualized led by J Spaceman, Britpop legends Kula Shaker, and Northern Irish rockers Therapy?. Other notable performers are Terrorvision, Sleeper, Misty in Roots, Kid Kapichi, The Bluetones, Panic Shack, The Barstool Preachers, Mad Dog Mcrea, The Meffs, Millie Manders and The Shutup, Old Time Sailors, Young Knives, Girlband!, The Kairos, Heavy Lungs, and Grandma’s House.

The Big Top Highlights:

Saturday: Mercury Rev headlines, known for their eclectic blend of jazz, funk, doo-wop, techno, and folk.
Sunday: Fantastic Negrito, a three-time Grammy Award winner, takes the stage with his transformative music.

The Big Top also features American singer-songwriter John Grant, the ‘First Lady of Folk’ Kate Rusby, Scottish singer and multi-instrumentalist Julie Fowlis, The Spell Songs ensemble, John Bramwell of I Am Kloot, Penguin Cafe, Westcountry singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman, indie folk band Elephant Sessions, Jon Boden with The Remnant Kings, Gigspanner Big Band, Australian country artist Fanny Lumsden, Justin Adams & Mohamed Errebbaa, folk singer Nick Harper, Rianne Downey, Amelia Coburn, Heather Ferrier, The Autumn Saints, Ruby Kelly, The Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonicans, and Levellers Collective.

Little Big Top and Theatre Tent: The Little Big Top will host acts and DJs such as FISH56OCTAGON, Henge, Beans On Toast, Youth, Girls Next Door, A. Skillz, Omega Nebula, Reach Up Disco Wonderland, and DJ Chris Tofu OBE. Expect a Silent Disco and family rave with Big Fish Little Fish. In the Theatre Tent, look forward to Cabaret Extreme Present Circus Unleashed, Le Navet Bete, Entertainingly Different, Charlie Bicknell & Louise Innes, Professor Slug’s House Of Bugs, poetry from Brian Bilson & Henry Normal, Fiery Jack’s Family Album, and Webber! The Musical.

The line-up for The Bimble Inn and The Rebel Tent will be announced soon. The festival also brings back The Magic Teapot and folk/roots sessions in The Fiddler’s Arms. Don't forget the colourful Sunday dressing-up themes, with the 2025 theme yet to be revealed.

Tickets for Beautiful Days 2025 are on sale now, with over 50% already sold. Bell Tents and campervan passes are nearly SOLD OUT, but tipi or yurt options and general family camping spots are still available. For more information about accessibility, visit the festival website.