Primavera Sound 2025

[FKA SOSOTWS]

45 minutes ago, diancieprince said:

honestly I just see chapeel playing early 

Sabrina too. The Sweat show will likely close Mordor based on it being a dance set.

[Whos3000_]

52 minutes ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Sabrina too. The Sweat show will likely close Mordor based on it being a dance set.

no jamie xx will close mordor

[FKA SOSOTWS]

9 minutes ago, Whos3000_ said:

no jamie xx will close mordor

 

If true, I wonder if Brutalismus 3000 will then close Amazon Music Stage.

[diancieprince]

7 minutes ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

 

If true, I wonder if Brutalismus 3000 will then close Amazon Music Stage.

I feel they will close cupra instead, Amazon probably will be closed by Kelly lee Owens or Aramnd Van Helden

Edited Friday at 05:18 PM by diancieprince

[FKA SOSOTWS]

Kelly Lee Owens strikes me as a Cupra act for between midnight and 2am. With Armand Van Helden closing Cupra from 4-5:30am as the final DJ of the night.

[RosaAG]

4 hours ago, FKA SOSOTWS said:

Hope the pop girlies play early sets at Mordor, so that any later sets may not be as crowded.

 

All three headliners will play at the same time, around midnight. FKA Twigs, Clairo (or Haim??) and Central Cee will be at 10, and to close mordor at 1:30 Jamie XX, Beach House and LCD, I think.

 

[allribena]

52 minutes ago, RosaAG said:

 

All three headliners will play at the same time, around midnight. FKA Twigs, Clairo (or Haim??) and Central Cee will be at 10, and to close mordor at 1:30 Jamie XX, Beach House and LCD, I think.

 

It's often not so easy to predict, some headliners have closed mordor, like Blur and Rosalía in 23, whereas last year Lana was done by midnight. 

 

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Sweat closed out mordor, though I'd prefer it to be Jamie!

[FKA SOSOTWS]

If the pop girlie stans are legit gonna line up long in advance, it'd be better to have those acts play at like 9:45pm like Lana did, rather than later at night.

[diancieprince]

i can not see a clearly closer for Mordor the Saturday night… LCD sound system ? maybe central cee ?  all the dance act will be closing pull & bear (joy orbison) cupra (confidence man), amazon (nicola cruz) or plenitude (sandwell district) 
 

[RosaAG]

23 hours ago, allribena said:

It's often not so easy to predict, some headliners have closed mordor, like Blur and Rosalía in 23, whereas last year Lana was done by midnight. 

 

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Sweat closed out mordor, though I'd prefer it to be Jamie!

 

It's pretty unusual, though. For me Jamie will certainly close on Thursday, but I'm not so sure about Saturday. 

[Whos3000_]

Hi! It's likely that I will move to the UK in the second half of 2025. What events/festivals should I start checking? End of the road, green man, outbreak? (not planning to do glasto)

[bluenova]

4 hours ago, Whos3000_ said:

Hi! It's likely that I will move to the UK in the second half of 2025. What events/festivals should I start checking? End of the road, green man, outbreak? (not planning to do glasto)

 

If you're living in the UK, I'd recommend going somewhere like Primavera in Barcelona.

 

You avoid lots of rain, camping, and endless britpop influenced bands.

 

 

ps. After a couple of awful and muddy Glastonbury's I gave up on UK based festivals, so don't have much up to date knowledge to share (although I do see friends sharing pics from Kendal Calling each year, and they're always in rain coats). What the UK does seem to do well is multi-venue festivals. Something like dot to dot in Newcastle and Bristol, has good headliners, and a great record of picking bands that are up and coming. You get something like two hundred acts across twenty venues. No camping, and you're not standing about outside!

Where in the UK are you thinking of moving to? And I assume you're a fan of Primavera type music, hence asking here, rather than in the UK section?

[Fabrizzo]

6 hours ago, Whos3000_ said:

Hi! It's likely that I will move to the UK in the second half of 2025. What events/festivals should I start checking? End of the road, green man, outbreak? (not planning to do glasto)

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/forum/14-other-uk-festivals/

[xxialac]

7 hours ago, Whos3000_ said:

Hi! It's likely that I will move to the UK in the second half of 2025. What events/festivals should I start checking? End of the road, green man, outbreak? (not planning to do glasto)

Outbreak is in the first half of 2025.

 

End of the Road is truly wonderful but is camping only which is a very different experience to a city festival like Primavera. And as great as the lineup always is, it is definitely a less exciting festival and doesn't provide the buzz that Primavera offers, nor such quality near the top line.

[Johndenis]

3 hours ago, bluenova said:

 

If you're living in the UK, I'd recommend going somewhere like Primavera in Barcelona.

 

You avoid lots of rain, camping, and endless britpop influenced bands.

 

 

ps. After a couple of awful and muddy Glastonbury's I gave up on UK based festivals, so don't have much up to date knowledge to share (although I do see friends sharing pics from Kendal Calling each year, and they're always in rain coats). What the UK does seem to do well is multi-venue festivals. Something like dot to dot in Newcastle and Bristol, has good headliners, and a great record of picking bands that are up and coming. You get something like two hundred acts across twenty venues. No camping, and you're not standing about outside!

Where in the UK are you thinking of moving to? And I assume you're a fan of Primavera type music, hence asking here, rather than in the UK section?

Hi, I've a big muso pal in Newcastle (I'm in Glasgow, but would enjoy a day out with him watching bands) and was excited by this - but did you mean Nottingham, rather than Newcastle? 

 

I agree for the benefit of the person you replied to, that UK festivals seem fairly bland and provincial once you've been to a few European ones.  Primavera (Barcelona) was always the champ but the horrible over crowding in 2022 has put me off and the line up this year indicates a sea change (I appreciate the headliners but I also know they are chart fun for folk 20 years younger than I am - the fest no longer wants me to attend). 

 

Standalone days at the Athens and Lisbon fests (can't recall their exact names) may be worth checking out (e.g, Athens last summer had The Smile (sadly had to cancel) and Pulp on the same bill (!)), and I have had great times at city gigs/fests in Gothenburg (Way Out West) and Helsinki (FLOW) in August (August seems to be a pretty good weather month in Scandinavia, maybe better than the UK). 

 

I have ruled out Bilbao (spelling?) and Primavera (Porto) due to likely rain, the German and Netherlands ones cos they seem to be in forests (meaning camping), and Sziget just because the line ups seem so random and not for me (e.g. always stuff like Muse, Robbie Williams..).  Hope this helps 🙂

[FKA SOSOTWS]

3 hours ago, Johndenis said:

the German and Netherlands ones cos they seem to be in forests (meaning camping)

 

In case you haven't already, look into Rewire, Le Guess Who, and Roadburn in The Netherlands, all of which are indoor city festivals and have overlap with Primavera in terms of some of the niche acts that they book.

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by FKA SOSOTWS

[xxialac]

Isn’t the OP’s question specifically about UK festivals, not ones in other countries?

[xxialac]

Weird ass bots.

[bluenova]

10 hours ago, Johndenis said:

Hi, I've a big muso pal in Newcastle (I'm in Glasgow, but would enjoy a day out with him watching bands) and was excited by this - but did you mean Nottingham, rather than Newcastle? 

 

I agree for the benefit of the person you replied to, that UK festivals seem fairly bland and provincial once you've been to a few European ones.  Primavera (Barcelona) was always the champ but the horrible over crowding in 2022 has put me off and the line up this year indicates a sea change (I appreciate the headliners but I also know they are chart fun for folk 20 years younger than I am - the fest no longer wants me to attend). 

 

Standalone days at the Athens and Lisbon fests (can't recall their exact names) may be worth checking out (e.g, Athens last summer had The Smile (sadly had to cancel) and Pulp on the same bill (!)), and I have had great times at city gigs/fests in Gothenburg (Way Out West) and Helsinki (FLOW) in August (August seems to be a pretty good weather month in Scandinavia, maybe better than the UK). 

 

I have ruled out Bilbao (spelling?) and Primavera (Porto) due to likely rain, the German and Netherlands ones cos they seem to be in forests (meaning camping), and Sziget just because the line ups seem so random and not for me (e.g. always stuff like Muse, Robbie Williams..).  Hope this helps 🙂

 

Ah, yes. Not sure why I mentioned Newcastle at all!

[bluenova]

1 hour ago, xxialac said:

Isn’t the OP’s question specifically about UK festivals, not ones in other countries?

 

It was. My post was a bit of a joke - didn't mean to send it off track 🙂

[Olivedal 1904]

14 hours ago, Johndenis said:

Hi, I've a big muso pal in Newcastle (I'm in Glasgow, but would enjoy a day out with him watching bands) and was excited by this - but did you mean Nottingham, rather than Newcastle? 

 

I agree for the benefit of the person you replied to, that UK festivals seem fairly bland and provincial once you've been to a few European ones.  Primavera (Barcelona) was always the champ but the horrible over crowding in 2022 has put me off and the line up this year indicates a sea change (I appreciate the headliners but I also know they are chart fun for folk 20 years younger than I am - the fest no longer wants me to attend). 

 

Standalone days at the Athens and Lisbon fests (can't recall their exact names) may be worth checking out (e.g, Athens last summer had The Smile (sadly had to cancel) and Pulp on the same bill (!)), and I have had great times at city gigs/fests in Gothenburg (Way Out West) and Helsinki (FLOW) in August (August seems to be a pretty good weather month in Scandinavia, maybe better than the UK). 

 

I have ruled out Bilbao (spelling?) and Primavera (Porto) due to likely rain, the German and Netherlands ones cos they seem to be in forests (meaning camping), and Sziget just because the line ups seem so random and not for me (e.g. always stuff like Muse, Robbie Williams..).  Hope this helps 🙂

 

To address your "the fest no longer wants me to attend".

I attend Way Out West every year and I can say Primavera definitely still caters more to the older/alternative crowd than the Scandinavian fests in August. For example they are also headlined by Charli XcX and Chapell this year and they consistently have smaller lineups and less exciting undercards. They are still good alternatives for anyone living in Scandinavia though. 

 

For major European festivals Primavera for me is still number one. Smaller niche festivals are the real options I think. I could easily prefer Roadburn, Outbreak or Arctangent. 

[xxialac]

17 minutes ago, Olivedal 1904 said:

 

To address your "the fest no longer wants me to attend".

I attend Way Out West every year and I can say Primavera definitely still caters more to the older/alternative crowd than the Scandinavian fests in August. For example they are also headlined by Charli XcX and Chapell this year and they consistently have smaller lineups and less exciting undercards. They are still good alternatives for anyone living in Scandinavia though. 

 

For major European festivals Primavera for me is still number one. Smaller niche festivals are the real options I think. I could easily prefer Roadburn, Outbreak or Arctangent. 

Totally agree. Acts like Spiritualized, Cassandra Jenkins, The Sabres of Paradise, Beach House, TV on the Radio, The Jesus Lizard, Stereolab, LCD Soundsystem, Anohni and the Johnsons, Kim Deal, Alan Sparhawk, Cap’n Jazz, Destroyer and Los Campesinos! wouldn't get booked if they had given up on the older demographic.

[katyaz]

On 1/5/2025 at 3:38 PM, Whos3000_ said:

Hi! It's likely that I will move to the UK in the second half of 2025. What events/festivals should I start checking? End of the road, green man, outbreak? (not planning to do glasto)

Outbreak definitely but it's the weekend after PS. Arctangent would be my other recommendation. Core festival in Glasgow, only been running a few years but booking solid names and it's a nice city event over two days

Edited 1 hour ago by katyaz

[Whos3000_]

19 hours ago, xxialac said:

Outbreak is in the first half of 2025.

 

End of the Road is truly wonderful but is camping only which is a very different experience to a city festival like Primavera. And as great as the lineup always is, it is definitely a less exciting festival and doesn't provide the buzz that Primavera offers, nor such quality near the top line.

Thanks, I am 100% coming back to primavera. I was considering adding extra festivals to my program this year so I am not comparing the two experiences

[Whos3000_]

Thank you all for the answers and sorry for the offtopic. I am a regular at primavera and on this forum since years but never explored the other pages/festivals on the website! Will do! 
TBH, many festivals are so random in terms of lineup that asking directly to peers going regularly to primavera looked like the best way to filter out events I would not be interested into