2000trees Festival has revealed a major update to its 2026 line-up, announcing Funeral For A Friend as the new Friday headliner, alongside a huge list of additional artists joining an already stacked bill — with the excitement of Saturday’s headliner announcement still to come.
Funeral For A Friend
Set to return to Upcote Farm in Cheltenham from 8–11 July 2026, the beloved independent festival continues to strengthen its reputation as one of the UK’s most essential destinations for alternative, punk, emo and heavy music fans.
Funeral For A Friend to Headline Friday
Welsh post-hardcore icons Funeral For A Friend will top the bill on Friday, delivering a headline set packed with emotional anthems and explosive energy. With landmark releases such as Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation and Hours, the band’s return to the for their only UK date, 2000trees stage feels like a perfect match for the festival’s fiercely loyal crowd.
Their announcement adds serious weight to a headliner roster that already includes Alkaline Trio, while Saturday’s headliner remains under wraps, keeping anticipation high as fans wait to see who will close out the weekend’s biggest night.
Alkaline Trio @ O2 Institute Birmingham
A huge new wave of bands added alongside the Friday headliner reveal, 2000trees has also confirmed an extensive list of new additions across the weekend, covering punk, hardcore, metal, indie and alternative rock.
Newly announced acts include:
Marmozets, Arcane Roots, Militarie Gun, The Scratch, Mariachi El Bronx, The Bronx, As Everything Unfolds, Petrol Girls, The Skints, A, Anthony Green, Dead Pioneers, Reclus.É, Vinnie Caruana, East Exchange, Gallus, Big Truck, Greywind, Nervus, Twat Union, Melanie Baker, Beauty Sleep, Buds., DOSS, goo, happydaze, Hammok, HIGHDRIVE, SMUG LLC, Still In Love, Stress Positions, Tooth, and Ashaine White.
Petrol Girls BST Hyde Park 2022
From the raw intensity of Militarie Gun and Stress Positions, to the genre-bending heaviness of Arcane Roots, the chaotic brilliance of The Scratch, and the unmistakable swagger of The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx, the new announcements highlight the depth and diversity that 2000trees has become known for.
These latest additions build on a line-up that was already overflowing with highlights. Thursday sees Alkaline Trio headlining alongside PUP, Bad Nerves, Superheaven, and The Bronx, while Saturday currently boasts glassjaw, High Vis, Dinosaur Pile-Up, I Am The Avalanche, and many more with one huge headline slot still to be revealed.
Bad Nerves @ O2 Institute, Birmingham
Across the weekend, festivalgoers can also look forward to sets from Cancer Bats, Free Throw, Saturday’s At Your Place, House Of Protection, Lamb Of God, Arcane Roots, The Scratch, and a wealth of rising artists spread across the festival’s intimate stages.
House of Protection @ The O2
2000trees 2026 Is Shaping Up to Be Unmissable with Funeral For A Friend now confirmed as Friday’s headliner, dozens of exciting new bands added to the bill, and the anticipation of Saturday’s headliner announcement still building, 2000trees 2026 is shaping up to be one of the festival’s most exciting editions yet.
2000trees Festival returns to Upcote Farm, Cheltenham from 8th–11th July 2026. Tickets are on sale now via 2000trees.co.uk.
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