Ezra Collective, Mogwai and Kae Tempest to headline 2025's 6 Music Festival

The festival comes to Manchester from 26 - 29 March...

By Lucy Holt | 4 February 2025

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Photo: Headliners Ezra Collective

BBC Radio 6 Music have announced the full line-up for the annual 6 Music Festival, boasting sets from Mogwai and Kae Tempest.

The festival, which first happened in Manchester in 2014, happens from 26 to 29 March, celebrates the best in alternative and up-and-coming music at various venues around the city.

Alongside Mogwai and poet/performer Tempest, who will be premiering new material, will be a headline show from Ezra Collective, with a special performance celebrating the importance of youth clubs across the country.

Photo: Kae Tempest, who is one of the headliners

Also on the bill will be KNDS Fairey Acid Brass, Fat Dog, English Teacher, Perfume Genius and jasmine.4.t, with 6 Music’s Jamz Supernova, Tom Ravenscroft and SHERELLE.

Elsewhere across the city, there’ll be other musical events like BBC Introducing night, New Music Fix Live, Indie Forever, Rave Forever in partnership with The Warehouse Project, and Morning After Mix Live.

Photo: Mogwai, who are also headlining

The full line-up is:

Wednesday 26 March – BBC Introducing at YES (7pm): Adult DVD, Renee Stormz, jasmine.4.t

Thursday 27 March  – 6 Music Festival Presents… Ezra Collective + Fat Dog + 6 Music’s Jamz Supernova (DJ set) at Victoria Warehouse Manchester (6.30pm)

New Music Fix Live at YES (10pm): DJ sets from 1-800 GIRLS, Florentino, Marie Davidson and NAINA

Friday 28 March – 6 Music Festival Presents… Mogwai + English Teacher + 6 Music’s Tom Ravenscroft (DJ set) at Victoria Warehouse Manchester (6.30pm)

Indie Forever Live at Band on the Wall (9pm): DJ sets from Sports Team DJs, Lava La Rue, Steve Lamacq, Viagra Boys and Nathan Shepherd

6 Music Festival & The Warehouse Project present Rave Forever at Amber’s – which embraces a ‘no phones’ policy to encourage everyone to engage fully with the music  – (11pm): DJ sets from Ayy Den, nora, Anish Kumar and SBTRKT

Saturday 29th March – Morning After Mix Live at YES (12pm): DJ sets from Jamz Supernova and Emma-Jean Thackray

6 Music Festival Presents… Kae Tempest + Perfume Genius + 6 Music DJ SHERELLE (DJ set) at Victoria Warehouse Manchester (6.30pm)

Tickets are sold for each individual event, and are available at 10am on Thursday 6 February.