Also on the bill is Kaiser Chiefs, Happy Mondays, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Reverend And The Makers and more
By Liberty Dunworth 24th November 2025
The Libertines at Glastonbury 2025. CREDIT: Andy Ford for NME
The first names for Y Not Festival 2026 have been confirmed, with The Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Streets, The Libertines, and more leading the way.
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The festival is set to return for its 19th year in 2026, and will be taking place at Pikehall in Derbyshire between July 30 and August 2.
AdvertisementToday (Monday November 24), the first wave of artists have been revealed, with The Libertines confirmed as opening night headliners. The upcoming slot will follow Pete Doherty and co. making their way around the festival circuit earlier this summer, which included a slot at Glastonbury 2025 and a headline gig at the Gunnersbury Park summer series in support of their latest album, ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’.
Joining them at the top of the line-up are fellow indie stars The Reytons, who have performed at the Derbyshire festival five times before and have now worked up the ranks to reach headliner status. They are expected to be breaking out classic fan favourites, as well as newer material from their latest album ‘Ballad Of A Bystander’.
Completing the headliners are Northern Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club, who are playing their ‘Tourist History’ album in full alongside their greatest hits, as well as The Streets who are performing on the final night and will play the classic ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ in its entirety.
Y Not 2026 line-up poster. CREDIT: Press
Also on the new line-up are Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Scissor Sisters, and The Vaccines – with the latter celebrating 15 years of their debut album ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines’.
RecommendedOther indie acts rounding off the bill include The Royston Club, The Snuts, Reverend And The Makers, Ash, and The Lottery Winners, and joining them will be Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Happy Mondays, The Fratellis, Kid Kapichi, Pale Waves, Hard-Fi and more.
Check out the full line-up so far in the poster above, and more artists will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on sale on Saturday (November 29) at 10am, and pre-sale options start from 10am this Friday (November 28). Visit here for tickets.
This summer’s edition of Y Not saw The Prodigy, Madness, and Primal Scream take to the stage as headliners, and other artists on the bill included Franz Ferdinand, The Last Dinner Party, Shed Seven, Sigrid, The K’s, and The Pigeon Detectives.
