Simple Things Festival

One of the UK’s most forward-thinking music festivals, Simple Things, returns to Bristol in 2025, transforming the city into a playground of cutting-edge sounds.

Following a standout 10^th anniversary edition in 2024, Simple Things Festival is back, taking over some of Bristol’s most iconic venues for a day and night of boundary-pushing live and electronic music.

This next edition of Simple Things will build on its legacy of delivering eclectic and cutting-edge line-ups, with acts including Dry Cleaning, These New Puritans, Rich(ard) Dawson, Iglooghost, Ceephax Acid Crew and many, many more.

 

Created by Crack Magazine, Team Love and Bristol Beacon

 

Current Lineup: Ceephax Acid Crew
Decius
DITZ
Dry Cleaning
Factory Floor
Fievel is Glaque
Florence Sinclair
Horse Vision
Hotline TNT
Iglooghost
Jawnino
Joshua Idehen + The Social Singing Choir
Lucy Gooch
Malibu
Mandrake Handshake
Mechatok
Mystery Tiime
MOULD
Punching Bag
Rachika Nayar
Rich(ard) Dawson
The Sick Man Of Europe
Smerz | The Orielles
The Zawose Queens
These New Puritans
Tunde Adebimpe
Upchuck
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+ more TBA

Full List of Venues: Beacon Hall, Lantern Hall, Bridgehouse and Cellars, as well as at Strange Brew, Rough Trade, Bristol Megascreen, The Sportsman, and The Christmas Steps