The Isle of Wight Festival has officially dropped its full Main Stage and Big Top schedule, and as always, it’s a strange, glorious mishmash.
It’s nostalgia bait, chart stuff, indie lifers and surprise curveballs. Basically, it’s Isle of Wight doing exactly what Isle of Wight does best.
Running June 19–22, the festival’s 2025 edition leans heavily into the “everyone’s invited” model — where Sting headlines one night, Supergrass headline another, and somehow Example and Paul Heaton exist on the same poster without combusting.
Friday’s Main Stage action will see Sting close out the night after sets from The Corrs (yes, really), Amy MacDonald, and Lottery Winners. Oh, and Faithless are pulling the late-night rave duties, because of course they are. It’s Isle of Wight, baby.
Saturday’s a bit punchier: Razorlight, Busted, The Script and the mighty Stereophonics all lined up in one big singalong blitz. Then as for Sunday, it’s Timberlake time. After a full day of Jess Glynne, Texas, Olly Murs and Alison Moyet, JT is tasked with bringing the sexy back to Seaclose Park. No pressure.
Over at the Big Top, the lineup’s even more chaotic — in the best way. Clean Bandit go late on Friday, Supergrass and Yard Act double-team Saturday, and James close things out Sunday after Lightning Seeds and Midge Ure. There’s also Pale Waves, The Lathums, English Teacher, and enough nostalgia-drenched dance sets to power a small Ibiza resort.
And that’s before you even wander into the smaller stages or encounter a man dressed as a flamingo offering you rum out of a welly boot.
If you’re heading down, the official Isle of Wight Festival app has the full daily breakdowns so you can start building your schedule (and your stamina). Whether you’re there for Timberlake, Twin Atlantic or just the inevitable tent-based existential crisis, this year’s fest is shaping up to be a properly unpredictable highlight of the UK summer.
Bring sunscreen. Bring paracetamol. And maybe bring your dad — he might be on the lineup.
Main Stage Schedule:
Friday, June 20
Lottery Winners: 4.10pm – 4.55pm
Amy MacDonald: 5.25pm – 6.10pm
The Corrs: 6.40pm – 7.50pm
Sting: 8.30pm – 10pm
Faithless: 10.40pm – 11.55pm
Saturday, June 21
5 Degrees North: 11.55pm – 12.25pm
Emmanuel Kelly: 12.55pm – 1.35pm
Mae Muller: 2.05pm – 2.45pm
The Saw Doctors: 3.14pm – 3.55pm
Razorlight: 4.25pm – 5.15pm
Busted: 5.45pm – 6.40pm
Paul Heaton: 7.10pm – 8.10pm
The Script: 8.40pm – 9.40pm
Stereophonics: 10.25pm – 11.55pm
Sunday, June 22
Bjorn Again: 12.05pm – 12.45pm
Ella Eyre: 1.25pm – 2.10pm
Alison Moyet: 2.50pm – 3.40pm
Olly Murs: 4.20pm – 5.10pm
Texas: 5.50pm – 6.50pm
Jess Glynne: 7.30pm – 8.30pm
Justin Timberlake: 9.15pm – 10.50pm
Big Top Schedule:
Thursday, June 19
The Smyths: 6.10pm – 6.55pm
Rhythm of the 90s: 7.20pm – 8.20pm
The Pigeon Detectives: 8.45pm – 9.30pm
Example: 10pm – 11pm
Friday, June 20
Crystal Tides: 4pm – 4.40pm
Twin Atlantic: 5.10pm – 5.50pm
Amble: 6.20pm – 7.05pm
The Lathums: 7.45pm – 8.30pm
Dean Lewis: 10pm – 11pm
Clean Bandit: 11.45pm – 12.55am
Saturday, June 21
The Bracknall: 1.25pm – 2.05pm
The Clause: 2.35pm – 3.15pm
Matilda Mann: 3.45pm – 4.25pm
Arthur Hill: 5pm – 5.45pm
Pale Waves: 6.20pm – 7.10pm
English Teacher: 7.50pm – 8.40pm
Yard Act: 9.25pm – 10.25pm
Supergrass: 11.40pm – 1am
Sunday, June 22
The Lilacs: 12.45pm – 1.25pm
Remember Monday: 2.10pm – 2.50pm
Midge Ure: 3.40pm – 4.40pm
Neive Elle: 5.10pm – 5.55pm
Alessi Rose: 6.40pm – 7.25pm
Lightning Seeds: 8.15pm – 9.15pm
James: 10.10pm – 11.55pm
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