The Southampton festival returns in May 2025, announcing DEADLETTER, CVC, Terra Twin and Coach Party among its first wave of artists.

Taking place across three venues in Southampton, the inner-city, multi-venue festival Wanderlust Festival has announced its return and an expansion to a two-day weekender on the 3^rd and 4^th of May. Along with this, its first wave of acts for 2025 have just been announced.

Heading to Hampshire and kicking off a jam-packed May for the UK festival calendar will be spoken word/indie artist Anthony Szmierek, who tops the line-up along with post-punk outfit DEADLETTER. They are joined by indie-crooners CVC, alt rock fuzz fiends House of Women, Terra Twin and their scuzzy take on Americana, the electro-charge synth-poppers Pale Blue Eyes, Isle of Wight experimental pop outfit Coach Party, surf-grunge quartet ugly ozo, techno-psych fiends LIPWORMS, plus lots more.

You can find the full line-up so at the festival’s website below. If this is just the first serving and a glimpse of what is to come – given that the maiden Wanderlust last May featured the likes of Shame, Dream Wife, The Orielles, Demob Happy and Willie J Healy – this brand new festival looks like an absolute must.

Anthony Szmierek, Big Trousers, Canned Pineapple, Coach

Party, CVC, Dactyl Terra, DEADLETTER, Doops, House of Women, Lipworms, Melin Melyn,

Owen Hackett, Terra Twin, Pale Blue Eyes, Reubin X, The 113, Ugly Ozo, Vala

Tickets and more info: https://wanderlustfestival.co.uk/