Brighton’s Mutations Festival 2025 Is Back With Its Biggest Edition Yet
Dry Cleaning and Lambrini Girls to Headline Two-Day Celebration of the Bold and Boundary-Pushing
Brighton’s beloved Mutations Festival is officially back for its seventh edition, taking over the city on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November 2025. Known for its fearless programming and uncompromising taste, the 2025 edition looks set to be its most explosive yet, featuring over 90 acts across nine iconic grassroots venues.
This year’s line-up is a genre-defying showcase of what’s next and what’s now, ranging from cult icons to red-hot rising stars. Friday night sees the return of South London post-punk trailblazers Dry Cleaning, who take the top slot after a year spent recording their third album with Cate Le Bon. On Saturday, hometown heroes Lambrini Girls promise chaos and catharsis in equal measure as they close the festival with their feral, politically charged punk energy.
Nine Venues, Ninety Acts, Two Days of Sonic Discovery
Performances are set across a sprawl of Brighton’s most cherished independent venues, including CHALK, Patterns, Green Door Store, and The Hope & Ruin. Each will play host to an electrifying cross-section of punk, psych, noise, indie, electronica, and the beautifully unclassifiable.
Highlights from the 2025 bill include:
- Big Special, the Midlands duo whose bruising, poetic post-punk has taken them from cult status to critical acclaim with their debut National Average
- Hypnotic alt-country outfit Divorce, fusing ABBA-style melody with Wilco’s grit
- Bdrmm, whose shoegazing odyssey Microtonic has earned rave reviews
- Wild psych-noise veterans Pigs x7, the ever-unpredictable Stealing Sheep, and garage rock chaos courtesy of The Bug Club
- Hotly tipped newcomers like Mary In The Junkyard, Keo, and American punk outfit Upchuck
And that’s barely scratching the surface—expect everything from Japanese psych (TEKE::TEKE) to no-wave (DITZ) to ambient folk and industrial noise.
A Proven Breeding Ground for Breakthroughs
Over the past seven years, Mutations Festival has built a reputation as one of the UK’s sharpest tastemakers. Acts like Yard Act, The Last Dinner Party, Fat Dog, and English Teacher graced Brighton stages long before their Mercury buzz and main stage billing.
Whether you’re looking to discover your next favourite artist or see a genre-defining band in an intimate space, this is a festival that delivers.
The Mutations Festival 2025 first wave line-up of performing artists are as follows:
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER
DRY CLEANING
ADULT DVD ⬣ THE BUG CLUB ⬣ DITZ ⬣ DIVORCE
IST IST ⬣ MARY IN THE JUNKYARD ⬣ THE ORIELLES
UNIVERSITY ⬣ UPCHUCK ⬣ VLURE
ADWAITH ⬣ FICKLE FRIENDS ⬣ GOLOMB ⬣ HOTLINE TNT
MADMADMAD ⬣ MAKESHIFT ART BAR ⬣ MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE
MY FIRST TIME ⬣ NADIA KADEK ⬣ NO WINDOWS ⬣ PARTY DOZEN
RATBOYS ⬣ RENNY CONTI ⬣ RIP MAGIC ⬣ SILVER GORE
STELLA BRIDIE ⬣ TEETHE ⬣ TEKE::TEKE ⬣ TEST PLAN
THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE ⬣ VRAELL ⬣ WINTER ⬣ Y
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
LAMBRINI GIRLS
BDRMM ⬣ BENEFITS ⬣ BIG SPECIAL
COURTING ⬣ GANS ⬣ KEO
PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS
ANNIE-DOG ⬣ BLOOD WIZARD ⬣ BROWN HORSE ⬣ COILGUNS CONGRATULATIONS ⬣ DEKKER ⬣ EBBB ⬣ GOOD HEALTH GOOD WEALTH ⬣ JOOLS ⬣ MÊN AN TOL ⬣ NIGHTBUS ⬣ THE NONE ⬣ THE OOZES
PAN AMSTERDAM ⬣ SCALER ⬣ STEALING SHEEP ⬣ WALDO’S GIFT
AIN’T ⬣ ASHNYMPH ⬣ BELLS LARSEN ⬣ FAMILY STEREO ⬣ FUZZ LIGHTYEAR
GREEN STAR ⬣ LADYLIKE ⬣ LEMONSUCKR ⬣ MAMALARKY
THE MAN THE MYTH THE MEATSLAB ⬣ MIDDING
MY PRECIOUS BUNNY ⬣ NIGHT FLIGHT ⬣ SAINT CLAIR ⬣ SEAN TRELFORD
SKYDADDY ⬣ TEETHIN ⬣ THISTLE. ⬣ TRUCK VIOLENCE ⬣ TOOTH
WRKHOUSE ⬣ YAANG
Tickets for Mutations Festival 2025 start at just £35 and are available as both Day and Weekend tickets
Tickets are available via:
mutationsfestival.com
seetickets.com
Ticket release information is as follows:
PRE-SALES – Wednesday 27th August 10am
GENERAL ON-SALE – Friday 29th August at 10am
More Mutations Festival on Punkinfocus: Mutations Festival 2027 · Live review: Mutations Festival 2026 Takes Brighton by Storm (October 2026) · Mutations Festival completes 2026 line-up with 23 new acts (October 2026) · Mutations Festival unveils Fat Dog and Mike D 5D-led 2026 line-up (August 2026) · Fat Dog and Mike D 5D to headline Mutations Festival 2026 (July 2026)
