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Dozens more acts added to Dot to Dot lineup

By Ursula Billington  Friday Feb 20, 2026

Dot to Dot festival’s second wave announcement takes the number of acts playing the day festival close to 100.

Over 30 more names have been added to the bill for the late May Bank Holiday multi-venue festival which starts in Bristol before heading to Nottingham on its second day to repeat the whole show.

Alt-metal act Mandy, Indiana and Chicago emo-folk outfit Ratboys lead the most recently announced list of bands joining headliners Lambrini Girls, Fcukers and New Dad alongside a swathe of emerging acts taking over Bristol’s centre with gigs at the O2, Electric, Thekla, the Fleece, the Louisiana, Rough Trade, Strange Brew and the Lanes.

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The Island, the Shakespeare Tavern, Zed Alley and Mr Wolfs will also programme live music all day, and bands will perform on specially set up outdoor stages.

“At a time when country-tinged indie rock is by no means in short supply in America…Ratboys have earned their seat at the top table” said DIY magazine – photo: Ratboys

Other bands added to the bill include Lucia and the Best Boys, Chinese American Bear, Swordes, the Cheap Thrills, ugly ozo and Alfreda.

The lineup spans genres, with theatrical pop, neo-classical post punk, dreamy indie and psych butting heads with guitar based alt-rock.

It’s this diversity of outlook that surely helped the festival achieve Inner-City Festival of the Year and Line-Up of the Year nominations at the UK Festival Awards and Best Independent Festival from Access All Areas last year.

 

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Super Early Bird, Early Bird and Second Release tickets are already sold out. Latest tier tickets are on sale now for £35 plus booking fees at www.alttickets.com

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