Forwards Festival

• Reviews / Forwards 2025

  Review: Forwards 2025, Sunday – ‘Emotional rapport between stage and crowd’

  Day two of Bristol's festival of future-facing music and thinking on the Downs

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• Reviews / Forwards 2025

  Review: Forwards 2025 – ‘Rosy cheeks and flailing arms’

  In only its fourth edition, the festival has all the gravitas of a seasoned veteran

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• News / Politics

  Zarah Sultana speaks on main stage at Forwards Festival

  "At a festival like this, we get a glimpse of what's possible"

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• Festivals / in photos

  In photos: Forwards Festival 2025

  Day one of the festival saw several fan favourites take to the stage

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• News / Forwards Festival

  Forwards Festival 2025 lineup and stage times

  Bristol is gearing up to welcome 60,000 people to Durdham Down

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• News / Forwards Festival

  Forwards Festival announce replacement headliner

  The lineup change follows a last-minute cancellation from American rapper Doechii

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• Festivals / News

  Doechii cancels Forwards festival appearance

  The hip hop and rap artist has pulled out of the Bristol-based festival

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• Things To Do / Bristol

  23 things to do in Bristol this week, August 18-24 2025

  Highlights include jazz parties in the streets, a beer trail and Forwards Festival

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