Returning to the nature reserve at Cornbury Park for a spectacular Fourteenth Edition, Audi presents Wilderness 2025 invites you to dive deep and ‘Find Your Wild.’ Delivering another electrifying programme, this unique four-day escapade is renowned for the vast scope of its programming.
Culture-crammed with many wonders, the wild’s multifarious gathering unites artists from every discipline to dazzle every sense. Take a deep dive into the party like no other in the most blissful of settings.
Designed to nourish, thrill and inspire, the progressive programme delivers something for everyone. Excitement and escapism, late-night exploits, adventures in the wild; it’s uplifting and indulgent in equal parts.
Whether you crave a forest dancefloor moved by DJs at the top of their game, Michelin-starred chefs creating decadent lakeside magic, main stage sunset euphoria from globally-adored headline artists, masterclasses from zen practitioners or panels with professors and politicians. Wholesome, hedonistic, hilarious; you will find it all here.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Music
The eclectic beast that is the Wilderness Stage hosts another genre-spanning bill, this year featuring the return of the mighty Supergrass, who, 30 years on from the release of platinum debut ‘I Should Coco’, will be playing the album in its entirety and other hits. In 1995, the Mercury-nominated album hit the charts at Number 3, rose to Number One in the week following Glastonbury and ended up shifting over 500,000 copies in the UK and a million worldwide.
The album features the absolute classics ‘Alright’, and ‘Caught By the Fuzz’, and Supergrass are still considered to be one of the most important bands from the era. It was ‘Alright’, the band’s fourth single and pop masterpiece that catapulted them to global success. ‘I Should Coco’ now stands at over 1 million sales worldwide, and impressively, is the biggest-selling Parlophone debut album since The Beatles.
Joining them are the ’90s rave pioneers Orbital, a duo renowned for their improvisational approach to live electronic music—mixing and sequencing tracks on the fly while donning their trademark head-mounted torches behind banks of equipment. The Hartnoll brothers have been responsible for producing a trove of underground rave classics in their over 35 years career and were named one of the ‘50 Bands to See Before You Die’ by Q Magazine after a monumental Glastonbury performance in 1994.
Wet Leg is the multi-award-winning indie rock duo that exploded in 2022, winning the Brit Awards for Best British Group and Best New Artists in 2023. They went on to win the Grammys the same year for Best Alternative Music Performance and Best Alternative Music Album. They’ve been on the road ever since, and bring their already iconic sounds to headline the Wilderness Stage this summer.
Completing the headliners for Season Fourteen are the already announced Basement Jaxx – their first full live show after 10 years away from the main stages of the world, and also, our most requested artist on our Wilderness survey of all time. Their tour celebrates 25 years of the seminal and virtually unclassifiable album, Remedy. Basement Jaxx have always taken a maximalist approach to their live performances, uniting an eclectic array of talented singers, musicians, MCs and whole carnivals of dancers onto one stage.
The result is infallibly, a dancefloor of people with their feet entirely off the ground and hands wildly in the air. From their underground roots on their own Atlantic Jaxx label, Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe’s upfront and sometimes rowdy fusion of house, garage, global influences and punk attitude thrived on a sense of organised chaos.
Debut album ‘Remedy’ in 1999 was an instant classic. Ragga, disco, and R&B spun in an anarchic and sunny extravaganza, yielding the singles Red Alert, Jump and Shout and Bingo Bango. 2001’s follow-up ‘Rooty’ – named after their intimate Brixton club night – featured Romeo, Get Me Off and crossover smash hit, Where’s Your Head At. Do your thing, make your body swing….
Other Wilderness Stage marvels include achingly hip French dream-pop duo Air, whose astonishing powers of mood and texture in their productions helped make 1998 debut ‘Moon Safari’, an enduring classic. Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel use many studio instruments (including Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS-20, Wurlitzers and vocoders) on stage, often performing tracks from their albums live as extended or altered versions.
Ethereal Norwegian singer Aurora has captivated global audiences with her beautiful voice and unique blend of electronic pop and folk, The Bootleg Beatles need no introduction; the world’s premier tribute band have been performing the hits for over four decades. Gentleman’s Dub Club – the rocking nine-piece dub, ska and roots reggae band – make their energetic Wilderness debut and earnest indie-folk outfit Bear’s Den return; they’ve amassed a dedicated and international fanbase with their glorious anthemic songs.
The Valley is the epic dance music capital – the now infamous canopied amphitheatre that every DJ wants to play, where lasers roam through the trees and the valley glitters with dancers. The incredible Annie Mac is the first DJ to be announced, headlining The Valley with her trademark panache and ‘whatever’s rinsing’ policy.
The party-starting, long-standing BBC Radio 1 DJ (and novelist) launched Before Midnight – the party series embracing raving early and then going home. This year, the late-night party area the Night Realm is evolving into a whole new world Wilderness veterans will not have explored before, prepare for the unexpected and be ready, because after dark, vibes will be sky high and everything will look very different….
Wilderness presented by Audi has always boasted a programme of completely across-the-board musicians, from the leftfield and underground to stadium-filling legends. This year, gifted songwriter and artist Jalen Ngonda makes his debut on canopied multi-arts hub The Atrium. Signed to Daptone Records, a funk and soul independent record label based in Brooklyn, and already tipped by the likes of Jill Scott, Snoop Dogg and Elton John, his music blends classic and contemporary soul influences.
Madrid-based indie duo Hinds – a.k.a Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote – released their debut album Viva Hinds on Lucky Number Records. The band are currently playing the US leg of their worldwide tour, having held sold-out London shows last year.
Blending indie rock and traditional Celtic folk, Brògeal are a Falkirk-based five-piece that formed out of the ashes of high school bands, coming together over their love of Scottish and Irish folk music, punk and garage rock, adding banjo and mandolin to electric guitars and finding their unique voice on the way, and ultra-cool polymorphic broadcaster Gok Wan plays a genre-spanning DJ set.
Women In Jazz return to Wilderness to take over The Atrium – the huge consortium of electrifying singer-songwriters, producers, instrumentalists and composers nurtures, elevates and empowers female jazz artists in the broader industry, releasing music from new artists and providing a platform and community. Be transported by the spectrum of jazz in all its many forms.
The now famous Wilderness-devised shows are a cornerstone. The Wilderness Festival house band – a 70-piece symphony orchestra – turn their talents to the timeless anthems that defined swing, jazz, and the big band era: The Wilderness Orchestra: From Ragtime to the Rat Pack.
With an ensemble of guest vocalists and star musicians, celebrating the legends who shaped a century of sound, from 1920s New Orleans to the grandeur of big band ballrooms of the 1950s. Since 2013, the 70-piece symphony orchestra has soundtracked monumental moments and conjured communal joy so potent the air crackles.
From film scores and classical anthems to bespoke tributes and pop interpretations. They have paid homage to some of the greatest artists in the world, arranging their music in new and inventive ways alongside special guest performers. From Radiohead to Nina Simone. From John Williams to Aretha Franklin, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie (and, lest we forget, a healthy dose of Disney).
God’s Jukebox is a euphoric, emotional participatory show which invites the audience to request the songs that have sound-tracked their life’s most monumental moments to be performed by the orchestra in a new arrangement with guest vocalists and personally dedicated to them. The Wilderness Choir returns – the ultimate participatory experience. A heart-swelling, tear-jerking festival classic, complete, of course, with the full symphony orchestra.
The Jumpyard – curated by festival aficionados Continental Drifts – is the place for big bands, vibrant rhythms and late-night skanking. Swing n’ Bass DJ and Producer Mista Trick brings his full band, mixing vintage, vaudeville vibes with distinctly down and dirty drum n’ bass.
Karma Sheen, the Hindustani, classical, psychedelic-rock group deliver Sufi-inspired lyricism to create a unique and electrifying sound. Brother Bots are an energetic trio project of bass, synth and drums, Mitsumen are a DJ-style live band who play well-known bangers blended seamlessly into a high energy, highly danceable set.
Brand new venue, The Dive showcases exciting and innovative new bands storming the live music scene across the UK. This is the place for dazzling performances and unscripted anarchy. Night Tapes play atmospheric soundscapes and fresh, envelope-pushing dream pop. Brighton-based band Welly crash together the best bits of escapist pop, indie-disco, punk and DIY electronics.
They’re joined by experimental rock trio Mary in The Junkyard, magnetic fast-rising indie-rock four-piece, Die Twice, alternative, funk, indie, punk, rock, spoken word group Fever Rouge, cinematic ‘desert rock’ band The Howlers, indie-punk outfit Soaked, hauntingly beautiful duo Korda Korder, psychedelia, funk, and 90s electronica group common goldfish, Japanese jazz and Jpop singer Juju, ‘jank’ punk Isle of Wight duo The Pill, indie-pop ‘door-to-door heartbreak salesman’ Nature TV, glam-rock visual artist Rizzy and Lemonsuckr.
Infamous HQ of fun times The Club House is the place for surreal theatrics, games, hysterical dancing and ‘deeply silly’ participatory escapades. This year, Club House bands include UK brass band trailblazers Brass Funkeys, the dancefloor-filling, thumpingly-good Ibiza Brass, with party starter DJ Max Galactic and The Club House All Stars.
The Twisted Time Machine returns, taking you on an interactive journey through time and space landing in all the best musical decades from the 1920s, featuring, as usual, a host of pro performers, dancers and DJs.
The Riddle returns with another superlative line-up of DJs from the forefront of the international club scene and an intimate, upfront party The Hustle reignites its trademark resonant dancefloor for a ninth year, with daytime theatrics and kids discos, back-to-back underground DJ excellence, free-flowing cocktails and notorious late-night antics.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Talks, arts and participation
A sprawling and diverse range of arts and pursuits awaits, from avant-garde workshops with artists and master craftspeople to mass participatory high jinx at the hands of an ensemble of weird and wonderful ringleaders. Flamboyant and celebratory, The House of Sublime is the ground-breaking venue that has become integral to the ever-evolving Wilderness identity.
From award-winning cabarets to contemporary drag, enter a world of the fabulous and the unexpected. This year, the progressive Hackney Wick-based Yard Theatre takeover; their mission? Telling new stories, creating euphoric journeys on stage and dancefloor and supporting artists and young people to take imaginative risks.
There’s an erotic writing club with writer and curator Susanna Davies-Crook – ‘Talking Dirty and Writing Sex’ – plus a talk and workshop in erotic photography. One Night Parties – the space for women and non-binary people to explore their femininity – bring their party MODEST to the house, journalist Yomi Adegoke Fixes your Problems and Miss Gold delivers her talk: ‘Mothers who Like To F*ck.’
The Club House and The Playing Fields will, as ever, be teeming with raucous and ridiculous antics. There’s a Disco Ceilidh, Femm Again throw a ‘bigger, better, wetter’ party presided over by their awesome female DJs plus line dancing and rodeo from country music-themed LGBTQIA+ club night Queer Cxntry.
Games this year include The Great Big Festival Football Match, The Naked Pop Inquizition, fluro fun and frolics at the amazing Night Games and Monsieur Bon Bon goes in search of Le Croissant D’Amour. The Makers Quarter is a treasure trove of creativity and a space for experimentation. Attend a writing masterclass, make your zine, try your hand at life-casting, and knit your bag with Geo Knits Slow: the possibilities for play are vast.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Feasting and dining
Wilderness pioneered the concept of fine dining in a field and remains unparalleled for the scope and ambition of its food programming. Perch beside the freshwater lake and chat with the chef as they prepare your lunch with just a handful of other diners, dine at a Long Table Banquet in your finery, roam through the forest to your Woodland Feast beneath the Wychwood canopy or take away your delicious lunch to catch a performance or picnic under a tree: epicurean delights await around every corner.
Wilderness is thrilled to announce three headline chefs who make their Wilderness debut at intimate lakeside restaurant The Chef’s Table.
Andy Beynon made his mark on the UK’s culinary map when he landed his first Michelin star just twenty days after opening his debut restaurant, Behind. There, his seafood-led menu blends his classical fine dining background – learned under the likes of Matt Weedon (Lords of the Manor) and Phil Howard (The Square) – with his ingredient-focused style, which balances complexity and minimalism.
Anna Haugh is an Irish chef and founder of her own Chelsea restaurant Myrtle which makes Irish produce the centrepiece of the menu. She is one of the main chefs on BBC’s Ready Steady Cook, a regular on Morning Live and Saturday Kitchen for the BBC and has appeared on If These Meals Could Talk. In late 2022, Anna was announced as the new judge for Masterchef: The Professionals.
Josh Overington launched York restaurant Le Cochon Aveugle as his first venture – which made it into the National Restaurant Awards top 100 in 2019. Last year he was awarded a Michelin-star for his Yorkshire-based fine dining restaurant Mýse. Ben Quinn and the Woodfired Canteen team will once again be cooking up a storm over live fire, under the chandelier bedecked woodland canopy at his iconic and utterly magical Long Table in the Woods.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Family
Firmly established as an eye-popping magical playground for children, the family programme is wild, colourful and inspiring, with an incredible Family Field crammed with games, activities and performers. Tootles + Nibs – famed purveyors of festival nonsense – bring their recipe of ‘hubbub, hullabaloo and brouhaha’ to create adventures, stories, dreams and treasure hunts. Keepers of calm Mortimer Nannies are on hand and 321 Lets Have Fun soft play returns to the Wilderness Family Field.
Wellbeing
The Sanctuary is the hub that nourishes and refurbishes you inside and out. With a diverse schedule of workouts, classes, talks, dances, gong baths and meditations, you will find whatever you need here. Four spaces host a multitude of sessions: The Studio, Mindful Space and Wellbeing in the Wild. Try Aerial Yoga or Paddleboard Yoga with Island Feather. Sign up for a talk or meditation – there is a wealth of different disciplines available.
Blink Therapies return, providing a safe space to talk, a place to relax and rest, and mindfulness activities. They will be offering one-to-one talking therapy sessions with their team of qualified psychologists and counsellors. The utterly iconic and superbly deluxe Lakeside Spa returns, with its dreamy wood-fired hot tubs and more.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Wild adventures / outdoor pursuits
Cornbury Park is an undulating paradise packed with ancient oaks, deep lakes and teeming with deer. The outdoor experiences to be found here are world-class. Take a Wild Medicine Walk or a Foraging Workshop with an expert, immerse yourself under the ancient canopy at Forest Bathing, sign up for Crazy Golf, paddle a boat into the middle of the sparkling freshwater lake or take a pre-breakfast wild swim.
There is a return to the founding principles of Wilderness, with the aim of providing more ways to be immersed in the glorious Wychwood forest. The ‘In The Wild’ ethos returns this year, with each pillar billing an ‘In The Wild’ event. Food in The Wild takes the form of the Woodland Banquet, Music in the Wild, Arts In The Wild and Talks In The Wild are all to be announced.
Whichever way you choose to find your wild, drop in. Unplug, breathe deeply and relax. It’s all for you.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Artwork
This year’s artwork reflects the different experiences of the festival day to night. Our website reflects this with our artwork changing depending on what time you land on the website to match the day and night modes in Cornbury Park.
Wilderness 2025 lineup: Audi
Wilderness is delighted to announce the return of Audi as the headline partner for 2025. Dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences, the Wilderness and Audi partnership promises a curation of magical and immersive happenings. So, whether you enjoyed the fine hospitality and mesmerising events at The Audi Haven during the past years’ festivities, or are a first-timer at Wilderness, prepare for something unexpected this year.
