Audi Presents Wilderness Festival has marked 100 days to go until its 2026 edition, unveiling a major expansion of its programme with 124 newly announced names across 11 venues.
The festival returns to Cornbury Park from July 30 to August 02 2026, celebrating its fifteenth year with one of its most ambitious line-ups to date.
Headlining this year’s festival are Scissor Sisters, The Last Dinner Party, Carl Cox, Soulwax, Baxter Dury, Saint Etienne, Good Neighbours, Hot 8 Brass Band, Groove Armada and SISTERS, curated by Annie Lennox.
Alongside these major acts, Wilderness continues its multidisciplinary approach, combining music with performance, literature, wellbeing, debate and family programming.
New additions span a wide range of venues. At The Atrium, audiences can experience Uchenna Dance: Our Mighty Groove, Little Bulb: Listen, Dance, Women In Jazz Presents Donna Leake, Police Cops and MASSAOKE.
House of Sublime brings a diverse cabaret and performance line up including Georgie Jones – And the Worlds Spins Away, The Divine presents “Baby Lame: Hit Me Baby One More Lame!”, The Sublime Society, The Musical Theatre Rave, Baby Lame, Fag Packet, The Divine presents “East End Girls”, Shibari Workshop with Charlie Bouquet, Jodie Mitchell – ‘John Travulva Finds His Father (But Only to get an Irish Passport) [WIP], The Sisters of Shesus, Shooting from Below by Midgitte Bardot, The Generation Gameshow Cabaret, The Body Love Sketchclub Live Drawing Workshop, Seayoncé, The Cocoa Butter Club – SLICC N THICC, Lorna Rose Treen & Friends, Lorna Rose Tree – Work In Progress, ‘Manic Street Creature’ via Maimuna Memon, Trans Voices, Permission to Play: Kink 101 with Miss May, Fancy Shews! and The Mr Blackpool Roadshow.
The Dive will spotlight emerging live music talent including Silver Gore, Benchwarmer, TideTied, Jeanie and the White Boys, TTSSFU, Two Man Lift, Cowboy Hunters, Freidberg, Rizzy & The Gents, Media Puzzle, Ashnymph, Dear Tash, Little Grandad, Cruush, Ebbb, The North, Us, Silverwing Killer, Lucia & The Best Boys, Curiosity Shop and Gossip Queens.
Meanwhile, The Club House hosts events such as the Naughty 00s Opening Party, Bangers and Mash Late Night Kitchen and Jet Boot Jack.
Elsewhere, The Forum presents talks and discussions including Little Minds, Big News – Dr Martha Deiros Collado & Kirsti Adair, We Know You Can Pay a Million: Hacking and Ransomware – Anja Shortland, AI and Algorithm: Attention Seeker or Attention Stealer – Panel featuring Julia Bell, How To Go Viral: From Instagram to TikTok and Everything in Between, Troubled Waters: A New Breed of Climate Activism, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud – Sathnam Sanghera, Big Boys Don’t Cry: Are Men OK?, Bring on the Flamboyance – Jack Parlett, “Don’t Mention the War”: How to Agree to Disagree – Gabrielle Rifkind, WTF Is Going On With British Housing? – Phin Harper, and The Fear Opportunity – Victoria Pendleton C.B.E, alongside appearances from Fern Brady and Sarah Cracknell in conversation.
The Jumpyard will feature Dan’s People, Sam & The Womp, Daraa Tribes, Buffo’s Wake, Millie Watson and Roxanne Phillips, DJ Chairman and Pony Montana. Literary programming in The Books Tent includes Fred Pearce, James Muldoon, Roxy Dunn, Francesca Wade, Julia Bell, Hazel Sheffield, Sidekick Books, Rebecca Perry, Alex Hyde, Ben Pester, Izabella Scott, Kojo Koram, Keza MacDonald and Tash Walker & Adam Zmith.
Family programming remains central, with The Family Field hosting Samba Workshop with Big Beat Drumming, Arthur Juggler, Madame Zucchini, Zoo Lab: Animal Encounter, Guerilla Archaeology, Rock School Bus, Fun Science and more, while theatre and walkabout performances include The Moonlit Owl, Mother Nature Stilt Walkers, The Luminas and Reverse mermaids.
A “Wilderness by Numbers” snapshot highlights the scale of the event, including 318 acts, 24,000 attendees, 3,600 wellbeing sessions, 142 food and market traders, and 400 acres of parkland, alongside partnerships such as food redistribution with Oxford Food Bank.
With tickets now on sale, Wilderness Festival 2026 promises a wide-ranging cultural programme set against the natural landscape of Cornbury Park.
