Dot To Dot Festival 2027

TBC - lineup not yet announced

Dot To Dot is a multi-venue metropolitan festival that has run since 2005, taking over city-centre venues in Bristol on the Saturday and Nottingham on the Sunday of the late May bank holiday weekend.

The festival has built its reputation on booking emerging talent early - past line-ups have included Ed Sheeran, Florence + The Machine, The 1975, Wolf Alice, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., Lewis Capaldi and Yard Act well before they filled arenas - and it won Best Metropolitan Festival at the UK Festival Awards. Recent editions have added well over a hundred local acts alongside the touring bill, giving Bristol and Nottingham artists a citywide platform.

One wristband gives access to every participating venue across the day, exchanged for an e-ticket at the wristband exchange in the morning. Because venue capacities are regulated individually, the advice is to arrive early for any act you particularly want to see. The festival is strictly 14+, though some individual venues operate their own 18+ policies.