Festival Hub: Bearded Theory

The Scene: The multi-award winning and family-friendly festival, Bearded Theory, comes together for their Spring Gathering during the May bank holiday weekend. Besides the eclectic music lineup and children's activities, the festival also hosts a World Record Attempt for the Largest Number of People Wearing False Beards.

Bearded Theory Festival 2024: May 23-26, 2024
  • Jane’s Addiction
  • Amyl & The Sniffers
  • Future Islands
  • Sleaford Mods
  • Orbital
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Bob Vylan
  • New Model Army
  • Wargasm
  • Gentleman’s Dub Club
  • Ferocious Dog
  • Punk Rock Factory
  • Ibibio Sound Machine
  • Jane Weaver
  • Pip Blom
  • Panic Shack
  • Jim Bob
  • Peat & Diesel
  • Beans On Toast
  • His Lorship
  • Divorce
  • Sprints
  • Green Lung
  • English Teacher
  • Bdrmm
  • Big Special
  • Bis
  • Roni Size
  • The Orb
  • 888 State
  • System 7
  • Utah Saints
  • The March Violets
  • The Bar Stool Preacher
  • Hotwax
  • Trout
  • Katie Malco
  • Girl Scout
  • Liines
  • Problem Patterns
  • 3 Daft Monkeys
  • Sonic Boom Six
  • Full Flower Moon Band
  • The Meffs
  • Ed Tudor Pole
  • Jess Silk
Bearded Theory Festival 2023: May 25-28, 2023
  • Beans on Toast
  • Benefits
  • Coach Party
  • Cruel Hearts Club
  • Echo And The Bunnymen
  • Elvana
  • EMF
  • Flogging Molly
  • Gary Numan
  • Gogol Bordello
  • Henge
  • Holy Moly and the Crackers
  • Interpol
  • Millie Manders and the Shutup
  • Muddy Summers & The DFWs
  • Panic Shack
  • Pet Needs
  • Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
  • Primal Scream
  • RudeSix
  • She Drew The Gun
  • Skinny Lister
  • Snapped Ankles
  • Stick In The Wheel
  • The Bar-Steward Sons Of Val Doonican
  • The Beths
  • The Dualers
  • The Lovely Eggs
  • The Mysterines
  • The Undertones
  • Viagra Boys
  • Warmduscher
  • Yard Act
Bearded Theory Festival 2022: May 26-29, 2022
  • Amy Macdonald
  • Dreadzone
  • Dub Pistols
  • Dubioza Kolektiv
  • Ferocious Dog
  • Lauran Hibberd
  • Misty in Roots
  • Neville Staple Band
  • Nova Twins
  • Patti Smith
  • Peter Hook and the Light
  • Placebo
  • The Flaming Lips
  • The Mission
  • The Selecter
  • Wilko Johnson
Bearded Theory Festival 2019: May 23-26, 2019
  • ANGELIC UPSTARTS
  • BEMIS
  • BILK
  • BROKEN BONES MATILDA
  • FRIDAY
  • HEADSTICKS
  • HEAVY LUNGS
  • HOLLIE COOK
  • IMPERIAL LEISURE
  • INDIGO VELVET
  • JUSTIN SULLIVAN
  • LADY BIRD
  • LONGY AND THE GOSPEL TRASH
  • LUCIA
  • ORPHAN COLOURS
  • PATTERN PUSHER
  • REEF
  • REV HAMMER
  • STEEL PULSE
  • SUNSHINE FRISBEE LASERBEAM
  • THE BLINDERS
  • THE BLUNDERS
  • THE DREADNOUGHTS
  • THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS
  • THE LOTTERY WINNERS
  • THE NEWCRANES
  • THE SOCIAL IGNITION
  • THE WILDHEARTS
  • THE WINACHI TRIBE
  • THE WOODLAND
  • Editors
  • Idlewind
  • Stiff Little Fingers
  • Oh Sees
  • The Skatalites
  • Seth Lakeman
  • The Slow Readers Club
  • The Bar Stool Preachers
  • Beans On Toast
  • Bemis
  • The Blunders
  • Broken Bones Matilda
  • The Dreadnoughts
  • Headsticks
  • Heavy Lungs
Bearded Theory Festival 2018: May 24-27, 2018
  • 3 DAFT MONKEYS
  • 51ST STATE
  • AARTWORK
  • ALTERN-8
  • Anthrax
  • ASTRALASIA
  • BACK TO THE PLANET
  • BAR STOOL PREACHERS
  • BARRY DODD’S
  • BENNY PAGE
  • BILLY THE SQUARE
  • BLOSSOMS
  • BLUE ROSE CODE
  • CARA MEANS FRIEND
  • CHRIS THE POET
  • CIRCUS INSANE
  • CLUSTERF**K
  • COSMO
  • CRAZYHEAD
  • CRINKLE CUTS
  • DEAD HAPPY
  • DELTA BELTA DANCE BAND
  • DIRTY SAFFI
  • DISSIDENT NOIZE FACTORY
  • DJ ANDY MASON
  • DJ CLUMSY
  • DJ EVOLUTION
  • DJ FLO
  • DJ GINGE
  • DJ MERV PEPLER
  • DJ MICHAEL DOG
  • DOGHOUSE
  • DON LETTS
  • DOUG SEGAL
  • DUB PISTOLS
  • DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV
  • DUNCAN OAKLEY
  • EAT STATIC
  • ED SOLO / MC DARRISON
  • ED TANGENT
  • ELIZA CARTHY & THE WAYWARD BAND
  • EVERLY PREGNANT BROTHERS
  • FLAP SANDWICH
  • FOBZY
  • FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS
  • GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB
  • GREG ZOGG
  • HAGAR THE WOMB
  • HANS DELBRUCK
  • HERBIE JACK
  • HOLY MOLY AND THE CRACKERS
  • HOT TRAMP
  • IDLES
  • JAKE & THE JELLYFISH
  • JAKE BUGG
  • JENOVA COLLECTIVE
  • JERAMIAH FERRARI
  • JESUS JONES
  • JIMMY CLIFF
  • JON MCLURE
  • KAYA PROJECT
  • KEEFS UKE JAM
  • KEEPERS BREW
  • KERRI WATT
  • KING KONG COMPANY
  • KIRK MCELHINNEY
  • KLONK
  • LIFE
  • LIT FM
  • LOUNGE CAT IDEALS
  • LUCY SPRAGGAN
  • MAD DOG COLLECTIVE
  • MAMA JERK & THE LADY FINGERS
  • MAN THE LIFE BOATS
  • MILBURN
  • MILLIE MANDERS & THE SHUT UP
  • MISTA BEAT
  • MONSTEROMETER
  • MY BAD SISTER
  • MYOKE
  • NODENS ICTUS
  • OCTOBER DRIFT
  • ONE EYED GOD
  • P.A.I.N.
  • PINS
  • PIZZATRAMP
  • PUNCH THE SKY
  • PUNK KARAOKE
  • RADIO RIDDLER
  • RANDOM HAND
  • RDF
  • REV DR D WAYNE LOVE
  • REV PHIL DREAD
  • REVEREND & THE MAKERS
  • REWS
  • RHINO & THE RANTERS
  • ROB MULLHOLLAND
  • ROBERT LEINER
  • Robert Plant
  • RUTS DC
  • SCOTT BENNETT
  • SEAN PERCIVAL
  • SHACKLETON TRIO
  • SHEAFS
  • SHOW OF HANDS
  • SKACIETY
  • SLEAFORD MODS
  • SLEEPER
  • SPORADICS
  • STEAMCHICKEN
  • STIG OF THE DUB
  • STONEHENGE FESTIVAL CAMPAIGN
  • SULLY OSULLIVAN
  • SUSAN MURRAY
  • SWEETHEARTS
  • TARANTISM
  • THE AUTUMN SAINTS
  • THE BAR-STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN
  • THE BLUNDERS
  • THE BRANDY THIEVES
  • THE CORAL
  • THE HIGH POINTS
  • THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN
  • THE LAST GREAT DREAMERS
  • THE MAJESTIC
  • THE MUSHROOM PROJECT
  • THE RPMS
  • THE RUMJACKS
  • THE SHIMMER BAND
  • THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE
  • THE VAGABAND
  • THE WHIP
  • THE WOODEN MEN
  • TIDE LINES
  • TOM WRIGGLESWORTH
  • TRAV CHAV
  • UK SUBS
  • UKULELE SUBS
  • WATER FOR DOGS
  • WES ZAHARUK
  • WILL VARLEY
  • ZION TRAIN
  • ZUBZUB
Bearded Theory Festival 2017: May 25-28, 2017
  • SKUNK ANANSIE
  • SLAVES
  • THE ALARM
  • FEROCIOUS DOG
  • JAYA THE CAT
  • FLIGHT BRIGADE
  • FAERGROUND ACCIDENTS
  • KASSASIN STREET
  • SEASICK STEVE
  • NEW MODEL ARMY
  • AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE
  • ALABAMA 3
  • ANTI-PASTI
  • SKIPPINISH
  • JOSH DOYLE
  • THE MOCKING JAYS
  • MADNESS
  • SUGAR HILL GANG & FURIOUS FIVE
  • THE SELECTER
  • NUCLEUS ROOTS
  • GOLDBLADE
  • SMILING IVY
  • CAST
  • THE CARNABYS
  • TESS OF THE CIRCLE
  • SMILEY & THE UNDERCLASS
  • ROVING CROWS
  • SKACIETY
  • SON PRIMO
  • FOY VANCE
  • KISSMET
  • MAIA
  • DEFEKTERS
  • WILLE & THE BANDITS
  • MUDDY SUMMERS AND THE DIRTY FIELD WHORES
  • BLACKBALLED
  • HOT SPROCKETS
  • REV HAMMER
  • FUNKE AND THE TWO TONE BABY
  • REVEREND & THE MAKERS
  • PRONGHORN
  • WHEATUS
  • NOVA TWINS
  • RAGS RUDI
  • GARY J ARMSTRONG
  • BILLY IN THE LOWGROUND
  • TARANTISM ACOUSTIC
  • UKE KEEF
  • MAGICAL SOUNDS
  • MEGADOG SOUNDSYSTEM FT MC TEABAG
  • CJ BOLLAND
  • MICHAEL DOG
  • BANCO DE GAIA
  • DJ EVOLUTION
  • EXQUISITE CORPSE
  • DJ TEMPLEHEAD
  • TETCHI
  • GEEZER / JAH SCOOP
  • BIG UNIT
  • REV P DREAD
  • BACK TO THE PLANET
  • DRUM MACHINE
  • SATURDAY
  • SYSTEM 7
  • ED TANGENT
  • GAUDI
  • YOUTH
  • ZETAN SPORE
  • MULTISEED
  • MADHATTERS SOUNDSYSTEM
  • SERIAL KILLAZ
  • CLUMSY
  • RUN TINGZ CRU
  • LA LA AND THE BOO YAA
  • MR ORGANIZED / LUNATIX [RING THE ALARM]
  • DRUM MACHINE
  • SUNDAY
  • TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND
  • GLOBULAR
  • DUB TREES FT JAH WOBBLE
  • KUKAN DUB LAGAN
  • 3 DAFT MONKEYS
  • INDIGO HERDER
  • USHTI BABA
  • INDIAN MAN BHANGRA SPECIAL
  • DRUM MACHINE
  • THE AFTER HOURS QUINTET
  • FAT N FURIOUS
  • BLOODSHAKE CHORUS
  • MOJOKINGS
  • GATSBY SWING BAND
  • DIRTY FOLKERS
  • BOWEAVIL
  • FICK AS FIEVES
  • CULTURE DUB ORCHESTRA
  • CHINA BULL SHOP
  • BACK TO THE PLANET
  • THE REV SCHNEIDER & THE BAND OF ANGELS
  • LACERTILLIA
  • GUTTERPUNKZ KREW
  • TARANTISM
  • THE SPORADICS
  • ONE EYED GOD
  • THE INBREDZ
  • RAT BAG
  • ANDY T
  • CUBA LIBRE
  • PUBLIC ORDER ACT
  • DOGHOUSE
  • TRAV CHAV
  • REV DREAD
  • INFECTED HEADZ
  • MARK KELLY
  • RUDEBOY
  • PASTOR DISASTER
  • BRISTOL CARNIVAL PUNKS
  • FREAK BOUTIQUE
  • GOD SHAVE THE QUEEN
  • CIRCUS INSANE
  • SPANGLEGRINDERS
  • CONVOY CABARET CHORUS LINE
  • BUTTON UP
  • BROKE BOUTIQUE
  • DREADZONE
  • DON LETTS
  • 3 DAFT MONKEYS
  • TARANTISM
  • TRUE DECIEVERS
  • HOBO JONES & THE JUNK YARD DOGS
  • GAIL
  • FREEDOM
Bearded Theory Festival 2016: May 26-29, 2016
  • 3 Daft Monkeys
  • Arrested Development
  • Attila the Stockbroker
  • Bad Manners
  • Beans on Toast
  • Billy Bragg
  • Black Uhuru
  • Cockney Rejects
  • Doctor and the Medics
  • Dub Pistols
  • Flutatious
  • From The Jam
  • Jack Savoretti
  • John Otway & Band
  • Juno Reactor
  • Killing Joke
  • Levellers
  • Mad Dog Mcrea
  • Moulettes
  • New Town Kings
  • Please Y Self Skiffle Band
  • Popes Of Chillitown
  • Public Image Ltd.
  • Red Monroes
  • Reverend and The Makers
  • Roughneck Riot
  • Rumour Cubes
  • Senser
  • Sheelanagig
  • Skerryvore
  • Squeeze
  • Stiff Little Fingers
  • Strontium Dogs
  • Subhumans
  • Talisman
  • Terrorvision
  • The Filaments
  • The King Blues
  • The Orb
  • The Tips
  • The Tuts
  • Turin Brakes
  • Wilko Johnson
  • Will Tun & The Wasters
Bearded Theory Festival 2013: May 17-19, 2013
  • A Guy Called Gerald
  • AHAB
  • Andy Faze
  • Asian Dub Foundation
  • Astrodruid
  • Bakseats
  • Bayer
  • BB BlackDog
  • Beanfeast Banjos
  • Billy Vincent
  • Bootscraper
  • Buster Shuffle
  • Chukkel
  • Citizen Fish
  • Clayton Blizzard
  • Clumsy
  • DJ Mosienko
  • DJ Woodzee
  • Doleman & Emerson
  • Drop Bear
  • Drum-machine
  • Ed Tangent
  • Engine Ears
  • Ezio
  • Far Cue
  • Frayed Knott
  • Frenzy
  • Gallon Drunk
  • Goldblade
  • Humming Birds
  • Jazz Morley
  • Jive Aces
  • Jolly Jock
  • Karine Polwart
  • Kickflip
  • Left Hand Drive
  • Left Step Band
  • Levellers
  • Liquid Lounge
  • Lorraine
  • Lost Element
  • Lucy Ward
  • Macka B & The Roots Reggae Band
  • MagicLantern
  • Major Triadz
  • Maroon Town
  • Muddy Summers & the DFWs
  • Neds Atomic Dustbin
  • New Groove Formation
  • New Model Army
  • OCDJ HRH The Pernickity Bint
  • OOOD
  • OVNI
  • Peatbog Faeries
  • Pete Jackson
  • Peter Donegan
  • Please Y Self
  • Police Dog Hogan
  • Port Erin
  • Puddock Stew
  • Pure Mischief
  • Pussycat & The Dirty Johnsons
  • Radio Mary
  • Red Ruff
  • Rev P Dread & Ms Something-else
  • Reverend & The Makers
  • Ruts DC
  • Seth Lakeman
  • Shanks Pony
  • Shooglenifty
  • Shootin` the Crow
  • Sicknote
  • Stiff Little Fingers
  • Subgiant
  • Sunday Driver
  • Tankus the Henge
  • The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
  • The Beards
  • The Beekeepers
  • The Boot Hill All Stars
  • The Caezars
  • The Destroyers
  • The Farm
  • The Lancashire Hot Pots
  • The Life & Times of Brothers Hogg
  • The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
  • The Quireboys
  • The The Rock & Roll Town Crier
  • The Zen Hussies
  • Tim Toil
  • Twomanting
  • Uke Jam Session
  • Wall of Skiffle
  • Whisky Stain
  • Zombie Met Girl
Bearded Theory Festival 2012: May 18-20, 2012
  • Show of Hands
  • Chumbawamba
  • Radical Dance Faction (RDF)
  • The Selecter
  • The Urban Voodoo Machine
  • Credit to The Nation
  • The Popes
  • Random Hand
  • Kissmet
  • Imperial Leisure
  • Ferocious Dog
  • WitchDoktors
  • Rasta4Eyes
  • The Travelling Band
  • RoughNeck Riot
  • Tracy Jane Sullivan
  • Cracked Actors
  • Boot Hill All Stars
  • Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers
  • Pronghorn
  • Back to the Planet
  • Los Albertos
  • King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys
  • DJs Dr Quila
  • House of Lyd