Official stage times.
These are the festival’s published times, so they’re safe to plan around. Times sourced from Clashfinder.
10 stages across 5 days: The Pallet, Meadow, The Woodland, Maui Waui, Tea Tent, Convoy Cabaret, CODA, Big Ed and 2 more. See the full timetable
Bearded Theory 2026 line-up in full
Headliners
- Pixies
- Garbage
- Skunk Anansie
Main Stage
- CMAT
- The Damned
- Kae Tempest
- Everything Everything
- Fat Dog
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Bad Nerves
- Big Special
- Ferocious Dog
- Getdown Services
- Idlewild
- Kate Nash
- Lambrini Girls
- Los Bitchos
- Peter Hook & The Light
- Peter Hook and the Light
- Reverend and the Makers
- Sprints
- The Horrors
- The Twilight Sad
- Warmduscher
- Westside Cowboy
Second Stage
- A Certain Ratio
- A Guy Called Gerald
- Adult DVD
- Au Pairs
- Beans on Toast
- Bloodworm
- Chalk
- Dub Pistols (DJ set)
- Eat Static (DJ set)
- GANS
- EMF
- Girl Scout
- Goldie
- Graeme Park
- Heartworms
- Henge
- Honeyglaze
- Jon Spencer
- Kezia Gill
- Kid Kapichi
- King Prawn
- Lawnmower Deth
- Leeroy Thornhill
- Lucia & The Best Boys
- Lynks
- Neville Staple
- NewDad
- Opus Kink
- Ozric Tentacles
- Panic Shack
- Phil Hartnoll (Orbital DJ set)
- Pop Will Eat Itself
- Scaler
- Senser
- Sir Chloe
- Swim School
- The Leisure Society
- The Magic Numbers
- The Molotovs
- The Sabres of Paradise (live)
- The Specials (Neville Staple)
- The Unthanks
- The Wedding Present
- The Wildhearts
- Toots & the Maytals ft. Leba Hibbert
- Utah Saints
- Venus Grrrls
Smaller Stages
- 3 Daft Monkeys
- Amelia Coburn
- An Dannsa Dub
- Andrea Kenny
- Basht.
- BCUC
- Better Joy
- Bez
- Black Water County
- Cara Means Friend
- Chris Hawkins (BBC 6 Music DJ set)
- DIY Soundsystem
- DJ Rap
- Drum Machine
- Good Health Good Wealth
- Grandmas House
- Irvine Welsh
- jasmine.4.t
- Jess Silk
- Jools
- K.O.G Soundsystem
- Katacombs
- La Sécurité
- Lines
- Little Grandad
- Meatdripper
- Meryl Streek
- Miki Berenyi Trio
- Mr Bruce
- Muddy Summers & The DFWs
- Native James
- Nuala
- Rianne Downey
- She’s in Parties
- Split Dogs
- Stewart Lee
- Tankus
- Taylor More Swiftly
- Ted Chippington
- The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
- The Beatles Dub Club
- The Everly Pregnant Brothers
- The Hempolics
- The League of Rebelz
- The Nightingales
- The Pale White
- The Wran
- thistle.
- Toots and the Maytals feat. Leba Hibbert
Frequently asked
- When is Bearded Theory 2026?
- 20–24 May 2026
- Where does Bearded Theory take place?
- Catton Park, Derbyshire
- How many acts are playing?
- 121 acts are on the bill, including Pixies, Garbage, Skunk Anansie, CMAT.
- How do I work out who to see?
- Rate the acts on FestEval and it builds an itinerary around your picks, flagging any that overlap.
- Are stage times available?
- Yes. The official times are published and available on FestEval. 10 stages across 5 days, with the full timetable on FestEval.