With brilliant live music, hands‑on children’s activities, inspiring talks, and delicious food and drink, The Wake is where music breathes in the open air – drifting between sound, sky and Sussex countryside. This year brings 17 acts across three stages, including Mercury Prize-winning Badly Drawn Boy, the fantastic indie force The Tubs, and dream‑pop shimmer from Radhika.
Tucked into the fields and woodland of Loxwood Meadow, it’s a festival that feels open in every sense. Friendly, affordable, easy to settle into – the kind of place where you arrive for the music and end up staying for the atmosphere.
Created by the founders of Green Man, The Wake is proudly independent and lovingly curated. Its immersive woodland setting gives every performance room to shine, letting the songs mingle with birdsong and the rustle of leaves.
This is a festival built for memories, not masses. A place where melodies wander through the trees, where you can slow down, explore, and stumble across something unexpected.
Joyful moments, surprising moments, moments that lift you out of the everyday – all shaped by the natural world around you. Stay a while and let The Wake wake something in you.
Tickets available to buy for The Wake Festival on Saturday 29th August 2026 online at
www.seetickets.com/event/the-wake/loxwood-meadow/3526768#op1
