Foefest have today announced their long awaited line up for their next chapter which will take place at Shredenhams, Bristol on 6th June and what a huge announcement it is!

Foefest is getting bigger and better each year it’s put on and I for one cannot wait for it!

This year will see the festival take on a total of 16 Artists across 2 Stages and to top it off there will be no clashes! Not to forget this is the first Foefest to have 2 Stages.

Fans who attend the festival are also welcome to bring their decks and make use of the Shredenhams skatepark throughout the day with an additional £5 on top of the ticket price (usually £10)!

There will be food vendors at the festival with all the food being vegan friendly (I was asked to make sure you knew there is definitely pizza involved!).

Finally there will be a merch village for all artists to showcase their merch and a couple of guest vendors will also be in attendence which we’re yet to find out about!

Now on to the actual reason you’re here…to see who’s playing Foefest 2026!

Headlining the main stage of the festival is Southampton Crossover Kings Grove Street!

Grove Street released their single Self Sabotage back in October last year with the hint of their new album in the works. With a couple of shows this year already booked in, featuring a support slot for Gideon on their UK tour starting at the end of January, a hometown show through Betrayed by Life Records in April and finally featuring on the Knuckledust 30th Anniversary show taking place at The Underworld in June!

I’ve seen these guys quite a few times in the past couple of years, including their sets at 2000 Trees the and I can safely say that these bunch of lads are incredibly fun to get moshing to and they have such a good stage presence! To see them as a headline act at this festival will be something special and you won’t want to miss it!

For the first time at Foefest there is a second stage and there is definitely something special to it. With no Joshfest taking place in Reading for the foreseeable future it has been announced (with their permission) that the second stage this year will be named The Josh Clapham Stage after the Petulance vocalist.

You can read all about Joshfest over at our article here.

On top of this, Bobby, one of Foefest organisers relayed to me that the majority of profits from this years festival will be donated to the mental health charity Mind. (Add mind info in) taking the same ethos as Joshfest!

Headlining The Josh Clapham Stage is none of than one of Germany’s finest in hardcore, Peace of Mind!

Peace of Mind released their second album Blood Is The Price back in September 2025, a similar time to when I started diving into this blog and what an album it is! I remember finding this and thinking holy shit thats hard! With a few features on the album including Risk It, Blossom Decay and Australia’s finest…SPEED.

I was unfortunate enough to miss their tour over here in the UK back in the autumn. So I am definitely looking forward to finally catching them this year at Foefest and you should be too!

Some honourable mentions to make on this line up is also the return of Foefest 2024 headliners and BN1 royalty Tempers Fray!

Tempers Fray return to Foefest after having quite a sick year in 2025. With a support slot for TRC, playing a hometown show for the LBU x BN1 show at Daltons in Brighton and also heading over to Europe to tour with Hard Mind amongst other shows.

On top of Foefest they will also be joining Grove Street for the 30th anniversary Knuckledust show at The Underworld in Camden this summer!

You can check out their interview with me via the link here.

Defiance make their way over to Bristol all the way from Stuttgart, Germany to take on Foefest.

Defiance released their latest EP Blossom back in April last year and their single Lines Crossed in November. Now I’m excited to see what they have to offer and I would love to see them throw a couple of extra UK dates out there!

Welcoming back South West Crossover Kings and Bristol homies Overpower!

Overpower, who also featured on the first Foefest lineup back in 2024 return for their hometown show! I’ve chatted to these guys quite a few times over the past year and have also caught them at a couple of shows including New Cross and 2000 Trees. So if you love crossover, you’ll definitely love Overpower!

When I spoke to Overpower a few months back they explained in our interview that they have been working on some new material and are due to release something this year! So who knows? maybe you’ll get some new Overpower at Foefest in June!

They are such a good bunch of duded who definitely have time for people. They have a show coming up in Middlesbrough at the end of January through Rhapsody Records supporting Lifesick so go check that out as well!

You can check out their interview with me via the link here.

Now, there are so many other sick artists to name for this festival but I’ll leave you to take a look at the poster below and give everyone a listen.

Foefest takes place at Shredenhams, Bristol with doors opening at 3pm. Tickets are available now at the price of £30 in advance available at https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/shredenhams/sat-6-jun-foe-fest-2026-142892#e142892.

So, Until Foefest I’ll catch you in the pit!

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