After the Music Venue Trust joined forces with The National Lottery to launch Everywhere At Once, the first line-up has been announced – check out the names set to perform at the festival below.
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The event will take place for the first time on June 26-28 – falling on what would have been Glastonbury weekend, which is taking 2026 off for a fallow year. Instead of being held at one site and having punters commute and camp there, it will take place at hundreds of grassroots music venues across the country.
Over that weekend, venues from Inverness to Penzance will host hundreds of artists ranging from household names to emerging talent. Designed to encourage people to reconnect with their local grassroots venues, the event aims to build a sense of community and urge music fans to come together and discover new artists.
Becky Hill is among the 2000 artists playing across the weekend, and will play a hometown show at The Marrs Bar in Worcester. Speaking about returning to the venue she first played as a teenager, Hill said: “There were no arts-focused schools in my area, not that my parents had the money to pay for it anyway, so the only way to nurture my newly found passion was at grassroots venues.
“In these early days it was venues like this that allowed a very young me to begin to learn how to perform, sing and play guitar on stage, gaining my confidence & broadening my experience as a teenager. I look back on those times very fondly & I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity that places like Marrs Bar provided.
“It saddens me greatly that grassroots venues are at risk as I believe that homegrown music is key to our country’s culture.”
Joining Hill will be Tinie Tempah, who is set to play shows in Newcastle, Norwich and Southampton, and The Lathums, who will play two shows, including a return to The Boulevard in Wigan.
Speaking about the importance of nurturing grassroots venues, The Lathums’ Alex Moore said: “Every one’s got its own feel – different stages, different crowds, all those little quirks that make them what they are – but they’ve all got that same heart.
“They back bands like us right from the off, give you a space to figure yourself out, try things, make a bit of noise and find your people. Without places like The Boulevard taking a chance on us early doors, we wouldn’t be anywhere near the festivals or the bigger shows we’re doing now. It means everything.”
Also taking part are Rizzle Kicks – who will be playing a Brighton hometown show – and The Divine Comedy, Master Peace, Jodie Harsh, Toddla T, Brooke Combe, VLURE, Royston Club, Miki Berenyi Trio, Tom A Smith, Vigilantes and more, plus a host of other established, local and up-and-coming artists.
The event is being spearheaded by Music Venue Trust, Save Our Scene, and Association of Independent Promoters, and will also see the National Lottery continue its support of the grassroots sector. The collaboration began back in 2021, when the MVT and the National Lottery came together to help kickstart live music again after the pandemic.
Across the three days, audiences will be given the opportunity to help support various music charities too, as donations will be distributed to War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians UK, and Teenage Cancer Trust.
The news of the festival’s launch arrived at a vital time for the UK’s live music sector, as it was recently reported that 30 grassroots venues were lost forever between July 2024 and July 2025 – and last year alone saw more than half of those remaining making no profit, with over 6,000 jobs lost.
In an attempt to help support grassroots spaces and help artists tour, there has been a push for a ticket levy to be introduced, which would see smaller venues and rising talent across the country receive a contribution from arena and stadium gigs to ensure their survival. The pressure is now on for the live music industry to ensure that 50 per cent of these shows are voluntarily paying in by June 2026, or else the government will step in to make it mandatory by law. Live Nation in particular have come under fire for not being as involved as other companies.
Live Nation, who played a part in Harry Styles contributing £1 for each ticket to his upcoming Wembley Stadium residency to the LIVE Trust, responded to the criticism by telling NME that they “support artists’ choices on charitable donations, and has worked with numerous artists who have contributed to the voluntary levy – from Coldplay to Biffy Clyro – and will continue to do so.”
The levy model is similar to that seen in the Premier League of football, and was given backing from the government in 2024.
The financial burden on grassroots spaces was partially alleviated at the start of the year, when the government delivered a U-turn on their potentially-devastating surge in business rates, and also provided a package of extra support for pubs and venues.
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