The Vic are letting us close VicFest 2025 Day 4, it's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them
🎪 Four Days of Loud, Local and Legendary
If you're into live music in Swindon, chances are you already know about VicFest. If not, allow us to enlighten you—mainly because we're headlining it now and we'd quite like you to come. VicFest is Swindon's Easter Bank Holiday music weekender, hosted at the legendary Victoria (The Vic) pub. It’s four days of original music from some of the best bands in Wiltshire and beyond, and we’re closing it all out on Day 4 (Sunday 20th April). No pressure, right?
Here’s what the weekend is looking like:
🎸 Thursday 17th April – Indie Kicks Things Off
Better Heaven – Swindon indie rock
Truck – Indie rock meets country and emo
Talk In Code – 80s-tinged indie pop
#mousetrapband – new local indie outfit
Plummie Racket – indie-rock royalty in Swindon
If you like melodic hooks and clean guitar tones, this is your warm-up night. Indie fans—this one's yours.
🎤 Friday 18th April – Rock, Hooks & Chaos
All Ears Avow – infectious pop-rock energy
#oojah – 90s electronica meets indie rock
NervEndings – bluesy alt-rock chaos
Bluntnose – Post-Kurt Cobain-core, whatever that means
I See Orange – Rock/Grunge – very orange
Mad By Mourning – gothic story-driven spook rock
Mosaic – alt rock/pop-punk trio from Bristol
This is a night packed with energy, emotion, and riffs. Expect surprises, stage dives, and sounds stuck in your head for days.
🤘 Saturday 19th April – Depravation Festival Takes Over
It’s metal. It’s madness. It’s not for the faint of ear.
Raging Speedhorn – UK metal legends
Broken Jaw – punk-metal force
Influens – Bristol thrash from Hungary
Ramage Inc. – progressive Scottish metal
Thrashatouille – chef metal. Yes, seriously.
Pantheïst – atmospheric doom from Cardiff
Froglord – amphibious sludge riff machine
Phantom Droid – sludge-psych doom madness
🎉 Sunday 20th April – The Grand Finale (That's Us, Baby)
Wild Isles – that’s us — indie/alt rock with big harmonies and big hooks
Papa Shango – madcap mayhem + top-tier live show
Ritual Divide – progressive grunge / neo-goth
AIRFLO – BBC Introducing favourites
Boss Cloth – scuzzy and fuzzy from Swindon
Kayble – deep and different, in the best way
We’re buzzing to be closing out the whole weekend — after opening in 2024, being handed the Day 4 headline slot in 2025 is wild (no pun intended).
Come early, stay late. We’ll bring the noise.
🎫 See You There?
We’ll be repping Swindon’s live music scene with pride and chaos. If you’re a fan of indie rock, alternative hooks, and seeing a band give everything on stage, this is your night.
Grab your ticket, bring a mate, and we’ll see you Easter Sunday at The Vic.
