FUTURE NOW 2025: ARTISTS

The fifth instalment of Future Now returns to Future Yard on August Bank Holiday 2025. On Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August this year we’ll be channelling the spirit of new music, discovery, and having a boss time enjoying incredible musicians playing live in Birkenhead.

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LOS BITCHOS

Made up of lead guitarist Serra, who carries both Australian and Turkish heritage, Uruguayan synth and keytar player Agustina Ruiz, Swedish bassist Josefine Jonsson and British drummer Nic Crawshaw, Los Bitchos are united by a commitment to having fun. It’s a contagious energy they’ve had no problem transmitting to the world since the band officially arrived in 2019.

If electrifying 2022 debut album Let the Festivities Begin! was the rowdy build up to the big night out, then 2024’s follow-up ‘Talkie Talkie’ is the Technicolor explosion of the dancefloor. The London-based quartet’s most recent album is glistening with charisma, sonic experimentation and a puckish spirit. Named after a fictional club of the same name Talkie Talkie is a late-night paradise brimming with freedom and possibility; a place where partygoers can escape reality in the dance or daydream along to the invigorating soundscapes.

They headline the Future Yard Garden Stage on Saturday 23rd August.

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They headline the Future Yard Garden Stage on Sunday 24th August.

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LIME GARDEN

Named as one of NME’s top 100 artists for 2022, Brighton’s wonky indie quartet Lime Garden blends pop sensibilities with post-punk noise. They finally make their long-awaited FY debut now with 2024’s successful debut album ‘One More Thing‘ under their belt.

FFO – Warpaint, Sorry, Goat Girl.

The spiritual successors to Britpop’s finest females – DIY

 

 

 

MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE

 

YUMI AND THE WEATHER

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Since first emerging in 2013 with her critically acclaimed ‘All We Can’ EP, Brighton based musician and producer Yumi And The Weather has spent the past few years perfecting her unique blend of electrifying technicolour Psych-Pop and combining it with Garage Rock, Shoegaze, Indie and Electronic under currents.

FFO – Hinds, Plastic Mermaids, Super Furry Animals

 

Sunday 24.08.25

CLT DRP

Dynamic and extroverted, Brighton electro-punk noisemakers deal with feminist themes in a wry fashion. And if you’re wondering, it’s pronounced ‘CLIT DRIP.’

FFO – Peaches, The Prodigy.

 

ALIEN CHICKS

Thunderous punk rhythms meet with rapid-fire rap verses, intricate jazz-inspired bass riffs. With larger audiences on the horizon, now is the perfect time to catch the Brixton power trio in their rise.

FFO – Maruja, Black midi.

JODIE LANGFORD

Hull’s Jodie Langford has quickly become a festival showstopper and has dominated stages across the UK with her unique blend of Electro Party Punk. Always by her side is her trusted producer/DJ, Endoflevelbaddie, who channels her raw energy into a mix of post-punk, techno, and drum & bass.

Listen to all the artists announced so far below…

Previous artists

2019’s festival across Birkenhead was the catalyst for the Future Yard you know and love today, and saw a storming headline set in the Birkenhead town hall from Anna Calvi one night, plus a homecoming of the Wirral’s favourite son Bill Ryder Jones (aka the guy from that billboard) another. Established local, national and international acts and rising stars alike fit the bill across that very first festival, and we are ecstatic to have played a little part in the rise of now world-renowned artists like Black Country, New Road, Dry Cleaning and Squid.

2021 was the year the world emerged out of lockdown, and a new, more condensed version of Future Now emerged on Argyle Street. Taking the impetus of 2019’s festival of showcasing the best emerging talent alongside a select number of incredible, established artists, the name ‘Future Now’ was born and Future Yard as a venue hosted it for the very first time. Gruff Rhys became Future Yard’s very first festival headliner, maintaining the long-seated connection between the Wirral and Wales through the power of a punchy set packed with Super Furry Animals, New Gods Sought and a lot of accompanying placards.

Utter absurdity was the name of the game for the opening day of Future Now 2022 as the likes of Fat Dog and MADMADMAD made their Future Yard debut with sets of pure chaotic brilliance, topped off by a closing performance from the art-house gilly-suit cladded Friday headliners Snapped Ankles, providing an aural onslaught of motorik rhythms the likes of which we’re pretty sure Birkenhead has never seen before. A Saturday indoor triple punch of Dehd–Cola–Bdrmm that will long live on in the annals of Future Yard folklore in the years to come was a particular highlight from the second day of 2022, before the building was shaken to its very foundations as that year’s second headliner, PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS made sure they closed their show with a ferocity and volume we still remember to this day.

The stakes rose even higher in 2023 as we hosted our busiest in-venue Future Now to-date. Familiars and new futures ran through the entirety of the weekend, as true Future Yard favourites and (at this point) venue regulars The Bug Club and Bodega returned to headline in their biggest Birkenhead shows to date. The second coming of Seal Club Clubbing Club in the heart of their homeland on the leftbank and a tour de force performance from debutants Personal Trainer (which may have just birthed our new favourite frontman) were highlights from a sun-drenched opening day, before Christian Lee Hutson took to the outdoor stage just as the heavens opened. Crowd and performers became one on the safety of the stage as Christian delivered a beyond intimate set in the dampest of conditions that was a totally once-in-a-lifetime experience. Until it happened again the next night. Throbbing guitars from the likes of Butch Kassidy and Bo Ningen turned the live room into a sonic boom during 2023’s second day, and as the crowd sought some outdoor respite rain once again started to fall, meaning an up-close-and-personal alt-dance party thrown by Baba Ali closed the show on Future Now. Until now…