Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery announce first line-ups for Everywhere At Once — TPi

Leading UK charity Music Venue Trust (MVT) and The National Lottery have announced the first line-ups for Everywhere At Once, a UK-wide live music weekend that brings the festival season to grassroots venues across the country.

Taking place on what would have been the Glastonbury Festival weekend of 26 to 28 June, 2026, more than 400 grassroots music venues will unite across the UK to create Everywhere At Once. For one extraordinary weekend, venues from Falmouth to Aberdeen will stage hundreds of live music events under the banner of Everywhere At Once, celebrating the grassroots network that British music is built on.

More than 2000 artists will be performing across the weekend, spanning a wide range of genres and representing the diversity of the UK’s music scene. Established artists will be playing special shows at grassroots venues: Becky Hill will play a hometown show at The Marrs Bar in Worcester, Tinie Tempah will be playing in Newcastle, Norwich and Southampton, The Lathums will play 2 shows, including a return to The Boulevard in Wigan, and Rizzle Kicks will be playing a Brighton hometown show. Also taking part are 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.

Speaking about returning to the venue she played when she was 16, Becky Hill said “I started writing music at 13. I got into a band at 15 & started doing local open mics & small gigs around Worcestershire. 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. At 16 I played my own compositions & had friends & family down to Worcester’s Marrs Bar. In these early days it was venues like this that allowed a very young me to begin to learn how to perform, sing & 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. I’m honoured to be working alongside The National Lottery & Music Venue Trust for their Everywhere At Once festival, 16 years later at the same venue but with far more experience,” she continued.

Alex Moore of The Lathums said “Honestly, the UK’s full of these proper special grassroots venues. 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. We’re buzzing to get back there, and to finally play Ku in Stockton for the first time as well. It’s gonna be a proper good one.”

?This is not a festival in a field. It’s a festival on your doorstep, no tent required. Forget the trek, the traffic and the campsites. This summer’s biggest live music weekend happens in a venue near you. Everywhere At Once is more than a line-up of gigs. It’s a national moment to celebrate the grassroots music ecosystem.

National Lottery players are one of the biggest backers of grassroots music – because of them, over £1billion has gone to support music in every corner of the country. The National Lottery’s backing for Everywhere At Once will help venues and independent promoters champion new artists and programme a bold, exciting weekend in communities across the UK.

In 2021, The National Lottery and MVT cemented their partnership with The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour, which helped venues re-open and rebuild following the impact of Covid.  Everywhere At Once, powered by The National Lottery, will be delivered by Music Venue Trust alongside Save Our Scene and the Association of Independent Promoters, bringing the grassroots network together for a shared national moment of live music.

Audiences will also be given the opportunity to support a range of exceptional and vital music charities at point of purchase, with donations supporting War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians UK, and Teenage Cancer Trust.

For three days, the artists play, the venues host, the nation listens. Closer to the music, where local matters, where everyone belongs.

Full details of all gigs, with daily updates, are available at www.everywherefest.com

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