Wilderness announces late-night festival programme with Eats Everything, Confidence Man DJ set, Joshua James, more

Wilderness festival has unveiled its late-night festival programme for 2025.

The Oxfordshire festival will return to Cornbury Park from 31st July to 3rd August 2025, with another strong dance music offering across the weekend.

Confidence Man are set to make their debut on the open-air Valley stage with a high-energy DJ set, alongside the likes of Annie Mac, Joshua James, Isaac Carter, Nyra and more. This year, The Valley programme has been curated in partnership with KOKO Electronic, with more artists set to be announced in the coming months.

The festival also has a strong dance music offering across the main stage bill, with Basement Jaxx, Orbital and AIR all set to perform over the weekend.

Basement Jaxx’s appearance is part of a select string of live dates to celebrate 25 years of their seminal album ‘Remedy’, their first in more than a decade. On a similar anniversary tip, AIR will arrive in Cornbury a quarter century after the release of their chill-out opus ‘Moon Safari’. Meanwhile, Orbital, resurgent after a vaunted Glastonbury return in 2024, will bring their full live show to the Wilderness Stage.

Beyond the main stage, Wilderness’ canopied arena — The Atrium — also returns this year, with a five-piece live show from Afriquoi, ethereal grooves from songwriter and producer Låpsley, and a DJ set from Bristol favourite Eats Everything.

More names set to play on this year’s bill include Wet Leg, Aurora, Georgia, Jalen Ngonda, Gok Wan, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Women In Jazz Takeover, and many more.

This year’s Wilderness Festival will mark the fourteenth edition of the beloved knees-up. Along with live music and DJ sets, Wilderness will also offer an extensive line-up of comedy, film screenings, Q&As, panels, label takeovers, and more. Stay tuned for more announcements in the coming months.

Check out the full Audi presents Wilderness line-up so far here. Tickets are on sale now via wildernessfestival.com.

Last year’s edition of the festival saw Faithless, Bicep with their CHROMA AV/DJ set, Jessie Ware and Michael Kiwanuka as headliners, alongside sets from Barry Can’t Swim, De La Soul, Ibibio Sound Machine and more.

Last year, Wilderness unveiled a new dance music stage, The Riddle, featuring a “secret walled garden with a dancefloor at its centre.” The stage will return in 2025 with a full line-up to be announced on 10th April.

DJ Mag spent 24 hours with Confidence Man in Dublin for the final night of their sold-out UK and Ireland tour. You can watch the video diary here.