Queens of The Stone Age, Vampire Weekend and Kings of Leon to Headline Portsmouth’s 2025 Victorious Fest

3 December, 2024

Portsmouth’s Victoria Festival has shared their massive festival lineup for 2025, with headliners including Queens of The Stone Age, Vampire Weekend and Kings of Leon. The festival will take place on the Southsea seafront on Aug 22-24, 2025 and will be the 13th edition of the event which began in 2011. Previous headliners include Mumford & Sons, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Snow Patrol.

Among those joining this year’s headliners on the bill of the three-day festival are: Michael Kiwanuka, Madness, The Last Dinner Party, Nelly Furtado, Travis, Bloc Party, Gabrielle and Reytons.

Elsewhere on the lineup there’ll be performances from Wunderhorse, Caity Baser, Shed Seven, The Nary Wallopers, Everything Everything and more. See the full lineup below.

Tickets for the event are currently on sale with day tickets starting from £70 ($88) and full weekend tickets at £180 ($228). Head to the festival’s website for full details on how to purchase.

Vampire Weekend’s appearance at the festival will be their sole U.K. festival show in 2025, while Queens of The Stone Age’s booking will be their first in the market since they headlined Download Festival in June 2024. Earlier this year frontman Josh Homme underwent “emergency surgery” and was forced to cancel a number of shows in Europe. Next summer they’ll return to touring with dates in North America.

In 2023, the local council told ITV that the festival “brings a huge economic impact to the city, somewhere around £20 million a year and that’s a big deal for us, tourism is so important for our local economy and Victorious has become a massive part of that.”