News Release: 13/01/2025

Donny Fest aka Doncaster Music Festival will take place on 7th June 2025, promising an unforgettable experience for music lovers in Doncaster and beyond.

 Since the changes, we at Doncaster Music Festival promised to bring mix of world-class acts, to which we are happy to announce our full line-up for 2025.

Supporting on the Main Stage will be local bands ‘The Denaby’s’, ‘Under the Influence’ and ‘The Rosadocs’, alongside Coventry’s own ‘Idle Noise’.

Whilst most of the acts from 2024’s postponed event remain with us, sadly Reverend and the Makers will no longer appear on the 2025 lineup due to other commitments, however, we do look forward to welcoming Reverend and the Makers back in future.

Instead, we welcome The voice of M People and award-winning musician Heather Small to the lineup, who is sure to bring a powerful presence to the stage.

Alongside Heather Small, we welcome ‘The Farm’, ‘Afflecks Palace’, and Tom Meighan to the 2025 line-up.

Alongside this, we are really pleased to announce our Main Stage headliner, platinum-selling artist and award-winning singer-songwriter James Bay.

James Bay is an exciting addition to the 2025 line-up, with huge hits such and “Hold Back The River” and “Let It Go”, alongside an impressive catalogue of albums and we look forward to welcoming him to Doncaster Music Festival.

On the acoustic stage, we welcome a number of unsigned musicians who won their slot through the Apply to Play scheme, many of which are local to Yorkshire, including Alice Ede, Ciaron Elm, Stephen F. Mone, Calum Green, Daisy Peacock, Mat Hook, Jamie Wooding, The 48K’s and Sam Scherdel.

All of which are supporting Acoustic headliners James Walsh of Starsailor fame and Simon and Oscar from Ocean Colour Scene.

Alongside this, we welcome a new addition to the festival, that will see us extend our mission to nurturing and showcasing new and upcoming talent with our new Busker stage.

Joining us on the Mark Loraine Busker stage are Tom Liversidge, Jonny Blade, Chloe Blood, Reygan, Gerard Frain, Sammy Murdock, Ellie Telford and Bradley Smart.

The team at Doncaster Music Festival have been blown away by the support since the changes and appreciate people’s patience whilst we got things back up and running, however, we do not forget our roots as ‘Askern Music Festival’.

A spokesperson from Doncaster Music Festival says:

“To the people of Askern who supported us from the very beginning, we extend our deepest gratitude. Your unwavering support, love and enthusiasm fueled our journey and made it all possible. We hope you will continue to support us as we embark on this new chapter.”

Doncaster Music Festival is set to take place at the illustrious Eco-Power Stadium, home of Doncaster Rovers FC, on the 7th June 2025 – The main stage will be positioned on the pitch, whilst the Acoustic stage will be in a fan-park style area within the stadium grounds, alongside some fantastic food vendors and fairground rides.

Tickets can be purchased for Doncaster Music Festival directly from www.donnyfest.co.uk or from our ticketing partner See Tickets.

Our vision for Doncaster Music Festival goes beyond just the music – it’s about creating something the people of Doncaster can be proud of, celebrating our community, culture and sharing it with others.

You can get involved with the excitement. We have sponsorship opportunities and also corporate hospitality boxes. We have boxes for 10 people and a box for 20 people. Included is food and drink along with the VIP experience. You can get more information and book a box by emailing martin@donnyfest.co.uk 
A great idea to entertain clients, treat the team, employee incentive or celebrate and occasion. We have plenty of standard tickets left and also VIP tickets but there is low availability for them. You can get tickets through our website www.donnyfest.co.uk please do let your staff know. 

We hope to see you in 2025 and we thank you for the continued support.