Love Saves The Day 2025: First headliners announced for huge Bristol festival

Love Saves The Day at Ashton Court, Bristol, Sunday 26 May 2024.    PHOTO:PAUL GILLIS / Reach Plc
-Credit:Paul Gillis/Reach Plc


The first acts for the Love Saves The Day 2025 line-up, including this year's headliners, have been unveiled. The iconic Bristol music festival will return to Ashton Court on Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25, for a Bank Holiday weekend full of some big names in the world of dance music in particular.

Known for bringing some of the most exciting DJs and live performers from across the country each year, Love Saves The Day has today announced that Overmono and Nia Archives will headline the Saturday and Sunday of this year's festival, respectively. The 'breakout queen of jungle', Nia Archives will be bringing her signature junglist sound to close out the bank holiday Sunday, while electronic duo Overmono feature a 'genre-blurring fusion of UK garage and techno' as they 'blend live elements with their incredible soundscapes' as Saturday’s headliners.

Meanwhile, among other names on the line-up, crowd favourites Skream & Benga will reunite for a rare and unparalleled performance at Love Saves the Day, bringing their 'pioneering' dubstep sound and 'legendary' energy to the stage. Hybrid Minds will be returning to Bristol, bringing their signature blend of 'soulful melodies, liquid rhythms and euphoric sounds'.

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Adding to the already stellar line-up will be D&B legend and festival favourite Shy FX, returning to Love Saves The Day with his extensive back catalogue of iconic tracks. UK rapper and songwriter Giggs will also be returning to Love Saves the Day for the first time since 2016, adding some ‘incredible sauce’ to the weekend.

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The iconic Love sign
The iconic Love sign -Credit:Paul Gillis/Reach Plc

At the forefront of UK grime and a founding father of the genre, festival-goers can expect rapper Ghetts as well as female-only DJ collective Girls Don’t Sync, man of the moment Pawsa, Boiler Room regular Jyoty and Bristol based A Little Sound with more names yet to be announced.

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Tickets for Love Saves The Day 2025 go on sale at 10am on Friday, January 24. You can get yours here.

The full list of this first wave of acts among this year's line-up are:

  • Overmono

  • Nia Archives

  • Andy C

  • Ghetts

  • Giggs

  • Hybrid Minds

  • Pawsa

  • Skream & Benga

  • Wilkinson

  • Camo & Krooked

  • Cris Stussy

  • Eats Everything

  • Eliza Rose

  • Enzo Siragusa

  • Girls Don't Sync

  • Groove Armada

  • Job Jobse

  • Josh Baker

  • Jyoty

  • Mall Grab

  • Shy FX

Tom Paine, festival director at Love Saves The Day, said: “There’s nothing we love more than being back at Ashton Court to truly kickstart the festival season and 2025 is shaping up to be pretty spectacular. We’re really bringing some of the biggest and best names across the electronic music scene to the city for the bank holiday as well as some of the most exciting local talent out there.

"Come on down for a great party, see your favourite DJs, discover some new favourites and just celebrate the start of summer with us.”