Manchester based festival Green Island Festival unveils wave two of its 2025 line-up. The three-part series of day festivals will return on June 7th to celebrate its fifth anniversary, with the second chapter on the 2nd August, and final date on 6th September 2025. Tickets are live.
This year the festival will return to Hulme Community Garden Centre and NIAMOS, in the musically rich area of Hulme. The 1,500 capacity festival will house five stages that sprawl across the leafy terrain, creating a haven in the centre of the city. Manoeuvre between the plants and trees to discover the various stages, each with a unique atmosphere, showcasing different sounds, as well as a block party occupying Warwick Street.
Joining the Main Stage in June will be Cooper T, the balaclava-wearing duo who truly embody the Northern spirit and profess to make music for misfits. For July, joining Conor & The GreensKeepers and Meduulla, will be the musician’s musician, Reuben James, whose intuitive and infectious sound is as indebted to classic funk and soul as it is contemporary pop and R&B. For September, Transmission Towers join the bill – a two-piece, cosmic machine soul outfit made up of Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante who manoeuvre between interplanetary bass-heavy beats, stripped-back, odd-ball soul and highlife afro-futurism.
Joining The Street Stage in June, Ruby Wood for a special DJ set, Habitat’s very own Toni Rarri, and vinyl-loving disco, boogie, house and soul fiends – The Social Service. Closing the stage, the creative collective showcasing and celebrating South Asian artistry, Daytimers, will present a dynamic, energetic two-hour takeover.
In August – expect a jazz, soul and funk soaked set from DJ Joe Coltan, by way of Nice and Puerto Escondido, Salah Rezzak, will take guests on a journey blending soulful Detroit house with zouk, Italo disco, and African grooves. Party and Latino collective La Rumba fuse percussion-led club sounds with traditional dance genres from around the world, and South African-British DJ Kusasa, known for percussive beats with infectious grooves. From Tokyo to London, and hot off the back of her viral Boiler Room set, riria will close the day with a bouncing set. There truly is something for everyone!
