About This Event

A FAMILY DAY FESTIVAL

Celebrating Northamptonshire's creativity!

Saturday 21st June 2025 - Duston Mill, Sixfields, Northampton - NN5 5FP.

Follow us: @solsticefestnorthants | www.solsticefestival.co.uk

What to Expect:

• 🎶 Live Music – From local legends to rising stars, across 2 stages
• 🍔 Street Food – Feast on flavour from top local street food stalls
• 🎭 Performances – From bubble shows to dancers, be amazed throughout the day
• 🧘 Workshops – Get stuck in with hands-on creative and wellbeing sessions
• 🎯 Activities – Fun for all ages, from inflatables to circus skills
• 🛍 Hay-Bale High Street – handpicked market featuring local creative enterprises
• 🔥 Stonehenge Bonfire Ceremony – A magical sunset gathering to mark the solstice

🌞 Celebrate the summer solstice with music, fire, food and connection - #supportlocal

Watch our sneak peek video below - turn it up for King's Gambit!

Taking place at Duston Mill, Northampton on Saturday 21st June 2025, from 12pm–11pm, Solstice Festival promises a day packed full of fun, creativity, and unforgettable experiences, all set in a beautiful riverside meadow, on the longest day of the year.

Solstice Festival shines a light on the incredible talent, enterprise, and creative spirit of Northamptonshire. The festival will feature amazing musicians, performers, food traders, makers, workshops, retailers, activities and community groups, all proudly local!

For thousands of years, communities have come together on the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year) to share food, music, fun and connection with family and friends. 

After an incredible response from local performers and enterprises, over 50 have been selected to take centre stage. Solstice is not just a festival, it’s a joyful platform for the region’s creativity. Using the longest day of the year, to shine a light on Northamptonshire's creative talent!

🎶 Live Music & Performances

The Main Stage will feature local legends including Kings Gambit and the Maestro Lincoln Noel, alongside rising star Evan Fallon, a Taylor Swift tribute show by the brilliant Taylored Swift, and a headline funk, soul, and Motown set from the mighty 20-piece big band Jazz Colossus.

Abington Wind Band open the festival at 12pm bringing a classical twist, before The Sweat and Glow Club get things moving with a family dance party. Watch performances from local dance groups including Mes Amies and get your groove on to bands including The Good Fridays and All About Everything, with DJ Chris Wood curating the vibe throughout the day. 

Darren Jones and friends close the main stage with a banging DJ set, featuring guest vocalists including Alexis Spillane.

If that’s not enough, head on over to The Alternative Stage, curated by A Void Collective, showcasing the best of Northamptonshire’s alternative and indie music scene, including Killer Saucers from Hell, Joy Disposal Unit and ÜLV, with more to be announced soon.

🎨 Activities, Workshops & Festival Wonders

Throughout the day, you’ll find circus performers, stilt walkers and The Amazing Bubble Show, bringing visual magic for all ages, with plenty of games & inflatables to keep everyone entertained!

Experience workshops and activities including a solstice meditation with the Kindful Project, pilates from The Club Pilates, and circus skills from Flowtek. Turn your hand to crafts with SENDsational families’ sunstones workshop and make your own friendship bracelet at A Crafted Design before Taylored Swift hits the stage.

🍔 Local Food & Drink

The Street Food Market, featuring the incredible 6-year old local food influencer Woo Reviews, is curated with mouth-watering options including:

• Jude’s Kitchen – Northampton’s home-styled gourmet burgers - good, mood, food.
• Hyderabadi Dhaba– Authentic Indian street food.
• Box Food – The Caribbean cuisine queens of Northampton.
• The Eccentric Englishman – Whimsical boxed afternoon teas served in style.
• Blackducks Pizza – Classic Neapolitan pizza, fired with local love.
• Smokey Jim’s - Bringing you the authentic taste of slow-cooked BBQ flavours. 
• Flossbox – Sweets, treats and all things yummy!
• Love Blondies Brownies - Loaded blondies, brownies, and other baked goods.
• Really Awesome Coffee - From gourmet coffees to indulgent hot chocolates.

Wash it down with local Saxby’s cider, local beer from Three Hills Brewing, and ice cream from Pecorella Whip.

🛍️ Hay-Bale High Street

Expect a handpicked artisan market featuring prints, home wear and stationary from Tricky Pickle Studio, original artworks and prints from Artisan Collective and bohemian, hygge & spiritual products from Wild Moon. 

Join in a flower crown workshops with KS Flowers, try an airbrush tattoo with Inkery or have your fortunes read by In2Tarot. 

Visit Lazering Around lazer cut craft & jewellery, grab some some welded jewellery from Evermore Permanent Jewellery, or find prints, crafts, gifts, facepainting and more to come on our hay-bale high street, all proudly local!

Plus, don’t forget to visit our local charities & community organisations including our partners The Lowdown, The Lewis Foundation and Animals in Need.

🔥 Stonehenge Bonfire Ceremony

As the sun sets on the longest day of the year, festivalgoers will gather for a spectacular Stonehenge Bonfire Ceremony, accompanied by fire dancers and drummers. 

Visit The Lowdown charity on the day to add your messages of renewal to the fire, as Northamptonshire celebrates the Solstice.

The site itself is being beautifully designed in collaboration with local creative design & fabrication studio Timber Club, bringing a unique aesthetic to every corner of the festival.

Local Impact

The event is proudly supporting three Northamptonshire-based charity partners:

• The Lowdown – a mental health charity, providing free and confidential support services for 8-25 year olds in Northamptonshire.
• The Lewis Foundation – providing free gift packs and support to adults going through cancer treatment across 17 hospitals throughout the Midlands, each £3.60 raised helps continue their work.
• Animals in Need – a voluntary organisation dedicated to rescuing sick, injured, trapped and distressed wild and domestic animals.

10% of all festival profits will be shared across these charities, along with fundraising activities on the day. 

Head over to our charity partners social media accounts to find discounts on tickets, with Solstice Festival donating an additional £2 from every ticket sold through our charity partners, directly to their cause.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now

£15 for adults, £9 for children, or £40 for a family of four (+ booking fees).  

Look out for discounted tickets available through participating performers, charities and community partners. 

There’s lots more to be announced in the coming weeks, so follow Solstice Festival on Facebook and Instagram for more info, or visit the website for tickets before they sell out!

Website: www.solsticefestival.co.uk

Instagram: @solsticefestnorthants

Facebook: @solsticefestivalnorthants