Byline Festival

keele University, 11-13 july 2025

The FESTIVAL THAT could CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Ideas. Comedy. Art. Music. PERFORMaNCE.

brought to you by Byline times

Day tickets and programme available now!

Friday Programme

Saturday Programme

sunday programme

The FESTIVAL THAT could CHANGE YOUR LIFE

*line up*

*speakers*

* Carole Cadwalladr * CAROL VORDERMAN * Kate Raworth * Yasmin Alibhai-Brown *

* Lord Victor Adebowale * Naz Shah MP * Dawn Butler MP * Peter Oborne * Peter Geoghegan *

* Hardeep Matharu * Peter Jukes * Asif Kapadia * Annette Dittert *

**Music**

* THE FARM *

* RUBY J * NAMES - Indie Rock Band *

* NEAL X - (formerly Sigue Sigue Sputnik) and his AlL STAR  BAND *

* DJ SMUTTY from Levi * The PEOPLE'S FRIEND - Psychedelic Band * PAUL 'GOLDIE' - singer songwriter and band *

* FUCKAROUND FIVE - Jazz Band * KiLNE - Nu-Marching Band *

**Comedy**

* Rosie Holt * MARK THOMAS *

* Hugh Davis * Prvanya Pillay * Kate Cheka * Laila Woozer *

* Alistair Barrie * Junior Booker *

**Film**

**Asif Kapadia's ‘2073’ with ASIF leading Q&A**

and 

**‘Breaking The West: A Pop Star, An Oligarch, A President and the Scandal that Rocked The World’ PLUS Q&A**

**Workshops**

**Write your own protest poem** **create your own political cartoon** **adopt a billionaire**

**and much more**

**Also a literary venue, musicians, poets in the cafe, an art installation of medieval billionaires, an exhibition of Martin Rowson's political cartoons and of course food trucks and outside bars**

**Plenty of en-suite student accommodation available for festival goers information when booking tickets**