Deer Shed Festival announce latest names set to feature at this year's festival - current lineup
Deer Shed have announced their latest wave of performers heading to Baldersby Park, Topcliffe this July, with a focus this time on emerging comedy and musical acts.
Building on an already substantial lineup that includes Sleaford Mods, Stewart Lee and Everything Everything, the festival has added a diverse range of voices to its 2026 ‘Into The Labyrinth’ theme when it returns to North Yorkshire across the weekend of July 24 to 26.
The comedy billing sees Jessica Fostekew and the surrealist Frankie Monroe joining the previously announced Lee and Adam Buxton. In a particularly interesting move for the spoken word programme, Stewart Lee will also be appearing ‘in conversation’ with Sleaford Mods, offering a rare crossover between the festival's musical and comedic headliners.
On the musical front, the additions lean into the festival's reputation for discovery.
Contemporary folk singer-songwriter Katherine Priddy brings her highly anticipated new material to the stage, alongside the experimental art-rock of Man/Woman/Chainsaw and the "Afro-grunge" sounds of Stockholm’s Boko Yout.
The festival remains one of the few independent events that places equal creative weight on its fringe programming, with this year's schedule including a Labyrinth Masquerade Ball, live podcast recordings, and interactive wrestling.
Discussing the new additions, Festival Director Megan Evans said: "We’re really proud to have a line-up where genuinely new bands are given the platform they deserve, where the comedy line-up feels fresh and daring, and where film and spoken word are given equal creative weight alongside the music.
We’re deeply committed to discovery across so many art forms; it’s not just about big names, it’s about what’s next."
Deer Shed 2026 - current line-up
New additions have been marked with an asterisk.
Music
- Sleaford Mods
- Everything Everything
- Say She She
- Bathing Suits*
- Boko Yout*
- False Idah*
- GANS*
- Katherine Priddy*
- Lamisi*
- Lemoncello*
- LIFE*
- Man/Woman/Chainsaw*
- St. Catherine’s Child*
- Tessa Rose Jackson*
- The North*
- The Twilight Sad
- Fat Dog
- Angeline Morrison
- Bar Italia
- BCUC
- Bill Ryder-Jones
- Brògeal
- Brown Horse
- Curiosity Shop
- Deadletter
- Dominie Hooper
- Getdown Services
- James Adrian Brown
- Jamie Dalton
- Jasmine 4.T
- Joshua Idehen
- Karma Sheen
- Kayla Painter
- La Sécurité
- Lime Garden
- Little Grandad
- Loula Yorke
- Madra Salach
- MUCO
- Murkage Dave
- Natalie Wildgoose
- Oneda
- Plantoid
- Rizan Said
- Roller Disco Death Party
- Seamus Fogarty
- Songbird Medicine Show Featuring Jack Francis And Hattie Whitehead
- Sorry
- The New Eves
- Theatre
- Working Men’s Club
- Y
Comedy
- Stewart Lee
- The Adam Buxton Band
- Rachel Parris
- Laura Lexx
- Andrew O’Neill*
- Christian Brighty*
- Frankie Monroe & Friends*
- Jessica Fostekew*
- Jonny & The Baptists*
- Katie Pritchard*
- Lil Wenker*
- Mr Handsome*
- Olaf Falafel*
- Plastic Jeezus*
- Rajiv Karia*
- Shelf*
- Sunjai Arif*
- Toussaint Douglass*
- Su Mi*
- Paul and Molly Try Herons*
Literature, Spoken Word & Shows
- Stewart Lee in conversation with Sleaford Mods*
- 101 Part Time Jobs Live with Special Guest*
- Do I Detect A Problem? Live with Special Guest*
- 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE: A History of Manic Street Preachers By Keith Cameron*
- Elton Scone*
- Jonnie One Biscuit*
- Kapow Wrestling*
- She’s Got Brass*
- The Dark Room with Jon Robertson*
- Trufts*
Cinema
- Labyrinth Masquerade Ball with Orange Shade Productions*
- Sheffield Doc Fest*
- London International Animation Festival*
- One Bum Cinema Club*
- The Maze Runner*
- Elio*
- Labyrinth*
Where can I get tickets to Deer Shed 2026?
If you're looking to join the labyrinth this summer, tickets for Deer Shed 2026 are currently available through their official website, which provides information on the tier currently on offer and monthly payment plans on all tickets