Dot to Dot Festival

Award-winning, multi-venue music festival

Dot To Dot was launched in 2005 and has since become one of the UK’s most popular festivals for showcasing the hottest new talent alongside top-name acts. The first edition was held in Nottingham at three venues (Rescue Rooms, The Bodega and Stealth) with a line-up that included Ladytron and The Rakes.

In 2007, Dot To Dot expanded to encompass a second date and city: Bristol. Held at various venues across both metropolitan areas, the line-up – which featured The Cribs, New Young Pony and Kate Nash – didn’t rotate. Instead all the artists played Nottingham on the first day, and then moved on to Bristol the following day.

Dot To Dot added a third day and venues in London for 2008, but stripped that location back for 2009. In 2010, the festival expanded to Manchester and for the next nine years that three-city rotation remained.

Not only has the multi-city, multi-venue touring festival helped put acts such as Catfish And The Bottlemen, Mumford & Sons, The 1975, Florence + The Machine, Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi and Fontaines D.C. on the map, but past editions have also boasted the likes of Bastille, Cage The Elephant, Frank Turner, Mystery Jets, Skepta, Sundara Karma, The xx and many more.