..Undercover Festival 2025 (South Essex)

Name: ..Undercover Festival 2025 (South Essex)
Start: 2025-09-26T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-27T23:59:00+01:00
Location: Battlesbridge Antiques Centre

Schedule

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 27 Sep, 2025 at 11:59 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Battlesbridge Antiques Centre | Wickford, EN

BACK FOR A NEW MONTH AND NEW LOCATION
Undercover Festival is bringing two days of punk, ska and so much more to this unique location in Essex for the first time.
26TH & 27TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Promising the best in grassroots and legendary alternative music plus the friendliest crowd around.
You can expect free camping, showers, parking and novel on-site attractions found at no other UK festival. Extras include a reasonably priced bar, merchandise, on-site accommodation, campervan / camping passes and easy road, rail and bus access.
A proudly independent celebration of DIY and alternative culture, the ‘nomadic’ Undercover Festival has run over 11 years across Kent, London, Surrey and Sussex.
The line-up and tickets are all released on undercoverfest.com.
Organiser Mick says: “Come along and find out what the fuss is about. If you like your music alternative you will love what we have to offer at Undercover… as we say at Undercover “See Ya Down The Front’.”
Unlike many we are (intentionally) a small outfit and not linked to any big boy corporation, council funding or multi festival outfit.
Please be assured while other festivals are going under Undercover Festival 2025 (South Essex) will go ahead as per usual, getting your tickets early (hint hint) does help ease the considerable angst of putting on these events.
We are conscious of the ever increasing costs of putting on events, learning from previous years we are keeping Undercover small (ish), keeping it DIY with less glitz than some but keeping it real with a larger than life line up at a cracking and unique venue, so we can party the “Undercover Family” way still with an awesome packed line up all for just £79 with camping thrown in for 2 day ticket holders.
A bargain!
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While Undercover Festival is hitting the road after a run at Guildford’s The Suburbs at the Holroyd, the venue remains home to Undercover’s regular gigs, with 20 booked in over the rest of 2024 and 2025.
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LINE UP
Friday 26th Sept 2025
MAIN STAGE (In Order Of Appearance)
Destroy The Idols
https://www.instagram.com/destroytheidols/
Rage DC
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1525034564461719
Momumental
https://www.monumentalband.co.uk/
Dakka Skanks
https://www.dakkaskanks.com/
East Town Pirates
https://linktr.ee/easttownpirates
Codename Colin
https://www.codenamecolin.com/
SUBHUMANS
https://www.facebook.com/officialsubhumans
Popes Of Chillitown
http://popesofchillitown.com
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Saturday 27th Sept 2025
MAIN STAGE (In Order Of Appearance)
The Stereotypes
https://www.facebook.com/UkStereotypes
Hinge
https://www.facebook.com/Hingepunk
The Fanzines
www.facebook.com/TheFanzinesskaandpunkrock
Rat Hole
https://linktr.ee/wearerathole
Dharma Hounds
https://www.instagram.com/dharmahoundsband
Red Anger
https://www.redanger.co.uk/
Eastfield
http://www.eastfieldrailpunk.co.uk
Menace
http://www.menace77.co.uk
Eddie & The Hotrods
https://www.eddieandthehotrods.com
SKIDS
https://skidsofficial.com/
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APRILS ACOUSTIC DEN OF INIQUITY
(In alphabetical order)
Watch this space for stage times soon
Cherry & Peesh (Saturday)
https://cherrybpoet.co.uk/
Fraser Morgan
https://www.frasermorganmusic.com/
Gripper Lee (both days)
https://linktr.ee/gripperlee
Joe Bitter (both days)
https://joebitter.bandcamp.com
Shell The Alternative Folkie (both days)
www.facebook.com/Shellthealternativefolkie
Static K*ll (Both days)
www.facebook.com/statickilluk
The Assassination Bureau (Saturday)
www.facebook.com/theassassinationbureau
The Dirty Ugly Punk Monkey and His Laughing Gnome (Friday)
The Hedge Inspectors (Both Days)
www.facebook.com/thehedgeinspectors
Wyrd Sisters
www.facebook.com/Wyrdysisters
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BOTH DAYS
Jerry Lunn (Vinyl Only DJ)
Trev Bossom (DJ)
Keith Woodhouse (Both days - MC)
Mick Moriarty (Friday - Vinyl Only DJ)
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Watch this space for regular updates.
Campsite is accessible for 2 day ticket holders from midday on the 26th
Free camping is not available to those buying a day ticket.
Access to and setting up camping is only accessible on the 26th
For full info see
https://undercoverfest.com/faqs-south-essex/