Our Top 5 Performances At Green Man Festival 2025

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Green Man 2025 always brings an unbelievable lineup that spoils music fans but these 5 artists really left us in awe across the weekend

This was our second year at Green Man Festival and like the first one we will never forget. The scorching sun tickled our skin and the unbelievable lineup caressed our ears. It was paradise, a music fans wet dream, so to speak. It is very hard to categorise our favourite acts, as truthfully, the whole weekend was a delight, but, with that said, here are our top 5 performances from Green Man 2025.

Fat Dog

IT’S FAT DOG, BABY! A phrase felt throughout the jam packed ‘Far Out’ tent. A band that has built a cult like fanbase that is rabid for their intense, hard-hitting live show. It’s visceral, full of wild energy, and through the madness, incredibly tight. This was our second time seeing the band this year and will go down as one of the best performances of 2025 for us. Fat Dog took no prisoners, playing an ferocious hour that covered the bands biggest (so far) tracks, including ‘Peace Song’, ‘Running’, and ‘King Of The Slugs’. Fat Dog have the potential to be one of the biggest act of this generation and it was brilliantly exciting to be on the frontline of what is clearly the precipice of world domination.

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Yard Act

Yard Act brought a level of energy that we’ve not seen before from one of their live shows. It was the end of a long tour for the band and it was clear they wanted to go out with a bang. Which they did so in masterful fashion. Frontman James Smith exclaimed “We’re absolutely spent after this tour and this is our last show, we’re going to give you everything but you’ve got to give it back”. The crowd roared and kicked into action across the set, setting up large mosh pits to the bands most bouncy numbers such as ‘Dark Days’, ‘We Make Hits’, and ‘The Trench Coat Museum’. It’s so exciting to see this band develop, I first caught them when their debut EP was released, now they are a fully fledged guitar band that is deserving of any mainstage across any festival in this fair land.

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DITZ

The post-punk (slightly reductive to label them as this as they’re so much more) outfit came out SWINGING for their 1pm set on the Friday. It’s never easy to essentially open up a larger tent stage at a festival, especially with a heatwave coming down, people tend to want to sit outside. Not with DITZ, the tent filled up fairly quick for their performance, especially when it was in full swing. The band have a ferocious sound that is led by thumping percussion and rhythm section. Lead by Cal Francis, the perfect lead for a rock band, commanded the crowd, delivering an angst-riddled performance that was captivating. It was rock n roll personified, full of attitude and importantly, crunching riffs.

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Westside Cowboy

Westside Cowboy are going to be huge. A statement I stand by after seeing the at Green Man Festival, come back in a few years to check if this held true. Each year, on the Rising Stage at Green Man, there is a single show that marks the beginning of something huge for an artist. Last year, it was Getdown Services (who are now dominating), this year it was Westside Cowboy. It’s hard to beleive this young band have a confidence and sound like they do, a delightful array of guitars and stunning harmonies, all delivered in a carefree, near nonchalant package.

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Getdown Services (Secret Set)

Each year, Green Man hosts a series of filmed secret sets at Round The Twist, a small tent at the back of the festival. This year, Getdown Services had arguably one of the most anticipated ‘secret sets’ that was 100 percent not leaked. It was a 30 minute hit that acted as a tasting card to the duo’s fun, energetic, and tongue-in-cheek music. The crowd, as expected, went absolutely wild for the quick hit, with people pouring out of the back and down the hill, all hoping to be a part of this new movement that they’ve started. No doubt, you’ll be seeing them on a larger stage next year.

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