CONFESSIONAL FESTIVAL 2025 – 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn | Friday 12 – Saturday 13 September
Tickets: www.confessionalfestival.co.uk
INFORMATION
Confessional Festival is back — and this year, celebrates 10 years of spotlighting the best in emerging music, all from inside one of the most striking venues in the North.
Set in the Grade II listed Holy Trinity Church, Confessional has long stood out on the UK’s grassroots circuit — fusing genre-defying music with Gothic architecture, stained glass, and soul-shaking sound.
Over the years, the event has proudly hosted early shows from the likes of Working Men’s Club, Brooke Combe, Rianne Downey and Red Rum Club. 2025’s line-up picks up that mantle — a cross-genre bill of next-gen noisemakers, ready to take the leap.
WHO’S PLAYING?
Friday 12th September
Secret Night Gang – Jazz-funk-soul from the Gilles Peterson school of groove
British Birds – Dark psych-disco from Chorley with serious 6 Music buzz
Design Rewind –Smooth, modern pop with retro cool and rich hooks
Ugly Club – A chaotic, genre-crashing live act with R1 & Spotify buzz
Bill Shakes – Blackburn’s own rap oddity, 90s hip hop twinned with Northern grit.
Saturday 13th September
The Untold Orchestra – Genre-blurring brilliance meets orchestral euphoria
Gaol Bird – Scuzz Beat and Surf Kraut, town-punk chic and radical contentment.
Disgusting Sisters – Punk-pop mischief and raw electronic sass
Freak Slug – Dreamy, off-kilter art-pop with 70M+ streams
Ruby Doomsday – Moody, cinematic evocative sound from London
Material Goods – Pounding industrial electronica for late-night limbs
A DECADE DEEP
Ten years on, Confessional is still pushing for bold bookings, DIY spirit, and magic in unlikely places. We’ve played crypts, cotton mills, and cathedral basements — but our spiritual home remains the Trinity altar, where guitars meet grandeur and the next big thing still plays inches from your face. If you’ve been, you know. If you haven’t — this is the year.
FROM THE TEAM
“Every year we push a little further, but this year’s shaping up to be something really special.” — Connor Synnott, Event Manager
“Ten years of laughter, music, madness, and magic. Confessional 2025 is our thank-you to Blackburn for believing in it.” — Rebecca Faulkner, Artist Liaison
