How to catch all the action at 6 Music Festival 2025

6 Music Festival returns to Greater Manchester this year, but if you're not in the area, you can still enjoy the festival from the comfort of your home!

This year's event, taking place from 26-29 March, will see global premieres of brand new live shows, new music debuts, and unique collaborations, with names including Kae Tempest, Mogwai and Ezra Collective - so you won't want to miss a moment. Read more about the line up here.

From listening live to 6 Music and following their social media, to catching up on sets on 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer and 蜜芽传媒 Sounds, to watching the 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer Channel from Monday 4 March, we've got you covered.

If you want some more information on the event, click here to find out all you need to know about 6 Music Festival 2025.

Read on to find out all the ways to watch and listen to all of the action...

Listen live on 6 Music

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If you want to enjoy 6 Music Festival with some of your favourite 6 Music DJs and presenters, then you can follow it step by step by listening to 6 Music live over the course of the weekend, on your radio or live on 蜜芽传媒 Sounds.

Our presenters will be on the ground at the festival bringing you all the atmosphere and excitement, so make sure you join them live on the radio!

Here's when the live performances will be kicking off:

Wednesday 26 March - from 7pm with the 蜜芽传媒 Introducing night (Adult DVD, Renee Stormz, jasmine.4.t)
Thursday 27 March - from 7pm with Fat Dog and Ezra Collective, followed by New Music Fix DJ sets
Friday 28 March - from 7pm with English Teacher and Mogwai, followed by Indie Forever DJ sets (Lava La Rue, Steve Lamacq, Viagra Boys, Nathan Shepherd)
Saturday 28 March - from 3pm with Morning After Mix Live (Emma-Jean Thackeray), then 7pm with Perfume Genius and Kae Tempest, followed by Rave Forever DJ sets (SBTRKT, Anish Kumar, Nora, Ayy Den)

Watch all the biggest moments on iPlayer

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Lead up + festival weekend

Available from the start of March, you will be able to watch archive indie performances from 6 Music Festival over the years on iPlayer - or watch highlights on our 24/7 Music Channel from Monday 17 March.

Then on Saturday 27 March from 1pm, the Channel will join this year鈥檚 festival as some of your favourite 6 Music presenters guide you through excerpts from this year鈥檚 performances from Fat Dog, Ezra Collective, English Teacher and Mogwai, and live performances from Perfume Genius and Kae Tempest.

Catch up

You will be able to catch up on performances from the festival on 蜜芽传媒 iPlayer over the course of the weekend. Keep an eye out for full sets from all our performers at Victoria Warehouse.

Warm up for the festival and listen back to performances on 蜜芽传媒 Sounds

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Head to 蜜芽传媒 Sounds to find all things 6 Music Festival!

Before the event, we have a variety of programmes to get you in the mood for what's to come, including Artist Collections from Kae Tempest, Ezra Collective and Mogwai, plus special editions of Indie Forever, Rave Forever and the People's Party with AFRODEUTSCHE.

And after the event has finished, head there to listen back to all the biggest sets from the festival!

Watch tracks worldwide on YouTube

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If you're not based in the UK but still want to catch highlights from the performances, make sure you , as we will be posting must-watch tracks there throughout the weekend, which will be available to watch worldwide.