Wild Wood Festival 2026: The Party in the Trees Returns

Some festivals feel like an event. Wild Wood Festival feels like a secret. Tucked away in a magical woodland in South Cambridgeshire, this intimate, independent festival caps its crowd at just 2,000 people – and that intimacy is precisely what makes it so special. Now celebrating its 10th year, Wild Wood returns from 19th to 21st June 2026, and from the looks of things, it’s going to be the biggest party the woods have ever seen.

Created, as the organisers put it, “for the love of a good party,” Wild Wood has spent a decade quietly building a devoted following and a reputation as one of the UK’s finest boutique electronic music festivals. Stages crafted from the woodland floor, best-in-class sound systems, lasers cutting through the trees, and a crowd that arrives with nothing but good vibes, it’s a formula that works, and it works beautifully.

This year’s lineup is headlined by Erol Alkan, one of the most respected figures in alternative and electronic music culture, closing out Sunday night with a To The Rhythm takeover. He’s joined by Fleetmac Wood on Saturday. Don’t let the name confuse you, this is a tribute act but a genuine dancefloor reimagining of Fleetwood Mac’s greatest moments, alongside Bristol-based genre-bender Kitty, London DJ and radio presenter Tia Cousins, and the gloriously eccentric Itchy R. Manchester’s Lukas Wigflex brings his bleep and bassline-informed sound to the Lost Stage, and the Golden Lion in Todmorden makes a welcome return for a Friday night underground takeover.

Beyond the dancefloor, Wild Wood offers sound healing classes, hot tubs, a sauna, creative workshops, art installations, and the kind of woodland wanders that lead you to unexpected secret venues including, apparently, one you enter through an actual fridge freezer.

Past artists have described it as “up there with We Out Here and Houghton” and “a hidden gem.” With weekend tickets already sold out and only limited Sunday day tickets remaining, the word is clearly getting out. If you can still get in, you absolutely should.

Wild Wood Festival, South Cambridgeshire — 19th to 21st June 2026. Remaining tickets at wildwoodfestival.co.uk