By Monk
Funeral For A Friend have today (Thursday 5 February) been confirmed as the second mainstage headliner for this year’s 2000trees.
The Welsh emo legends will top the bill on the Friday (10 July), joining the already confirmed Alkaline Trio, who do the honours on the Thursday night. Saturday’s headliner still has to be announced.
Speaking about their exclusive 2026 festival headliner; FFAF’s Ryan Richards told us:
Headlining 2000trees feels incredibly special for us. As we head into the 25th anniversary year of the band, we’re very conscious that at this stage in our career we only want to do things that genuinely mean something – things we’ve not done before – and this is absolutely one of them.
2000trees is one of our favourite festivals in the UK. It’s always carefully curated, surrounded by like-minded bands and peers, and set in beautiful surroundings that makes the whole experience feel unique. To be part of it in this way is something we’re hugely proud of.
Festival organizer and booker, James Scarlett, added:
Having Funeral For A Friend return to 2000trees for the first time since 2013, after growing to a legendary status – and fronted by Lucas from Holding Absence, an absolute staple of 2000trees – feels like the perfect summary of what this festival is about.
As their only show of 2026 and guaranteed to be jammed full of the hits, this is not to be missed for any Funeral For A Friend fan! I’m also over the moon to be adding even more quality to the festival bill with this announcement.
Also confirmed to be entertaining the masses over the weekend are the mighty double bill of The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx (in a ŪK festival exclusive), the recently reformed Marmozets and Arcane Roots and one of the most exciting, vibrant and vital US bands at the moment, LA punks Militarie Gun. Also appearing will be A, fast-rising and extremely buzzy Dublin f0ur-piece The Scratch, ŪK rockers As Everything Unfolds, punk rockers Petrol Girls, vocalist Anthony Green (of bands like L.S. Dunes and Circa Survive), reggae punks The Skints and the Denver-based indigenous punks Dead Pioneers.
- 2000trees takes place at Upcote Farm, Cheltenham, over the weekend of 8-11 June.