Fatboy Slim, The Kooks, Blossoms, Nile Rodgers and CHIC headline 20th edition of Derbyshire's Y Not Festival

Nile Rodgers and CHIC, Blossoms, Fatboy Slim, The Kooks have been announced as headliners for Y Not Festival’s 20th anniversary in 2027.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 13, for Derbyshire’s biggest music festival which will run at Pikehall, near Buxton, from July 29 to August 1.

Nile Rodgers said: “Twenty years of the Y Not Festival deserves a proper party, and throwing proper parties happens to be what CHIC does best. The Peak District is going to be one big dance floor, and we’re all going to be on it together.”

A hugely successful songwriter, producer, composer and guitarist, Nile’s career in music spans more than five decades. HIs achievements include six Grammy Awards, more than 500 million album sales and 75 million sales worldwide. As the co-founder of CHIC, he helped to created iconic hit songs include Le Freak, I Want Your Love and Good Times. Nile went on to collaborate with top artists including David Bowie, Diana Ross, Madonna, Beyonce and Daft Punk.

Leading indie band Blossoms will take to the Y Not stage as Friday’s headliners, delighting the crowd with fan favourites such as Charlemagne, Your Girlfriend and I Can’t Stand It. Their latest release, Songs From The Wedding Cake secured Blossoms their fifth UK number one album in October 2026.

Saturday’s headline performance comes from Fatboy Slim, the legendary BRIT Award-winning DJ, musician and producer whose real name is Norman Cook. He has delivered a string of dancefloor anthems including Praise You, The Rockafeller Skank and Right Here, Right Now.

Fatboy Slim said: “I can’t wait to play at Y Not Festival for the first time next year. I’ve heard great things about the Peak District and can’t wait to see what the festival has to offer. We’re gonna eat, sleep, rave, repeat all weekend long. I’m looking forward to the summer already See you in the fields!”

Closing out the festival on Sunday are indie-rock band The Kooks, renowned for their infectious guitar-driven anthems. Lead singer Luke Pritchard said: “Y Not has always been a proper festival, the muddy, gloriously messy kind that’s run by people who love music. Twenty editions from a back-garden party is a hell of a story, and we couldn’t be prouder to be headlining the birthday. We’ve had our own twentieth this year, so it feels like old friends having a party together.”

The Kooks’ 2025 album Never/Know reached the UK top 5, marking their highest chart position since 2008’s Konk. This year, they celebrated the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough debut, Inside In/Inside Out, at huge outdoor summer shows where fans were treated to much-loved tracks including Eddie’s Gun, She Moves In Her Own Way, Ooh La, Always Where I Need To Be and Naive.

Joining the headliners on the 2027 line-up are very special guests Bastille and Sugababes, alongside Embrace, Everything, Everything, DMA’S, Feeder, Gabrielle, Groove Armada DJ Set, Heather Small Holly Humberstone, Inhaler, La Roux, Lightning Seeds, Nieve Ella, Ocean Colour Scene, Overpass, Sports Team, Razorlight, Red Rum Club, The Coral, The K’s The Molotovs and Tiny Tempah.

Y Not will also welcome a new wave of emerging artists, including Adult DVD, Arkayla, Basht, Beans on Toast, Cherryholt, Chloe Slater, Cowboy Hunters, Esmerelda Road, Et Al, Fat Dog, Girl In The Year Above, Hannah Grae, Little Grandad, M60, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Raised by Owls, Saint Clair, Slates, The Cheap Thrills, The North, The Scratch, Tooth, with many more acts still to be announced.

* Fans can sign up now for pre-sale access and be among the first to secure their tickets for this landmark anniversary edition at: https://ynotfestival.com/2027-pre-sale/