September 6/7, 2025
A tiny and incomparably friendly festival of music, comedy and lovely people set in a magical woodland in deepest Sussex
2025 Line up​​
The Cats are back! Back for their fourth appearance, Town of Cats, featuring eight superb multi-instrumentalists headed by spoken word artist, comedian and certified lunatic Joe Travis Dean, will set the woods alight with their relentlessly energetic and highly danceable tunes that draw on ska, gypsy, hip-hop and Latin grooves.
Natsuma, real name is Nathalie De Leuw, is a North London-based multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, and Brit-school graduate. Her clear, emotive vocals have been quietly making waves on the UK indie scene. Blending gentle folk influences with a modern, stripped-back sound, her songs will draw you in.
Merlin and Polina are close to our hearts as they both knew and played with Jim, and Merlin introduced Jim to Klezmer music. They play music from several linked cultures- klezmer, Slavic, East European and southern Mediterranean- with improvisation, freedom and spontaneity.
We love the Mountain Firework Company and are so happy to have them back! Their unique take on folk, alt-country and bluegrass produces a beautiful sound that wafts through the trees, blending perfectly with the firesmoke and (we hope!) sunlight glinting between the leaves.
We've been asking the professor to come for years and finally he said yes, so we are thrilled. As his website says, "you've never seen a live show like Professor Elemental. An effortless blend of party rocking Hip Hop, astounding freestyle raps and stand up comedy, all delivered with one aim: to bring you joy"
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Five local youngsters bring their psychedelic indie rock to the woods for their Jimfest debut. Many of these lads have been coming to the festival since they were knee-high, so we're delighted to have them up on the stage!
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Back for his third year, the legendary landline 1010 will once again set the dancefloor on fire with his leg-twisting, booty-busting, hip-shaking set. The man has previous: he ran rave sound systems back in the day and has had his own tracks played by Carl Cox. Expect hard breaks, big beats, jaw-dropping mash-ups, and a messy dance floor.
DJ Marco
Leo, aka DJ Marco, fka Skitz, returns to warm us up for Landline with a short but snappy set of ska, jungle and dnb.
Jimfest veterans, WishWorks have played ALL 14 festivals. So we welcome back our dearly-loved friends Sally and Andy with their unique brand of madcap puppetry. Whether you've seen them perform or not, they are firm favourites of ours, and an absolute must-see