Victorious Festival, popular with Isle of Wight music fans, has announced its three headliners and first wave of acts.

Queens of the Stone Age, Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend will take the headline slots at the Portsmouth festival.

Isle of Wight duo The Pill will also play at the festival on Saturday, August 24.

Other acts announced for Victorious Festival, which will take place on Southsea Common between August 23 and 25 next year, include Grammy award nominee and Mercury prize winner Michael Kiwanuka and I’m Like a Bird singer Nelly Furtado.

Also announced are the winners of the Brits Rising Star award, The Last Dinner Party, as well as Travis, Spice Girl Melanie C doing a DJ set, Madness, Rizzle Kicks and Bloc Party, who will perform their debut album Silent Alarm.

The lineup poster for Victorious Festival 2025 (Image: Carousel PR)

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Garage star Craig David will take his show to the festival with other acts including Mike Skinner (DJ set), Daniel Bedingfield, Reverend and The Makers, The Zutons and Shed Seven as well as Gabrielle, indie rockers Reytons and The Charlatans.

The festival has also announced that Joel Dommett and Ruby Wax will be heading the event’s comedy line-up.

Andy Marsh, lead booker at Victorious, said: “We’ve booked our biggest year to date for Victorious 2025 with iconic headliners and emerging talent, across the board.

“We always want to provide the best value to our fans and work hard to create a weekend that truly has something for everyone.”

The line-up so far also includes indie pop outfit Everything Everything, Circa Waves, alt up-and-comers Wunderhorse, Palace, Irish new wave trad band The Mary Wallopers, The K’s, Ash, Scouting For Girls, Starsailor, The Academic, Bradley Simpson (of The Vamps), Young Knives, Mr Scruff (electronic set), October Drift and The Waeve.