Credit - Patrick Gunning

With the longlist whittled down to Glasshouse Red Spider Mite, Kiosk, The Slow Country, Tall Child and Cyn Cwsg, Green Man, Wales’ largest music, arts and science festival have today revealed details of the seventeenth year of the Green Man Rising Final, presented by BBC 6 Music’s Huw Stephens at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff on 2nd June.

Continually supporting emerging talent, the festival continues to run their Green Man Rising competition which sees hundreds of band's apply for the chance to play at the festival, earning the top prize of the coveted Mountain Stage opening slot at Green Man 2026, a week’s studio time at Prah Recordings and a physical vinyl release with Dinked Edition. Runners-up will also secure a slot on the Green Man Rising Stage, which has previously hosted the likes of BRIT Award winners The Last Dinner Party, Mercury Prize-winners English Teacher and some recent favourites including Westside Cowboy, Silver Gore, Adult DVD and Keo.

Fiona Stewart, Green Man Managing Director and owner, said: "Launching talent is at the heart of Green Man and our incredible 5 finalists were chosen from a record breaking number of acts. When Rising was launched 18 years ago we could never have imagined how many artists have been supported in their early careers. Our industry panel will choose which band will open the Mountain Stage at Green Man 2026!" 

Free tickets available now via Dice for the live final which takes place June 2nd at Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach. 

The full list of band's and artists announced can be found below, with plenty more to come with more acts, surprises and news landing soon. 

Four Tet | Wolf Alice | Wilco | Mogwai | Cat Power | The Beta Band | Sparks | Aldous Harding | Baxter Dury | Dry Cleaning | Wednesday | Cate Le Bon | Anna Calvi | Nation of Language | Shame | Mannequin Pussy | The Beths | Fcukers | Tricky | Getdown Services | Sprints | Daniel Avery (Live) | Smerz | Sorry | Horsegirl | Westside Cowboy | Way Dynamic | Lime Garden | Marie Davidson | Scientist | Roni Size | Avalon Emerson & The Charm | ML Buch | Dove Ellis | Haley Heynderickx | Everything Is Recorded | Ana Frango Elétrico | Pr0stitute | Joanne Robertson | Adult DVD | Tamikrest | Ear | Ata Kak | A Place To Bury Strangers | Panic Shack | Tyler Ballgame | Charlotte Church’s Pop Dungeon | Ben UFO | Lone | The Belair Lip Bombs | The Bug Club | Insecure Men | Maria Somerville | Møtrik | Ulrika Spacek | Pictish Trail | The Tubs | Lael Neale | Sir Richard Bishop | Automatic | The New Eves | Greg Freeman | Hovvdy | Sailor Honeymoon | Cut Worms | Ken Pomeroy | Ora Cogan | Decius | CVC | Art School Girlfriend | Flock of Dimes | Snuggle | Dame Area | Prewn | My New Band Believe | DJ Flight | James Ellis Ford | Modern Woman | Jennifer Walton | Seamus Fogarty | Userband |Golomb | The Gentle Good | Eaves Wilder | Jessica Winter | Tracey | Tony Njoku | thredd | ddwy | Tony Bontana | Another Country $$$$ | Kloyd | Curbside Lambsear | Turnspit | Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn | Neve Cariad | Spit Hood | The Social | Dutty Disco | Deptford Northern Soul Club | Bathing Suits | Big Long Sun | Casual Smart | Dermot Henry | dorothy | Iona Zajac | little grandad | Madra Salach | Marsy | Mên An Tol | Ribbon Skirt | The Cindys | The Itch | Zach Thompson

Green Man 2026 is sold out, re-sale tickets will be made available through their official partner Tixel - https://tixel.com/uk/festival-tickets/green-man-festival-tickets

w: https://www.greenman.net