Live Entertainment
See below for details of 2024’s live evening entertainment – this page will be updated once 2025’s acts are confirmed
| Stage | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| The Hub | VDubRadio | VDubRadio | VDubRadio |
| Sheep Shed Stage | ZZ Toppd ACDC UK | The Foos Devious | |
| The Severn Hall | Andeejay – Studio 54 DJ Set Sing Out Sisters – Movie Mayhem Andeejay – Studio 54 DJ Set | Andeejay – Studio 54 DJ Set Shakatak Andeejay – Studio 54 DJ Set | |
| The Chill Stage | TBC | TBC | TBC |
| Dance Stage | 21:00 – 00:00 Lee Dagger | 21:00 – 00:00 Lee Dagger |
The Sheep Shed Stage
ZZ TOPPD – The UK’s no.1 tribute to ZZ TOP. Beards, furry spinning guitars, greatest hits will be gracing the Sheep Shed Stage. Get those beard wigs on & crazy patterns for a rock out party.
ACDC UK – Headlining the Sheep Shed stage on Saturday night. AC/DC UK have established themselves over the past decade as one of the world’s most electrifying acts. Complete with fully firing cannons, inflatable Rosie, and iconic Angus and Brian chemistry, AC/DC UK churn out all of the biggest hits alongside a few fan favourites at every show!
The Foos Fighters – Coming back due to public demand (and because we loved them) the all Welsh band will be sure to get you moving keep this rock line up going.
Devious – a Busfest favourite who have been causing mayhem on stage for twenty years and never fail to bring their antics to the Malvern showground and look forward to seeing many of you again or for the first time if you’ve yet to see them live – they’re not one to miss!
The Severn Hall Stage
Sing Out Sisters – Movie Mayhem
Lights, camera and action! This fantastic show brings to life the sounds of the big screen. A non-stop show featuring some of the best loved soundtracks from your all-time favourite movies including Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and the Commitments to name just a few. Whether you’re disco dancing John Travolta style, getting footloose on the dancefloor or performing the time warp you don’t have to be fanatical about film to party the night away.
Shakatak
Shakatak have enjoyed a level of success and career longevity rarely paralleled in contemporary music but then Shakatak is a particularly unusual group. Because of the nature of their music their fan base is one that is far reaching while always retaining an “underground” element. This paradox sees the band, who are known primarily for their musicality, enjoying both high “cult” status and instant recognition as a household name due to their numerous hit recordings.
For live performances the band consists of original members Bill Sharpe (keys), Jill Saward (lead voc, perc & flt), Roger Odell (drs), George Anderson (bs gtr) and Keith Winter (gtr & bvs) augmented with Jacqui Hicks (bvs & sax) or Debby Bracknell (bvs & flute) producing a musically dynamic and entertaining show from the 6 piece line-up.
Of course it’s not Busfest without our resident DJ Andeejay who will be recreating the iconic STUDIO 54 in the Severn Hall for us. Andy has been a DJ for many years and we’ve been lucky enough to not only have him perform at Busfest for a number of years but to be a valued member of our crew.
The Hub
Over 3000 square metres of undercover entertainment, a bar, cafe, massive seating & table area, a full stage with sound and lighting, and a residency from our friends at VDub Radio!
As well as operating a 24 hour radio station from the stage (available online at vdubradio.com), there will be a full live DJ set from midday to midnight on Friday & Saturday, and 10.00 to 15.00 on Sunday.
The Dance Stage
Hitting the Busfest Dance stage we are very pleased to announce Lee Dagger the Grammy Award Winning record producer, Billboard no.1 artist along with so many other amazing achievements:
• Best dj award – sydney Australia beating David Guetta & Deadmau5
• Over 88 Dance number 1’s
• Official remixer of Pink, Avicii, the Killers, Britney, Madonna, Rihanna, Lady Gaga
• Nominee in the ‘best remixer’ category 5 years in a row at the Miami winters music conference
• First ever live show was booked at the world famous Glastonbury Festival
The Chill Stage
Acts TBC
BUSFEST EVENING ENTERTAINMENT POLICY – Children & Dogs
Our policy at BUSFEST is to provide entertainment across a wide section of genres, for all our guests. During the day, this is not too much of a problem, but at night, things change a bit…….We have to balance a fine line between providing ‘Family’ areas, as well as having areas that guests without children (over 60% of our attendees) can ‘let their hair down’ without worrying about offending sensitive minds. Each of our Stages is designed with different sections of our customer base in mind, and below is a description so people are aware of what type of entertainment is going on at each Stage, and whether it is sensible to take children to it.
Although we are not refusing entry to children to any of the Stages, some are more suitable than others for small children. Children (under 16) must still be accompanied by an adult (over 16) at ALL adult Stages. All our customers should be aware that certain stages have behaviour that may/will upset/disturb young impressionable minds and if you have children, you should question whether it is acceptable to take a child into that type of environment. This includes acts on the stage, as well as those attending, and may include swearing, pyrotechnics, VERY loud music, offensive lyrics, nudity, violence, upsetting images, smoke machines, lasers, etc:
- Severn Stage. Our main family Stage, with fun and frolics for all ages. (Family)
- Sheepshed Stage. Our Rock and Alternative Stage. (Adult)
- Chill Stage. Our laid-back chilled out Stage. (Family & DOGS)
- Dance Stage. Our pumping dance & trance Stage. (Adult)
- Main Street RADIO Stage. (Family)
What we are saying is:
“Any area that is designated ‘Family’ will be virtually guaranteed to be a safe environment, with customers and acts who are ‘family friendly’. Any area that is designated ‘Adult’ cannot be guaranteed to be free from adult themes and behaviour, and, as a responsible parent/carer, you should carefully consider before taking young/impressionable children into that environment”.
Dogs & Evening Entertainment Venues
We do not recommend that any dogs should be submitted to the noise and stress of the evening entertainment environments as we believe this can potentially be dangerous for your dog/s and those around them.
1. Dogs will only be permitted at outdoor entertainment zones.
2. Dogs WILL be permitted inside the BUSFEST HUB
3. Dogs are NOT permitted inside the main part of the SEVERN HALL during the evening entertainments.