ANOTR, Jyoty, Optimo and more withdraw from Lost Village 2025

Several artists have withdrawn from Lost Village Festival 2025 amid boycotts calls opposing the controversial investments of KKR, the parent company of the festival's owner Superstruct Entertainment.

The three-day festival is set to take over woodlands close to Norton Disney, Lincolnshire from August 21-24, with headliners including Honey Dijon, Barry Can't Swim, Four Tet and more set to perform.

However, with less than two weeks to go until the festival begins, a number of acts have cancelled their sets, including Nooriyah, Hunee, Jyoty, Mr Scruff., Optimo, Mia Koden, Roza Terenzi, ANOTR, Narciss, Crystal, Sally C, OK Williams and Jorg Kunning.

Dixon has also pulled out of this year's line-up, though this is reportedly due to family commitments and he plans to return next year.

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The cancellations come following months of boycott calls for Superstruct-owned events, after the European events giant was acquired by KKR in January.

In March, South Asian collective Daytimers withdrew its participation from all scheduled Superstruct-owned events, including Lost Village.

It joins a number of controversial projects in the investment company's portfolio including weapon manufacturer Circor International, the Coastal GasLink pipeline and organisations linked to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.

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In a statement shared with Mixmag, a spokesperson for Lost Village Festival said: "We’ve had a small number of artists step away, but also have some incredible acts who we’ve yet to announce, that will soon be joining us".

The festival pointed to a statement published in May, which saw Lost Village distance itself from KKR's investments and affirm its solidarity with Palestine amid Isreal's ongoing genocide against its people.

"In October 2024 we were told that one of Superstruct’s investors had sold their stake to another firm, known as KKR," Lost Village said in the statement. "As you might expect we had no say or input in this, nor did we know anything about KKR. Even today, we don’t interact with them, don’t report to them and have never met any of the people involved".

"First and foremost we must distance ourselves from KKR and call upon them to declare their position in regard to any complicit investments," it continues. "We are not KKR and they are not us. We believe our values, as an organisation, have long since been clear".

Megan Townsend is Mixmag's Deputy Editor, follow her on Twitter