Sunday at Plumpton Revival 2026 has arrived β and nobody is allowed to start talking about packing the tent away yet. πβΊ
After a full weekend of peace signs, blues riffs, psychedelic nostalgia, circus madness and enough retro clothing to make Plumpton Racecourse look like somebody accidentally reopened 1970, weβve reached the final full day of the Revival.
And Sunday 9th August isnβt quietly slipping out of the back door either.
Ohhhhh no.
Weβve got Think Floyd closing the Main Stage, Whoβs Next, The Milk Men, Laurence Jones, Gary Cain, a full Second Stage programme, festival cinema and an evening Comedy Tent headlined by none other than Basil Brush.
Yes.
Basil. Bloody. Brush.
BOOM BOOM! ππ₯
Get the coffee down you, locate whatever remains of your festival legs and prepare for one last massive day.
Here is The Riff Reportβs full guide to Sunday at Plumpton Revival 2026!
πΌ SUNDAY 9TH AUGUST 2026
π Plumpton Racecourse, East Sussex
Sundayβs published programme gives us action across:
πΈ Main Stage
π₯ Second Stage
π Comedy Tent
π¬ Festival Cinema
Plus all the additional circus, retro and immersive entertainment scattered around Plumpton Revival.
And weβve got the actual running order.
So screenshot it.
Bookmark it.
Tattoo it onto your mate if necessary.
Here we go!
πΈπ₯ MAIN STAGE
Sundayβs Main Stage is absolutely dripping with blues-rock, psychedelic sounds and classic festival nostalgia.
πΈ 12:15β13:15 β LEWIS HENRY FLOYD
Sunday gets underway with Lewis Henry Floyd, described as a one-man psychedelic blues-rock machine.
Thatβs a fairly spectacular way of announcing yourself before most of us have even finished the first coffee.
Expect blues, psychedelic flavours, raw guitar work and plenty of attitude to wake Plumpton up.
Sunday has officially started.
π₯ 13:45β14:30 β HOT PROPERTY
Next up weβve got Hot Property.
Young rock βnβ rollers bringing vintage swagger to a festival literally built around celebrating the golden age of British rock?
Thatβs a tidy booking.
Expect youthful energy mixed with old-school rock βnβ roll spirit.
Get down early and support the next generation keeping guitar music alive. π€
πΈ 15:00β16:00 β GARY CAIN
Canadian guitarist Gary Cain takes over at 3pm.
And now things could get seriously tasty.
Cainβs reputation is built around fiery guitar playing that stretches blues into rock, funk and plenty more besides.
Festival field.
Big amplifier.
Ridiculously talented guitarist.
You know the drill.
Get near the front.
π₯ 16:30β17:30 β LAURENCE JONES
Hereβs another one for the guitar lovers.
Laurence Jones hits the Main Stage at 4:30pm.
The multi-award-winning British blues-rock guitarist has spent years building a reputation as one of the countryβs most exciting modern blues players.
Expect riffs.
Expect solos.
Expect someone approximately three rows from the front to stare at the fretboard for the entire performance trying to work out how the hell heβs doing it.
ππΈ
π― 18:00β19:00 β WHOβS NEXT
This one feels particularly special.
Whoβs Next bring the music of The Who roaring back across Plumpton Racecourse.
Why does that matter?
Because The Who themselves played this very festival site during its original legendary era.
Thereβs something wonderfully full-circle about hearing those songs blasting across Plumpton again decades later.
Expect enormous anthems, explosive rock βnβ roll energy and plenty of windmill guitar action.
Just donβt smash the guitar afterwards.
Have you seen the price of them these days?! π
π₯π₯ 19:30β20:30 β THE MILK MEN
At 7:30pm, itβs time for The Milk Men.
With multiple UK Blues Award nominations behind them, these boys know exactly how to deliver blues-rock with hooks, groove and proper live energy.
By this point Sunday should be absolutely flying.
Grab something cold.
Find your mates.
Get yourself back towards the Main Stage.
Because weβve only got one more act after thisβ¦
ππ₯ 21:00β22:00 β THINK FLOYD β SUNDAY HEADLINERS
And what better way could there possibly be to finish Plumpton Revival?
Think Floyd.
Pink Floydβs music.
At Plumpton Racecourse.
Thatβs history coming around for another lap.
Pink Floyd played at Plumpton during the original festival era, and decades later their music returns to the racecourse through one of Britainβs best-established Pink Floyd tribute acts.
Expect the atmosphere to change completely when darkness falls.
The psychedelic sounds.
The lights.
Those enormous Floyd compositions floating across the Sussex countryside.
Songs associated with albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are practically built for moments like this.
Close your eyes for a second and imagine hearing those sounds drifting across the same racecourse where British rock history was being made more than half a century ago.
Thatβs goosebumps territory, mun.
ππΈπ₯
Think Floyd β 21:00β22:00
Sunday headliners.
Festival closers.
Donβt miss it.
π₯ SECOND STAGE
And donβt make the mistake of spending the entire day glued to the Main Stage.
Because Sundayβs Second Stage is absolutely rammed.
β° FULL SECOND STAGE RUNNING ORDER
πΈ 12:00β12:30 β Jam Session
πΈ 13:00β13:30 β R.A.D
π₯ 14:00β15:00 β Lee Ainsleyβs Blues Storm
πΈ 15:30β16:30 β Conor Hughes
π€ 17:00β18:00 β Samuel Ashton & The Instincts
π₯ 18:30β19:30 β Burning Rope
β‘ 20:00β21:00 β Lewis Floyd Henry Experience
Thatβs seven performances across the day and a cracking alternative programme if you fancy exploring beyond the Main Stage.
πΈ 12:00β12:30 β JAM SESSION
Sunday starts with an old-fashioned Jam Session.
No enormous production.
No messing around.
Just musicians getting together and seeing what happens.
Blues and rock were built on this stuff.
Grab a coffee and start Sunday properly.
β‘ 13:00β13:30 β R.A.D
At 1pm, R.A.D take over for a half-hour set before the Second Stage starts stretching into longer performances.
If youβre wandering the site around lunchtime, stick your head in.
Festival discoveries often happen completely by accident.
π©οΈ 14:00β15:00 β LEE AINSLEYβS BLUES STORM
Now that is a name that sounds like it should come with a Met Office warning.
**LEE AINSLEYβS BLUES STORM IS APPROACHING PLUMPTON.
EXPECT HEAVY RIFFS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDER.**
πβ‘
Theyβve got an hour to bring the grit, groove and blues thunder.
πΈ 15:30β16:30 β CONOR HUGHES
Bristol-born guitarist Conor Hughes follows at 3:30pm, bringing soul, jazz influences and R&B into Sundayβs increasingly varied Second Stage programme.
Exactly the sort of set where you wander over intending to watch ten minutesβ¦
β¦then suddenly realise youβve been there for the whole hour.
π€ 17:00β18:00 β SAMUEL ASHTON & THE INSTINCTS
Things get soulful at 5pm with Samuel Ashton & The Instincts.
Classic R&B warmth and a soulful vocal sound should provide a cracking change of pace before Sunday evening starts getting considerably louder.
π₯ 18:30β19:30 β BURNING ROPE
Burning Rope arrive at 6:30pm with blues-rock and progressive firepower.
This is exactly the sort of band The Riff Report would recommend catching if your musical requirements basically amount to:
βDoes it have guitars?β
Yes?
Lovely.
Weβre there. π€
β‘ 20:00β21:00 β LEWIS FLOYD HENRY EXPERIENCE
And Lewis isnβt finished after opening the Main Stage.
At 8pm, the Lewis Floyd Henry Experience closes Sundayβs Second Stage programme.
Expect Hendrix spirit, psychedelic guitar fireworks and one final enormous blast before everyone heads towards Think Floyd for the festival finale.
That makes this potentially one of Sundayβs best stage-to-stage combinations:
β‘ 20:00 β Lewis Floyd Henry Experience
thenβ¦
π 21:00 β Think Floyd
Psychedelic heaven.
ππ₯ COMEDY TENT
Need to give your neck a break?
Sundayβs Comedy Tent starts with festival cinema before turning into a full evening of comedy, magic and absolute nonsense.
Which sounds perfect.
π¬ 12:00β18:00 β FESTIVAL CINEMA
The tent begins the day as the Festival Cinema, showing footage celebrating the legendary festival culture of the β60s and β70s.
Itβs also an excellent opportunity to sit down.
Never underestimate the importance of sitting down on festival Sunday.
By this point, an available chair can look more valuable than a winning lottery ticket.
π SUNDAY COMEDY RUNNING ORDER
π€ 18:00 β Craig Campbell β Host
π© 18:10β18:30 β Azaria & Luke M&D Show β Magic and Danger
π 18:30β18:50 β Matt Gifford
π€ 18:50β19:00 β Martyn Bonner
π 19:00β19:10 β Craig Campbell
βοΈ 19:10β19:30 β Irish
π 19:30β20:00 β Tony Law
π¦π₯ 20:00β21:00 β Basil Brush Adult Show
Yep.
You read that final one correctly.
π¦π₯ 20:00β21:00 β BASIL BRUSH ADULT SHOW
What a gloriously bizarre festival booking.
The legendary Basil Brush headlines Sundayβs Comedy Tent with an adult show.
Forget Pink Floyd.
Forget The Who.
Forget Black Sabbath.
Plumptonβs most dangerous booking might actually be a fox.
ππ¦
If youβve only ever known Basil from childrenβs television, seeing what happens when the famous fox is unleashed on an adult festival audience could be absolutely priceless.
BOOM BOOM!
πͺ AND THEREβS STILL MOREβ¦
Remember, Plumpton Revival isnβt simply a collection of stages.
The entire site has been designed around celebrating the culture and atmosphere of the late β60s and early β70s.
Across Sunday you can also expect the wider festival experience including:
πͺ Circus entertainment
π₯ Fire and magic performances
π€Ή Jugglers and performers
π¨ Face and body art
πΉοΈ Retro gaming
π‘ Retro funfair attractions
ποΈ Vintage and artisan stalls
π Food
πΊ Real ale and cider
πΊ Funk, soul, Motown and disco
π¬ Festival cinema
πΌ Walkabout performers
Basically, wandering between stages is half the adventure.
β οΈ SUNDAY CLASH WATCH!
Now we get to the painful bit.
Festival clashes.
There are a few decisions to make.
π₯ Laurence Jones 16:30β17:30 overlaps with Conor Hughes 15:30β16:30 right at the changeover.
πΈ Whoβs Next 18:00β19:00 overlaps with the start of Burning Rope 18:30β19:30.
π₯ The Milk Men 19:30β20:30 overlap with Tony Law 19:30β20:00 and the beginning of Basil Brush at 20:00.
And the big oneβ¦
β‘ Lewis Floyd Henry Experience β 20:00β21:00
π¦ Basil Brush Adult Show β 20:00β21:00
Both finish just asβ¦
π Think Floyd β 21:00β22:00
begins.
Choices, choices.
This is why festival schedules cause arguments. π
π€π₯ THE RIFF REPORT SUNDAY GAME PLAN
If we were attacking Sunday, hereβs how weβd do it.
β Morning: Coffee. Bacon. Regret nothing.
πΈ 12:00: Wander into the Jam Session.
π₯ 12:15: Lewis Henry Floyd on the Main Stage.
πΈ 13:45: Hot Property.
π©οΈ 14:00: Catch some Lee Ainsleyβs Blues Storm.
πΈ 15:00: Gary Cain.
π₯ 16:30: Laurence Jones.
π― 18:00: Whoβs Next.
π₯ 19:30: The Milk Men.
β‘ 20:00: Lewis Floyd Henry Experience β or Basil Brush if youβre feeling particularly chaotic.
π 21:00: THINK FLOYD.
Then stand there afterwards refusing to accept that the weekend is over.
Standard procedure.
πΌ FROM PINK FLOYD TO THINK FLOYD
Thereβs something genuinely special about Sundayβs finale.
Plumpton Racecourse isnβt pretending to have musical history.
It actually has it.
The original National Jazz, Blues & Pop Festival brought some astonishing musicians to this patch of Sussex during 1969 and 1970.
Pink Floyd.
The Who.
Black Sabbath.
Deep Purple.
Yes.
Peter Green.
King Crimson.
And many more.
Those names werenβt necessarily the untouchable legends we think of today.
Some were bands still becoming legends.
And thatβs what makes Plumpton fascinating.
Youβre standing on ground where a huge part of British festival culture was still figuring itself out.
πΈπ₯ THE RIFF REPORT VERDICT
Sunday is a belter.
Youβve got contemporary blues.
Youβve got psychedelic rock.
Youβve got young bands.
Youβve got veteran performers.
Youβve got tributes celebrating artists directly connected with Plumptonβs extraordinary history.
Youβve got comedy.
Youβve got circus performers.
Youβve got festival cinema.
Youβve got Basil Brush doing an adult show, because apparently reality has peaked.
ππ¦
And then at 9pm, everyone gets one final opportunity to gather around the Main Stage.
Think Floyd take over.
The lights go down.
The music goes up.
And Pink Floydβs songs once again drift across Plumpton Racecourse.
More than half a century separates the original festival from this Revival.
Different bands.
Different audience.
Different world.
But ultimately, the reason everyone came here hasnβt changed.
Music.
Community.
Discovery.
A field full of people who simply bloody love live music.
And maybe thatβs the best tribute Plumpton could possibly give its past.
Not trying to recreate 1969 exactly.
But remembering what made it special.
πΌ Peace.
β€οΈ Love.
πΈ Riffs.
πΊ Questionable camping decisions.
π¦ And apparently Basil Brush.
Sunday at Plumpton Revival 2026 β letβs finish this thing LOUD! π€π₯
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. See you in the field!
Michael is the founder, editor, and chief riff wrangler behind The Riff Report, an independent Welsh rock and metal publication built by fans, for fans. With a lifelong passion for loud guitars, unforgettable live shows, and the incredible community that surrounds rock and metal, he created The Riff Report to celebrate everything that makes the scene specialβfrom legendary headline acts and grassroots venues to rising bands that deserve to be heard.
A familiar face at festivals across the UK, Michael spends much of the year covering events including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, Steelhouse Festival, Firevolt, Plumpton Revival, and many more. Whether heβs battling the Welsh weather on a mountainside, surviving a weekend in a muddy campsite, or squeezed against the front barrier with thousands of fellow fans, heβs always searching for the next great story to share.
As editor of The Riff Report, Michael writes festival guides, breaking news, album reviews, gig reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, nostalgia features, and behind-the-scenes stories from across the rock and metal world. His writing combines honest opinions, humour, and a genuine love for live music, bringing readers closer to the bands, festivals, venues, and people that keep the scene alive.
Michael is particularly passionate about supporting independent artists, local venues, charities, and the wider UK rock and metal community. He believes every band deserves a chance to be discovered and every festival has a story worth telling. Through The Riff Report, he aims to shine a spotlight on both the biggest names in rock and the future stars waiting to break through.
When heβs not writing or interviewing artists, youβll probably find him exploring festival campsites, photographing live shows, chatting with fellow fans over a pint, or planning the next road trip in search of more riffs, bigger crowds, and unforgettable moments.
Above all, Michael believes rock and metal are about more than musicβtheyβre about community, friendship, and creating memories that last a lifetime. Thatβs exactly what The Riff Report exists to celebrate.
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. Always chasing the next great riff. π€
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