The Cabaret Vert revealed the first 26 artist names on Tuesday, December 10. They will be present on the festival stages in Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes, for a 19th edition organized over four days, from August 14 to 17, 2025.
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The Cabaret Vert program is gradually being revealed. The festival announced, Tuesday, December 10, 26 names of artists planned for the 19th edition, organized in 2025 on August 14, 15, 16 and 17, 2025.
For example, we find the Toulouse rappers Bigflo and Oli, the female alternative rock group The Last Dinner Party, the pop singer Zaho de Sagazan, the producer and DJ Jamie XX, the singer Julien Doré, the rapper Booba and the techno DJ VTSS.
The American Will Smith will also be there on Sunday, to close the festival in style. A source of pride for the artistic director, Christian Allex: “He is better known as an actor but he is someone who has always had a very significant side to the music!”
And if you don't see your favorite artist, don't panic! These are only a quarter of the names out of a hundred planned in total, always in varied musical styles, ranging from rock to reggae, including techno and metal. “We have something varied, as usual”, comments artistic director, Christian Allex.
Jumble, we can cite: SDM, Queens of the Stone Age, MC Solaar, TH, Suki Waterhouse, Genezio, Sammy Virji, JRK, Leprous, Theodora, Wet Leg, Kneecap, Ven1, LANDMVRKS, Idles, Bacil & DJ Metys … English musical culture looks set to be well represented with DJ Sammy Virji, rising club star in England or Kneecap, the rap group that breaks the codes.
As for metal and post-industrial, they will be highlighted on a new stage. Titled Razorback, artistic director Christian Allex described it as “a revival around rock culture”, with a sophisticated scenography. It will thus welcome the group Leprous, which performed at Hellfest, and the punk group LANDMVRKS.
All of them are added to the famous DJ Snake, headliner and very first name announced for Thursday August 14 among a program on which the organizers of the festival created in 2005 have been working since May.
Concerning practical information, the festival will be held as usual at Square Bayard in Charleville-Mézières, a 10-minute walk from the SNCF station.
The deputy director of the festival, Cédric Cheminaud, assures us: the circulation zone “has been reworked”. A “new location” et “surprises” are also to be expected “like every year with the Cabaret”. Every year, the major cultural event in the north-east of France brings together more than 100,000 festival-goers.
The other names will be announced in the coming months.
