Only 13% of UK festival headliners are female, according to a new study

Despite amplified efforts in recent years to balance genders on festival lineups in the UK and further afield, a new study has found that we still have a way to go. 

According to research carried out by the BBC, a mere 13% of festival headliners in the UK are female.

Using a YouGov survey to collate 50 of the UK’s biggest festivals and most favoured events, including Glastonbury, Creamfields, Reading and Leeds, Latitude and Wireless, they discovered that of the 200 headliners across all festivals, 26 (13%) were an all-female band or a solo artist; 149 (74.5%) were either an all-male band or a solo artist; 24 (12%) had a mixed line-up of male and female performers, and one (0.05%) artist identified as non-binary.

Sadly, the survey also shows very little change since last year’s study by The Guardian, which found a significant underrepresentation of female artists on UK festival lineups. 

For more information on the study and its results, visit BBC.