🎤Lineup
✈️How to get to Jesstival
Planning your trip to Jesstival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 21 km from the venue.
- Allow about 29 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Liverpool or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🌤️Jesstival 2026 weather
Weather in The Junction Pub, Rainford in May 2026?
Actual weather at the 2026 edition
From May 2 to May 3, 2026: up to 16°, low of 7°, 10.1 mm of rain in total.
- Sat, May 2Light rain16° / 7° 4.5 mm
- Sun, May 3Light rain13° / 9° 5.6 mm
Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 33% of days
| 2025 | Light drizzle | 14° / 7° | no rainy days |
| 2024 | Light drizzle | 15° / 9° | 1 rainy day |
| 2023 | Rain | 16° / 8° | 1 rainy day |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
Hour by hour
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Same week in 2025: Sat May 3 → Sun May 4 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).
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📋About
Jesstival 2026: Punk Festival at The Junction Pub, Rainford
Jesstival returns on May 2-3, 2026, to The Junction Pub, Rainford, United Kingdom, for a weekend dedicated to independent British punk. This community event celebrates the DIY spirit and raw energy of punk, providing a stage for local bands and emerging artists. The intimate setting of The Junction Pub, a traditional pub in the heart of Rainford, creates a friendly and authentic atmosphere where musicians and festival-goers unite in their shared passion for uncompromising punk rock.
The 2026 lineup features Funke and the Two Tone Baby, an energetic band blending punk with ska influences, alongside Jess Silk, a folk-punk artist with a personal universe. Sam Scherdel will bring acoustic sonorities, while Darwin's Rejects and Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies guarantee the raw and spontaneous punk energy that characterizes the festival.
Musically, Jesstival explores multiple facets of contemporary punk: traditional punk rock for fast riffs and energetic choruses, folk-punk for acoustic engaged melodies, street punk for DIY attitude and social lyrics. This programming reflects the diversity of the current British punk scene, between traditions and innovations. The pub format offers rare proximity with artists, in a spirit of musical communion.
Join us on May 2-3, 2026, at The Junction Pub for an unpretentious punk weekend. Jesstival is the authenticity and passion of British punk in a warm community setting.
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