Hidden Door announces new acts and festival timings for 2025
The multi-arts festival has added Esther Swift, Day Sleeper, Accident Machine and more to its growing roster

With just four weeks until launch, Hidden Door has announced its festival timings plus a new tranche of acts. Set in the 15.5-acre Paper Factory site located in Edinburgh’s Maybury Quarter, the event takes place from Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 June.
The new acts announced are composer and harpist Esther Swift on opening night, Leith-based Day Sleeper and experimental acid from Accident Machine (comprising house legend George T and DJ and percussionist Mairi B Pots) on Thursday, multi-instrumentalist trio Voka Gentle and BBC Radio Scotland’s Singer/Songwriter of the Year Mike McKenzie on Friday, and Zulu musician Toya Delazy on Saturday. Clubbers can look forward to DJ sets from Paradise Palms Records on Friday night, and Samedia Shebeen on Saturday, both playing until 1am.

Festival timings:
Wednesday 11 June – Opening Party
18:00 – Doors Open
18:00 – Emerging Bands Showcase (Music, Machine Room)
18:30 – Cosmic Dance: Duality (Dance, Crane Shed)
18:30 – Roller Disco Death Party (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
18:45 – Pearling (Music, Machine Room)
19:00 – Ghost in the Machine (Performance, Factory Floor)
19:15 – Esther Swift (Performance, Factory Floor)
19:40 – We have all been here – now into the light (Performance, Locker Room)
19:45 – Smag På Dig Selv (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
19:45 – Dance Makes the Floor (Dance, Crane Shed)
20:00 – Aileen Lees and Zain Rishi (Spoken Word, Long Room)
20:30 – Bikini Body (Music, Machine Room)
20:35 – Ghost in the Machine (Performance, Factory Floor)
21:15 – SPECTRAL (Performance, Crane Shed)
21:15 – Mermaid Chunky (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
21:30 – Imogen Stirling and Sonia Killmann (Spoken Word, Long Room)
22:00 – Production Line of Dreams (Performance, Factory Floor)
22:00 – Snapped Ankles (Music, Machine Room)
01:00 – Close
13:00 – Doors Open (free until 18:00)
18:00 – Emerging Bands Showcase (Music, Machine Room)
18:30 – The Circle Unbound – Yuxi Jiang (Dance, Crane Shed)
18:30 – Accident Machine (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
19:00 – Ghost in the Machine (Performance, Factory Floor)
19:00 – Isabella Strange (Music, Machine Room)
19:40 – We have all been here – now into the light (Performance, Locker Room)
19:45 – The Circle Unbound – Yuxi Jiang (Dance, Crane Shed)
19:45 – SISTER MADDS (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
20:00 – Charles Lang (Spoken Word, Long Room)
20:30 – Tina Sandwich (Music, Machine Room)
20:30 – Ghost in the Machine (Performance, Factory Floor)
21:15 – SPECTRAL (Performance, Crane Shed)
21:15 – Witch Fever (Music, Jack Daniels Stage)
21:30 – Hugh McMillan (Spoken Word, Long Room)
22:00 – Production Line of Dreams (Performance, Factory Floor)
22:00 – Sprints (Music, Machine Room)
01:00 – Close
Hidden Door, The Paper Factory, Edinburgh, Wednesday 11–Sunday 15 June.