The Joy Formidable Concert History

The Joy Formidable is an indie rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales, United Kingdom, currently located in London, England. The group members are Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums). Their music has been described as "primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

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The Joy Formidable Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 26)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 16, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Lowlands Festival

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Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Aug 16, 2013 –
Aug 18, 2013
Lowlands Festival 2013
Snakehips / Beans & Fatback / Nocando / Jacco Gardner / Satelitte Stories / Noisia / The Bronx / Nina Kraviz / DJ Koze / Gold Panda / Half Moon Run / Cerebral Ballzy / Eläkeäiset / Njo Reich Ensemble / Bo Ningen / Petite Noir / Jason Zenga (High-Def) / Boxettes / Ben Pearce / Poliça / CHVRCHES / Maya Jane Coles / Richie Hawtin / Mount Kimbie / Vondelpark / Foals / Major Lazer / Jake Bugg / Gojira / Tim Vantol / Daddy Kev / Mozes and the Firstborn / Los Chinches / Dv / Watcha Clan / Larry and His Flask / Matt Corby / Bombino / Jagwar Ma / Hurts / Franz Ferdinand / Daughter / Tom Odell / Slayer / The Opposites / Disclosure / We Came As Romans / HAIM / Balthazar / Nine Inch Nails / Imagine Dragons / Biffy Clyro / Twenty One Pilots / Goat / Tame Impala / Bat For Lashes / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / Sam Amidon / The Veils / The Joy Formidable / Fall Out Boy / James McCartney / Robert DeLong / NERO / Noah and the Whale / Bullet for My Valentine / The Menzingers / The Lumineers / Kendrick Lamar / Seasick Steve / Band of Horses / Editors / Chase & Status / Deap Vally / Frightened Rabbit / Pokey LaFarge / The Knife / Michael Kiwanuka / John Coffey / Fiddler's Green / Moderat / Great Minds / Empire of the Sun / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Alabama Shakes / Maceo Plex / Los de Abajo / Villagers / The Low End Theory / MS MR / Mikal Cronin / Mister and Mississippi / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) / D-Styles / Torche / Heartless Bastards / Siriusmo / Traumahelikopter / Protoje / Kodaline / Ben Zabo / Austra / Bonobo / Peace / SOHN / TNGHT / Just Blaze Show all bands
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Evenemententerrein Walibi World Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Aug 11, 2013
Ben Howard / The Joy Formidable / Tom Odell

Boardmasters 2013 day ticket

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Aug 09, 2013 –
Aug 10, 2013
Grape Festival 2013
NERO / The Drums / DJ Fresh / Crystal Fighters / The Joy Formidable / The Big Pink / Citizens! / Dub FX / Royal Republic / French Films / Kamp! / Para / Puding Pani Elvisovej / Zona A / NVMERI / Megablast Soundsystem
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Piešťany Airport / Letisko Piešťany Piešťany, Trnavský kraj, Slovak Republic
Aug 08, 2013 –
Aug 16, 2013
Grape Festival 2013
NERO / The Drums / DJ Fresh / Klaxons / Crystal Fighters / The Joy Formidable / The Big Pink / Citizens! / Dub FX / Royal Republic / French Films / Kamp! / Para / MIDI Lidi / Prago Union / Korben Dallas / Vec / Billy Barman / Freaks on Floor / Psh / Puding Pani Elvisovej / Sunflower Caravan / Zona A / Luno / Čokovoko / Sluk / Tomáš Sloboda / Moja Rec & Komplot / Swan Bridge / Megablast Soundsystem Show all bands
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Piešťany Airport / Letisko Piešťany Piešťany, Trnavský kraj, Slovak Republic
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Aug 07, 2013
Sziget Festival
The Joy Formidable / Skunk Anansie / Die Ärzte / Deichkind / Triggerfinger / Donots / Ska-P / Bad Religion / Kees Van Hondt / Dry the River / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Seeed / Blur / Enter Shikari / Emiliana Torrini / Mika / The Bots / The Cribs / Franz Ferdinand Show all bands
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Óbudai-sziget (Óbuda Island) Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Aug 07, 2013 –
Aug 11, 2013
Boardmasters Festival 2013
Clean Bandit / Ben Howard / The Vaccines / Tom Odell / Basement Jaxx / Gorgon City / The Joy Formidable / Frightened Rabbit / Everything Everything / Miles Kane / Bondax / Maribou State / Grandmaster Flash / Delphic / Little Comets / Nina Nesbitt / Redlight / Dusky / Benga / Roo Panes / The Struts / Swim Deep / Fenech-Soler / Luke Sital-Singh / Ayah Marar / Hudson Taylor / SecondCity / Mallory Knox / MJ Cole / We Are the Ocean / Friction / Jakwob / Panda / Cosmo Jarvis / Majestic / Roses Gabor / Andy Burrows / Tall Ships / Gnarwolves / The Other Tribe / Ryan Keen / Josh Kumra / MistaJam / Devolution / Joel Baker / Ben Caplan / Ahab / T. Williams / The Physics House Band / Eton Messy / Dexters / Decibel / Copy Paste Soul / Darko / Monki / Wet Nuns / Hawk Eyes / Marc O'Reilly / Ashley Thomas / India Bourne / A Plastic Rose / Story Books / Jello / The Dedicated Nothing / tim nice / Lily and Meg / StevieRay Latham / Breaks Collective / The PJP Band / Brothers and Bones / robin parris / Submental / snatch the wax / Tommie Quick Show all bands
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Unknown venue Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
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Aug 05, 2013 –
Aug 12, 2013
Ask That God Tour
David Guetta / Tame Impala / Franz Ferdinand / Blur / Empire of the Sun / Regina Spektor / Mika / NERO / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Peter Bjorn and John / Dizzee Rascal / Michael Kiwanuka / Alex Clare / Biffy Clyro / Editors / Chase & Status / Azealia Banks / Bad Religion / Nicky Romero / Bat For Lashes / Parov Stelar / Flogging Molly / Woodkid / Katy B / The Gaslight Anthem / sebastian ingrosso / Everything Everything / Netsky / Gesaffelstein / The Joy Formidable / Boys Noize / Enter Shikari / Zaz / Calexico / Mystery Jets / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) / Skunk Anansie / The Cribs / Little Boots / Booka Shade / Wax Tailor / Noisia / Nneka / Chuckie / Felix Cartal / Balthazar / Camo & Krooked / Hadouken! / Seeed / Die Ärzte / Dry the River / Nina Kraviz / Deichkind / Timbuktu / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Dub FX / Triggerfinger / John Digweed / La Pegatina / Left Boy / Erol Alkan / Blaudzun / Rachid Taha / Donots / Afterhours / Guy J / Hoffmaestro / Chris Liebing / Ленинград / The Bots / dOP / Rangleklods / High Rankin / Linea 77 / Daily Bread / Rubik / Skip & Die / Splendid / DakhaBrakha / Irie Maffia / Mokoomba / Jozif / Oscar Mulero / Warsaw Village Band / Besh O Drom / Parno Graszt / Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra / Iori's Eyes / Pixel Fist / Monophona / Figli di Madre Ignota / Sondorgo / Reggae Rajahs / Moana & The Tribe / Tako Lako / RUTA / Dublic / Baltic Balkan / Wondawulf / Cankisou / MiXendorp / Emilian Torrini / Vojasa / Microfeel / Project Swirl / Burkus König / Feed Me Dj Set / Shutka Roma Rap / Quimby In Wonderland / Muzsikdas / Csik Band and Friends / Dubloza Koletiv / Sak-P Show all bands
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Óbudai-sziget (Óbuda Island) Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Aug 04, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Y Not

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Peak District National Park Pikehall, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Standon Calling

Standon Lordship Standon, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2013 –
Aug 04, 2013
Y Not Festival 2013
The 1975 / The Darkness / The Joy Formidable / The Horrors / Wolf Alice / Mystery Jets / The Cribs / Ash / Temples / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Electric Six / Lewis Watson / The Enemy / Dry the River / Reverend and the Makers / 65daysofstatic / Swim Deep / Public Service Broadcasting / Drenge / LANTA / Mallory Knox / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / We Are the Ocean / Toy / Willy Moon / The Twang / Maybeshewill / Dutch Uncles / Chapel Club / Sharks / Chloe Howl / The Pineapple Thief / Stealing Sheep / The Temperance Movement / Johnny Foreigner / Arcane Roots / Gnarwolves / Three Trapped Tigers / InMe / Delta Sleep / Sky Larkin / The History of Apple Pie / The Family Rain / Young Kato / The Physics House Band / Gallops / Haiku Salut / I Am Giant / The Computers / Acollective / Waylayers / Night Works / Dark Horses / The Red Paintings / The Propellers / Max Raptor / Zico Chain / Stagecoach / Seasfire / My First Tooth / Sons And Lovers / Wet Nuns / PYLO / Evarose / Dizraeli and the Small Gods / Scholars / Lux Lisbon / Axes / I Am in Love / Neutralize / Park Bench Society / China Rats / Dingus Khan / Elliott Morris / The St Pierre Snake Invasion / Rat Attack / Gunning for Tamar / King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys / John Ainsworth / Little Night Terrors / Jack Shaw / The Swiines / My Preserver / Jack Martello / Crushing Blows / Flash Bang Band / HarleyLikesMusic / Injured Birds / Whisky Stain / Shout Timber / Naymedici / Three Minute Heist / Blue Sunday / Kenworthy / Beth Morris / Big Bad Wow / PLANES / nizlopi / Mountain Schmountain Show all bands
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Y-Not Festival Derby, England, United Kingdom
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Jul 27, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Greenville Festival

MAFZ Paaren im Glien, Germany
Jul 25, 2013
Ahoi-Rock
Death Letters / KMPFSPRT / AER / Marathonmann / Japandroids / The Joy Formidable / Fall Out Boy / Bloodhound Gang
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Kesselhaus Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 21, 2013
Positivus Festival
"Positivus Festival" / The xx / Two Door Cinema Club / Michael Kiwanuka / Tom Odell / Darwin Deez / Suuns / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Efterklang / The Joy Formidable / The Stanleys
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Festival Grounds Salacgriva, Latvia
Jul 20, 2013
Dour Festival 2013 Day 3 (Saturday)
Jurassic Five / U-Roy / ERM & Lee Scratch Perry / Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra / Skarbone 14 / Taös / DJ Guv / Pendulum DJ set & Verse / Drumsound & Bassline Smith / Simian Mobile Disco / Suuns / The Joy Formidable / We Are Enfant Terrible / Recorders / Guilt Monkey / Julian Jeweil / Pleasurekraft / Joris Delacroix / Booka Shade / Dub FX / Ultramagnetic MC’s / The Herbaliser / Zebra Katz / Antoine Hénaut / Les R’tardataires / LeFtO / Gilles Peterson / Flume / Flying Lotus / Oddisee & live band / Robert Glasper Experiment / Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson / Hiatus Kaiyote / STUFF. / Huxley / Dusky / Joy Orbison / Ben Pearce / Mikky Blanco / Devendra Banhart / DIIV / Petite Noir / Pale Grey / Sinkane / Billions of Comrades / Hellfish / Manu Le Malin / Venetian Snares / Anti-Flag / Mass Hysteria / Comeback Kid / Lenght of Time / Eths / Bleed From Within / Brutality Will Prevail / Deepshow / Skism / Zomboy / Downlink / Culprate / Digital Mystikz – Mala & Coki / Sherwood & Pinch / Loefah / Kahn / Bunzer0 / Blackboard Jungle Sound System / Dub Invaders Show all bands
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La Plaine De La Machine à Feu Dour, Wallonia, Belgium
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Jul 19, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Truck Festival

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Hill Farm Steventon, England, United Kingdom
Jul 19, 2013 –
Jul 21, 2013
Positivus 2013
Imagine Dragons / The xx / Twenty One Pilots / Two Door Cinema Club / Sigur Rós / Charli xcx / Crystal Castles / Tom Odell / Michael Kiwanuka / Noah and the Whale / The Joy Formidable / C2C / Darwin Deez / John Grant / Efterklang / Palma Violets / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Suuns / Willy Moon / NO CEREMONY/// / Team Ghost / IIRIS / Elektro Guzzi Show all bands
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zvejnieku parks Salacgriva, Latvia
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Jul 18, 2013 –
Jul 21, 2013
Dour Festival 2013
The Smashing Pumpkins / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Iggy Azalea / Wu-Tang Clan / Bonobo / The Vaccines / Flying Lotus / Pendulum / DJ Shadow / Four Tet / Action Bronson / Freddie Gibbs / Sub Focus / Kate Nash / Jurassic 5 / Gramatik / Klaxons / Rusko / Wax Tailor / The Horrors / Trentemøller / The Joy Formidable / Gold Panda / Simian Mobile Disco / Booka Shade / Toots & The Maytals / Hatebreed / Zomboy / Anti-Flag / Amon Tobin / The Herbaliser / Skream / Com Truise / Rockwell / Osees / Skindred / Modeselektor / Darwin Deez / Camo & Krooked / Funeral for a Friend / Oddisee / Fritz Kalkbrenner / Dan Deacon / Alborosie / Deluxe / Lee "Scratch" Perry / IAM / Joy Orbison / Mark Lanegan / Robert Glasper Experiment / Converge / Tryo / LFO / Rustie / Danko Jones / Youssoupha / Andy C / Roni Size / Comeback Kid / Apollo Brown / Logistics / Pelican / Nathan Fake / Zebra Katz / Terror / Skism / Anthony B / Venetian Snares / Maybeshewill / Carl Craig / Torche / Black Sun Empire / Tomahawk / Jacco Gardner / Huxley / Petite Noir / Guilty Simpson / Sherwood / Salva / Adept / Ultramagnetic MC’s / Dave Clarke / Digital Mystikz / Mujeres / Scratch Bandits Crew / Tha Trickaz / Fantastic Mr Fox / BRNS / Young Rival / Raketkanon / Karenn / Exsonvaldes / Njena Reddd Foxxx / Length of Time / Lord Diamonds / Michael Rushden / Parisher / Yung Magik / Evelyn Chong Show all bands
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Dour Festival Dour, Wallonia, Belgium
Jul 13, 2013
Forecastle Festival 2013 (Day 2)
The Black Keys / The Flaming Lips / Alabama Shakes / Jim James / Matt and Kim / The Joy Formidable / Dawes / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Foxygen / Rubblebucket / Freakwater / Sara Jarosz / TOKiMONSTA / Shovels & Rope / MNDR / Alasdair Roberts / Mona / The 23 String Band Show all bands
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Waterfront Park Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Jul 12, 2013
The Joy Formidable
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Beachland Ballroom, Beachland Ballroom & Tavern Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Jul 12, 2013 –
Jul 14, 2013
Forecastle Festival 2013
The Black Keys / Young the Giant / Alabama Shakes / The Flaming Lips / Toro Y Moi / The Avett Brothers / Animal Collective / Matt and Kim / Kurt Vile / Purity Ring / Big Boi / Old Crow Medicine Show / Baauer / GRiZ / Killer Mike / Dawes / TOKiMONSTA / Foxygen / Boys Noize / The Joy Formidable / Datsik / Grace Potter / Moon Taxi / Wild Belle / Jim James / Shovels & Rope / Dan Deacon / MNDR / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / The String Cheese Incident / El-P / Amtrac / Greensky Bluegrass / Ryan Hemsworth / Rubblebucket / Bob Mould / Bombino / Mona / Churchill / Night Beds / The Wild Feathers / Tift Merritt / Salva / The Pimps of Joytime / inc. no world / The Pass / Roadkill Ghost Choir / Alasdair Roberts / Freakwater / Wheeler Brothers / The Violators / A Lion Named Roar / Sensational Space Shifters / The Wheeler Boys / Travel Package / Robert Plant / The Secret Sisters Show all bands
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Waterfront Park Great Lawn Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Jul 10, 2013
The Joy Formidable

Wolf's Law

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Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, New York, United States
Jul 09, 2013
The Black Keys / The Joy Formidable

The Black Keys @ Xfinity Theatre

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Xfinity Theatre Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Jul 08, 2013
The Joy Formidable / The Black Keys

The Black Keys

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Buffalo Outer Harbor Buffalo, New York, United States
Jul 07, 2013
RBC Bluesfest
"RBC Bluesfest" / Fun. / Wu-Tang Clan / Tegan and Sara / Eric Burdon / Diamond Rings / The Joy Formidable / Hunter Hayes / Everlast / Steve Adamyk / Fevers / Watsky / The Hornettes / Hearts and Mines / Hannah Georgas / Maria Hawkins / Shakey Graves / Rocky Lawrence / Joe Robinson / T.j. Wheeler / Lily Frost Show all bands
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LeBreton Flats Park Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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2026 22 concerts
2025 6 concerts
2023 27 concerts
2022 56 concerts
2021 18 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 82 concerts
2018 48 concerts
2017 24 concerts
2016 137 concerts
2015 23 concerts
2014 14 concerts
2013 161 concerts
2012 78 concerts
2011 173 concerts
2010 118 concerts
2009 112 concerts
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