Southern California native Cory Hanson isn't the sort of musician to let the grass grow beneath him. The singer/guitarist played an auxiliary role in numerous bands before settling into a more stable gig making rugged psychedelia with Wand. In addition to his full-time work with Wand and occasional toned-down duo work with Ty Segall, Hanson released solo albums like 2021's bucolic Pale Horse Rider.

An easily confused and very shy individual, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980's in search of Spider John Koerner, whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar one Sunday night. The experience changed his life, made him more or less unemployable, and brings us to now: 13 recordings, 250 shows a year or more, 200,000 miles on a well broke in Kia, and a nasty fear of heights. Resonator fueled folk songs from Duluth Minnesota.

Oklahoma's dream-pop duo Sports are announcing a long awaited headline tour across Europe in 2026 with a much needed stop in Leeds! Along with the news of tour dates, the band have also shared their latest single ‘Keep Falling In Love’, a track exemplifying their signature blend of lush psychedelic textures and dreamy pop melodies. Have a listen, grab your tickets, and look forward to October 2026 Presented by Super Friendz. This is an 14+ event

The three friends Michael Spieler, Timothy Lush and Kerim Öke grew up together and evolved their distinctive sound through closeness, freedom and ease. Since the start in 2015 KYTES have grown organically and developed an ever strengthening fan base.

Nora Brown is the “brightest young star in old-time music” (Songlines), playing traditional music focused on southern Appalachian banjo and guitar, with her singing revealing her “thirst for storytelling.”( NPR) . She digs deep: “a reverent nod to deeply-rooted ole-time traditions, and an exhibit of sonic heirlooms carefully amended to meet a modern moment with vintage elegance.” American Songwriter. The New Yorker called her most recent solo record Long Time To Be Gone “a disarming collection of traditional laments and exquisite banjo instrumentals.” Nora will perform in a duo with award-winning fiddler Stephanie Coleman. First brought together by Brooklyn’s tight-knit old-time music community, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman share a rich musical partnership that belies their 20 year age difference. Stephanie is a master old-time fiddler, having recorded with and toured internationally over the last two decades with celebrated artists including trailblazing all-women string band Uncle Earl. Beginning at age 6, under the tutelage of the late musician and scholar Shlomo Pestcoe, Brown also counts Alice Gerrard, George Gibson, and the late John Cohen, Lee Sexton, and John Haywood among her teachers and mentors. Just nineteen years old, Brown has released three albums, a single, and an EP on Jalopy Records. Across each haunting collection of traditional music, Brown’s playing is lucid, confident, and full of grace. Presented by Please Please You & The Black Swan Folk Club This is an 16+ event

The Bevis Frond (guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Nick Saloman) have ultimately become the UK's leading underground psychedelic rock band. Their music is an iconoclastic collision of distinctly British psychedelia, space-rock, grunge, slow-burning soulful laments, even grizzled folk and more than occasional moments of sublime pop genius.

Formed in 2016 by Southern California-based Filipino-American brothers Christian and Louie Baello. Known for their cult hit “welcome and goodbye”, which as of October 2024 has amassed over 200 million Spotify streams (mostly within 2023-2024) and was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 31, 2024, the band originally existed in the shoegaze and dreampop corners of the indie world but expanded their sound with pop-punk and alt-rock influences in their 2022 debut record ‘About A Boy’ (released via AWAL). Currently the band is wrapping up a new record that they look to release in 2025. On the upcoming record: "With our upcoming album, we let our instincts take control of what we made - the sound itself guided us in a way. We took our time with this one, allowing us to really delve into new styles. We also revisited our older production techniques in order to capture some of the emotion of our older music, such as mixing and pedal combinations, etc. Louie's bass lines have more of an intricacy to them while still maintaining it's signature melodic drive. Christian's guitar lines are stacked and sweet. Our music is sounding as dreamy as ever, but with a small bit of the grit we heard on the last album."

Raw, unsettling and heartbreakingly honest music full of grit, grief and haunting beauty.

SJM Concerts presents Jimothy Lacoste

Deary comprises of London based musicians Ben & Dottie, creating wistful dream pop. In the midst of the global pandemic, the duo struck up a partnership, swapping ideas over social media.

Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Michael McGovern blends poetic lyricism with folk roots, evolving beyond his acclaimed debut Highfield Suite. His new album Thin White Road showcases full-band arrangements, literary influences, and viral single Evelyn, cementing him as a compelling new contemporary folk voice. Michael's poetic lyrics and fingerpicked nylon-string guitar craft a deeply emotional folk sound. His debut album, Highfield Suite (2021), recorded during isolation in 2020 and produced by Bill Shanley, earned critical praise across the UK and Ireland. Including BBC Album of the Week, RTE Lyric feature, and an unexpected gem nod from folk legend Paul Brady. His new album Thin White Road marks a confident step forward, expanding on his folk roots with full-band arrangements, layered harmonies, and touches of saxophone and strings. The breakout single Evelyn went viral in early 2025, sparking a wave of online covers. The album draws on literary influences like Laurie Lee, Hunter S. Thompson, and T.S. Michael's live shows are celebrated for their emotional impact and warmth. Thin White Road confirms him as one of the most compelling new voices in contemporary folk.

Graham Jonson, also known as Quickly, Quickly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he originally created instrumental beats on SoundCloud.

Alice Costelloe is breaking free on her upcoming EP 'When It's The Time'. The first release under her full name (previously operating under the Al Costelloe abbreviation) and her first having signed to much-heralded indie label Moshi Moshi Records, 'When It's The Time' - out 25th October finds Costelloe skilfully rendering nuanced emotions rooted in desire, and death. Sonically, the EP presents a captivating progression - introducing elements of art-pop (in no small part due to the EP's producer Mike Lindsay's "treasure chest of synths") to her optimistic, soothing indie-pop. Thematically, the EP poses questions about mortality, and "how to make yourself a better life in a world that often feels apocalyptic".Balancing a playful sense of optimism against the looming spectre of death; pillowy synths and celestial organs provide a warming backdrop for Alice's pristine voice and deft examinations of humanity. Presented by Communion ONE. This is an 18+ event

MEMI is a South Korean guitarist and singer-songwriter known for hergroovy instrumentals and rock music. She first gained attention by sharing electric guitar performances, covers, and original songs on social media. She handles all aspects of her work herself, including production, artwork, and content creation, which has helped her connect with an international audience through her music and guitar performances. With over 460,000 followers on both Instagram and TikTok, her work has attracted the attention of some of the biggest acts in the world, including Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit and Beabadoobee, who have previously engaged with her content. MEMI released the single 'Guitar Pick' in 2023, featuring lyrics that resonate with guitarists and an addictive guitar riff. The song quickly became her signature track, accumulating over 4.9 million views on Instagram and more than 3.5 million streams on Spotify. And she also released her first-ever EP \[M3MI\], which includes the deeply personal track 'Sorry for My Late Reply’. The song received an overwhelmingly positive response from listeners, further establishing her presence as a solo artist. MEMI began performing actively both in South Korea and abroad, including at SXSW 2024. In 2025, MEMI is preparing a new album and plans to expand her global stage performances. Presented by Chris Brearley. This is an 18+ event

Bloody Knees Presented by Outbreak Fest. This is an 18+ event

Ratboys are an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois formed in 2010 by Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan. The band consists of Julia Steiner (guitar, vocals), Dave Sagan (guitar), Marcus Nuccio (drums) and Sean Neumann (bass, vocals).

There’s a distinct turbulence frothing in Manchester. Not the sideways forever-rain or the static hum of a post-industrial hangover, but something stranger, lither, and more evasive. Enter MLEKO: a seven-piece. They twist, howl, and hold you over the edge with ever-so-slightly clammy hands. Beauty crosscut with beast and a side of sincerity... lathered in levity.

Bad Vibrations is excited to welcome Ron Gallo!

DHP Presents: Mother Soki Presented by DHP FAMILY. This is an 18+ event

Flooding is an American rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. They have released 2 full length albums, and 2 EPs.

American indie folk musician Helen Ballentine.

At 21, Jordana is already a wildly accomplished DIY producer — she co-produced her new album Face The Wall and played every single instrument on the record, a remarkable feat of auteurship. Dealing with faith, sexuality and self-discovery, it’s a heady document of self-determination. Face The Wall is a remarkably assured statement from a 21-year-old artist. There are plenty of similar artists in her lane, all with equally stylized aesthetics and approachable auras, but Jordana doesn’t need any of the relatability tactics that some of her fellow pop stars do. She knows she doesn’t have to grab you to get your attention, she doesn’t need to rehash a sound from 10 or 20 years ago, and her confessional songwriting doesn’t need to be overwhelmingly sad to be poignant. All she has to do is sing and play guitar, and the music is just irresistible. When Jordana first arrived, it was her bedroom pop chops that made her an artist of note. Crafting songs through GarageBand that showed the talent that stretched the four walls of her room, the potential was scary. On ‘Face The Wall’, that promise is fulfilled, and then some. This is an 18+ event (Photo I.D required) .

Birmingham grunge-pop quartet Swim Deep's own brand of fuzzy grunge influenced pop has been making waves across the UK, putting them at the forefront of the blossoming West Midlands music scene.

Makthaverskan are a Swedish post-punk band from Gothenburg, formed in 2008. Led by vocalist Maja Milner, the band combines post-punk with elements of dream pop, jangle pop, gothic rock and shoegaze.

White Flowers present an evening of new material. Trialling out new works as well as a previously unseen audio-visual performance, tickets for these intimate shows will sell out quickly. Upon arrival, attendees will also have the opportunity to access two unheard tracks. These will be limited solely to the event. Special guests to be announced in due course. Presented by Now Wave. This is an 18+ event

SLAG formed in Brighton, late 2023. SLAGs guitar riffs are actually kind of crazy when you think about it. SLAG wear some really cool outfits on stage sometimes. SLAGs singer could be a man if you closed your eyes and listened closely, but she isn’t. SLAG released the song Ripped in September and everyone seems to really like it. SLAG released a workout video on YouTube. SLAGs live shows are awesome - lots of people have said so. SLAG have plans. SLAG are most cheerful math rock you will ever hear This is an 14+ event

2charm is an emerging Australian indie-techno-pop duo formed by Brisbane-based musicians Tim Nelson (of Cub Sport) and Sam Netterfield.

Formed in 2001 in London, alternative and indie rock five-piece The Veils are known (and beloved) for their energetic live performances. The release of the fifth studio album, Total Depravity, marks a dramatic shift in style for the band fronted by Finn Andrews into musical territory laden with mutilated loops and sonic contrasts.

Soulful and emotionally charged vocals meld perfectly on top of vintage jazzy chords and groovy rhythms. With two EP releases under their belt, GeeJay have garnered widespread critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Fearne Cotton (BBC Radio 2), BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, Jack Saunders, and CLASH to name but a few. After the birth of their child in July 2023, the pair took to the studio to finish their debut album 'What's the Sun Without the Rain?', whilst the baby slept at the back of the studio. The baby’s cries sometimes landed onto the recording, adding a real-world depth to the record. An unmissable melting pot of jazz and soul.

Real Farmer is a Dutch (post-)punk band from Groningen, known for an energetic, gritty, and DIY-focused sound.

Wesley Joseph is a Birmingham-born British songwriter, producer and filmmaker based in London.

New Jersey born, Queens based artist Car Culture, the alias of Daniel Fisher (best known as Physical Therapy), releases his new album Rest Here via NAFF Recordings today. Exemplifying Fisher’s wide ranging approach to production, Rest Here plays like a well-worn mixtape: ranging from fuzzy dream pop to hypnotic downtempo. Rest Here includes the single “Doesn’t Really Matter,” a hazy power ballad duet with vocals from Fisher and Chicago-based indie star Squirrel Flower.

Nuovo Testamento - the Los Angeles based trio consisting of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums) and Andrea Mantione (synth) - has spent the last several years seizing dance floors across the world with their blend of dark Italo-disco and synth drenched pop. Think of all of your favourite synth-era throwback hits mixed with a modern pop sensibility and songs that will carve their way into your synapses...and stay there.

Two wandering souls on a train to nowhere. Yes and Maybe are a Scottish-French duo that blend instinct and precision to craft music that feels both familiar and unpredictable. Meeting online, the French multi-instrumentalist "Yes" and the Scottish producer/vocalist "Maybe" create songs grounded in introspection, storytelling and the indie sounds of the 2000s. Embracing a remote collaboration, their debut album ‘Train to Nowhere’ was written and produced entirely over WhatsApp. It captures raw emotion through intricate melodies, atmospheric vocals and sharp lyricism. For Yes and Maybe, it's all about capturing authentic feelings and creating music that resonates on a deeper level.

Ultimate Power is a night playing nothing but the greatest power ballads ever written, celebrated by the friendliest clubgoers around, creating a night of pure euphoria. Expect to hear the likes of: Queen / Bon Jovi / Meat Loaf / Whitesnake / Bonnie Tyler / Foreigner / Whitney Houston / Phil Collins and all of the other greatest songs ever written! See you down the front!

German Duo Digitalism are back once again, with their hard hitting bass lines and transfixing synths, taking us on a journey through an array of genres.

British-Greek singer, songwriter and producer.

Liverpool-born singer and songwriter Andrew Gower formed Gustaffson in 2020 with lifelong friend and guitarist James Webster (‘Webbo’). The formation of Gustaffson was serendipitous. While on a film set, Gower met Elbow musician and producer Craig Potter, sparking a musical collaboration.

Ain't is a London-based five-piece band known for blending the stranger, heavier sides of '90s guitar music with post-punk, shoegaze, and grunge-pop influences.

CQ Wrestling are a British Grunge band led by two best friends and songwriters Charlie Woods and Jake Mac, delivering a fierce and melodic 90's sound.

Harry Springer may have composed, produced and performed all of Moon Walker's first album in his bedroom, but the electrifying and uniquely eclectic sound undeniably feels more fitting for a stadium. Thanks to sudden viral success on Tik Tok, the album quickly established Moon Walker as one of rock's most promising acts.

Offering gimmick free parties up and down the UK; Deptford Northern Soul Club is a new breed soul night for the next generation of party goers.

Bleech 9:3 is a London-based Irish four-piece band playing emotive, 90s-influenced heavy alt-grunge, featuring distorted guitars, raw vocals, and themes of recovery and addiction.

LIFT OFF! The stars have aligned, the cosmos has answered - Brakes are getting back together for the first time in 11 years, playing a handful of dates later this year - they will be in Brighton to perform two special shows in one night. Following an invitation by End Of The Road Festival and in support of the re-release of their debut album ‘Give Blood’ on Rough Trade Records - the guys land on earth for one more tour. Brakes are a cult indie rock band that make an irreverent blend of garage rock, alt-country and punk energy.

Enter the kaleidoscopic world of Lone - returning to Greco-Roman for his first album in five years, ‘Hyperphantasia’.

Australian singer and songwriter.

The dreamy, melancholic indie pop of Hannah Cohen emerged from the art and music scenes of New York City in the early 2010s.

Keli Holiday is the indie-pop solo alter ego of Adam Hyde, one half of the Australian electronic duo Peking Duk.

Little Barrie return with a new album.

ALRIGHT + special guests

East Los Angeles quartet Levitation Room's floaty, cosmic songs are always a trip. Since forming nearly a decade ago, they've self-produced dizzying, otherworldly music that's connected with fellow travellers in the hallucinogenic world of outré rock music. Led by singer and guitarist Julian Porte along with founding members Gabriel Fernandez (lead guitar) and Johnathan Martin (percussion), the band has enchanted live audiences at Desert Daze and on tour with like-minded groups Post Animal and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets.

Superchunk + Oblivians (14+ under 16's with and adult) Superchunk After the shocking, and for many, demoralizing result of the 2016 election, “I didn’t buy the silver lining some were promoting that ‘well, at least art and music will be great now!’,” says Superchunk co-founder and frontman Mac McCaughan. “Obviously, any sane person would gladly trade four to eight years of terrible music for not having our country dismantled to satisfy the whims of a vengeful child and his enablers.” That said, good music and art still have a lot to say, and the urgency of current events gave Mac, Laura, Jim, and Jon the momentum to make something new sooner than later. “It would be strange to be in a band, at least our band, and make a record that completely ignored the surrounding circumstances that we live in and that our kids are going to grow up in.” Enter What a Time to Be Alive, Superchunk’s first album in over four years. It’s a record, says Mac, “about a pretty dire and depressing situation but hopefully not a record that is dire and depressing to listen to.” Indeed, like so much of Superchunk’s music in the band’s nearly three decades together, the songs on What a Time to Be Alive meet rage and anxiety head-on with the catharsis and exhilaration of loud punk fire and vulnerable pop energy. Like 2013’s I Hate Music, which focused on death, loss, and the role of music in an aging life, the new record brings spirit to the frontlines of pain—it’s as defiant as it is despairing, as much a call to arms as a throwing up of hands.

Dorian Electra is an American singer, songwriter, and performance artist known for experimental hyperpop, gender-bending fashion, and queer aesthetics.

From the academy of deep soul and no ego, Reverend Baron delivers visions of liquor store East LA, the off-the-freeway dry mirage of slow motion graffiti and lonely seagulls. A nylon stringed zen fog with themes of woozy love, layered dimensions of nostalgia and glazed neighbourhood tales that roll in with a natural ease. After notching a permanent status in the skateboarding orbit as Danny Garcia, he transferred his effortless style, dedication and authenticity into music. Practicing a philosophy of demystifying the process and doing it yourself, he has become a proficient multi-instrumentalist, engineer, and producer of his own and other artist's music. All streams of curiosity converge into the river. An enigma, Reverend Baron emerges from the proverbial grey overpass with no sense of urgency. He takes a sharp gaze at his surroundings and processes them through a factory of depth and gentle swag to yield a sound that sits as easy as fallen molasses on the bodega shelf. The songs are an unassuming invitation to either walk through the doorway or lean on the wall outside, either way something beautiful and rare.

Now wave presents mood swings Office Dog Curiosity Shop Of Iyrn Presented by Now Wave. This is an 18+ event.

Seductive, sticky, and meticulously designed, GLU is the new hip \-hop anchored solo project hand \-built by ‘Queens of the Stone Age’ bassist Michael Shuman. Blending disparate influences from Gorillaz and Mac Miller to Depeche Mode, the ‘Mini Mansions’ front \-man layers a precision vocal flow with driving pop and angular guitars to create a complex sound that is as threatening as it is accessible. This is an 16+ event .

Rosa Walton is one half of the kaleidoscopic, pioneering future pop duo, Let's Eat Grandma. Special Guests Presented by FORM. This is an 18+ event

Presenting GIFT. They’re a Brooklyn psychedelic-rock quintet that invite you to share the present with them, celebrating the eternal now and each moment’s richness, complexity and singularity through the medium of their music. Can you open yourself up and appreciate it in its fullness — the present’s ugliness and confusion as well as the beauty and joy? GIFT believes you can.

New Constellations is an indie-pop duo based in Portland, Oregon, featuring lifelong friends Harlee Case (vocals) and Josh Smith (production).

Pinpointing the specific catalyst for an avalanche can be slippery - any combination of classic elements, human interference, or freak accident can trigger disaster - and documenting these precise moments often rests on serendipitous reflexes. On Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber offer themselves as ignition and capture every sound in the wake. Involuntarily thrust into the throws of rootless nomadism, Robber Robber ringleader Nina Cates collects a series of pressurized vignettes to assemble the Burlington quartet’s thrillingly explosive sophomore album. Two Wheels Move the Soul was written and recorded throughout the winter of 2024 and 2025, a season of Cates’ life characterized by near-constant upheaval. In January of 2025, Cates (and Robber Robber co-founder) Zack James were displaced from their longtime home at the behest of a landlord’s call to have their building demolished. In a moment’s notice - and amidst a particularly brutal Vermont winter - Cates and James were left to fend for themselves. Luckily, the two were able to tap a deep well of support within their community, finding respite on the couches of Lily Seabird, Greg Freeman, and Thus Love’s Echo Mars. An unused attic provided their longest arrangement. The personal and economic chaos of living at the mercy of nameless powers-that-be redirected into a hyperfocused attention on Two Wheels Move the Soul. Returning to Little Jamaica Studios - one of the sites for their acclaimed debut Wild Guess - Cates, James, guitarist Will Krulak and bassist Carney Hemler hunkered down with their trusted engineer Benny Yurco. The familiarity between the cast of characters allowed the studio to become a sanctuary, and foregrounded Two Wheels Move The Soul’s constant foray into sonically adventurous terrain. “Everywhere else that we had to be, we were very much visitors,” James recalls. “When we were working on the record, it was nice because it felt like this is our space.” Still, an overwhelming sense of impending doom hangs over Two Wheels Move the Soul. Every scribble on the guitar thins the air, each stab of percussion and wave of distortion makes it that much harder to breathe. On Two Wheels Move the Soul, landslides come early and the news of their arrival is just as chilly. Propelled by Cates’ nonchalant bars - inspired by the effortlessly-cool cadence of Gucci Mane and Lou Reed - Two Wheels Move the Soul saunters in and out of frame with the implicit assurance that any gaze will follow. Album opener and lead single “The Sound It Made” rattles into existence, eschewing exposition to plunge directly in the deep end. The polarized extremities of Robber Robber’s sonic palette fuse throughout Two Wheels Move the Soul, spanning post-punk scorchers, burnt-out slacker anthems, and melodies that sweeten the bitter pills stomached along the way. “Yes I know, gotta work for my pay,” Cates exhales on standout “New Year’s Eve,” a swaggering depiction of life’s myriad impediments. “I’m tired, so is everyone - how can I complain?” Cates wastes no time indulging in the miseries of late-stage capitalism, opting instead to resolve casual disappointment with a cool composure. “What more is there to do?,” Cates asks on “Pieces,” the slow-burning b-side intro that plainly lays out what happens when your life falls apart: “you’ll end up with a piece.” Working through the discomfort of class, upheaval, and catastrophe is a central philosophy on Two Wheels Move the Soul. “You can leave it, but it follows you home,” Cates buries beneath incendiary bursts on “It’s Perfect Out Here in the Sun.” Easy to miss, it is a possible catalyst nonetheless. In the midst of the avalanche itself, the sparks ignited throughout Two Wheels Move the Soul fall by the wayside, and all that’s left is the wreck. “Upend, upend,” Cates intones atop kinetic and relentless instrumentation. Then the pressure cracks again. “So we dance.” Brudenell Presents... This is a 14+ event (Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)

BBC Radio Young Folk Awards Nominee, UKE Magazine Best Newcomer winner and now English Folk Expo Mentor Scheme participant, Amelia Coburn is a truly stunning solo performer who bears comparisons to Kate Bush and Nick Drake with beguiling original folk and jazz influenced songs. Amelia has performed at Cambridge Folk Festival, Costa Del Folk in Ibiza and numerous other national and international events including sell out solo shows in her native North East and elsewhere as well as supporting a diverse range of artists including The Wedding Present, Steve Harley and the late folk legend Vin Garbutt.

We believe raving should be accessible for everyone. Under One Roof is a safe and welcoming space for adults with disabilities, as well as their friends, family and carers (who always go free) to rave!

Widowspeak is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2010.

Pansy Division is a gay pop-punk formed in San Francisco in 1991.

Since 2020 and their success "Keep Your Eyes Peeled", the duo from Brussels has won unanimous support by performing concerts all over the world (Europe, South and North America). ULTRA SUNN expresses a desire for modernity through its themes, sounds and collaborations (Kontravoid, Kris Baha, Zanias, Curses, Sarin) while being in line with classical EBM and Belgian electronic music. Ultra Sunn quickly saw itself playing alongside Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, DAF and even A Split Second. Sam's deep and dark voice unfolds over Gaelle’s carefully tailored setup of analog synthesizers and industrial drum machines. Active in classical arts and fashion shows, these inspirations are reflected in their work. The couple is haunted by a Coldwave, New Beat and modern EBM energy. Witnesses of their time, the band creates dancing and luminous hymns about self improvement, fight against anxiety and gender equality always with an inclusive, powerful and positive spirit. Presented by Grey Lantern. This is an 18+ event

The Courettes is an explosive rock duo from Denmark and Brazil who found the perfect blend between garage rock, '60s Girl Group, Wall of Sound, surf music and doo wop. Like The Ronettes meet The Ramones at a wild party at Gold Star Studios echo chamber.

Indie newcomers Day We Ran deliver anthemic melodies, emotive vocals, and electrifying live energy.

Francis of Delirium is a Luxembourg-based indie rock duo formed by Canadian-born singer-songwriter Jana Bahrich and drummer/producer Chris Hewett.

There’s a surprising relationship at the centre of Sofia Kourtesis’ debut album Madres. An album in large part dedicated to her mother, there’s also another person, one without whom this album would never have been made. Peter Vajkoczy. Vajkoczy is a neurosurgeon, one of the very best neurosurgeons in the world in fact, and Madres is dedicated to him. The story of how a world-renowned neurosurgeon came to appear in the liner notes of this record is one of tenacity, miracles, all-consuming love and ultimately, of hope. When she began work on her debut, Kourtesis was seemingly unstoppable. A string of rapturously received EPs and singles made her one of the fastest rising stars in the electronic world and beyond. She has already graced the cover of Mixmag, released a brilliantly energetic and moving Resident Advisor ‘RA Session’, appeared on ‘End of Year’ lists from the likes of The New York Times, Pitchfork, DJ Mag and Spotify (#6 Best Electronic Song) and played instant sell-out early shows in London and Manchester as well as standout performances at Glastonbury, Green Man, Wide Awake and Primavera and tours supporting Caribou and Bicep.

The Datsuns are a New Zealand hard rock/garage rock band formed in 1998, known for their high-energy 1970s-influenced sound and intense live performances.

The Dead Wells Pinstripe. Pomona Presented by Now Wave. This is an 18+ event.

Tooth is a London-based four-piece alternative rock band composed of Tom Pollock (vocals/guitar), Ben Ashley (lead guitar), Charlie (bass), and Roy Lowe (drums).

There’s an alternate reality where everyone makes a living wage and the cleanest buses you’ve ever seen arrive every other minute. Where the most intense songs are about confessing your love to a crush at the apple orchard, and where gentle feelings and chaotic energy are inseparable best friends. This is the timeline where cootie catcher is right at home. This Toronto based four-piece exudes both vulnerability and unbridled excitement, creating a sound that hypercharges the open-hearted tenderness of twee pop with spiraling synths and giddy electronics. Their new album Something We All Got is the clearest and most vibrant reading of cootie catcher’s vision yet, with songs of sweetness, nervousness, and expectancy that beam out unguarded. After releasing music made primarily in basements, Something We All Got is the band’s first flirtation with studio recording. The edges are still sharp, however, with some parts assembled from time-honored lo-fi methods and fun, personally-sourced samples seeping into the production. The sound is explosive and upbeat, with euphoric guitars, bubbly synth lines, speedy live and programmed drums, and all other manner of sound constantly colliding. cootie catcher has three songwriters-Sophia Chavez (vocals, synths), Anita Fowl (vocals, bass), and Nolan Jakupovski (vocals, guitar)-all of whom have distinctive voices but manage to overlap in their writing on shared concerns like navigating the lines of romantic and platonic relationships, their city’s social scenes, and struggles in both the microcosmic experience of playing in a band and the zoomed-out challenges of living through late-stage capitalism. Joy still touches every surface of Something We All Got. “Quarter Note Rock” bounces around the room in a fit of jangling guitar chords, scratched samples, and interplay between breakbeat loops and somersaulting live drums. It’s a blast of positivity despite lyrics about how disappointing it can be to meet your heroes. A smiling electro pop instrumental supports having to step painfully away from an almost realized love on “Gingham Dress,” a song that subverts themes of domesticity as a backdrop for the dashed wilt of hopeless devotion. The ‘non-confrontational anthem’ “Puzzle Pop” cascades and soars through an examination of needing to ask more from others before concluding in a swirl of samples. Cootie Catcher rolls down hills and jumps through flaming hoops throughout Something We All Got without ever muting the visceral emotions that drive these songs. There’s a palpable tension between the band’s exhilarating sonics and the raw, often uneasy sentiments expressed, but it’s an integral part of what makes them unique. Rather than hide, cootie catcher is instead fearlessly direct, running full-speed toward every confusion and excitement, and embracing the reality they’re in. Presented by FORM.

An Ellaville, Georgia native, singer/songwriter Caylee Hammack has racked up almost 275 million career global streams to date, won an ACM Award for Musical Event of the Year (“Fooled Around And Fell In Love” with Miranda Lambert), and picked up Artist to Watch accolades from The Bobby Bones Show, Rolling Stone among other honors. Penning the must-read counterpart to her album, the songstress expanded her creative horizons with Bed of Roses, a romance novel co-authored by Hammack and New York Times-bestselling author Carolyn Brown, each chapter correlates to track titles on the album, taking readers on a journey from heartbreak to healing. Hammack has shared stages with Stevie Nicks, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Reba, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne and more and has performed multiple times to international audiences in Europe.

The music from Wes Anderson’s films performed live. A musical tribute to one of the most unique and idiosyncratic directors of our generation. Expect original score & deep-cut soundtracks. In case you've been living under a rock for the last 20 years, Wes Anderson is the auteur behind the iconic films The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs and many more. Now you can sit back and experience the music of these iconic films live, from the original score music to some of the amazing and obscure needle drops, all performed by a four-piece multi-instrumentalist band led by composer/director Adam Znaidi.

Carlow’s bi-lingual, mutli-instrumentalist maverick SexyTadhg announces their 14-date, community binding, culturally defining ‘SLUTTRAD’ UK & IRE Tour for October / November / December 2026. In tandem with the release of their genre blurring “TADHG” EP which demonstrates a unique vision of Traditional Irish music, that is intrinsically entwined with queer culture, resulting in total redefinition of the modern Irish identity. The SexyTadhg live show has been described as a “euphoric blend of big band jazz, theatrical soul, and dazzling pop, bursting with brass, keys, layered harmonies, and a groove-rich rhythm section, that channels the grandiosity of the SexyTadhg personna, while showcasing their magnetic, commanding vocal presence.” (1883 Magazine), with Hotpress remarking that the live show is “theatrical disco music at its finest, Tadhg's performances are an exhilarating blend of musicianship and creativity.” Tadhg's commanding vocals and virtuoso piano skills have mesmerized audiences internationally, as their big band extravaganza elevates Irish musicianship to unprecedented heights. Their performances often draw comparisons to legendary icons like David Bowie, Elton John, Lady Gaga, and Freddie Mercury, yet SexyTadhg artfully intertwines this majestic persona with the uplifting joy of Traditional Irish folk and intimate narratives that explore themes of gender, sexuality, and mental health. Presented by 432 Presents. This is an 18+ event.

A jazzer, metalhead, R&B man and a punk walk into a bar ... and start a band. Big Truck is the result, they make life affirming abstract guitar pop. The band are fronted by Laurie Vincent (Soft Play) and completed by Sam Cox (Ladybird), Asa Thallon and Justin Myles. The band are based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 2026 will see the band release their debut record on Marshall Record and make their first festival appearance at 2000trees Festival Presented by Glasswerk. 16+ Under 18's to be accompanied by an adult

We were raised on cattle ranches where we learned how to play traditional country music because that's what everyone wanted to hear. The music Kacy and Clayton make is inextricable from where they grew up. They sing about the kind of people you'd find in Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan (population very few). The hills, barns and remoteness of the area are in these songs, with a bittersweet acknowledgement that this music has taken them far from home. Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum's new album Carrying On follows the international acclaim for their previous records Strange Country (which Q magazine called, A beautiful album that nudges a classic past into a brave future.) and 2017's The Siren's Song described by Uncut as Ageless and beguiling. A classic record for this or any other time. Their sound is equal parts homespun, coming from a family and community where playing music is an ever present part of social gatherings, and the rare country, blues and English folk rock these second cousins obsess over and collect. For Carrying On, Clayton cites as influences: Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete, Hoyt Axton's My Griffin Is Gone, Cajun fiddle music, and the steel guitar of Ralph Mooney who played on many of the records that defined the Bakersfield country music scene of the 1950s. Sixties psych has also woven its way into these new songs; Kacy enjoys telling people that they live 250km from the mental hospital that coined the term 'psychedelic'. Having toured almost nonstop for the last two years, Carrying On was conceived and honed on the road and recorded immediately after a jaunt across Western Canada, mostly as live takes with the minimum of overdubs the songs having been tried and tested before audiences each night. The album was produced once again by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo fame, at his Loft studio in Chicago. The result is a sharpening of what Mojo magazine summed up as A beautiful mix of Kacy's crystalline vocals and Clayton's inventive, deep-groove country guitar. And a greater attention to detail in their songwriting; with narrative tales of loss, regret and yearning alongside vivid portraits of the Northern Great Plains and its isolated inhabitants. The songs The Forty-Ninth Parallel, The South Saskatchewan River, Providence Place and That Sweet Orchestra Sound were all written with local settings in mind - with the latter a tribute to the rural dance bands of the area, who referred to themselves as 'orchestras.' One such band, the Romansky Orchestra from Fir Mountain featured Kacy's Grandpa Carl in their line-up when he was in his teens. Of Carrying On, Jeff Tweedy said "When I first heard Kacy and Clayton, I was struck by how much detail and nuance they had absorbed from what sounded like a large swath of my record collection. When I told them that they were as good as the artists they were drawing from, I'm not sure they believed me. On this record I don't hear those influences as much as I hear them taking the things they love so intimately and telling their own story. I think they're a truly great band. Our songs for this album are inspired by rural living of the past and present, highlighting the toll that urban dwelling can take on first generation kids moving out of the country into the city.

The best new acts on the planet Presented by Now Wave. This is an 18+ event

Greg Freeman thrives on finding emotional catharsis and present-day resonance in the eccentric ugliness of the past. His songs all have a palpable sense of place thanks to his urgent delivery and evocative lyricism, which mines history for character-driven tales of violence, loss, and epiphany.

Banks Arcade is a Melbourne-based metalcore band, originally from New Zealand, known for blending heavy, downtuned guitars with pop melodies, electronic elements, and hip-hop influenced vocals.

London-based Lauren Auder is a British-French singer-songwriter, record producer and composer who stitches together elements of classical, experimental, emo, and rap music into her own strange and hypnotic form of orchestral pop music. With the likes of Celeste, Vegyn, Caroline Polachek, Mura Masa, Boris and Jeshi all on her credits list, as well as composing music for Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton campaigns, and modelling for Marni, Mui Mui, Gucci and Celine, Auder has cemented herself as an auteur across the worlds of music and fashion.

Ben Quad is an Oklahoma City-based "post-emo" band formed in 2018, known for blending emo, pop-punk, math rock, and screamo.

Born where the dust bowl never died, the West-Texas raised trio that is Shallowater - Blake Skipper (guitar/vocals), Tristan Kelly (bass) and Ryan Faulkenberry (drums) - combine slowcore, post-hardcore, country, and Americana elements that defy genre labels. Quickly establishing themselves as ones to watch in the alt-country/slowcore scene, the power trio’s self-described “raw West Texas dirtgaze” has positioned the band as an evocative and distinctive force amongst current alternative genre-blending projects.

John Craigie adapts moments of solitude into stories perfectly suited for old Americana fiction anthologies. Instead of leaving them on dog-eared pages, he projects them widescreen in flashes of simmering soul and folk eloquence. On his 2022 full-length album, Mermaid Salt, we witness revenge unfurled in flames, watch a landlocked mermaid’s escape, and fall asleep under a meteor shower. After selling out shows consistently coast-to-coast and earning acclaim from Rolling Stone, Glide Magazine, No Depression, and many more, his unflinching honesty ties these ten tracks together.

Hollow Hand is the DIY psych-pop and UK folk music project of Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist Max Kinghorn-Mills. Known for a melodic, 60s-influenced sound.

Sparta is an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Jim Ward (vocals, guitar) and Matt Miller (bass), who are touring as a three-piece with rotating session drummers. Founding members Ward, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar were members of post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, forming Sparta in 2001 after the break-up of their former band. The band entered a hiatus from 2008 onwards for Ward to focus on his solo career and side projects, reuniting from 2011 to 2013 for a series of shows.

No Band is an Island. A new music night focused on community, solidarity and direct action. Three music acts and a guest speaker.