Manchester Psych Fest announces Baxter Dury, The Horrors, Temples, NewDad, Mdou Moctar, Juniore and more in the first wave of its bands for their 2024 edition which will take place on 31 August 2024 in venues across the city.
Following on from its 10th birthday earlier this year, Manchester Psych Fest 2024 will bring Baxter Dury and The Horrors to Manchester for their Psych Fest debuts, trouped by Psych Fest favourites Temples, Irish shoegazers NewDad, French retro-indie outfit Juniore, singer-songwriter Willie J Healey, cosmic jazz-folk from James Holden and Tuareg guitar star Mdou Moctar.
Manchester Psych Fest, the UK’s trailblazing psychedelic music and arts festival has announced the first wave of acts for another huge edition of the one-day event, with more than 60 live acts. In demand visual artist Innerstrings (Overmono, Working Men’s Club, James Holden et al) will collaborate with the festival for the first time, to provide stunning exclusive Psych Fest video installations that will take you beyond. The first wave of acts also includes Nottingham rockers Divorce, riotous live act Fat Dog, fuzzy psych outfit Wine Lips, Detroit three-piece Bonny Doon, gothic post-punk band Heartworms, DIY trio HotWax and more.
With many big acts and festival activities to be revealed over the coming months, the 2024 festival will bring over 60 of the most exciting live acts to Manchester’s Albert Hall, O2 Ritz, Manchester Metropolitan University Students’ Union, Gorilla, Canvas, YES and Deaf Institute for an unbelievable day of live music, DJs, workshops, arts, films, talks, food and drink.
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Current Line-Up:
BAXTER DURY, THE HORRORS, TEMPLES, NEWDAD, JUNIORE, WILLIE J HEALEY, JAMES HOLDEN, MDOU MOCTAR, DIVORCE, FAT DOG, WINE LIPS, BONNY DOON, HEARTWORMS, HOTWAX, WHITE FLOWERS, MOLLY PAYTON, GURRIERS, HELLO MARY, MUI ZYU, MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW, EBBB, WAX HEAD, FLORAL IMAGE + more TBA
+ DJs // ART // FILMS // WORKSHOPS // TALKS // FOOD & DRINK
*14+ // LINE-UP SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ALBERT HALL, O2 RITZ, MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ UNION, GORILLA, CANVAS, YES, DEAF INSTITUTE //
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