Live concert photography of Teulua, Petite League and CHAII performing at last year's New Colossus Festival.

Live Concert Photography: The New Colossus Festival 2024: Day 2: Telula, Petite League with CHAII at Mercury Lounge 3/7/24

Co-founded back in 2018 by three New York music industry vets and longtime friends, former Lorimer Beacon founder and head Mike Bell, Kanine Records‘ founder and label head Lio Kanine and Kepler Events‘ and Dedstrange Records co-founder Steven Matrick, The New Colossus Festival over the course of the past couple of years has featured several hundred handpicked, emerging indie bands and artists from Canada, the UK, the European Union, Singapore, Hong Kong and of course, the US.

Since its founding, the festival has quickly established itself as the first stop in New York and in the US for a growing number of emerging and buzz worthy for a growing number of emerging and buzz worthy international artists. Notable festival alumni include a number of JOVM mainstays including GIFT, Penelope Isles, The Orielles, Thus Love, as well as Pom Poko, Pom Pom Squad, Sid Simons, Sobs, Water From Your Eyes, Peel Dream Magazine, Kiwi Jr., and a growing list of others.

The festival’s fifth — er fourth? — edition took place last March in some of the Lower East Side’s best and renowned independent venues including Mercury Lounge, Berlin Under A, Arlene’s Grocery, The Bowery Electric, Heaven Can Wait, Pianos, and more.

The second day of last year’s edition was rather busy and had me bouncing back and forth between several venues in the Lower East Side to catch some incredibly eclectic programming, including a stop at Mercury Lounge to catch Telula, Petite League and acclaimed Kiwi-based global pop artist CHAII.

Check out photos from the showcase below.