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 sixth — er fifth? — edition will take place March 4, 2024 – March 9, 2024 ins one of the Lower East Side’s best and renowned independent venues including Berlin Under A, Arlene’s Grocery, Bowery Ballroom, The Bowery Electric, Heaven Can Wait, Pianos, and more. Today, festival organizers announced the first wave of artists performing at next year’s festival, an eclectic array of artists from across the US, Canada, the European Union, UK and Australia.
The first wave of artists include the following acts:
Big Girl (Brooklyn)
Cloudsurfers (Nijmegen, NL)
Delivery (Melbourne | Heavenly Records)
Dictator (Edinburgh)
Dutch Mustard (London)
Gurriers (Dublin)
Hiçamahiç (Istanbul)
knitting (Montreal)
Mega Mango (Philadelphia)
Personal Trainer (Amsterdam)
Pynch (London)
Red Ribbon (Los Angeles | Danger Collective)
RINSE (Melbourne)
Sunhill (Gothenburg, SE)
World News (UK)
And of course, much more.
Festival organizers have also included a playlist featuring a curated selection of tracks from the first wave artists. You can check that out below.
And lastly, badges for next year’s New Colossus Festival have gone on sale. For more information and to purchase a badge, please go here.
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