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.
By design the festival has taken place about a week or so before SXSW with the idea that New Colossus would be a pre-SXSW stopover that will give the acts in each year’s lineup an opportunity to organically gain exposure while filling a critical void in the city’s festival calendar.
New Colossus Festival’s third edition will take place March 8, 2023-March 12, 2023 and will take place in some of the Lower East Side’s best and renowned independent venues including Mercury Lounge, Berlin Under A, Arlene’s Grocery, Bowery Ballroom, The Bowery Electric, Heaven Can Wait, Pianos, and more. New Colossus Festival closes out the calendar year with the announcement of its second wave of artists that will be playing at showcases across the Lower East Side. And much like the first wave of artists, it’s a highly curated collection of artists who hail from the US, Canada, the UK and elsewhere.
Some of the new additions including Bilk (UK), Demob Happy (UK), Grand Sun (Portugal), Low Island (UK), Yndling (Norway), Kamikaze Nurse (Canada) and A Place to Bury Strangers, who are returning to headline their Dedstrange label party after not being able to perform at the 2020 edition. Additionally, Beverly (US), Eternal Summers (US) and The Depreciation Guild (US) will be playing reunion shows for Kanine Records’ 20th Anniversary Party.
Of course, more details are coming.
SECOND WAVE ADDITIONS:
A Place to Bury Strangers (US)
Beverly (US)
BLACK MARACAS (ES)
Bloomsday (US)
Borito (IL)
Closebye (CA)
Demob Happy (UK)
Emmrose (US)
Eternal Summers (US)
First Crush (US)
GHUM (UK)
Gold Lake (ES)
Gossamer Blue (CA)
Grand Sun (PT)
HNRY FLWR (US)
jackie (CA)
Kacey Fifield (US)
Kamikaze Nurse (CA)
Kryxis (US)
layzi (US)
Low Island (UK)
MAUVEY (CA)
Miesha and The Spanks (CA)
Noah And The Loners (UK)
Nutrients (CA)
Paper Lady (US)
Percocet (US)
S.C.A.B. (US)
The Chairs (TW)
The Depreciation Guild (US)
The Down & Outs (US)
The Silver Lines (UK)
The Vices (NL)
to the wedding (US)
Totalement Sublime (CA)
VLURE (Scotland)
Yndling (NO)
Yo Diablo (ES)
Full list of showcasing artists and bands can be found here: https://www.newcolossusfestival.com/artists2023?utm_campaign=7965f0f8-b1ca-4719-96c9-c158666e5210&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail_lp&cid=ac466ae2-d0c6-4e01-845f-c3b1ed63bbda. Actual schedules and set times are forthcoming, so be on the lookout,
You can purchase a badge here: https://dice.fm/event/ee7n6-new-colossus-festival-2023-8th-mar-various-venues-nyc-new-york-tickets
