Cult hero Baxter Dury and psych-goth quintet The Horrors top a huge first wave of acts announced for Manchester Psych Fest 2024, including Temples, NewDad, Juniore, Willie J Healey, Mdou Moctar, James Holden and many more
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.
And that’s not all, as 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 on Saturday 31st August 2023.
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