Beyond The Music 2026
The artists of Beyond The Music.
Over 150 emerging and established acts across three nights at MediaCity, Salford. Meet the artists playing the 2026 festival, hear them, and see what they are about.
The artists
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40,000 Leagues
Wednesday 7 October
Melodic metal from Manchester, twin guitar harmonies and heavy riffs with heartfelt choruses.
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ALT BLK ERA
Wednesday 7 October
Sister duo blending rock with rap, alt pop, electronica and DnB.
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Another Country $$$$
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester audio-visual duo fusing dub, jungle, garage, noise and hyperpop into cinematic live sets.
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Bawo
Friday 9 October
West London rapper and singer weaving trap, garage and baile funk.
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BEAM NOIR
Wednesday 7 October
Raw, chaotic alternative rock from a Stockport studio.
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BEX
Wednesday 7 October
Punk attitude and 90s grunge with riot grrrl ethics, dreamy melodies and a fearless stage presence.
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Blood Dealer
Wednesday 7 October
Birmingham four-piece fusing dark-pop, trap and metal.
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Bloodworm
Thursday 8 October
Goth-punk band from Nottingham.
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Boo Kickz
Friday 9 October
Manchester artist mixing jazz, dance and pop with 90s dance culture.
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Bruise Control
Wednesday 7 October
DIY punk carved between 00s indie and 80s hardcore, notorious live.
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Che3kz
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester's genre-blending force in UK rap, grime and drum & bass.
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Cody Frost
Wednesday 7 October
Burnley-born disruptor fusing raw punk energy, rock grit and hyperpop chaos.
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cruush
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester's alt-rock outliers, leaner and sharper beyond shoegaze.
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Cutscene
Thursday 8 October
County Durham four-piece fusing nocturnal menace with melancholic beauty.
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Dekaytah
Wednesday 7 October
Hard-hitting heavy metal from the North West with a debut album already behind them.
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Ewan Sim
Thursday 8 October
Manchester singer-songwriter blending soul, indie, pop and rock.
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Freya Beer
Thursday 8 October
Gothic singer-songwriter turning art, literature and dark romance into raw alternative pop.
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GANS
Wednesday 7 October
Black Country two-piece dealing in raucous indie dance, synth pop and punk.
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Gen and the Degenerates
Wednesday 7 October
Punk-inspired trash pop from Liverpool.
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Georgian
Thursday 8 October
Manchester five-piece wrangling 60s pop, country, folk and shoegaze into psychedelic western tales.
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GETNER
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester four-piece with Irish roots and untamed rock energy.
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Hana Lili
Wednesday 7 October
Cardiff singer-songwriter crafting introspective, emotionally raw indie-pop.
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Holly Head
Wednesday 7 October
Danceable agit-funk and razorwire guitars from the North of England.
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JayaHadADream
Wednesday 7 October
Jamaican-Irish rapper from Cambridge, MOBO-nominated and rising fast.
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JD Cliffe
Friday 9 October
Bold rock and rap crossover from North West London, carried by a smooth, melodic flow.
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Lady Ice
Friday 9 October
Commanding, genre-blending rapper with tens of millions of views.
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Lei Hope
Friday 9 October
Self-produced indie RnB that drifts between bedroom pop haze and psychedelic soul.
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LIINES
Thursday 8 October
Urgent Manchester post-punk carrying echoes of Savages, Sleater-Kinney and Joy Division.
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Loose Articles
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester punk with sardonic wit and dancefloor politics.
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Loren Heat
Thursday 8 October
Bold, fearless new force in UK pop from the North East.
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Marie Franc
Thursday 8 October
Dark pop heartbreakers pairing raw lyricism with a nostalgic, ethereal haze.
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Max White
Friday 9 October
Emotionally charged indie pop from the Isle of Wight, shaped by a decade in Central America.
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Migraine Mowgli
Thursday 8 October
Manchester rapper with introspective, soulful, drill-tinged penmanship.
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Mouth Ulcers
Wednesday 7 October
London quartet reshaping dark post-punk into something urgent, youthful and intoxicating.
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Naomi Kalu
Thursday 8 October
Manchester songwriter and former boxing champion turned rising voice.
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Nessa May
Wednesday 7 October
Afrobeat, pop and hip-hop with Spanish and English lyrics, delivered with a dancer's energy.
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Nico Harmony
Thursday 8 October
Hypnotic, psychedelic world groove of indie, reggae, soul and dance.
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OneDa
Friday 9 October
Manchester MC and producer. Heavenly Recordings. Returning Beyond The Music artist and 2025 INSPIRE 'Beyond The Band' host.
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Roukaya B
Friday 9 October
North West vocalist blurring jazz, rap, afrobeats and soul.
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Ruby Duff
Wednesday 7 October
Eccentric and honest alt pop from Yorkshire, quirky songwriting with a visceral live show.
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SILVERWINGKILLER
Thursday 8 October
High-energy British/Chinese electronic two-piece from Manchester's underground.
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SpaceAcre
Wednesday 7 October
Stadium-sized rock with soaring riffs and astute songwriting.
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Superlative
Thursday 8 October
British-Jamaican artist whose music is a movement, not just a sound.
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Sweet Gene
Wednesday 7 October
Melody obsessed, groove driven Manchester four piece whose demos are already turning industry heads.
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Swivel
Wednesday 7 October
Gliding shoegaze where Slowdive, Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine collide in swelling anthems.
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Tana
Friday 9 October
Genre-bending indie soul with Italian-Nigerian roots, championing queer voices from London.
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TeeZandos
Friday 9 October
East London's Princess of Drill, sharp lyricism and raw storytelling.
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Teleshopping
Wednesday 7 October
Self-produced duo crafting ethereal, glitchy, haunting soundscapes.
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The Slow Readers Club
Thursday 8 October
Manchester indie band blending brooding synths and anthemic choruses.
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The Small Fortunes
Thursday 8 October
Warrington rock band blending blues influences with modern garage rock.
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The Wran
Thursday 8 October
Four brothers blending Irish trad with punk and a hint of psychedelia.
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The Zangwills
Thursday 8 October
Distinctive Cheshire indie with big chiming guitars and a formidable live reputation.
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Third Kulture
Wednesday 7 October
Manchester hybrid rock-rap trio, loud and unapologetically themselves.
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Tom A. Smith
Thursday 8 October
Sunderland singer, songwriter and producer, tipped by Sir Elton John.
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Treks
Friday 9 October
Soulful electronic hip-hop and grime built on honest storytelling, catchy flows and sharp wordplay.
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Venkappa
Wednesday 7 October
Six-piece Manchester collective tangling shoegaze textures with indie rock.
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walt disco
Wednesday 7 October
Fearlessly ambitious alt-rock, sharpened by doubt and driven by belief.
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Yetti Tabai
Wednesday 7 October
Afrohouse, jazz and soul woven with Yoruba-rooted storytelling, made to uplift and move.
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Two waves of the 2026 lineup are now announced, and there are more artists still to come.