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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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Bawo press photo

Bawo

West London

West London rapper and singer weaving trap, garage and baile funk.

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Che3kz

Manchester

Manchester's genre-blending force in UK rap, grime and drum & bass.

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Cutscene

County Durham

County Durham four-piece fusing nocturnal menace with melancholic beauty.

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Ewan Sim

Manchester

Manchester singer-songwriter blending soul, indie, pop and rock.

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GETNER

Manchester

Manchester four-piece with Irish roots and untamed rock energy.

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Hana Lili

Cardiff

Cardiff singer-songwriter crafting introspective, emotionally raw indie-pop.

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Holly Head

North of England

Danceable agit-funk and razorwire guitars from the North of England.

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JayaHadADream

Cambridge

Jamaican-Irish rapper from Cambridge, MOBO-nominated and rising fast.

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Lady Ice

Commanding, genre-blending rapper with tens of millions of views.

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Loose Articles

Manchester

Manchester punk with sardonic wit and dancefloor politics.

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Loren Heat

Middlesbrough

Bold, fearless new force in UK pop from the North East.

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Migraine Mowgli

Manchester

Manchester rapper with introspective, soulful, drill-tinged penmanship.

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Mouth Ulcers

London

London quartet reshaping dark post-punk into something urgent, youthful and intoxicating.

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Naomi Kalu

Manchester

Manchester songwriter and former boxing champion turned rising voice.

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Nico Harmony

Hypnotic, psychedelic world groove of indie, reggae, soul and dance.

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OneDa

Manchester, UK

Manchester MC and producer. Heavenly Recordings. Returning Beyond The Music artist and 2025 INSPIRE 'Beyond The Band' host.

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Roukaya B

North West of England

North West vocalist blurring jazz, rap, afrobeats and soul.

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Superlative

British-Jamaican artist whose music is a movement, not just a sound.

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TeeZandos

Homerton, East London

East London's Princess of Drill, sharp lyricism and raw storytelling.

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Teleshopping

Self-produced duo crafting ethereal, glitchy, haunting soundscapes.

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Third Kulture

Manchester, England

Manchester hybrid rock-rap trio, loud and unapologetically themselves.

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Coming next

More to be announced

More of the 2026 first wave lineup gets a full artist page over the coming weeks.