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