NYC’s New Colossus Festival announces 2026 initial lineup

The 2026 edition of NYC’s New Colossus Festival happens March 3 – 8 at venues all over the East Village and Lower East Side. The fest puts an emphasis on discovery, and acts from all over the world will be in NYC that week, many of them stopping here before heading to Austin for SXSW. It’s also an industry conference with panel discussions, talks, workshops, and more. Festival badges are on sale now.

The initial lineup for New Colossus 2026 has been announced with more than 70 artists from 14 different countries, including Runner (Dublin), DBA! (Liverpool), Bonnie Trash (Guelph) Surma (Lisbon), Perennial (CT), DeafDeafDeaf (Manchester), Junk Drawer (Belfast), Tukan (Belgium), Sunset Images (Mexico City), MAGDA (London), Winter McQuinn (Melbourne), The Sewing Club (Nashville), Thelma’s Dream (Helsinki), Sloe Noon (Dortmund), Star’s Revenge (Brooklyn), The Slates (Manchester), and more.

New Colossus has helpfully made a 2026 lineup playlist and you can listen to that, and check out the full initial lineup announcement list, below.

NEW COLOSSUS FESTIVAL 2026 INITIAL LINEUP
activemirror (Aruba)
Adult Leisure (Bristol, UK)
ALFAH FEMMES (Gdansk, Poland)
BED (Berlin, Germany)
Bindy (New York, NY)
Blankslate (Denver, CO)
Bonnie Trash (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Bussy Kween Power Trip (Chicago, IL)
The Cavs (Manchester, UK)
DBA! (Liverpool, UK)
DEAFDEAFDEAF (Manchester, UK)
DEADY (Louisville, KY)
Dermabrasion (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Diary (New York, NY)
Die Anstalt (Berlin, DE)
Ditch Days (Lisbon, Portugal)
The Dutch Kills (Brooklyn, NY)
EATT (Cincinnati, OH)
eve claret (Brooklyn, NY)
Fake Pollocks (New York, NY)
FAT CONCUBINE (London, UK)
FVNERAL (Sydney, Australia)
Georgian (Manchester, UK)
Ghosts on TV (Helsinki, Finland)
Heaven’s Club (Oakland, CA)
Holy Void (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
I WANT POETRY (Dresden, Germany)
In The Pines (Cincinnati, OH)
ira glass (Chicago, IL)
J MAHON (Berlin, Germany)
Junk Drawer (Belfast, Ireland)
Ken Park (New York, NY)
Krooked Tongue (Bristol, UK)
Lucy Dreams (Vienna, Austria)
MAGDA (London, UK)
Marketplace (Hartlepool, UK)
mICROgOBLET (Philadelphia, PA)
Midnight Rodeo (Nottingham, UK)
MOLD! (Miami, FL)
Mo Yung (Brooklyn, NY)
National Playboys (Edinburgh, Scotland)
None Shall Remain (Brooklyn, NY)
Nory (Brooklyn, NY)
Oswald Slain (Bristol, UK)
Pearl Charles (Los Angeles, CA)
Perennial (CONN / MASS)
Pillowprince (Oakland, CA)
PINKLIDS (Wareham, MA)
Pleasure Centre (Leeds, UK)
Pleasure Pill (San Diego, CA)
Punchlove (Brooklyn, NY)
Runner (Dublin, Ireland)
The Roebucks (Brighton, UK)
Shallow (Montreal, QC, Canada)
The Sewing Club (Nashville, TN)
The Shelter (Mexico City, MX)
The Slates (Manchester, UK)
Shunk (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Ski Club (Boston, MA)
Sloe Noon (Dortmund, Germany)
Spitcurl (Columbus, OH)
Spyres (Glasgow, Scotland)
Star’s Revenge (New York, NY)
Suburban Speed (Brooklyn, NY)
Sunset Images (Mexico City, MX)
SURMA (Lisbon, Portugal)
Tea Eater (Brooklyn, NY)
Thelma’s Dream (Helsinki, Finland)
Tipa Tipo (Bloomington, IN)
Tilden (Brooklyn, NY)
TUKAN (Brussels, Belgium)
Ultra Lights (Atlanta, GA)
Welcome Strawberry (Oakland, CA)
Winter Gardens (Brighton, UK)
Winter McQuinn (Melbourne, Australia)
Wolfschmidt (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Zinnia’s Garden (Pittsburgh, PA)