Frogfest 2026 - Goth - EBM - Darkwave - Coldwave - Post-Punk

Frogfest is Liverpool's only dedicated darkwave, goth, EBM, coldwave and post-punk festival — a full-day celebration of underground alternative music bringing together bands from across Europe and the UK at District and Lost Art in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle.

Now in its 7th year and expanding to two stages, Frogfest remains deliberately intimate. At 350 capacity, the barrier between band and audience disappears. It's part gig, part club night, part underground party, and entirely unlike anything else on the UK alternative music calendar.

International Underground Meets Liverpool

Each year, Frogfest curates a lineup that bridges Liverpool's thriving alternative scene with the most exciting corners of the European underground. Previous editions have brought Belgian EBM duo Ultra Sunn, Belarusian darkwave trio Dlina Volny, Italian deathrock outfit Horror Vacui and French coldwave artist Sad Madona to the north of England, alongside homegrown Liverpool and Manchester acts.

For 2026, the festival continues that mission with artists from Germany, Spain, Holland as well as London and Glasgow — plus a second stage that opens up space for more of the experimental, electronic and noise acts.

Frogfest is presented by Moonfrog and Sound Night Out Liverpool — promoting alternative, underground and electronic music across Merseyside.