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Outer Waves 2026: Liverpool’s Underground & Alternative Music Festival — May 23–24, 2026
Outer Waves 2026: Liverpool’s Underground Music and Arts Festival Returns — May 23–24, 2026. Following an acclaimed debut in 2025, Outer Waves Festival returns to Liverpool this spring for its second edition, taking place May 23–24, 2026, across Invisible Wind Factory and Make North Docks. Outer Waves is a weekend of boundary-pushing sound, performance, and art — a gathering for the curious and the sonically adventurous. This year’s programme brings together an international roster of artists exploring ritual, rhythm, and raw emotion in all their forms.
ØXN (feat. Radie Peat of Lankum)
Dame Area
Jarboe (Swans) feat. Joy Von Spain
Keeley Forsyth HAND TO MOUTH TO
HHY & the Kampala Unit
Elspeth Anne
a Lesser Version
Jacques Malchance
veve
Lord Spikeheart
Waq Waq Kingdom
a.P.a.t.T
Carmel Smickersgill
Dali De Saint Paul & Mariam Rezaei
Domestic Partners
E the Artist (Nyahh Records)
GermanagerGodspeed You! Peter Andre
HAAL
Hedgling (Nyahh Records)
Haress
Karl D’Silva
Luce Mawdsley
Mohammad Syfkhan (Nyahh Records)
Mugstar
Ultan O’Brien (Nyahh Records)
coby o.bi *
S. Fearon
*Quieting *
Those Holy feat. Ly Nguyěn *
Tomas Edgar (Dada Fest) *
Beyond the performances, Outer Waves 2026 will host workshops, panel discussions, and art installations, with further details to be announced. ALL HEADLINERS FINISHED ONTIME FOR LAST TRAIN TO MANCHESTER
