Manchester Psych Fest 2026

O2 Ritz Manchester

Manchester Psych Fest 2026

Manchester Psych Fest 2026

O2 Ritz Manchester, Whitworth Street West, M1 5NQ Manchester Directions

Sat 05.09.2026 12:00

Tickets / Registration

Manchester Psych Fest, the UK's leading Psychedelic multi-venue music and arts festival will take place across various city-centre venues. Tickets to be exchanged for wristbands for the festival on the day of the event at the wristband exchange point (location tbc). Line-up subject to change. Venue capacities are based on first come first serve so please arrive early for specific acts. NHS tickets - Strictly one per NHS staff. NHS required on entry. No I.D = price difference needed to gain entry. Under 24s tickets - Official photo ID needed on entrance - passport / driving license / national ID card. DOB must be after 4/9/2001. Security -- Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small bag per person is permitted and it must not be bigger than A4 size. Height: 28.7cm Width: 21cm Depth 15cm

Performers

  • Manchester Psych Fest
  • Beta Band
    Beta Band

    THE BETA BAND

  • Working Men's Club
  • Gwenno
    Gwenno

    Artist

  • Ghostwoman
  • Freak Slug
    Freak Slug

    The name Freak Slug encapsulates Xenya Genovese’s artistic world perversely and perfectly. Her releases under the name so far - debut 2020 EP Videos and its viral hit “Radio” (15 million streams and counting), and follow-up EPs I’m In Love (2022) and Viva La Vulva (2023) - might have introduced listeners to a “more summery, happy, LA sound”, but with the advent of debut album I Blow Out Big Candles, this Slug is burrowing down into evermore unlikely places. As she accurately points out: “The name is giving more grunge than joy”.

    Hugely influenced by ‘90s cult heroes including Ride, Mazzy Star and Stephen Malkmus, Freak Slug is all about hitting a mood. Everything that fuels her creative output is raw, authentic, sometimes weird, but always totally true self-expression. I Blow Out Big Candles is a strong statement of all of this and more. Down there, picking through the curious mix of sounds and feelings, from nostalgic, 90s-influenced and dreamy as well as eccentric and experimental, lives Freak Slug.

  • Night Tapes
    Night Tapes

    An international artist from the UK.

  • Dog Race
  • thistle.
  • LEMONSUCKR
    LEMONSUCKR

    Shabby suited Lemonsuckr, an electronic alt-punk band from South East. Chaotic and energetic, a real shakedown onstage.

  • Martial Arts
  • Angine de Poitrine
    Angine de Poitrine

    https://youtu.be/2lUC8Gimxz8

  • White Denim
    White Denim

    https://smarturl.it/white-denim

  • Automatic
    Automatic

    Automatic is Izzy Glaudini (synth, vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon Gaines (bass). Their music rides the imaginary edge where the ‘70s underground met the corporate culture of the ‘80s; or, as the band puts it, “That fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream all for the sake of consumerism.” The band first met while immersed in L.A.’s DIY music scene and started jamming together in 2017. Once they started playing shows, word quickly spread about their explosive live shows and they became a mainstay on the L.A. club circuit. After their debut album Signal was released on Stones Throw Records in 2019, they began touring internationally and have not looked back. Their follow up LP “Excess” was released in 2022 and since then they have supported: Bauhaus, Tame Impala, Parquet Courts, and toured all over the world including Australia, EU / UK , etc.

  • Sword II
    Sword II

    No description provided for artist.

  • Ty Segall
    Ty Segall

    ✍️ 🎸🎤🎧💿🥃

  • Allah Las
    Allah Las

    Allah-Las are an American indie garage rock band from California. They came about in 2008, when 3 friends, Matthew Correia (percussion), Spencer Dunham (bass), and Pedrum Siadatian (lead guitar) who worked in L.A’s well known record store, Amoeba, decided to start a band together.

  • Stereolab
    Stereolab

    A Groop

  • The KVB
  • Anna von Hausswolff
    Anna von Hausswolff

    New album 'Dead Magic' is out now - Click here to order the album, watch music videos, check tour information and more https://annavonhausswolff.lnk.to/Website

  • The Mystery Lights
    The Mystery Lights

    Secular garage rock.

  • The Automatic
    The Automatic

    Automatic is the trio of Izzy Glaudini (synths, lead vocals), Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) and Halle Saxon (bass, vocals).

    Automatic’s second album Excess rides the imaginary edge where the ‘70s underground met the corporate culture of the ‘80s – or, as the band puts it, “That fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream, all for the sake of consumerism.” Using this point in time as a lens through which to view the present moment, Excess takes aim at corporate culture and extravagance.

    The overarching themes of alienation and escapism emerged as Automatic put Excess together, taking writing retreats to flesh out the new songs before decamping to the studio for sprint recording sessions with producer Joo Joo Ashworth (Sasami, FROTH).

    On “New Beginning” – inspired by the Swedish sci-fi film Aniara – they reject the false hope of leaving behind a scorched planet and searching for “a better place,” at a moment when the ultra-rich are eyeing manned space travel: “In the service of desire / We will travel far away.” The song and accompanying video imagine the “nihilism and loneliness” of attempting to escape the planet once unchecked consumerism has reached its logical outcome.

  • S.G. Goodman
    S.G. Goodman

    ‘Teeth Marks’ available now via Verve Forecast

    linktr.ee/sggoodman

  • Lael Neale
    Lael Neale

    I'm Not Here

  • Annabelle Chairlegs
    Annabelle Chairlegs

    Annabelle Chairlegs is the electrifying project of Austin-based songwriter Lindsey Mackin, known for her gritty, whimsical sound and commanding stage presence. Since emerging in 2013, the band has become a standout live act, sharing stages with The Zombies, Lucy Dacus, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and performing at major festivals including Austin City Limits, SXSW, Levitation, and Austin Psych Fest. With two self-released albums and a 2020 Austin Music Award for Best Music Video ("Outside"), the project continues to build momentum. Their upcoming Ty Segall–produced album, Waking Up (January 2026), introduces a refreshed lineup and an even sharper, explosive live energy. Mackin is joined by dummer Nick Cornetti, Simone Maresh on bass and Nolan Potter on guitar.

  • Snuggle
  • Adult DVD
  • Sex Mask
    Sex Mask

    Vague pop instilled with the ancient genius of your own blood. Sex Mask holds the many trigger words your CIA handler doesn’t want you to know. We have several testimonials from fans attesting to semi-mystical experiences, some claim it to be Deja vu from a genetic memory long dormant and locked, Others speak of foreshadowed flashes of a past life they are yet to have lived. All of this, incited after only seconds of exposure to any of our available songs.

    is Sex Mask just another egregious attempt from delusional solipsists at being heard while saying close to nothing? Yes. But we make it look good. Part Taoist riddle, part lone gun-mans manifesto. We are also a post punk/alt rock band from Melbourne.

  • Dream Wave
  • Honk
  • Shaking Hand
  • Dreamwave
  • Thistle
  • Silver Gore
  • pollyfromthedirt
  • Water Machine
  • MLEKO
  • Roscoe Roscoe
  • Group A.D.
  • Rude Films
  • The Belair Lip Bombs
    The Belair Lip Bombs

    Indie rock from Frankston, Melbourne, Australia

    MGMT: dan@radmusicmgmt.com