The 2024 edition of NYC’s New Colossus Fest happens March 6-10 at clubs all over the East Village and Lower East Side. The festival, which puts an emphasis on discovery and emerging artists, has announced its initial lineup, which is heavy on international acts stopping on their way to SXSW. Over 100 artists were announced, including acts from the UK (Holiday Ghosts, flirting., Langkamer, Shelf Lives, Cucamaras), Canada (Housewife, Winona Forever, Love Language, NOBRO, sunnsetter), and Australia (Oceans, Chavez Cartel), as well as New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Germany, and more. There are lots of US acts, too, including three with “Phantom” in their name (Phantom Handshakes, Phantom Signals, Phantom Wave).
Check out the whole initial lineup along with a playlist featuring songs from all the announced artists, below.
Festival badges for New Colossus 2024 are on sale now.
NEW COLOSSUS FESTIVAL – INITIAL 2024 LINEUP
AY WING feat. CHUUWEE (DE/CH/US)
Bells Larsen (CA)
Bruiser and Bicycle (US)
Canned Pineapple (UK)
CHAII (NZ)
Chavez Cartel (AU)
church crush (US)
CLT DRP (UK)
Coral Moons (US)
Crows (UK)
Crystal Canyon (US)
Cucamaras (UK)
Data Animal (DE)
DD Island (US)
Diary (US)
Dirty Sound Magnet (CH)
Durian Silo (US)
DYE CRAP (FR)
Factual Brains (US)
Family Jools (UK)
flirting. (UK)
Flowers for the Dead (US)
FRANKIIE (CA)
Getdown Services (UK)
Head North (US)
Heffner (US)
Hiding Places (US)
Holiday Ghosts (UK)
Hollows (UK)
HUGMYND (UK)
Housewife (CA)
Human Colonies (IT)
Iceblynk (US)
Idle Hours (UK)
iskwē (CA)
Jelly Kelly (US)
Keep (US)
King Bug (US)
Kingfisher (SE)
KT Laine (CA)
Langkamer (UK)
Last Waltzon (CA)
Lavender Blush (US)
Los Premios (ES)
Love Language (CA)
Loveseat Pete (US)
Loviet (CA)
LOW-RES (SE)
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys (DE)
Luge (CA)
Moon Walker (US)
Nara’s Room (US)
Niño Disco (US)
NOBRO (CA)
Oceans (AU)
Orange Doors (US)
Orchestra Gold (US)
OSKA (AT)
Palomino Blond (US)
PANIK FLOWER (US)
Petite League (US)
P.H.0 (US)
Phantom Handshakes (US)
Phantom Signals (US)
Phantom Wave (US)
Prewn (US)
Programmique (US)
Radio Trapani (IT/NL)
Raue (US)
Retrofile (CA)
Rip Pop Mutant (CA)
Roost.World (US)
Rosier (CA)
Ruby Tingle (UK)
Saloon Dion (UK)
Sasha Cay (CA)
Scrounge (UK)
Sham Family (CA)
Shelf Lives (UK)
Shunk (CA)
Silent Mass (US)
Silver Liz (US)
Slash Need (CA)
Spyres (UK)
Starcleaner Reunion (US)
Strawberry Launch (US)
Subsonic Eye (SG)
Sugar For The Pill (GR)
Sun Entire (CA)
sunnsetter (CA)
Swutscher (DE)
Talking to Shadows (US)
Teddy Hunter (UK)
Telula (US)
The Band Cope (US)
The National Honor Society (US)
The Tazers (ZA)
The Wesleys (CA)
Two-Man Giant Squid (US)
Ugly (UK)
Uninvited (UK)
Venus Grrrls (UK)
Vox Rea (CA)
WAN (PE)
Winona Forever (CA)