Outer Waves Festival 2026

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