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 14:00

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 S