2025 New Colossus returns to New York City’s Lower East Side and begins on Tuesday, March 4, and runs through Sunday, March 9, 2025. The fest will also present a series of panels and workshops called Colossal Conversations. Discussions on artist management, touring, production, sync licensing, festivals, publishing, and other relevant topics focused on the future of the global independent music scene.

Founded in 2019 by music industry veterans Mike Bell, Lio Kanine, and Steven Matrick. Past festival alumni include Baby Queen (ZA), CHAII (NZ), Ducks ltd. (CA), GIFT (US), Jaywood (CA), Kiwi Jr. (CA), NOBRO (CA), Peel Dream Magazine (US), Penelope Isles (UK), Pom Poko (NO), Pom Pom Squad (US), Sid Simons (US), Slow Fiction (US), Sobs (SG), The Orielles (UK), Thus Love (US), Water From Your Eyes (US), Ultra Q (US), Zoon (CA) and over 750 other artists.

Named after Emma Lazarus’s 1883 sonnet featured on The Statue of Liberty, The New Colossus Festival is a multi-day, multi-venue showcase and conference that brings together emerging musical talent from around the world to New York City’s Lower East Side.

2025 New Colossus Line Up includes:

12090 A.D. (US)
Abby Jeanne and the Shadowband (US)
Amery (CA)
Amiture (US)
Arly Scott (US)
Autobahn (US)
BALACLAVA (US)
Barber for the Queen (CA)
Basht.( IE)
Bestial Mouths (US)
Bibi Club (CA)
Big Fat Head (US)
Big Girl (US)
Black Bordello (UK)
Bleary Eyed (US)
Blythe (UK)
Braden Lam (CA)
Bucket (IE)
Camp Blu (US)
Campfire Social (UK)
Casper Skulls (CA)
Celestine Manno (US)
Cloudsurfers (NL)
Constant Smiles (US)
cootie catcher (CA)
country girl (US)
CS Cleaners (US)
Cusp (US)
DahL (CA)
Daniela Pes (IT)
Das Damen (US)
Daydream Twins (US)
Delivery (AU)
Diamond Day (CA)
Diary (US)
Dictator (Scotland)
diet lemon (US)
Dilettante (UK)
Disputer (US)
DIVES (AT)
Dutch Mustard (UK)
Eyas (US)
Factual Brains (US)
Faze Wave (US)
first president of japan (US)
Flame Parade (IT)
Flowers for the Dead (US)
Forest (US)
Francesca Bono (IT)
FRANKIE FLOWERS (CA)
Gallus (Scotland)
Gamblers (US)
Garden Centre (UK)
Genre is death (US)
Gewalt (DE)
Gilah (US)
Ginger Winn (US)
gloss (US)
grocer (US)
Hachiku (AU)
Heaven Slight (US)
Hiçamahiç (TR)
HOLIEM (US)
Hongza (UK)
Hot Moms Club (US)
Hotspit (US)
Housewife (CA)
Humdrum (US)
ÍLANDRÍA (US)
Joe & The Shitboys (FO)
Jopy (UK)
KAP BAMBINO (FR)
Kestrels (CA)
King Youngblood (US)
Kingdom of Birds (CA)
knitting (CA)
Last Waltzon (CA)
Laughing (CA)
Levin Goes Lightly (DE)
Libby Quinn (US)
Lille Venn (NO)
Listener 555 (US)
Loviet (CA)
Mahogany (US)
Mall Girl (NO)
Marry Cherry (US)
Marvin’s Revenge (UK)
Matching Outfits (DE)
Mellt (UK)
MENGERS (MX)
MISTER MOTIVATION (US)
Mosez Jones (CA)
Most Likely Marlin (NO)
MOULD (UK)
Mr Floyd Larry (US)
No Waves (CA)
Nora Kelly Band (CA)
Otis Shanty (US)
Outer Shapes (US)
PANIK FLOWER (US)
Pastel Blank (CA)
PEER PLEASURE (IE)
People in the Daytime (US)
Personal Trainer (NL)
Pippy (US)
Polaroid Fade (US)
Pons (US)
Pop Music Fever Dream (US)
Pressure Pin (IE)
Primer (US)
Prism Shores (CA)
Prismala (DE)
Prostitute (US)
Public Circuit (US)
Pynch (UK)
Queen Serene (US)
Ranch Ranch (US)
READY ATLANTIC (NO/US)
Red Ribbon (US)
Retail Drugs (US)
RINSE (AU)
Rosier (CA)
Rowena Wise (AU)
Scattered Ashes (IE/UK)
screenager (US)
Scotch Mist (US)
SHADY BABY (UK)
Silent Mass (US)
Skye Wallace (CA)
s k y m e n d e r (US)
smalltalk (US)
Snoozer (US)
SNOWMEN (US)
Sodakill (SE)
Sterling Press (UK)
stockdale (DE)
Stripes (US)
Suichu Spica (JP)
SunDog (US)
SUNHILL (SE)
SuperKnova (US)
TEll A ViSiON (DE)
Telos Vision (SE)
test plan (UK)
Tetsuians (AU)
The Croaks (US)
The Fiends (CA)
The Jump Cuts (US)
The Kaves (Scotland)
The Laughing Chimes (US)
The OBGMs (CA)
Them Flying Monkeys (PT)
Touchdown Jesus (US)
Tula Vera (US)
url (US)
Van Vreeland (US)
Velveteen (UK)
Walk Me Home (US)
Wax Jaw (US)
Whisper Doll (US)
WIND MILE (DE)
Winkler (US)
World News (UK)
wyldest (UK)
Wynona Bleach (NI)
YOU SAID STRANGE (FR)

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