2026 New Colossus Festival expands to Six Days

New York City’s New Colossus Festival has expanded it’s 2026 edition to six days. Named after Emma Lazarus’s 1883 sonnet featured on The Statue of Liberty. The 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. The New Colossus Festival begins on Tuesday, March 3, and runs through Sunday, March 8, 2026. The festival and industry conference offers an opportunity to discover the next wave of emerging artists across multiple independent NYC venues, including Arlene’s Grocery, Baker Falls, Berlin Under A, The Francis Kite Club, Niagra, Nublu, Parkside Lounge, Pianos, Sour Mouse.

The New Colossus and DITTO Music will also once again 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.

New additions to the 2026 New Colossus Festival

Aunt Katrina (US)
b1n0 (ES)
babybaby_explores (US)
Bad Tomato (PT)
Bee Blackwell (US)
Blushing (US)
BORSCHT (UK)
BRNDA (US)
Buddie (CA)
Buzhold (EE)
Catherine Moan (US)
closeout (CA)
cootie catcher (CA)
Dallas Love Field (UK)
DIE ANSTALT (DE)
Dinowalrus (US)
DOOM GONG (US)
DOUR (CA)
ELEPHANT KIND (ID)
FEET (UK)
Firstsex (US)
grima (DE)
Hause Plants (PT)
Heet Deth (US)
Honey I’m Home (NL)
HONK (UK)
I Dreamed I Dream (IE)
I See Orange (UK)
Iggy Mayerov (CZ)
Luc Swift & Kacie Hill (US)
Lucid Express (HK)
Mad Iris (CA)
MAKARA (TH)
Mannequin Death Squad (AU)
marcel (BE)
Martial Arts (UK)
Maura Weaver (US)
Midscale (FR)
Moon Goons (US)
Neon Wire (US)
New German Cinema (UK)
Oliver Beardmore (UK)
PANAM (ES)
Pretty Average (DE)
Prism Shores (CA)
redeye (US)
SamWoy (CA)
Sean Nicholas Savage (CA)
SHAGGO (US)
Silver Car Crash (US)
sorry face (US)
Still Depths (CA)
Sūn Byrd (NO)
sundayclub (CA)
Sweet Unrest (UK)
Talking Violet (CA)
Tilden (US)
The Baxbys (US)
The Heaven (US)
The Howlers (UK)
The Metric Ton (US)
The Sewing Club (US)
Thesaurus Rex (US)
Tramhaus (NL)
TVOD (US)
Van Vreeland (US)
warmachine (US)
Wilby (US)
YUVEES (US)

Full Line Up:

activemirror (AW)
Adult Leisure (UK)
ALFAH FEMMES (PL)
Aunt Katrina (US)
babybaby_explores (US)
b1n0 (ES)
Bad Tomato (PT)
BEDDE (IE)
Bee Blackwell (US)
Bindy (US)
Blankslate (US)
Blushing (US)
Bonnie Trash (CA)
BORSCHT (UK)
BRNDA (US)
Bussy Kween Power Trip (US)
Buddie (CA)
Buzhold (EE)
Catherine Moan (US)
closeout (CA)
cootie catcher (CA)
Dallas Love Field (UK)
DBA! (UK)
DEADY (US)
DEAFDEAFDEAF (UK)
Dermabrasion (CA)
Diary (US)
DIE ANSTALT (DE)
Die Anstalt (DE)
Dinowalrus (US)
Ditch Days (PT)
DOOM GONG (US)
DOUR (CA)
EATT (US)
ELEPHANT KIND (ID)
eve claret (US)
Fake Pollocks (US)
FAT CONCUBINE (UK)
FEET (UK)
Firstsex (US)
FVNERAL (AU)
Georgian (UK)
Ghosts on TV (FI)
grima (DE)
Hause Plants (PT)
Heet Deth (US)
Heaven’s Club (US)
Honey I’m Home (NL)
HONK (UK)
Holy Void (CA)
I Dreamed I Dream (IE)
I See Orange (UK)
I WANT POETRY (DE)
ira glass (US)
Iggy Mayerov (CZ)
In The Pines (US)
J Mahon (DE)
Junk Drawer (IE)
Ken Park (NY)
Krooked Tongue (UK)
Luc Swift & Kacie Hill (US)
Lucid Express (HK)
Lucy Dreams (AT)
Mad Iris (CA)
MAKARA (TH)
MAGDA (UK)
Mannequin Death Squad (AU)
marcel (BE)
Martial Arts (UK)
Maura Weaver (US)
Marketplace (UK)
Midnight Rodeo (UK)
Midscale (FR)
MOLD! (US)
Mo Yung (US)
Moon Goons (US)
Neon Wire (US)
New German Cinema (UK)
None Shall Remain (US)
Nory (US)
Oliver Beardmore (UK)
Oswald Slain (UK)
PANAM (ES)
Pearl Charles (US)
Perennial (US)
Pillowprince (US)
PINKLIDS (US)
Pleasure Centre (UK)
Pleasure Pill (US)
Prism Shores (CA)
Pretty Average (DE)
Punchlove (US)
redeye (US)
Runner (IE)
SamWoy (CA)
Sean Nicholas Savage (CA)
SHAGGO (US)
Shallow (CA)
Shunk (CA)
Ski Club (US)
Silver Car Crash (US)
Sloe Noon (DE)
sorry face (US)
Spitcurl (US)
Star’s Revenge (US)
Spyres (UK)
Suburban Speed (US)
Still Depths (CA)
Sūn Byrd (NO)
sundayclub (CA)
Sunset Images (MX)
SURMA (PT)
Sweet Unrest (UK)
Talking Violet (CA)
Tea Eater (NY)
Tipa Tipo (US)
Tilden (US)
The Baxbys (US)
The Cavs (UK)
The Dutch Kills (US)
The Heaven (US)
The Howlers (UK)
The Metric Ton (US)
The Roebucks (UK)
The Sewing Club (US)
The Shelter (MX)
The Slates (UK)
Thelma’s Dream (FI)
Thesaurus Rex (US)
Tramhaus (NL)
TRAVO (PT)
TUKAN (BE)
Ultra Lights (US)
TVOD (US)
Van Vreeland (US)
Welcome Strawberry (US)
warmachine (US)
Wilby (US)
Winter Gardens (UK)
Winter McQuinn (AU)
Wolfschmidt (SE)
YUVEES (US)
Zinnia’s Garden (US)