Manchester’s city centre Neighbourhood Festival announced the first wave of its 2024 line-up earlier this week sporting sets from many up and coming acts both local to the Manchester music scene and others from across the country.
The all day festival first formed in 2016 and has had a hand in propelling the careers of indie artists such as Sam Fender, Holly Humberstone and Alfie Templeman. The festival has been dubbed ‘the place to discover the next big thing’. The multi-venue festival boasts 100+ artists this year and will take place on Saturday the 5th of October 2024 across 16 different Manchester venues. This year’s line-up currently includes Manchester’s own indie rock band Pale Waves who are set to headline the festival as well as the UK’s new favourite tortured poet, Seb Lowe, who has previously supported 70s rock legend Patti Smith.
Pale Waves debuted a new song at their London gig on Friday and just three days ago they announced some exciting upcoming news which fan’s are speculating will be a forthcoming album or tour considering the unreleased song which was played for fans on Friday.
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The Neighbourhood Festival team posted the line up on their Instagram which you can view below. If you’re interested in seeing the next wave of acts booked to play the festival, you can keep up to date with announcements on their Instagram @nbhdfestival.
Alongside headliners Pale Waves, the line up includes Birmingham’s ‘Overpass’ who have taken the Black Country by storm with their startling sound. The band feature in the line-up of some of the UK’s most iconic festivals this year including TruckFest and Derbyshire’s Y Not. ‘The Vamp’s’ Bradley Simpson will also be performing his solo work and you can also catch a glimpse of Liverpools ‘The Mysterines’ who released their debut album in 2022 and are currently preparing for the related of their sophomore record, Afraid of Tomorrows, which will hit the shelves on the 21st of June.
Fan’s are delighted that the city will be brimming with musicality yet again after the disappointing news that Manchester’s infamous May Neighbourhood Weekender will be put on hiatus until 2025. If you’re unfamiliar with the structure of a cross-city festival like Neighbourhood Festival, the idea is that you can collect your wristband on the day the festival which grants ticket holders access to any of the participating venues across the city allowing festival-goers ‘venue-hop’ to catch all their favourite bands and artists in one day. Some of the venues which are set to host include including the Ritz, Gorilla and Albert Hall. The all day festival is essentially a small-scale version of the Neighbourhood Weekender which has hosted the likes of The Wombats, The Kooks, Sugarbabes and Scouting For Girls.
Tickets went on sale last Friday the 24th of may and you can get your hands on them from any of the following websites by using the links provided; Gigs and Tours, Ticketmaster, See Tickets and Dice. You can see the full list of current acts on the flyer below.
