Edinburgh Psych Fest, the sister festival to the UK’s leading Psychedelic music and arts festival Manchester Psych Fest, returns to Scotland’s capital in September after the sell-out success of its inaugural year.
The psychedelic and psychedelic-influenced festival’s second instalment will bring doom-psych-metal outfit Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, neo-psych-rockers Temples, Irish shoegazers NewDad, retro-indie-psych-pop three piece Juniore, psychedelic rock-and-rollers The Bug Club, and 'surf-noir' Seattle rock band La Luz to Edinburgh this September.
Indie-pop quintet Divorce, DIY trio HotWax, hazy-indie-infused folk singer-songwriter Molly Payton, dream-like alt-country singer and Lana Del Ray collaborator Holly Macve, synth-psych-punkers Crush Of Souls and Edinburgh’s psych-rock-shoegaze outfit Puppy Teeth complete the first wave announcement.
Also joining them are including renowned musician, composer, producer, film-maker and former Super Furry Animal’s frontman Gruff Rhys, hazy indie-pop outfit Lime Garden, frantic experimental rock-jazz two piece O. and Glasgow’s dreamy slowcore duo Cloth. Post-punk quintet Gurries, Edinburgh’s 60’s psych duo Logan’s Close and surrealist punk-poetry-rockers Loose Articles also join the bill alongside Manchester’s 90’s influenced shoegaze outfit TTSSFU, Glasgow’s soupy psych-rock band The Wife Guy’s Of Reddit and the lo-fi psych post-punk sounds of Nightshift.
Taking place across Summerhall and the new 2024 venue addition, The Queen’s Hall, the festival promises another unforgettable day filled with mind-bending sounds, trippy visuals and a celebration of all things psychedelic.
Current Lineup
Gruff Rhys | Pigs x7 | Temples | NewDad | Juniore | La Luz | The Bug Club | Lime Garden | The Wytches | Divorce | Cloth | Hotwax | Molly Payton | Holly Macve | Melts | Helicon | Daiistar | Humour | Gurriers | Whitelands | Soapbox | Loose Articles | TTSSFU | Hello Mary | Voka Gentle | Crush Of Souls | Logan's Close | Shredd | The Wife Guy's Of Reddit | Nightshift | Puppy Teeth | Bütter | Doom Scroller | Magpie Blue + DJs | Food & Drink | Merchandise
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Presented by Edinburgh Psych Fest 2024
Edinburgh Psych Fest 2024