NYC's New Colossus Festival Gears Up for 2020 Edition

Canadian acts playing the event include Ice Cream, Kiwi. Jr., Praises, FRANKIIE and more

BY Exclaim! StaffPublished Feb 12, 2020

The New Colossus Festival is getting ready to mark its second annual event in New York City's Lower East Side, with more than 100 artists performing on 10 stages next month.

The fest takes places from March 11 to 15 at various venues, and there will be multiple Canadian acts taking part.

Ice Cream, Kiwi. Jr., Hot Garbage, Bodywash, Caveboy, Praises, Sahara, Sportsfan, FRANKIIE, Tallies and many more Canadian acts will perform.

They will play alongside international acts such as A Place to Bury Strangers, Ackerman, Anthony Mills, Tim Burgess, King Nun, Vistas and more.

You can see the full lineup below, where you will also find a festival playlist.

There is also the "Colossal Conversations" series, which consists of panel discussions, as well as a conference with various guest speakers representing a wide cross-section of music industry professionals and artists.

"We set out to create a panel series that made sense for the artists who are performing at the festival and their representatives. We chose topics relevant to their current needs and the speakers who are relevant and can connect with them professionally," said New Colossus co-founder Mike Bell of the series.

Learn more about the New Colossus Festival, passes, the conference, the schedule and more here.

New Colossus Festival 2020 Lineup:

PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (US)
ACKERMAN (US)
ALEXIA AVINA (CA)
ALI BARTER (AU)
ANTHONY MILLS (US/SE)
BAD WAITRESS (CA)
BEGONIA (CA)
BELAKO (ES)
BEVERLY KILLS (SE)
BODYWASH (CA)
BONNIE LI (HK/DE)
BRUNCH (UK)
CATHOLIC ACTION (UK)
CAVEBOY (CA)
CEREMONY EAST COAST (US)
CHARRETTE (UK)
COURRIER SUD (FR)
DEEP SEA PEACH TREE (US)
DEVARROW (CA)
DIEALPS! (US)
DOG IN THE SNOW (UK)
DONNA BLUE (NL)
DUCKS UNLIMITED (CA)
FALSE HEADS (UK)
FOREVER (CA)
FRANKIIE (CA)
GHOST WORLD (FI)
GLOIN (CA)
GO CACTUS (ES)
GO HAWAII (IT)
HALFSOUR (US)
HANYA (UK)
HONEY CUTT (US)
HONEY LUNG (UK)
HOORSEES (FR)
HOT GARBAGE (CA)
HUSSY (UK)
ICE CREAM (CA)
ILGEN-NUR (DE)
JACKIE (CA)
JASMINE TRAILS (CA)
JAYWOOD (CA)
JELLY KELLY (US)
KARKOSA (UK)
KING NUN (UK)
KINGS OF THE BEACH (ES)
KIRSTEN KNICK (US)
KIWI JR. (CA)
KNIFE WIFE (US)
KYOTO LOVE HOTEL (IE)
L.A. PEACH (UK)
LARKINS (UK)
LIFE (UK)
LUKE DE-SCISICO (UK)
MARBLE ARCH (FR)
MUSH (UK)
MYSTIC PEACH (UK)
NEW LUNA (UK)
NO CRAFTS (ES)
PALE REGARD (FR)
PARLIAMO (UK)
PAT DAM SMYTH (UK)
PETROL GIRLS (UK/AT)
POM POKO (NO)
PORT JUVEE (CA)
PUBLIC PRACTICE (US)
PRAISES (CA)
SAHARA (CA)
SHADY NASTY (AU)
SIV JAKOBSEN (NO)
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (CA)
SPORTSFAN (CA)
ST. ARNAUD (CA)
STEALING SHEEP (UK)
STOLEN JARS (US)
SUMMER HEART (SE)
SWALLOW THE RAT (NZ)
TALLIES (CA)
THE CHEAP THRILLS (UK)
THE GULPS (UK)
THE HIDEAWAYS (UK)
THE NATVRAL (US)
THE ORIELLES (UK)
THE PINHOLES (SG)
THE SILVER LINES (UK)
THE VAN T'S (UK)
THUD (CN)
TIA GOSTELOW (AU)
TIBERIUS B (UK)
TIM BURGESS (UK)
TOFLANG (NZ)
TOOMS (CA)
TUGBOAT CAPTAIN (UK)
TUNIC (US)
VENEER (CA)
VISTAS (UK)
WATER FROM YOUR EYES (US)
WEIRD MILK (UK)
WOLFJAY (AU)
WYLDEST (UK)
ZOONGIDE'EWIN (CA)
 
DJ Sets:

AGENT BLÅ (SE), ABBEY RAYMONDE (BELLA UNION), CHARLIE ASHCROFT (AMAZING RADIO), SHELL ZENNER (AMAZING RADIO/BBC RADIO), SIMON RAYMONDE (BELLA UNION)

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