Misery Loves Company Festival announces 16 bands
Misery Loves Company Festival have announced 16 bands for their inaugural festival!
Set to take place on September 30th across multiple venues in Bristol, the new alt festival intends to celebrate diversity and inclusivity and make their mark in the UK festival calendar and now, the first 16 bands have been announced for the inaugural event.
Leading the charge in the first announcement is TWIN ATLANTIC and YONAKA, both of which will headline, whilst MIMI BARKS, VEXED, PENGSHUI and THECITYISOURS will all perform across the day. Also confirmed is INVISIONS, LOVE IS NOISE, KID BOOKIE, LIZZY FARRALL, INME, RXPTRS, GURL, KITE THIEF, IMMERSE and LOZEAK.
Speaking about the first announcement and the launch of the festival, festival promoter Ian Chadderton says, “the Bristol alternative scene means the world to me. It accepted me with open arms and everything I do is a testament to how I’ve grown over the last decade whilst immersing myself within this wonderful city. This festival is a chance for me to show the world why I fell in love with Bristol and a chance for me to give something back to the place that gave me everything.
An important part of the ethos of the festival is for mental health awareness, diversity and inclusivity. We have partnered with an incredible organisation called Heads Above The Waves, who are a non-profit that raises awareness of depression and self-harm in young people. They promote positive, healthy coping mechanisms and remind people that they are not alone. We are also striving to promote gender equality which is at the heart of our event, with 50% of the acts having female and/or non-binary members.
MLC23 will have an incredible line-up of some of the UK’s most exciting bands crossing all genres from alt-pop to metalcore and I’m so excited to have two bands sharing the headline spot, TWIN ATLANTIC and YONAKA who will both be playing full headline sets at our main stage at SWX. We have huge plans for Misery Loves Company and in the coming years we want to establish ourselves as a major festival in the UK, where we bring the biggest rock and alternative artists from across the world to Bristol.”
Misery Loves Company Festival 2023 is set to take place at SWX, Rough Trade, The Lanes and The Station, Bristol on September 30th. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on Misery Loves Company Festival like their official page on Facebook.
