The New Colossus Festival
Pianos · New York, New York
March 3 — March 8, 2026
PopIndieRock
The Experience
The New Colossus Festival is a curated multi-venue showcase of emerging independent artists from around the world, held across iconic Lower East Side venues over six days. Now in its 7th edition, the festival blends live showcases, music industry panels, and networking events for artists and professionals alike. All shows are 21+ and spread across venues including Pianos, Arlene's Grocery, Nublu, and more.
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Artists
55Castles·Activemirror·Adult Leisure·Aitis Band·Alfah Femmes·Alien Chicks·Alix Fernz·Amor Vincit Omnia·Aunt Katrina·b1n0·Babe City·Babybaby_explores·Bad Tomato·Bed·Bedroom Eyes·Bee Blackwell·Bellcave·Ben Ellis·Bindy·Blankslate·Blood Club·Bonnie Trash·Borscht·Boyhood·Briet·Brnda·Buddie·Bussy Kween Power Trip·Buzhold·Catherine Moan·Choses Sauvages·Closeout·Cootie Catcher·Creature Canyon·Dallas Love Field·Danny Blu·DBA!·Deady·Dermabrasion·Diary·Die Anstalt·Dinowalrus·Ditch Days·Doom Gong·Dour·Doused·Drook·Dune Blue·Eatt·Elephant Kind·Eve Claret·Fake Pollocks·Fat Concubine·Feet·Firstsex·Fransia·Fullscreen·Ghosts on TV·Glassio·Grima·Gummy?·Hause Plants·Heaven·Heaven's Club·Heet Deth·High.·His His·Holy Void·Honey I'm Home·I Dreamed I Dream·Iggy Mayerov·In The Pines·I See Orange·Ira Glass·I Want Poetry·J Mahon·Joseon·Junk Drawer·Ken Park·Keren Ilan·Komodos·Krooked Tongue·Lane·Lip Filler·Lone Aires·Loveletter·Luc Swift & Kacie Hill·Lucid Express·Lucy Dreams·Mad Iris·Magda·Makara·Mannequin Death Squad·Marcel·Marketplace·Maura Weaver·Maurice Conrad·Meskerem Mees & Carlos Garbin·mICRogOBLET·Midnight Rodeo·Midscale·Mo Yung·Mold!·Moon Goons·Neon Wire·No Juventud·None Shall Remain·Nory·Olga·Oliver Beardmore·Oswald Slain·Panam·Par Ásito·Pascalepascale·Perennial·Pillowprince·Pinc Louds·Pinklids·Plight·Pop Music Fever Dream·P.O.R.T.·Prism Shores·Punchlove·Redeye·Run Remedy·Runner·Samsara.·SamWoy·Sarah Michelle Lee·Savak·Sean Nicholas Savage·Sex Mask·Sexverbot·Shaggo·Shallow·Shunk·Silver Car Crash·Sinead Youth·Ski Club·Sloe Noon·Snowmen·Sorry Face·Spitcurl·Spirit Hotel·Star's Revenge·Still Depths·Suburban Speed·Sün Byrd·Sundayclub·Sunset Images·Surma·Talking Violet·Talon·Tea Eater·Tentative Decisions·The Cavs·The Baxbys·The Dutch Kills·The Heaven·The Jump Cuts·The K's·The Metric Ton·The Sewing Club·The Shelter·The Slates·Thelma's Dream·Thesaurus Rex·Tilden·Tipa Tipo·Torture and the Desert Spiders·Tramhaus·Triples·Tukan·Tvod·Two-Man Giant Squid·Ultra Lights·Van Vreeland·Warmachine·Welcome Strawberry·Wilby·Winter Gardens·Winter McQuinn·Wiring·Wolfschmidt·Yes Dear·Yuvees·Zinnia's Garden