Manchester Punk Festival Announces Next Wave Of Bands For 2026

Manchester Punk Festival has announced that next wave of bands for 2026, they will be welcoming San Francisco’s Dead To Me, Chicago’s Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms / The Falcon), Philadelphia’s Dave Hause (The Loved Ones / The Falcon) and Dublin’s Chewie, who will be playing the Marrowbone Lane album in full. LA’s Tiny Stills will be flying over, The Murderburgers are returning from hiatus, local scamps Aerial Salad will be getting the bus into town, and Perkie, Native James and Cheerbleederz will all be returning. Manchester Punk Festival is also welcoming Peru’s Tomar Control and Mexico’s Habak as well as Baracka, The Domestics, Wadeye, King Punch, Half Naked Headline, Oh The Humanity!, One Fall, Fortitude Valley, R.U.B., Face Up, Heathcliff, Dead Name, Cleavers, Roko Mouth, Slash Fiction, Healer of Bastards, Stupid World, Grave Faces, The Crash Mats, Lone Wolf and Dealing With Damage.

Manchester Punk Festival was set off in 2015 by a group of local promoters looking to showcase the best Punk, Ska and Hardcore bands from our own shores and much further afield. It’s become an incredible representation of a style of music celebrated internationally, the crew picked up the Best Small Festival award in 2024 and has been nominated in the 2025 Festival Awards in the Independent Festival & Inner City Festival categories. Standard priced tickets, along with charity and instalment options, are available here after the early tiers sold out in record time.