Mutations Festival 2026 – Friday

Brighton’s seminal Mutations Festival returns Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October 2026 for its eighth edition.

6:10pm to 6:40pm – Divebar Youth
7:05pm to 7:35pm – Tanzana
8:00pm to 8:35pm – Marsy
9:05pm to 10:00pm – The Besnard Lakes
10:30pm to 11:00pm – Opal Mag
11:40pm to 12:20am – The Itch
12:50am to 1:30am – Humane

Friday at Mutations sees the undefinable, undeniable, raucous FAT DOG joined by: Squid, Working Men’s Club, Basht., Bdrmm, Lip Critic, Theatre, Scaler, and many, many more.

Saturday at Mutations sees Beastie Boys alumni MIKE D make a rare live performance in the UK, joined by: Dove Ellis, Alex Cameron, Panic Shack, Unkle Sounds, the north, Warhaus, and many, many more.

This year’s festival features over 100 of the most exciting international breakthrough and established artists performing across 10 of Brighton’s most beloved Grassroots Music Venues. It’s Mutations’ most ambitious and exciting edition yet!

Renowned for consistently showcasing ’the next big thing’, from CMAT, Yard Act and Sprints in 2021; to The Last Dinner Party, Wunderhouse and Fat Dog in 2022; English Teacher, Antony Szmierek and Paris Paloma in 2023; Kneecap, Arooj Aftab and Adult DVD in 2024; to Keo and Big Special in 2025; Mutations Festival 2026 will be no exception!

Mutations Festival is a multi-venue, single wristband event. Your ticket gains you access to all venues (subject to individual venue capacities).

Reduced price ‘Under 25’s tickets are available, age proof ID will be required for collection at Wristband exchange for this ticket type.

Timings Friday

Box Office Opens 2pm

Festival Doors 3pm to 10pm (after parties until 2am) * your ticket allows access to all after parties

Timings Saturday

Box Office Opens 12pm

Festival Doors 1pm to 10pm (after parties until 2am) * your ticket allows access to all after parties

Artists Performing each day are:

Friday Artists

Fat Dog / Squid / Working Men’s Club

Basht. / Bdrmm / Bed / Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage / Lauren Auder / Lip Critic / O. / Scaler / The Besnard Lakes / Theatre

Bed / Cyn Cwsg / Death Valley Girls / Divebar Youth / Divorce Attorney / Die Twice / GB / Holybones / Humane / Hutch / M. Woodroe / Marsy / Max Winter / Maximilian / Modern Woman / MORN / Mouth Ulcers / Opal Mag / Oral Habit / Paper Hats / Silver Gore / Silverwingkiller / Tanzana / The Itch / The Mink / The Stanford Family Band / Uche Yara / World News / Zo Lief

Saturday Artists

Mike D 5D / Dove Ellis / Alex Cameron

Murkage Dave / Panic Shack / SNAYX / Tara Clerkin Trio / The North / The Wave Pictures / TTSSFU / Unkle Sounds / Walt Disco / Warhaus

Ain’t / Alien Chicks / Casual Smart / Cowboy Hunters / Deary / DJ Food / Hannah Frances / Iguana Death Cult / Little Grandad / Liz Lawrence / Me Rex / Plantoid / Pulled Apart By Horses

Alice Costelloe / Any Young Mechanic / Ben Kidson / Benchwarmer / Big Long Sun / Big Red / Esmeralda Road / Evelyn Gray / Florentenes / Foot Foot / Georgia Mooney / Hammok / Hank / Healing Power of Horses / Jo From School / Josephine Illingworth / Kelly No Brakes / Mleko / Night Swimming / Ninush / Painkiller / Post Common / Really Good Time / Speedial / Sunday Mourners / Tasha / Why Horses?