Together with a team of incredible music industry professionals I am organising the second edition of Newcastle’s music, comedy, and spoken word festival Aelius Alternative on Saturday the 5th of April and we have just announced our full line-up!
Fast rising locals CROWLEY, WOLFRED, and TV DEATH will be headlining across 4 venues and 5 stages; The Globe Up, The Globe Down, Head of Steam, The Telegraph and ZEROX’ Shooting Gallery are all playing their part in highlighting a selection of incredible musical talents. Artists on the line-up include Nadedja, spoken word artists Sam Way and Tahmina Ali, Rushbonds, and White Collar Rebel.
We will once again be collaborating with international live music promoters Sofar Sounds on a secret stage, as well as local comic Adrian Hanlon who’ll be curating and hosting the comedy stage. Sunderland’s NAME Academy will be sending two acts to Newcastle, French music platform Groover will be taking their pick of international acts to perform, Off Axis are taking care of the Scottish delegation to join us in the festivities, and The Pentatonic will be sending Uno Mas to Newcastle.
This year, we are working with national organisation Tonic Music for Mental Health on highlighting the importance of mental health services within the music industry. Aelius Alternative partners include Groover, Love Music Hate Racism North East, Microbus Gateshead, NAME Sunderland, Night Owl Music Promotions, Off Axis Scotland, The Pentatonic and W Artists.
Tickets for the festival are available here.
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