Across three iconic venues - SWX, Rough Trade and Strange Brew, festival-goers won’t have to travel far to see the best new music that the UK has to offer. Third release tickets available now.

Leading the first wave announcement is an impressive lineup of talent, headlined by the electrifying and honest Billy Nomates, the next-gen-yacht-rock 6 piece CVC, the exhilarating Gurriers and experimental seven piece KEG. Adding to the mix is one of the UK's hottest word-of-mouth groups and Bristol’s own Getdown Services, alongside other homegrown talent My First Time and MP3 Chainsaw.
Ritual Union has been spotlighting some of the most exciting names in music in Bristol and Oxford for the past 7 years, with alumni including; Fontaines DC, Katy J Pearson, Lime Garden, Warmduscher, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Self Esteem, Nadine Shah, Lynks and many more.

More artists will be announced in the coming weeks, sign up to the mailing list for updates.

BILLY NOMATES

CVC

GETDOWN SERVICES

GURRIERS

KEG

LANGKAMER

MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE

PAIGE KENNEDY

SPACESTATION

TTSSFU

WINGS OF DESIRE

AUTOMOTION

DBLA

ESSENCE MARTINS

KING HERON

HANK

SUNKEN

MP3 CHAINSAW

MUMBLE TIDE

MY FIRST TIME

PHILIPPE NASH

PUNCHBAG

RICHARD THE FOURTH

THE SHANIA TWAINSAW MASSACRE

UNLUCKY

ZALIZO

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