The former Sound City Ipswich festival organisers have today announced the first artists for their inclusive and exciting new event line-up.
Brighten The Corners festival is set to take place over five town-centre venues in Ipswich on Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10 in 2023.
Marcus Neal, head of programming for the festival, said that the organisers are "proud of the quality of artists" that will take part in Brighten The Corners next year.
The multi-venue event, formerly known as Sound City Ipswich, has run for two editions in 2019 and 2021 and has brought artists such as Yard Act, Working Men's Club, The Murder Capital, Novelist and others to the town.
The team behind the festival also run live music venues The Smokehouse and The Baths and is set to open St Stephen's Church as a venue and café bar next spring.
These three venues will be used for the festival, in addition to the Corn Exchange and a stage on Cornhill.
Among the announced artists is 86TVs, a new band which comprises Will, Hugo and Felix White from the Maccabees and Jamie Morrison of the Noisettes and Stereophonics.
London-based musician Rozi Plain who also plays in This Is The Kit has also been added to the bill.
The Lounge Society, Naima Bock, muva of Earth and rapper Coops have also been confirmed as headliners of Brighten The Corners.
A London-based rock band deathcrash, Joshua Idehen, Group Listening, singer-songwriter and rapper Jords and Moreish Idols will as well appear during the weekend event.
An experimental trio, Kyoto Kyoto, and a Bristol-based singer-songwriter Lande Hekt are other artists so far revealed for the event.
Mr Neal said: “It’s a real pleasure pulling together a festival line-up, and it feels great to be able to start releasing the first names for 2023.
“We’re always proud of the quality of artists we work with, and 2023 will be no different.
“This first release covers so many bases from spiritual jazz to UK hip-hop, indie-folk to post-punk, we feel there is already a great spread of genres, and we look forward to building upon this with further announcements in the new year.“
Early Bird Weekend tickets are now available to purchase online.
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