YAWN FEST 2026
All-day indie festival at Future Yard headlined by Swim Deep with alt-folk and indie acts
YAWN Fest is back at Future Yard with another all-day event celebrating the sonic world of YAWN Studios curated by Bill Ryder-Jones.
Off the back of their upcoming 5th album release ‘Hum’, Swim Deep headline YAWN 2026. Their boldest record yet, a defiant cut of alternative rock: roaring with clouds of distortion that bring a bite and rawness to its chiming melodies. After a sold-out tour across Thailand and China and an unexpected lineup change, Hum is the band rejuvenated, sounding more confident than ever, maintaining their grassroots indie sound with sprinkling in nods to ‘90s grunge and alternative rock.
The Slow Country are a seven-piece band, each member with something to bring. Blending three guitars, bass, violin, keys, drums and rich vocal harmonies, the band fuse alt-folk warmth with alt-rock drive to explore themes of modernity, nostalgia, longing and fracture.
Wojtek The Bear – an indie pop band hailing from Glasgow.
Amy Scott Samuel – Liverpool-based alt-folk artist, with a tender, melodic + viseral sound.
Ook in Future Yard
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The Cubical
Yellowman
Shez Raja + Guthrie Govan
Brown Wimpenny
Dr Alimantado
She Drew the Gun all-dayer
Ora Cogan
Way Dynamic
Ashes of August ft. Hacktivist
DJ Yoda's 90s Mixtape
Ak'chamel
