FROGFEST LIVERPOOL

FROGFEST 2026
Liverpool's celebration of Alternative/Underground Goth, EBM, Post-Punk, Darkwave, Coldwave & Electronic Music is back for 2026.  

Frogfest is Liverpool's only dedicated darkwave, goth, EBM, coldwave and post-punk festival - a full-day celebration of underground alternative music bringing together bands from across Europe and the UK at District and Lost Art in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle.

Now in its 7th year and expanding to two stages, Frogfest remains deliberately intimate. At 350 capacity, the barrier between band and audience disappears. It's part gig, part club night, part underground party, and entirely unlike anything else on the UK alternative music calendar.

International Underground Meets Liverpool

Each year, Frogfest curates a lineup that bridges Liverpool's thriving alternative scene with the most exciting corners of the European underground. Previous editions have brought Belgian EBM duo Ultra Sunn, Belarusian darkwave trio Dlina Volny, Italian deathrock outfit Horror Vacui and French coldwave artist Sad Madona to the north of England, alongside homegrown Liverpool and Manchester acts.

For 2026, the festival continues that mission with artists from Germany, Spain, Holland as well as London and Glasgow - plus a second stage that opens up space for more of the experimental, electronic and noise acts.

Frogfest is presented by Moonfrog and Sound Night Out Liverpool - promoting alternative, underground and electronic music across Merseyside.

LINEUP

(Subject to change - please check website for latest updates: https://frogfest.uk)

Mouth Ulcers (London)
London's Mouth Ulcers make music for vampires to dance to. Atmospheric guitars, tribal percussion and cavernous baritone vocals channel the darkness of The Cure and Bauhaus through something urgent and fresh. Championed by John Robb as one of a new generation reshaping dark post-punk, they made their live debut at The Hague's Grauzone festival in February 2026 - and promptly had a packed room nodding along. Now signed to LAB Records with sell-out shows already behind them and a debut EP on the way, they're clearly a band worth checking out.

https://youtu.be/rrO0NjkJ-wo?si=Yc7Wj_CVnqYX71Lr

Pol (Holland)
If the Blitz Club was a little before your time, fear not - Dutch brothers Ruben and Matthijs Pol have channelled the cold romanticism of Visage, Japan and Duran Duran into something that feels entirely alive again. Their singles are mixed by Dave Bascombe (Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Erasure), they've played SXSW and sold out their headline show in Amsterdam with Visage's Logan Sky, and when they're not making music they're modelling for Saint Laurent, Gucci and Dior. Pol are crossing the channel exclusively for Frogfest - their only UK date this summer.

https://youtu.be/hLI25c3033k?si=MddSnkrvhL8RtnXf

Mercy Girl (Glasgow)
Glasgow's Mercy Girl draw on EBM, darkwave and electro-pop to create something that sits between the solace of a dark empty highway and the surrender of a neon-hazed dancefloor. Since forming in late 2024, they've won Best Newcomer at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, had singles championed by BBC 6 Music, and built a global following - with their music now a staple of dark scene club nights from Los Angeles to Berlin. Their shows are selling out fast. 

https://youtu.be/sh_n4vVM5Ds?si=7MfxSjG2l2CZQRel

SDH (Barcelona) 
Barcelona duo SDH make what they call "music to cry to in late night clubs" - synth-pop laced with EBM, techno and darkwave that's mysterious, danceable and impossible to pin down. Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz are key figures in their city's underground, running the Cønjuntø Vacíø label and playing together in post-punk outfit Wind Atlas. Two albums on AVANT! Records - their self-titled debut and 2023's Fake Is Real - have taken them across Europe and beyond, with remixes from Phase Fatale and Pablo Bozzi along the way. Dark, sarcastic and utterly compelling.

https://youtu.be/zaFzTn7FE68?si=_FsDOAFkXcigJSdR

Cosey Mueller (Berlin) 
A colourful fixture of Berlin's underground, Cosey Mueller cut her teeth as co-founder of synthpunk duo Das Das and hardcore experimentalists Glaas before stepping out solo. Across three albums - Interior Escapes, Irrational Habits and last year's Softcore on Static Age - she's honed a sound that fuses driving synth loops, abrasive guitar and magnetic vocals with a punk attitude and a deep love of rock 'n' roll. Fine art graduate, DIY to the bone, and impossible to stand still to.

https://youtu.be/UCDg6Cp0E9s?si=e4enWh9nfFRjvRRw

Bloody/bath (Northampton)
Northampton five-piece bloody/bath make menacing, spaced-out post-punk that's earned them airplay from three BBC 6 Music DJs and comparisons to Bauhaus, Protomartyr and Molchat Doma. Their debut album In An Empty Space, I'm Screaming - produced by Matt Peel (Eagulls, Yard Act) - is dark, uncompromising and utterly compelling. A cult favourite turning into something much bigger

https://youtu.be/mtx37KkYHTY?si=JYaTTjeiPS3YSk3Y

Liminal Project (France/Ireland)
Liverpool darkwave trio Liminal Project blend insistent bass, cascading guitar and deep Francophone vocals into something that sits between post-punk drive and chanson française elegance. They've toured the UK and EU and have supported Lydia Lunch, VR Sex, Nuovo Testamento and Mareux, and their long-awaited self-titled debut album dropped in December on Swedish label Inåt Bakåt Records. Now with a new lineup - Laura Shea on bass, Michael Coates on guitar, Roxane Bigot still commanding the mic - and fresh from shows in Sweden, they return to Frogfest with a full album to draw from.

https://youtu.be/H07t3RYXJhQ?si=SWta-vAjP8JFc7-T

Those Holy (Liverpool)
Those Holy make what they call "cold Celtic electronics" - goth-laden electro that warps the dancefloor from somewhere between industrial noise and dark pop. The Liverpool duo of Chrissy Connor (FEND, co-founder of QUARRY) and Lucy Grey (Majia, Dubs Club) draw on their Irish and Welsh roots to create something that feels both ancient and club-ready. Already opening for Liturgy, Autumns and Tolouse Low Trax, with a limited-edition remix 10" featuring a live Swans cover to their name, Those Holy are one of the most exciting acts emerging from Liverpool's underground right now.

https://youtu.be/ECzBi1gRLUg?si=zOgzxomo-2dCuQ50

Die Verletz (London)
London duo Die Verletzt - Hudson and Vanessa - make electronic post-punk steeped in '80s new wave, '70s punk attitude and Berlin electronica. The name translates as "the wounded" and the music lives up to it: cold, driving and built to make you dance hard and cry harder. Their recent single "Kreuzberg" caught the attention of the dark synth world, and with an EBM/coldwave edge that nods to the continent while staying rooted in London grit, they're a name to watch.

https://youtu.be/RGW7wZDmGNI?si=kMGOepzLiA2wco_W

Veve (Liverpool)
Liverpool's Veve makes dreamy, danceable indie-pop inspired by Grimes, Björk, Crystal Castles and George Clanton. A solo project expanded to a three-piece live with drummer and guitarist, she released her debut album Meraki recently and brings an energy to the stage that sits somewhere between ethereal pop and dancefloor abandon. A homegrown addition to the Frogfest bill and one of Liverpool's more intriguing emerging artists.

https://youtu.be/Px-YI5dZnVM?si=8_WwVb_t8z8tuopK

Static Palm (London)
Static Palm is the new wave/post-punk project of London singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Burgess. Elegant, moody and built on years of gigging London's underground circuit, he's shared stages with Girls Names, Kælan Mikla, Qual and First Hate. His self-titled debut album - written and recorded over five years - blends crepuscular atmospherics with driving post-punk, and already has Moonfrog form, having previously played the Kazimier Stockroom alongside Liminal Project and V.

https://youtu.be/eLcpnBC_OAU?si=302JDOqMjnwDPH4L

Tender Claws (Liverpool)
Liverpool's Tender Claws makes dark alt-rock that pulls from grunge, industrial, shoegaze and goth in equal measure. Think the fuzz-heavy weight of Queens of the Stone Age crashing into PJ Harvey's intensity and Nine Inch Nails' serrated edges. In 2025 she supported Rosegarden Funeral Party, Bonnie Trash and Dog Race, and has been picked up by BBC Introducing. Powerful vocals, crushing guitars, and a live energy that's already turning heads across Liverpool's underground.

https://youtu.be/xLICCWTUPpo?si=XNJH9byLgv3502Q2

Factory Set (Liverpool)
Five-piece Factory Set originate from North Wales but have spent years embedded in Liverpool's underground, crafting a sound that evokes industrial decay and wide-open spaces in equal measure. Dreamy, chorusing guitars and driving rhythms sit beneath vocals that deal in social commentary and the darker side of the human condition. Drawing on The Stone Roses, Interpol and Fontaines D.C., their live shows are ferocious - guitar feedback, infectious rhythms and between-song ramblings that make every gig feel like an event.

https://youtu.be/-8Z6WUh0qcw?si=JGuC7r2x91Jl5WFD

Jezebel (Liverpool)
Jezebel Halewood-Legas makes "nice/horrible sounds from Liverpool." A solo artist working at the intersection of experimental noise, electronics and pop, she's also the saxophonist in industrial post-punk outfit Lonesaw - whose grotesque wall of guttural vocals, grinding electronics and double saxophone has earned them coverage on Post-Punk.com and comparisons to Swans and Einstürzende Neubauten. Her solo work strips things back: loops, effects and thumping rhythms built on a laptop, occasionally overlaid with high-pitched vocals. She's also been part of MAL and Doghead, and her influence runs deep through Liverpool's experimental scene.

Latest updates: https://frogfest.uk