Mangata Festival 2026

Mangata Festival is a multi-venue, one day festival taking place in Nottingham City Centre.

40+ Bands, 5 Stages and 1 day of Heavy Music 

Artists

A-tota-so - Alpha Male Tea Party - Anti-Clone - Bad Milk Blood Robot - Bonestrider - Confessions of a Traitor - Cober Mouth - Confyde - Continents - Dacara - De'Lour - Firmament - Giant Walker - Glass Bridges - Gürl - Gurt - Heartstrung - Hidden Mothers - Hundred Year Old Man - In Search of Sun - King Abyss - Maatkare - Nordic Giants - Ofnus - Overhead, the Albatross - Premier Jester - Raised By Owls - Red Method - Sergeant Thunderhoof - Scordatura - Syncolima - Tayne - tealdeer - ten56. - The Grey - The Hara - Tooth & Dagger - Ward XVI - Weller - Wolves Don't Sleep - You Win Again Gravity

Venue Information

Heavy Metal Hairdresser Stage (Rescue Rooms)

Your main stage, complete with balcony. 

This is a ground floor venue. Step free access from Talbot Street. Please note Red Rooms and Stealth Upstairs have no step free access. Downstairs Stealth has step free access from Goldsmith Street - exit Rescue Rooms from Talbot St for access. No step free access between venues internally. Please contact us in advance if you have any accessibility support needs. This venue is 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. 

Black Iris Brewery Stage (Stealth Upstairs)

Nestled right next door to Rescue Rooms. 

This room has limited capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. This is a first floor venue with no step free access. This venue is 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. 

Eyesore Merch Stage (Stealth Downstairs)

You'll find stage 3 downstairs at Stealth. 

This room has limited capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. This is a ground floor venue and has step free access from Goldsmith St. This venue is 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. 

Twisted Tavern Spirits Stage (Red Room)

 Our fourth stage, you'll find this stage lurking upstairs at Rescue Rooms. Expect some sweaty, intimate performances in here.

 This room has limited capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. This is a first floor venue with no step free access. This venue is 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. 

BSB TV Stage (Tap n Tumbler)

 A free entry stage, the Tap is the perfect place to discover your next favourite band!

This room has limited capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment. This is a ground floor venue with step free access. This venue is 18+ only.