Aelius Alternative Festival

📣 Aelius Alternative Music Festival returns for its second edition on Saturday the 5th of April in Newcastle city centre!

Wave-making artists CAT RYAN, CROWLEY, WOLFRED, and GEORGINA GALE will be headlining across 4 venues and 5 stages; The Globe Up, The Globe Down, Head of Steam, The Telegraph and The Common Room are all playing their part in highlighting a selection of incredible musical talents. Artists on the line-up include spoken word artists Sam Way and Tahmina Ali, Rushbonds, and White Collar Rebel 🤘🏼

We will once again be collaborating with international live music promoters Sofar Sounds on a secret stage, as well as local comic Adrian Hanlon who’ll be curating and hosting the comedy stage. Sunderland’s NAME Academy will be sending two acts to Newcastle, and French music platform Groover will be taking their pick of international acts to perform at Aelius Alternative.

This year, we are working with national organisation Tonic Music for Mental Health on highlighting the importance of mental health services within the music industry. Aelius Alternative partners include Groover, Love Music Hate Racism North East, Microbus Gateshead, NAME Sunderland, Night Owl Music Promotions, Off Axis Scotland, The Pentatonic and W Artists.