Shadowlands is a brand new boutique international music festival that will take place across four days at the beginning of July 2027
Focusing on alternative, electronic, avant-garde and experimental artists, names already confirmed to perform include Foetus, Lustmord, Test Dept, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Regis (featuring Liam Andrews), Clock DVA, The Wolfgang Press, Githead, hackedepicciotto, People Like Us, Portion Control, :Zoviet*France: and more. Further acts will be announced in August.
Led by the legendary JG Thirlwell, Foetus will perform as a 20 piece chamber orchestra in what is a UK exclusive, playing material from the 2026 album ‘HALT’ and selections of classic earlier work. It will be Thirlwell’s first UK appearance as Foetus for over 25 years and only the second time his music has been presented orchestrally. Similarly, Lustmord will perform in the UK for the first time in almost two decades, while Githead (Colin Newman of Wire, Malka Spiegel of Minimal Compact and Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner) will be reuniting after a 13 year hiatus.
In addition to live sets, Shadowlands will feature panel discussions, Q&As and a film programme across three performance spaces at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre.
Accommodation will be available on campus, minutes walk from the festival venues, on sale from September 2026.
