News: FOCUS Wales adds more acts for annual showcase

The annual FOCUS Wales festival returns with it's 2023 reboot in May. The growing reputation of the festival has seen it expand year-on-year with Wrexham set to welcome 20,000 attendees, and see over 250+ new music acts from Wales and around the world descend upon it's turf over 4th –6 th May. Organisers have announced a further 70 new bands and artists today who will join the bill.

Last year's bill featured artists such as Self Esteem, Public Service Broadcasting, Echo & The Bunnymen, Peaness, Gwenno, Goat Girl and The Besnard Lakes amongst many others and 2023 looks set to be just as eventful.

Among the new Welsh-based artists announced today are Alt Pop prospect Ailsa Tully, the Welsh Music Prize nominated ManLikeVision, Garage rockers The Family Battenberg, Electro Pop newcomer Bethan Lloyd, Newport’s big hope in the Hip Hop scene OGUN, and the new shining light of Welsh Alt-Folk Mari Mathias. 

                        MARI MATHIAS

Joining them on the bill are an array of talented newcomers from all over the world, including Australian Post Punks DUST,  high energy punk from New York in the shape of Mary Shelley, and special showcases from The Spanish Wave and EarUp Hong Kong. 

The new line-up announcement adds to an already stacked bill of quality acts performing at multiple venues across the city, including The Coral, Billy Nomates, Adwaith, Squid, Dream Wife, The Joy Formidible and many more. 

MARY SHELLEY

The list of new artists announced today includes: 2080s | Adjua | AEIOU | Ailsa Tully | Alekxandr | Alien Feelings | Alpha Chino | Bedroom Party | Benjamin J Wilson | Benzy | Bethan Lloyd | Black Maracas | BreichiauHir | C.F. Boneslum | Choirs for Good Wrexham | Chris Ingram | Cloudsurfers | Cor DAW | Declan Swans | Dienw |DUST | Dynamic Wrexham BSL Choir | Elise Boeur & Adam Iredale-Gray | Evrah Rose | Eyesore & The Jinx |FARCE | George Borowski | GUINEU | Heaven For Real | Invisible Architecture | James Wood | Jimbo | JP |KOMOREBI | Los Premios | Luke RV | Lunar Bird | Mali Haf | ManLikeVision | Mari Mathias | Mary Shelley |Massimo Silverio | Mechanical Owl | Megan Lee | Mellt | Murder Club | Natasha Borton | Noah and the Loners |Noah Bouchard | Nudist | Ogun | Private Party | Prune Deer | Rebecca Hurn | skylrk. | Sleeping Together |tAngerinecAt | The Family Battenberg | The Welcome Party | Tom Emlyn | TUKAN | Unity, Samhain & Ostara Days | Valentinskka | Vanille | VOYA | Worldcub | Xenith | Xtie + MORE

Find out more about the festival, the bands, music industry delegates and more at focuswales.com

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