Mutations Festival 2026 - Friday Day Ticket - Fat Dog + More
Featuring Scaler, Cowboy Hunters, Modern Woman, BDRMM, Death Valley Girls, Fat Dog, Hutch, Mouth Ulcers, Mutations Festival, Basht., Lip Critic, Theatre, BED, Squid, Working Men's Club, Insecure Men, Lauren Auder, The Besnard Lakes, Cyn Cwsg, Divebar Youth, holybones, Marsy, World News, paper hats, Why Horses?, Tanzana, The Itch, Max Winter, MORN & UCHE YARA
- Date
- Fri 23 Oct 2026
- Doors
- 2:00 PM
- Venue
- Various Brighton Venues
- City
- Brighton
About the event
MUTATIONS FESTIVAL 2026
Various Venues, Brighton
FRIDAY TICKETS ONLY
Brighton’s seminal Mutations Festival returns Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October 2026 for its eighth edition.
Friday at Mutations sees the undefinable, undeniable, raucous FAT DOG joined by: Squid, Working Men’s Club, Basht., Bdrmm, Lip Critic, Theatre, Insecure Men, and many, many more.
Saturday at Mutations sees Beastie Boys alumni MIKE D make a rare live performance in the UK, joined by: Dove Ellis, Alex Cameron, Panic Shack, Unkle Sounds, the north, Warhaus, and many, many more.
This year’s festival features over 100 of the most exciting international breakthrough and established artists performing across 10 of Brighton’s most beloved Grassroots Music Venues. It’s Mutations’ most ambitious and exciting edition yet!
Renowned for consistently showcasing ’the next big thing’, from CMAT, Yard Act and Sprints in 2021; to The Last Dinner Party, Wunderhouse and Fat Dog in 2022; English Teacher, Antony Szmierek and Paris Paloma in 2023; Kneecap, Arooj Aftab and Adult DVD in 2024; to Keo and Big Special in 2025; Mutations Festival 2026 will be no exception!
Mutations Festival is a multi-venue, single wristband event. Your ticket gains you access to all venues (subject to individual venue capacities).
Reduced price ‘Under 25’s tickets are available, age proof ID will be required for collection at Wristband exchange for this ticket type.
Timings Friday
Box Office Opens 2pm
Festival Doors 3pm to 10pm (after parties until 2am) * your ticket allows access to all after parties
Friday Artists
Fat Dog / Squid / Working Men’s Club
Basht. / Bdrmm / Bed / Insecure Men / Lauren Auder / Lip Critic / Scaler / The Besnard Lakes / Theatre
Cowboy Hunters / Cyn Cwsg / Death Valley Girls / Divebar Youth / Holybones / Hutch / Marsy / Max Water / Modern Woman / Morn / Mouth Ulcers / Paper Hats / Tanzana / The Itch / Uche Yara / Why Horses? / World News
* Line-up subject to change
** Venue capacities are based on first come first served
Presented by FORM
18+
Line-up
Venue
Various Brighton Venues
Various Brighton Venues is a live music venue in Brighton, United Kingdom. It is predominantly a punk room: 7 of its 7 listed shows. Acts booked here more than once include Mutations Festival (3 shows), Ain't (2 shows), Alex Cameron (2 shows) and Alice Costelloe …
Previously at Various Brighton Venues
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