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Festival No. 0193409 · Est. 2026

DARKER WAVES 2026

DARKER WAVES 2026

Huntington State Beach - Huntington Beach, US
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Huntington State Beach
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21601 Pacific Coast Highway 92646
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Huntington Beach, US

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  • Adam Ant
    Adam Ant was born in Marylebone, United Kingdom, on 3 November 1954. Plays alternative rock, new romantic, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock, singer-songwriter.
  • Bad Religion
    Bad Religion formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1980. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock, skate punk.
  • Benches
    Benches
  • Buzzcocks
    Buzzcocks formed in Bolton, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays indie rock, new wave, pop punk, pop rock, post-punk, power pop, punk, punk rock.
  • Choir Boy
    Choir Boy
  • Christian Death
    Christian Death formed in Los Angeles, United States, in October 1979. Plays deathrock, gothic rock, post-punk, punk.
  • Cold Cave
    Cold Cave formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 2007. Plays new wave.
  • Deceits
    Deceits plays dark wave, gothic rock, post-punk.
  • EMF
    EMF formed in Cinderford, United Kingdom, on 23 October 1989. Plays alternative rock, grebo, indie rock, rock.
  • Gary Numan
    Gary Numan was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 8 March 1958. Plays ambient pop, art pop, dance-pop, dark ambient, dark wave, electro-industrial, electronic, electronic rock.
  • Gene
    Gene formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up on 16 December 2004, after 11 years. Plays britpop.
  • Mainliners
    Mainliners
  • Manic Street Preachers
    Manic Street Preachers formed in Blackwood, United Kingdom, in 1986. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, art rock, britpop, christian rock, glam metal, glam punk, glam rock.
  • Mariachi El Bronx
    Mariachi El Bronx formed in Los Angeles, United States, in August 2006. Plays mariachi.
  • Marky Ramone
    Marky Ramone was born in New York, United States, on 15 July 1952.
  • Missing Persons
    Missing Persons formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1980, and split up in 1986, after 6 years. Plays new wave, rock.
  • Modern English
    Modern English formed in Colchester, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk.
  • Morrissey
    Morrissey was born in Davyhulme, United Kingdom, on 22 May 1959. Plays alternative rock, art pop, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, post-britpop, post-punk.
  • Past Self
    Past Self plays gothic, new wave, punk, synthwave.
  • Prayers
    Prayers formed in 2013. Plays electronic rock.
  • Purest Form
    Purest Form
  • RiKi
    RiKi
  • Silversun Pickups
    Silversun Pickups formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, rock, shoegaze.
  • Simple Minds
    Simple Minds formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays art rock, electronic, glam rock, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock.
  • Soft Cell
    Soft Cell formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 1980, and split up in 2025, after 45 years. Plays electronic, minimal synth, new wave, pop, synth-pop.
  • Spacehog
    Spacehog formed in 1994. Plays alternative rock, britpop, glam rock.
  • The Circle Jerks
    The Circle Jerks formed in Hermosa Beach, United States, in 1979. Plays hardcore punk, punk.
  • The Damned
    The Damned formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays dance-rock, deathrock, gothic rock, horror punk, new wave, pop, post-punk, proto-punk.
  • The Motels
    The Motels formed in Berkeley, United States, in 1975. Plays alternative rock, new wave.
  • The Psychedelic Furs
    The Psychedelic Furs formed in London, United Kingdom, in February 1977. Plays alternative rock, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, punk rock, rock, shoegaze.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins
    The Smashing Pumpkins formed in Chicago, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, dream pop, electronic, grunge, hard rock, indie rock.
  • The Sounds
    The Sounds formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1999. Plays indie rock.
  • TR/ST
    TR/ST formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Plays coldwave, dance, dark wave, electronica, pop, post-punk, rock, synth-pop.