ACIDFEST LIVERPOOL ALL-DAYER feat. Bike (BR), Thee Lucifer Sams & more

ACIDFEST started as a 3-day festival in Iceland back in 2022. It's a travelling psych fest curated by psychedelic visionairies Thee Lucifer Sams from Liverpool, who took this concept around the UK and occasonally the world (besides Iceland, it also had an installment in Austin, Texas during SXSW 2023 ). ACIDFEST LIVERPOOL is a mini psych fest ALL-DAYER at Artefact on Roscoe St, featuring three bands, five solo acts, poetry and Coffee and Turntables DJs, offering you a diverse mix of farout sounds and enterteinmant for the whole day. Thee Lucifer Sams are true visionaries, refusing to put their music on platforms such as Spotify or having social media. Their mix of semi-improvised psychedelic noise draws equally from the abstraction of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, Lemmy's Hawkwind and Sonic Youth noise - with no songs just a full-on psychedelic rollercoaster of sound. The Dead Zoo are a proudly trans led, corn fed noisy post-punk band from London, making their live debut in Leeds. Always putting on an energetic live set, they are always worth watching. Madonovan is the best shoegaze artist you've never heard before, and an unique concept - a tribute to itself, covering songs written, but never released, over 30 years ago. A cathartic ode to lost youth, dreams and rock'n'roll itself. Esa Shields is a truly one-of-a-kind artist, creating melodies and sounds the likes of which never heard before or since. It's like Brian Wilson on Mars, tripping on acid. Dominoes is a brilliant, solo artist who's equal parts Ivor Cutler and Syd Barrett. Rich in melody, ideas and whimsy, you are sure to enjoy his set. Nikhil Hathi is a super-talented guitarist, who will amaze you with teh percussive sounds of his acoustic guitar. Ivan Thunders is the guitarist in Thee Lucifer Sams, opening the live music entertainment with his moody, acoustic ballads. Poet Cath Holland will bring pathos and dark humour with her spoken word set. During daytime, ACIDFEST will feature live vinyl DJs from 11a