New Moon Rising
HOLiDAY MYSTICS + FREDDY FORBIDDEN + City Lake
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
A brand new night celebrating the very best in emerging talent.
Every week for the past eight or so years, we have been running our New Moon discovery nights. These nights offer up-and-coming artists from around the world the chance to perform on our stage and learn their craft whilst also allowing attendees to see undiscovered, raw talent.
We have hand-picked some of our favourite artists to perform to you on a Friday night - allowing as many people as possible to witness how much local talent pass through Grassroots Music Venues.
Line Up
Emerging with a sound that spans decades and genres, HOLiDAY MYSTICS aligns to a resonance of anthemic artists of recent times. Romantically referenced as ‘the lovechild of Florence + The Machine and Foals’, they unapologetically merge gritty alternative rock with heartfelt mystic pop. The charming combination of female and male vocals land the band in the realm of “A real life Daisy Jones & The Six” and “A modern-day Fleetwood Mac with hints of 90's Alt Rock”.
Currently working alongside GRAMMY nominated and ARIA award winning producer Adrian Breakspear (Pharrell, Coldplay, Gang Of Youths, Amy Shark), 2024 is set to be the year of releases with singles ‘Deliberance,’ and ‘Long Game’ leading the way.
The band is starting to build a profile and gain a following both in AUS & the UK, touring both territories in 2023 and are heading back to the UK to tour in August-September 2024. After receiving regular airplay in the UK last year with recent single 'WOA' being picked up by several stations including BBC Introducing and Radio X. After recently supporting Holy Holy, The Moving Stills and now The Jungle Giants the band is picking up momentum quickly.
HOLiDAY are for fans of: Florence + The Machine, The Last Dinner Party, London Grammar, Foals, Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and other alternative rock gems that came before them.
FREDDY FORBIDDEN, previously known as Fred Jones, is an artist from Newham, East London. His music fuses raw grime patterns with classic rock melodies, creatively arranged over heavy-hitting punk and nostalgic bedroom pop influences. FREDDY's journey in music began after a life-changing incident in 2018 when he was robbed, run over, and left for dead. A second chance at life. Since his debut project FREDDY has played in notable venues such as ICA London, Scala, Southbank Centre, Oslo Hackney and has sold out his own headline shows. He has also supported established artist Alewya at a few headline shows too.
Ever since City Lake released their debut single ‘Let It Out’ (recorded in Metropolis Studios London), they have been cranking out infectious Indie Rock hits that they are sharing with the world. Forming in 2021, they have taken the UK by storm, whilst performing in venues and festivals such as the Half Moon and Carfest last year. Straight off the back on their tour of festivals last summer, playing with the likes of Top Loader and Sophie Ellis-Bexter, plus many others, they set out to release a debut Album for the summer of 2024.
City Lake have the uncommon ability to turn heads and create music people are interested in and here for. The texture of the song writing, and the shear level of musicianship has created a gravity around them strong enough to pull in anyone who truly cares about music.
