Editor’s note: This story has been updated.
The three-day music festival Poorcastle, a fest for the rest that aims to be a more accessible and all-local alternative to Forecastle, will return to Breslin Park (1400 Payne St.) this year from Friday, May 19, through Sunday, May 21.
The festival announced the lineup at a party last night at The Whirling Tiger.
Heres the lineup, with a link to each performers Bandcamp, Spotify, or website where possible.
- Annapurna
- Bad Wires
- Bungalow Betty **
- Cleezy Picasso
- Daddy Sisters
- Dream Eye Color Wheel *
- Drift City
- Falling Tree Way
- Feral Vices
- Future Fossils
- Haydee Canovas
- Isolation Tank Ensemble
- JustLa
- Kathryn Brooks
- Kiana & the Sun Kings
- Lady Pyramid *
- LUX
- Mike Bandanna
- Mr. Please **
- Overchoice **
- PhatShayn
- Phourist & The Photons **
- Plastics
- Plastic Bubble *
- Pleaser
- Proles
- qwerty
- REDTED *
- RMLLW2LLZ **
- So It Was **
- Stuart Wicke Band **
- Thee Tabs
- Turbo Nut
- Twin Limb *
- White Woolly
- YNGBNDZ
Bands marked with 1 or 2 asterisks are performing as part of Flashback Friday: one asterisk indicates reunion sets, and two asterisks indicates sets by returning Poorcastle artists.
The full schedule and vendor list will be released on Saturday, April 1. Interested vendors can apply on the festivals website.
Three-day early bird passes are now available for $25.
The festival is family- and dog-friendly and free to children under 12. Itll have a splash pad and a playground.
Check out LEOs photos of Poorcastle 2022.
This article appears in March 1, 2023.
