New International Music Festival in the historic city of Canterbury
Shadowlands is a brand new boutique international music festival that will take place across four days at the beginning of July 2027 in the historic city of Canterbury in south-east England.
Focusing on alternative, electronic, avant-garde and experimental artists, names already confirmed to perform include Foetus, Lustmord, Test Dept, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Regis (feat. Liam Andrews), Clock DVA, The Wolfgang Press, Githead, hackedepicciotto, People Like Us, Portion Control, :Zoviet*France: and more.
Further acts will be announced in August.
Led by the legendary JG Thirlwell, Foetus will perform as a 20 piece chamber orchestra in what is a European exclusive, playing material from the 2026 album ‘HALT’ and classic earlier work. It will be Thirlwell’s first UK appearance as Foetus for over 25 years and only the second time this music has been presented in a large orchestral format. Similarly, Lustmord will perform in the UK for the first time in two decades, while Githead (Colin Newman of Wire, Malka Spiegel of Minimal Compact and Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner) are reuniting after a 13 year hiatus.
In addition to live sets, Shadowlands will feature panel discussions, Q&As and a film programme across three performance spaces at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre situated within the University of Kent campus in the city.
For more info visit shadowlandsfestival.co.uk
