FOCUS Wales 2023: International Showcase Festival

Awarded ‘Best Festival for Emerging Talent’ UK Festival Awards
‘FOCUS Wales is a great festival’ BBC Radio 6 Music
‘One of the UK’s best festivals – showcase or otherwise’ Gigwise
‘FOCUS Wales is a showcase festival to rival the best’ God Is In The TV

FOCUS Wales is back and will take place over 4th–6th May 2023!

FOCUS Wales is an international multi-venue showcase festival taking place in Wrexham, North Wales, which places the music industry spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer the world, alongside a selection of the best new acts from across the globe. FOCUS Wales 2023 will mark the festival's 12th edition, and will welcome over 20,000 people to the town, building upon 2022′s record attendance across a jam-packed weekend of events. There's no place like Wrexham during FOCUS Wales, as we showcase 250+ artists, fill out a variety of spaces and music venues, using 20 stages, and hosting a full schedule of interactive industry sessions, arts events, and film screenings, throughout the festival. Find more info at focuswales.com

Previous FOCUS Wales performers include: Kelly Lee Owens | Echo & The Bunnymen | Self Esteem | Public Service Broadcasting | Richard Hawley | Goat Girl | Balimaya Project | This Is The Kit | Bob Vylan | Stealing Sheep | Tim Burgess | Gwenno | Gaz Coombes | Neck Deep | Pip Blom | Crawlers | Sea Power | Boy Azooga | BC Camplight | Bill Ryder-Jones | The Joy Formidable | Michael Rother (NEU! / Harmonia / Kraftwerk) | Stella Donnelly | Gruff Rhys | Snapped Ankles | Bo Ningen | Euros Childs | Kate Rusby | The Trials of Cato | Catrin Finch | Jane Weaver | Cate Le Bon | HENGE | The Magic Numbers | Damo Suzuki (CAN) | Charlotte Church | 9Bach | Skindred | Don Letts | The Membranes | Georgia Ruth | The Lovely Eggs | A Guy Called Gerald + more!