Generation NeXt Festival + The Afterparty
Schedule
Sun, 05 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
170 East Road, Cambridge | Cambridge, EN
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GENERATION NeXT FESTIVAL – FIRST EVER EDITIONCelebrating the future of live music since 2015
14+ when accompanied by an adult 12PM - 9PM
Generation NeXt has been giving a platform to the best emerging talent from across the UK for over a decade — curating unforgettable shows at venues across the South East.
Now… we launch our first ever Generation NeXt Festival.
This is the next chapter. Bigger energy. Bigger artists. Bigger party and everyone is welcome
FIRST LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT
DirtyGear ( Cambridge / London )
is a punk/alt rock band whose sets hold high energy carnage and powerful songs, to spread there messages and views on todays world and personal experience's that the youth of today can relate to. If the Strokes and The ramones made music together it would sound like this.n
JW Paris
JW Paris are a 90s grunge / Britpop-inspired three-piece. Drawing from the Madchester spirit of The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, fused with modern heavyweights Kasabian, QOTSA, Fontaines D.C. and Wunderhorse.
Described as sounding like “Joy Division — where gritty meets swaggery” by Chris Hawkins (6 Music) and delivering “face-melting riffs” by Jack Saunders (Radio 1).
The Mandrills ( Blackpool)
THE most exciting band to come out of Blackpool in a very very long time, Tipped for greatness and one of the most talked about young bands on the grassroots circuit in the UK today, THIS BAND WILL BE and household name ..
RIVIA (Liverpool)
RIVIA are a 4-piece pop-punk / alt-rock band blending the high-energy nostalgia of early 2000s pop-punk with a fresh modern edge. Infectious hooks, driving guitars and explosive live shows have earned them a fast-growing national fanbase — one of the UK’s true bands to watch.
Beth Eliza ( Cambridge / Suffolk )
"Beth Eliza is a Suffolk-born, Oxfordshire-based singer-songwriter blending folk, pop and country influences. With clear, expressive vocals and a strong command of guitar and piano, her music balances warmth and vulnerability with understated strength, letting the songs speak for themselves
Silent Rogues ( Cambridge)
Infectious rhythms. Mercurial guitars. Driving bass grooves. Euphoric synth and vocals. Silent Rogues are a fresh four-piece band from Cambridgeshire playing exciting new music that gets audiences moving. Drawing on influences like Primal Scream, Django Django, Duran Duran, Kasabian, Tears for Fears and Jungle, Silent Rogues fuse driving indie grooves with a bouncy nod to an electro-pop past
Pieces ( Cambridge )
British / Indie Punk making waves on the Cambridge and South East scene
+ Loads more acts to be announced soon…
AFTER DARK AFTERPARTY 18+
9PM – 2AM | When the lights go down… we party.
ILLAMAN ( Pengshui) & SUMGii – LIVE
ILLAMAN ( London)
Veteran mic man who’s toured with Goldie, MistaJam, Flux Pavilion, Skream, DJ EZ, Danny Byrd and many more. Former collaborator with Foreign Beggars and member of Problem Child. Now fronting genre-smashing Grime / Punk / Metal band Pengshui — Illaman is a relentless live force and true underground heavyweight.
SUMGii ( London)
London-based producer, DJ and label head. A cornerstone of the UK underground with roots in Jungle, Garage and Broken Beat, now pushing experimental Hip-Hop and Bass music for nearly two decades. A vital innovator shaping the next wave of sound.
DOTZ – LIVE ( Hertfordshire)
UKHH Legend who has collaborations alongside Chester P, Blak Twang and Klashnekoff. Battle rap legend with millions of views across Jump Off and Don’t Flop. After returning in 2022, Dotz has dropped three solo albums and a run of new releases including “Mirtazapine Dreams” with DJ Goblin. DOTZ IS BACK and you can feel something incredible is happening
DJs:
Knash-vile B2B Bop City + Special Guests
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Where is it happening?
170 East Road, Cambridge, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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