Mutations Festival 2026, Brighton ⬣ FAT DOG ⬣ MIKE D 5D (Beastie Boys) ⬣ and many more
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Returning for its eighth edition on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October 2026, Mutations Festival announces its first two headliners!
FAT DOG
The undefinable, undeniable, raucous FAT DOG return to Brighton after a period of calm, with renewed ferocity, new members and new music. The band, with chief rabble rouser Joe Love at the eye of the storm and now expanded to a seven piece, will be bringing their riotous live experience back to Mutations Festival but this time in their rightful places as Friday headliners!
MIKE D 5D (Beastie Boys)
Mike Diamond, aka MIKE D, needs very little introduction. As one third of the Beastie Boys, Mike D, along with Adam Yauch (MCA), and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), re-defined the genre of Hip-Hop, becoming one of the most successful groups of all time.
The group went on to have a multi- record, multi-platinum and multi-decade career, winning numerous Grammys and being inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Mike D's Saturday night headline performance at Mutations Festival will mark his first show in Brighton since the infamous Beastie Boys performance with Run-DMC in May 1987.
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With a full line-up of over 90 of the most exciting international breakthrough and established artists, all to be announced in the coming weeks, in addition to Fat Dog and Mike D, the 2026 edition of Mutations Festival is promising to be the most ambitious and exciting edition yet!
Renowned for consistently showcasing ‘the next big thing’, from CMAT, Yard Act and Sprints in 2021; to The Last Dinner Party, Wunderhorse and Fat Dog in 2022; English Teacher, Antony Szmierek and Paris Paloma in 2023; Kneecap, Arooj Aftab, and Adult DVD in 2024; to Keo, and Big Special in 2025; Mutations Festival 2026 will be no exception.
Mutations Festival is a multi-venue, single wristband event. Your ticket gains you access to all venues (subject to individual venue capacities).
Mutations Festival takes place across 9 of Brighton’s most beloved Grassroots Music Venues: Chalk ⬣Patterns ⬣ Revenge ⬣ The Hope and Ruin ⬣ Green Door Store ⬣ Dust ⬣ The Prince Albert ⬣ Folklore Rooms ⬣ Alphabet
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MIKE D 5D (Beastie Boys) ⬣ FAT DOG ⬣ DOVE ELLIS ⬣ SQUID ⬣ PANIC SHACK ⬣ WORKING MEN’S CLUB ⬣ BDRMM ⬣ UNKLE SOUNDS ⬣ ALEX CAMERON ⬣ BASHT. ⬣ LIP CRITIC ⬣ INSECURE MEN ⬣ THE WAVE PICTURES ⬣ THE BESNARD LAKES ⬣ BED ⬣ LAUREN AUDER ⬣ TTSSFU ⬣ LITTLE GRANDAD ⬣ THE NORTH ⬣ MURKAGE DAVE ⬣ and many, many more 🔥
FAT DOG
The undefinable, undeniable, raucous FAT DOG return to Brighton after a period of calm, with renewed ferocity, new members and new music. The band, with chief rabble rouser Joe Love at the eye of the storm and now expanded to a seven piece, will be bringing their riotous live experience back to Mutations Festival but this time in their rightful places as Friday headliners!
MIKE D 5D (Beastie Boys)
Mike Diamond, aka MIKE D, needs very little introduction. As one third of the Beastie Boys, Mike D, along with Adam Yauch (MCA), and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), re-defined the genre of Hip-Hop, becoming one of the most successful groups of all time.
The group went on to have a multi- record, multi-platinum and multi-decade career, winning numerous Grammys and being inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
Mike D's Saturday night headline performance at Mutations Festival will mark his first show in Brighton since the infamous Beastie Boys performance with Run-DMC in May 1987.
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With a full line-up of over 90 of the most exciting international breakthrough and established artists, all to be announced in the coming weeks, in addition to Fat Dog and Mike D, the 2026 edition of Mutations Festival is promising to be the most ambitious and exciting edition yet!
Renowned for consistently showcasing ‘the next big thing’, from CMAT, Yard Act and Sprints in 2021; to The Last Dinner Party, Wunderhorse and Fat Dog in 2022; English Teacher, Antony Szmierek and Paris Paloma in 2023; Kneecap, Arooj Aftab, and Adult DVD in 2024; to Keo, and Big Special in 2025; Mutations Festival 2026 will be no exception.
Mutations Festival is a multi-venue, single wristband event. Your ticket gains you access to all venues (subject to individual venue capacities).
Mutations Festival takes place across 9 of Brighton’s most beloved Grassroots Music Venues: Chalk ⬣Patterns ⬣ Revenge ⬣ The Hope and Ruin ⬣ Green Door Store ⬣ Dust ⬣ The Prince Albert ⬣ Folklore Rooms ⬣ Alphabet
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MIKE D 5D (Beastie Boys) ⬣ FAT DOG ⬣ DOVE ELLIS ⬣ SQUID ⬣ PANIC SHACK ⬣ WORKING MEN’S CLUB ⬣ BDRMM ⬣ UNKLE SOUNDS ⬣ ALEX CAMERON ⬣ BASHT. ⬣ LIP CRITIC ⬣ INSECURE MEN ⬣ THE WAVE PICTURES ⬣ THE BESNARD LAKES ⬣ BED ⬣ LAUREN AUDER ⬣ TTSSFU ⬣ LITTLE GRANDAD ⬣ THE NORTH ⬣ MURKAGE DAVE ⬣ and many, many more 🔥
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Chalk Venue Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
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