FOCUS Wales 2026 The Rockin' Chair Room 1

The Rockin’ Chair, 17 Hill Street, Wrexham LL11 1SN, 14+

Painkiller

Painkiller is the new project of Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard frontman Tom Rees, featuring Eddie Rees on bass and Ellie Strong......

Bitterfly (SK, Canada)

BITTERFLY IS A FIVE-PIECE ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND FROM SASKATOON, SK, BLENDING INTRICATE INSTRUMENTATION AND HEAVY RHYTHMS WITH A DREAMY, PROGRESSIVE......

Wah Wah Wah (South Korea)

Wah Wah Wah is a four-piece psychedelic rock powerhouse from Seoul, featuring members from South Korea’s most influential indie acts......

Two Man Giant Squid (USA)

A post-punk band out of Brooklyn NY, Two-Man Giant Squid has earned acclaim in the New York City underground for......

Manilla Times

Manilla Times – as heard on BBC Radio 1 – are rising indie rockers known for their infectious anthems and......

Holy Coves

Welsh Awen Rock band Holy Coves return to Wrexham after their sold out show in December 2025, to play Wrexham’s......

Slow Life

Slow life are an alt rock band from Wrexham via London. Since forming in 2024, the band has crafted a......

HMS Morris

‘HMS Morris gracefully cast a spell made of warm synths and a pulsing back-beat that feels anthemic’ GET IN HER......

Gallops

‘Gallops have produced a micro-conceptual masterclass, the sum of its gothic-tinged parts melding exquisitely in dense and fuzz-laden sections that......

this or suburbia

this or suburbia formed in Wrexham in early 2025, after the opportunity to play a headline show at the jacaranda......

YARD (Ireland)

‘The 3-piece band balance between electro-noise and techno sensibilities, creating an edgy, subversive listen.’ CLASH Magazine ‘To be grabbed from......

Mechanical Owl

Mechanical Owl is the project of Welsh musician Mike Payne, which started life in Leeds in the late 2000s as......

Deerhoof (USA)

‘No-wave krunch meets mutant disco shuffle meets snippets of global radness.’ NME ‘Clamorous noise and freak-out rifferama.’ MOJO Magazine ‘…a......

Moonchild Sanelly (South Africa)

‘Hustle, energy and smut aplenty. 5/5’ The Guardian ‘…a pioneer of her own style… “future ghetto funk”.’ CLASH Magazine Following......

Half Happy

Shooting up through Cardiff’s flourishing music scene is Half Happy. The four-piece bounce around the walls of dream-pop, indie-rock and......

The Bug Club

‘The Bug Club serve up typically rambunctious fun. It’s silliness done seriously, culminating in ‘Quality Pints’‘ CLASH Magazine ‘Wales’ weirdest, most......

GWENNO

‘Enchanting, cosmopolitan electropop anthems.’ Rolling Stone ‘Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia’ The Line of Best Fit ‘…a musical springboard......

Ynys

‘…an absolute blast, overflowing with energy, joie de vivre and timeless glamour.’ CLASH Magazine Ynys (Welsh for “Island”) is the......