By Isle of Wight Observer
More exciting acts have been announced for this year’s IW Festival. That Peter Couch Podcast Live, The Waeve, Noahfinnce and Beth McCarthy join the bill for the historic Island event which takes place from June 20 to 23. Tickets are on sale now via iw.observer/iwfestivaltickets.
That Peter Couch Podcast team will take to the Big Top stage on Thursday night for a special live edition of the hit podcast. With the festival taking place in the middle of the Euro 2024s, the UK’s most listened to sports podcast will bring football banter, insightful discussions and banging tunes to the festival, led by host Peter Couch.
Opening the Big Top stage on Sunday is British folk band The Waeve, a brand new project from Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, joined by his partner Rose Elinor Dougall. Also performing at the Big Top on Sunday is Noahfinnce, with his hig-octance pop-punk tunes perfect for a Sunday festival performance. Beth McCarthy, a London based multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter will also join the bill, opening the Big Top on Saturday.
Festivalgoers have also started planning their costumes as the festival’s 2024 theme was revealed as ‘Summer Solstice’. Flower crowns, fairy wings, midsummer folklore and more will adorn those on site who, as is the festival’s tradition, will gather in Strawberry Fields at 2pm on Saturday for their chance to be crowned best dressed.
Beyond the main stages, the Festival is bringing back Cirque de la Quirk, Down by the River, Electro Love, Field of Dreams, Hipshaker Lounge, Intoxicated Tea Rooms, Kashmir Café, Kidzone, Octopus’ Garden, Platform One Stage and This Feeling! to the event.
They newly-announced acts join headliners including legendary English electronic group The Prodigy on Friday, Pet Shop Boys on the Main Stage on Saturday night, and American rock heroes and one of the world’s biggest-selling artists Green Day, who will close the festival’s Main Stage on Sunday night in a UK festival exclusive.
