Humber Street Sesh headliners announced
MAIN STAGE HEADLINERS: The Howl and The Hum
By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor
York indie band The Howl and The Hum have been announced as the headline act of this summer’s Humber Street Sesh.
Alt-indie outfit Divorce, from Nottingham, post-punk five-piece DEAFDEAFDEAF, from Manchester, and Avalanche Party, a critically-acclaimed garage-punk band from the North Yorkshire Moors, are also on the bill as the festival spreads its wings to include more emerging talent from across the country.
They are among more than 100 acts set to perform at the one-day event at Hull Marina on Saturday, August 2, for what will be the 13th iteration of the award-winning annual festival.
Festival artistic director Mark Page said: “Whilst we want to maintain the festival’s community feel and will always showcase the best regional emerging artists; we’ve shifted the balance to include more UK industry bands in the line-up this year.
“This’ll be beneficial on all levels – it will help inspire the local music scene; help us reach new audiences and stimulate music tourism to the city; ultimately helping our ambition to establish Humber Street Sesh as a recognised UK festival.”
AVALANCHE PARTY: Appearing on the Hull Trains Dead Bod Stage
Hull Trains, long-term festival partner and sponsor of the Dead Bod Stage, has again pledged support with an offer of free travel for festival goers to boost music tourism to the city. The details will be released soon.
Councillor Rob Pritchard, portfolio holder for culture and leisure at Hull City Council, said the festival’s 2025 programme and the event itself would support Hull in its next bid to become a UNESCO Creative City of Music.
He said: “Humber Street Sesh is a significant date in Hull’s event calendar, with this year’s line-up shaping up to be the best yet.
“As we move forward and look to our next bid to UNESCO, its events like Sesh that really help to elevate the city and ensure we are firmly on the UK music scene map.”
More information about the line-up is available here.