Following the success of 2025, we are excited to announce the collaboration between BBC Introducing and Faber Alt. is returning to the Lavish Lounge for another year.
Faber Alt. is an independent music publisher and division of Faber Music, who represent artists such as Alfa Mist and Antony Szmierek. They return to again team up with BBC Introducing and the Lavish team to co-curate another exciting programme in the festival’s Lavish Lounge, bringing with them an unmissable weekend of live performance, innovation, and discovery.
They are thrilled to announce the first two artists who will grace the stage this year…
Mesadorm return to the scene with their upbeat, genre-bending art rock/dream pop. The band is a collaborative project between Blythe Pepino (Vaults, The John Martyn Project), Aaron Zahl (Chairfight!), Daisy Palmer (Paloma Faith, Goldfrapp), Jo Silverston (The Unthanks, Frank Turner) and David Johnston (ZunZun Egui, Phil King). Their long-shared history shaped by friendship, love, rupture and reunion gives the band an intuitive chemistry, unfolding live as performances that feel both grounded and transportive.
Electronic producer and DJ MAFRO will appear for a late-night set. A rising force in the electronic world, MAFRO has had releases championed by the likes of Pete Tong and Clare Amfo, as well as being involved in the Grammy-nominated ‘Let You Go’ by Diplo. He is known for his club euphoria, crafting emotion with melodic electronic landscapes, and he has also graced major festivals such as Field Day, Lost Village and Pitchfork Music Festival Paris.
