Synthrave Live launches in Sheffield with Volume 1 on 14 November 2026
Synthrave Live launches its first synthwave festival at Corporation in Sheffield on 14 November 2026, with Waveshaper, LeBrock, Wolfclub and more.
Synthrave Live, a new synthwave festival, makes its debut at Corporation in Sheffield on Saturday 14 November 2026. The first edition, billed as Volume 1, runs from 13:00 to 22:30, is open to ages 14 and over, and has tickets on sale now.
The announced line-up is Waveshaper, LeBrock, Wolfclub, New Arcades, Nightstop, Skyracer, Ace Buchannon and 80’s Stallone, with more acts to be confirmed, spanning outrun, synth-pop and synth-rock; the day also features DJ sets, retro arcade machines and vendors. The festival takes place at Corporation, 2 Milton Street, Sheffield S1 4JU, with doors at 13:00, and tickets are available through the Synthrave Live (Volume 1) event page.
Synthrave Live grew out of Synthrave, a project founded by Shaun Phillips of the British synthwave duo LeBrock. It began during the COVID pandemic as a weekly online DJ set tied to a mental-health awareness initiative, then expanded into a live event organised by Phillips with Dan Fox and Connor McGovern, built around the music, films and games of 1980s and retro-futurist culture.
About Synthrave Live
Synthrave Live is a synthwave festival staged in Sheffield, England, with its first edition set for 14 November 2026 at the Corporation venue. It developed from the Synthrave online DJ series started by LeBrock’s Shaun Phillips during the pandemic and now presents live performances, DJs and retro-themed activities under one roof, with a debut bill that includes Waveshaper, LeBrock, Wolfclub, New Arcades and Nightstop.
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