BRITs Week is returning for 2026 with its biggest geographical spread yet, taking a run of intimate one-off shows beyond London and into venues across Newcastle, London, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Brighton and Manchester.
The series supports War Child and runs around this year’s BRIT Awards, which move to Manchester for the first time on 28 February.
Fatboy Slim opens the programme at Newcastle’s Boiler Shop on 12 February, followed by Lambrini Girls at The Garage in London on 16 February. Myles Smith, Jack Savoretti, Katherine Jenkins, kwn, Josh Baker, Rossi. and Jacob Alon are also among the initial announced artists.
Big names, smaller rooms
There is an obvious attraction in seeing established artists without an arena-sized gap between stage and audience, but the venues themselves matter too. Small and independent rooms are part of the infrastructure that creates future headliners.
BRITs Week connects those two ends of live music: artists with national profiles returning to smaller spaces while the shows raise money for children affected by conflict.
For 2026, that feels particularly appropriate. The BRITs may be moving into Co-op Live at the end of the month, but some of the most interesting activity around the awards is happening in rooms a fraction of its size.
