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Phuzz Phest | April 9–11, 2026
40+ bands at 10+ venues across Winston-Salem
Music Festival • Record Label • Culture Conduit

Phuzz returns to venues across downtown Winston-Salem for the first time in a decade this April 9–11. Learn more at http://phuzzphest.com/

Festival alumni include Neon Indian, Chairlift, Thee Oh Sees, White Denim, Yuck, No Age, Boulevards, Sunflower Bean, Blackbird Blackbird, White Fence, Ex Hex, Protomartyr, Lera Lynn, Hamilton Leithauser, Trans Am, Hiss Golden Messenger, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Natalie Prass, Mac McCaughan, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Futurebirds, William Tyler, Diarrhea Planet, T0W3RS, The Tills & many more.

10/03/2026

It’s that time again 📡 The October 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃 has landed with a spooky good rundown of events, including a heady weekly jazz residency, physical media fair and film screening, ghoulish dance parties, and more.

The 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃 offers a discerning look at the month ahead with concerts and happenings for the aura and aurally-inclined in Winston-Salem and beyond. See the full events list: https://www.phuzzphest.com/phorecast

10/01/2026

Back from the void 🔊 Phuzz Phest, Winston-Salem’s independent music festival, returned this April for the first time in a decade. The festival brought 50 musical acts to a dozen venues across downtown Winston-Salem, with mesmerizing and genre-bending performances spanning rock, pop, folk, electronic, jazz, soul, and more.

Relive a few of the festival’s fuzzy moments courtesy of video by Dark Water Creatives and a soundtrack by Real Companion, and keep your eyes peeled for more news soon...

For the first time in a decade, Phuzz Phest Music Festival returned...

09/29/2026

Congrats to Phuzz Phest 2026 alum FRANKIE ROSE on the release of her new stellar new record ‘HILA’ via Born Losers Records! 🎊 Snag the album on vinyl at a record store near you.

“Creatively fueled by a recent tour with The Jesus and Mary Chain and the electro-industrial pulses of Skinny Puppy, the album also sees Rose working through various stages of grief, coping with the void left by loved ones, and—in her own words—“realizing my own limitations as a dumb, three-dimensional creature.” Although such morbid subject matter pairs well with those sonic influences, she also shares that HILA’s brighter synth lining takes cues from Vangelis and Tangerine Dream’s scores from the mid-’80s, as well as Julee Cruise’s collaborations with David Lynch on the unexpectedly uplifting closer.” - FLOOD Magazine

📸 Artist portraits by Terry Suave

09/24/2026

Tomorrow 👀 Join us for PHUZZ PHEST presents DROOK, Kevin Beck & Wrist at Fair Witness! Save a few bucks and get tickets in advance: https://app.promotix.com/events/details/PHUZZ-PHEST-presents-DROOK---more----tickets

09/10/2026

Have tix yet? 🎟️ Join us Friday, Sept. 25 for PHUZZ PHEST presents DROOK, Kevin Beck & Wrist at Fair Witness! Save a few bucks when you get tickets in advance...

Drook - "Untitled" | A Do512 Lounge SessionRecorded live in Austin...

09/03/2026

The September 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃 is here! 📡 This month, catch a free outdoor show from the UK’s legendary Channel One Sound, no bs folk storytelling from Dear Life Records, post-punk at the weirdest bar in North Carolina, and much more.

The 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃 offers a discerning look at the month ahead with concerts and happenings for the aura and aurally-inclined in Winston-Salem and beyond.

Check out the full calendar: https://phuzzphest.com/phorecast

08/26/2026

HEADS UP 📡 Phuzz Phest presents Drook live at Fair Witness on Friday, Sept. 25 for the final stop of their Europe/Southeast USA tour! Local favorites and festival alums Kevin Beck and Wrist will open the show. Save a few bucks and get tickets in advance:
https://app.promotix.com/events/details/PHUZZ-PHEST-presents-DROOK---more----tickets

Drook's debut LP, "The Pure Joy of Jumping," stands as a testament to the lofty ambitions of the Richmond, Virginia-based group and their ever-spinning wheelhouse of interests and tastes. Underscored by an earnest sense of humor and pointed self-evaluation, "Jumping" plays out over 11 songs driven by frenetic rhythms, blissed-out guitars, and colorful synth arrangements. It's an aggregation of self-expression with a limitless approach to form.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Kevin Beck often appears across the North Carolina scene as a sideman, however, the Winston-Salem born artist has been steadily building and refining a body of work that spans genres and idioms.

Winston-Salem based duo Wrist uses synths, vox, loops, samples and drums to build their sound, dancing somewhere between dream pop and experimentalism.

Follow along PHUZZ PHEST presents DROOK, Kevin Beck & Wrist

08/18/2026

If you missed them at Phuzz Phest in April, here's good news: fest alumni and local favorites WRIST and KEVIN BECK have joined the bill with DROOK on Friday, Sept. 25 at Fair Witness!

Get tix in advance:
https://app.promotix.com/events/details/PHUZZ-PHEST-presents-DROOK---more----tickets

08/16/2026

Richmond, VA indie act Drook plays Fair Witness on Friday, Sept. 25 with Winston's own electronic duo Wrist! Do you have tix yet? 👀

Save a few bucks when you get tickets in advance:
https://app.promotix.com/events/details/PHUZZ-PHEST-presents-DROOK---more----tickets

Learn more:
PHUZZ PHEST presents DROOK & WRIST

Drook - She / SoapWritten / Directed / Edited by DrookCinematogra...

08/10/2026

TIX ON SALE NOW 👀 Save a few bucks when you get tickets in advance for PHUZZ PHEST presents DROOK & more... live at Fair Witness on Friday, Sept. 25!

🎟️: https://app.promotix.com/events/details/PHUZZ-PHEST-presents-DROOK---more----tickets

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