Thu 27 Aug 2026
Other Information
All Ages | Live Show: Standing | Podcast + Acoustic: Seated
Price*
Main Show: £6* (£5* concession) | Podcast + Acoustic + Main Show: £7.50* (£6 concession)
Time
6:00pm for Podcast + Acoustic Show | 7:30pm Main Show
The BBC Introducing South West Showcase returns to Exeter Phoenix, bringing you the best in unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, curated and hosted by Daniel Pascoe.
FEATURING
HAYTOR
COSM
CHARLIE NOORDWEWIER
ESSY SPARROW
PODCAST RECORDING + LIVE ACOUSTIC SET FROM TORS | Doors: 6pm | Event Starts: 6:30pm | Studio 1
Join us before the show for a live BBC Introducing podcast recording, featuring an acoustic set from our 2024 Showcase headliner, Tors.
To Book: Add Live Show tickets to your cart, then if they are still available – the podcast + live acoustic show tickets will appear as a supplementary event for a +£1.50 upgrade.
[Tickets are strictly limited – act fast!]
Hailing from the Southwest UK, Haytor are a four-piece indie-rock band made up of Austin Robison, Jonny Lewis, Will Smith and Cal Verney. 2025 saw them pick up heavy momentum with their single “Be Somebody”, picking up numerous festival slots and regular airplay on BBC Introducing.
With a reputation for energetic, charismatic live shows — the kind where the crowd is as much part of the noise as the band, Haytor deliver a balance of big hooks and tight performances, ensuring that every show feels like a shared moment, loud, lively, and impossible to ignore.
Not quite psych, and not quite shoegaze, COSM is the real life dream child of Ace Cheddington, Drum Extraordinaire, and some other folks he knocks about with.
Growing up on the edge of Dartmoor, UK, Charlie’s musical journey started at local jam nights with his grandad, who opened the door to a mix of folk, blues and soul that still runs through his sound today. By his teens he was playing in bands around the South West, and from the age of 17 started touring round the UK and Europe. A little over a year ago, Charlie stepped out on his own, hitting the road in his van on days off to play shows and reconnect with what first pulled him into music. His lyricism is honest and unfiltered, shaped by the music he grew up on and the landscape of rural South West England. Since releasing his debut single ‘Moonlight Hotel’ in May 2025, he’s spent much of his time between the road and the studio. Driving solo, sleeping in his trusty Ford Transit and steadily shaping a sound that’s fully his. His debut EP ‘Joy and Despair’ was written, recorded and self-produced in Cornwall, marking the start of a more defined creative direction. It captures the intimacy, honesty and raw emotion at the heart of his writing.
Essy Sparrow is a multi-disciplinary artist and songwriter creating gossip-filled nostalgic indie folk from her coastal studio in Cornwall. Her 2024 debut EP “Still Upset About It Actually”produced by Jemima Coulter (Hailaker) sparked TikTok virality, with her track “Artists Dreamers” reaching over 2m views. In 2025 she played Boardmasters with BBC Introducing, supported Tors and Semler, joined Lily Lyons in opening for The Staves and sold out her 200-cap London headline at St Mary with All Souls. This year sees a near sold-out UK tour, a slot at Great Escape, and the rollout of her sophomore EP “Gossip from a Coastal Town” rooted in her whimsical, coastal life in Cornwall.
Already amassing 1 million views across Instagram and TikTok, the debut single “Weddings and Funerals” produced by CJ Pandit scored Essy BBC Introducing’s Track of the Week in the South West + a spot cohosting the show alongside Daniel Pascoe. The project is a gossip-filled indie folk time capsule, weaving in sounds from a live local sea shanty band, a pirate ghost tour guide playing the accordion and live ocean sounds from Cornwall into her whimsical, fun and slightly bittersweet storytelling.
