State of Satta

Saturday | Big Top ~ 20:00 – 21:00

State of Satta is a dynamic 7-piece Reggae band known for their energetic and triumphant sound, featuring multi-lingual melodies. Since forming, they’ve taken the UK by storm with extensive tours and sold-out shows, sharing stages with industry giants like Dub Pistols, Madness, and The Wailers. With a sound that resonates across cultures and an eye on the international stage, State of Satta is a thrilling act and definitely one to watch!

Fox Trap

Saturday | Big Top ~ 18:30 – 19:30

FOXTRAP are an enticing recipe of Electronica, Neo-Folk, Techno and a large dash of soaring, hypnotic female vocals. Their live shows take you on a winding journey, from ambient and smooth, to soaring ecstasy, to high energy infectious synth beats, pulsing bass and explosive crescendos. This is amplified by entrancing live visuals that engulf your senses and lull you into a trance.

Steel Foxes

Saturday | Big Top ~ 17:00 – 18:00

Fun, funky and ‘foxy’, this local Lakes band are fast earning a reputation for their killer live show. Somewhere between Ska, Jazz, Funk and Indie, this unique band brings a mixture of original songs and exciting twists on party classics that are sure to get you dancing: Crowd participation is a must with the Foxes, their vocal harmonies, virtuoso basslines, smooth sax, explosive piano, and face-melting guitar lines will have you moving, grooving and shouting for more.

Delagrave

Saturday | Big Top ~ 15:30 – 16:30

Delagrave have gone from strength to strength over the past few years, their music drawing on a diverse range of musical influences including Etta James, Tame Impala, Alt-j, and Pink Floyd. They have played at Kendal Calling 2018 alongside Hacienda Classical, The Libertines and appeared on the BBC Introducing stage at This is Tomorrow Festival in Newcastle alongside Stereophonics and Lewis Capaldi.

Cassette Baby

Friday | Big Top ~ 15:30 – 16:30

Cassette Baby are a three piece original band who have built a following combining a mixture of 1960’s and 1970’s guitar influences with percussive sounds influenced from around the world. Stir in some unique cover versions of old classics from a bygone era and mix it all together!

Bossyking

Friday | Big Top ~ 17:00 – 18:00

Bossyking are a rising nu-disco, electronic duo known for powerful female vocals and electrifying beats. Expect dirty basslines, soaring vocals, intricate guitar synths and glossy beats. Fierce, danceable and enigmatic.

The Northern Threads

Friday | Big Top ~ 18:30 – 19:30

The Northern Threads are a young 4-piece Indie Rock ‘n’ Roll band with a gravel-through-honey style sound. With headline shows in Glasgow, London and everywhere in between, the band’s debut UK tour finished alongside a whole load of festival appearances including headlining a stage at Kendal Calling.

Thieving Magpies

Friday | Big Top ~ 20:00 – 21:00

“Rock, Rhythm and Blues with a degree of reggae-fixation…”
The Thieving Magpies are putting their own spin on hits from down the decades and a whole lot of jamming in the spur of the moment. The Magpies have had an incredible year with nearly 200 gigs in this calendar year. Expect to enjoy The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dylan, Marley, Hendrix and many more.

J Lewis

Friday | Bandstand ~ 12:30 – 13:30

Lake-district born and bred: The mountains and lakes of the land can be credited as inspiration for the fingerstyle songwriting of this undiscovered solo performer. Poetry combines with beautiful guitar,  a unique flair and more unique vocal to produce a truly moving set of songs and some stand-out covers of famous tunes.

Joel Gardner

Friday | Bandstand ~ 14:00 – 15:00

With one hand placed firmly in Pop, Rock and Groove and the other in Trad, Roots and Folk, Joel’s music is built on infectious melodies, introspective lyrics and intricate guitar playing. His songwriting style and sound is often compared to the likes of Paul Simon and Frank Turner while drawing on influences from guitar virtuosos such as Andy McKee, John Gomm and John Butler.

Bailey Moore

Friday | Bandstand ~ 15:30

Bailey Moore is a 19 year old singer songwriter. Growing up in a Lake District B&B he’s used his experiences to develop a unique style of character songwriting. With passion and energy Bailey Moore promises to deliver an unforgettable set of danceable punk fuelled rock.

Clara Pople

Friday | Bandstand ~ 17:00 – 18:00

Clara Pople is a soul/trip hop looper blending influences as vast as early trip hop, electronica and folk. Clara uses a vocal looper to create densely layered harmonic backing and draws on her choral and gospel background. Using just her voice, Clara creates dark bass lines, syncopated beatboxing rhythms and 6-part harmonies.

J P Worsfold

Saturday | Bandstand ~ 12:30 – 13:30

J P Worsfold is a writer of emotional contemplative contemporary folk songs that speak of connection, joy and belonging. With a subtle blend of rich vocal harmony, sweeping string arrangements alongside heartfelt piano and guitar, these are songs that evoke life’s deeper meaning, inspire connection within ourselves and the natural space around us.

Hang Dimension

Saturday | Bandstand ~ 14:00 – 15:00

Hang Dimension is an ethereal cyber folk solo act, using the Swiss hang drum , along with looping and other percussion instruments.

Ewan Scarlett

Saturday | Bandstand ~ 15:30 – 16:30

Ewan Scarlett plays country, folk, blues influenced tunes whilst also taking lyrical inspiration from his home in the Lake District. Ewan comes from a grunge & indie lineage, but gained favour with the indie folk scene in the late noughties.

Warren Ireland

Saturday | Bandstand ~ 17:00

Nottinghamshires’ best looping act. Warren Ireland combines intricate guitar playing, electrifying vocals and rhythmic beatbox to deliver an energetic set from start to finish. 
A regular performer of the UK’s grass roots circuit and music scene, having headlined Here For The Music, Codfest, and Gig in a Field. Guaranteed to have people moving from the very first beat to the last lyric. A must see.

Stoney Broke

Sunday | Bandstand ~ 16:00 – 17:00

Combining evocative songwriting with a live show full of loop, stomp, and swagger, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Stoney Broke hasperformed at Venues, and Festivals, across the UK to critical acclaim.

Chloe Jane Hirst

Sunday | Bandstand ~ 14:30 – 15:30

Chloe is an ambitious Singer-Songwriter walking the line of controversy, merging metaphors with raw emotion. Her looping station shows off her multi-Instrumentalist talents, elevating her live performances with haunting harmonies and a unique fuller sound that is rarely found in solo acts. Inspiring her writing is Chloe’s deep connection to the natural & spiritual worlds, creating a final product that shares qualities with 1960s Protest Songs, Contemporary Folk Music & Musical Theatre.