LIVE MUSIC AT THE FESTIVAL

Our music stage director is Pat Sweeney, supported by Jez. Sound engineer Andy Bantock

FESTIVAL OPEN 3-5 JULY 2026
Friday, 2pm-10pm
Saturday, 10am-10pm
Sunday, 11am-5pm

LIVE MUSIC STAGE - 2026

LIVE MUSIC friday - saturday - sunday

2026 LIVE MUSIC STAGE

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LIST OF BANDS on the stage

FRIDAY
Festival starts at 2pm with Sound Engineer's Choice
Live music starts at 5pm
5pm-6.15pm LIAM SMITH. Singer, pop covers, guitarist
6.45pm-8pm IAN ROLAND BAND. Roots Pop Modern Vintage
8.30pm-10pm FIT 2 FUNK. Get ready to groove with Fit 2 Funk. This dynamic five-piece, female-fronted group brings high-energy performances packed with the greatest soul, funk, Motown, and pop classics - including Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Incognito Chic and Rose Royce. They also give the Fit2Funk treatment to current performers such as Sebrina Carpenter, Chappel Roan and Lola Young. With exceptional vocals, rich harmonies, and top-tier musicianship on guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards (featuring stunningly realistic horns, strings, and synths), Fit 2 Funk guarantees an electrifying live experience.

SATURDAY
Festival starts at 10am
Live music from 10am
10am-11.15am TAI SHAN & ERIKA OLSON.  Tai Shan and Erika Olson, two acclaimed songwriters, are joining forces for an epic summer tour across the UK in 2026. Bringing together two distinct musical journeys – an award-winning songwriter from the Pacific Northwest and a former attorney-turned-storytelling ex-pat living in the English countryside. Tai and Erika create a show that’s built on harmony, grit, and the wild stories that made them.
11.45am-1pm HALF CUT HEROES.
1.30pm-2.30pm JABRACADASH.   Fabulous talent from Homewood School - Josh, Abby, Millie, Raphy, Jenson, Darcey
3pm-4pm PRIMROSE. A hugely talented young local singer/song writer who combines superbly crafted original songs with her own unique take on some classic songs. She is definitely one to watch for the future.
4.30pm-6pm PRETTY CRAP. A local, all female band who perform a mixture of popular rock and indie hits from the 70s to the 20s
6.30pm-8pm GOING POSTAL. Going Postal are a four-piece rock band from Tonbridge, who mix blues grit with heavy rock energy
8.30pm-10pm VERTIGO PARK. The Eclectic Eighties Band - Playing songs by Squeeze, The Jam, Simple Minds, The Cure, Genesis, Marillion and other great bands from that amazing decade! Murray (vox) Jon (guitar) Steve (bass) Ben (keys) Mark (drums) 
 
SUNDAY
Festival starts at 11am. Live music from ...
11am-12noon RELTON
12.15pm-1.30pm ALLIGATOR CATS BLUES BAND. The Alligator Cats are a 5-piece blues band fusing vintage blues songs with grooves from New Orleans to Chicago
1.45pm-3pm FABULOUS RED DIESEL. C21st Bardic Jazz- sonic sensuality for the modern eccentrician. “quirky, flamboyant and utterly bonkers” - Brecon Jazz Festival. "Kat's voice is a force of nature. Think Eartha Kitt meets Tina Turner, tone it down a tone then add a touch of a mother tigress and you have some idea of how Kat's voice purrs, roars and can also turn up the sassiness like a Vaudeville star- and all while staying perfectly in tune. It is unique" - Sammy Stein-Jazz Connects
3.30pm-5pm THE RECALL. A fabulous 60s band