From New York and Berlin to Hay-on-Wye our bands, performers, superstar DJs and nightly themed shindigs are legendary. Click on the performers' names to see their event, or check out our Festival Live Tickets - they give you unlimited access to all of our live music, cabaret acts and late-night parties for the whole weekend.
Formed at Goldsmiths College in 2010, this video-art and music collective craft “dazzling mosaics of sound” (Guardian). Their raucous live shows have earned comparison with These New Puritans and Vampire Weekend.
Wormfood and Brixton Hootananny mastermind and percussionist for notorious afro-reggae-garage festival band The Worm, Bobby Gandolf is a reputed party-starter guaranteed to “whip insatiable crowds into a frenzy” (Huffington Post)
Having pushed the envelope of British music for the past decade, BSP have racked up four full-length albums and a reputation for unusual live shows (including atop the Great Wall of China and British Maritime Museum), a Mercury nomination, and have shared stages with everyone from The Killers to The Flaming Lips.
Chris T-T is one of Britain’s most consistently acclaimed and politically active artists, crossing barriers between alt-rock and English folk. He has played with everyone from Elbow, The Divine Comedy and Bellowhead, to KT Tunstall, Frank Turner and The National.
Famous for collaborations with Pete Doherty and Depeche Mode, Client are an iconic futurist ensemble combining glamour-girl aesthetics and harsh electronics.
Having introduced the UK to reggae and shared stages with The Ramones and The Clash, Scratchy is a bone-fide icon still bringing the best and boldest dance music from across the world to these shores. He is resident DJ at London’s Gypsy Hotel and Big Chill Sundae nights.
BAFTA-winning Australian singer Emily Barker and her chamber-folk trio the Red Clay Halo have earned comparison to Laura Marling and The Levellers. Their songs open acclaimed BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line, and they have shared stages with Frank Turner and Jose Gonzalez.
American multi-instrumentalist, composer and musical chameleon Franz Nicolay is best known as the Dali-moustached force of nature behind the The Hold Steady and anarcho-circus band World/Inferno Friendship Society. Since going solo last year he has collaborated with Amanda Palmer, Against Me!, The Drive-By-Truckers and more.
Stand-up comedian Nish Kumar and BBC Radio Comedy writer Tom Neenan present exuberant performance and cultural satire that has earned them sell-out stints at the Edinburgh Fringe and appearances at the Camden Crawl, Brighton Fringe, and the Great Big Sketch-Off.
A BBC New Comedy Awards semi-finalist with the most dangerous bouffant in stand-up. After sell-out shows at the Camden, Brighton, Oxford and Edinburgh Fringes, she has earned a place alongside Josie Rourke and Sarah Millican as a major voice in contemporary comedy.
Finalist in the 2005 BBC New Comedy Awards, and creator of BBC 7 sketch show Spats, John-Luke Roberts writes regularly for BBC 4 and has impressed audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Resident magician at Illusions Magic Bar, Kieron Johnson’s work is a mix of the strange, the bizarre and the beautiful. He’s worked with the BBC, Richard Strange and Harry Hill.
Musical saw-playing singer-songwriter Carlyle has “One of the best voices in music today” (Word) and has collaborated with legendary producer Dan Carey (The Kills, Kylie Minogue) on her critically acclaimed second album that was seven years in the making.
Hosts of legendary London comedy night The Roffle Club, stars of innumerable sell-out shows at the Edinburgh and Brighton Festivals and winners of a Time Out Critic’s Choice Award. Sketch-comics in the tradition of Laurel and Hardy and The Right Size, Max was formerly the youngest professional wrestler in the UK.
Since their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007, Patti Plinko and the Maddening have continued to accumulate outstanding reviews for their gypsy-cabaret infused performances at the likes of the British Film Institute, ICA, Queen Elisabeth Hall and Bestival.
The driving force behind acclaimed outfit 65daysofstatic. Between recording with The Cure’s Robert Smith, live soundtracking Silent Running for the Glasgow Film Festival and accompanying Jean Abreu Dance at the Queen Elisabeth Hall, Paul Wolinksi brings us Labyrinths, his much-awaited solo record.
Host and producer of The Book Club Boutique, Soho’s hippest literary salon, Godden features on BBC 3’s The Verb and Bespoken Word and is a regular on Radio 4’s Saturday Live.
Hailing from Cardiff, Siôn released his debut album ‘And Suddenly’ to great acclaim last year. His music has been used in prime time by both the BBC and ITV and latest single Indestructible was BBC Radio Wales Single of the Week.
Man Like Me trumpeteer Dan Hayes reinvents himself as gobby folk star yoB. Debut E.P. Mess is Lore features The Pogues’ Jem Finer and Oi Va Voi’s Bridgette Amofah and has already earned praise from Mark Radcliffe and Rob Da Bank.
