Summer Solstice Agenda
Lakeside Haven
OPENING CEREMONY
Friday 7:15pm, £10 pp
Join us for a grounding, heart opening, soulful opening ceremony, to help us all fully arrive at the festival in body, mind and heart. We will practice a short guided meditation to anchor into presence and we will set personal and collective intentions for the weekend ahead.
MORNING MEDITATION
8:30am Saturday and 8:30am Monday, £10 pp
Start your day in the best possible way with this morning mediation suitable for anyone. You will be lead through a guided mindfulness practice, you will marinate in gratitude, shake off any stuck energy and raise your vibration to joy, wonder and awe, which you will carry through the rest of your day.
Joey Hulin is an author, meditation facilitator and retreat host based in Cornwall. She is a writer and enthusiast of all things wellbeing, whilst also creating and offering down-to-earth, authentic and impactful experiences, helping people slow down and reconnect, via Horizon Inspired. Her first book 'Your Spiritual Almanac - a year of living mindfully' will be published on 2 September 2021 and her second book 'Mind and Bowl - a simple guide to mindful eating' will follow early in 2022.
GROUNDING HATHA AND YIN YOGA WITH CASSIE
6pm Friday, £10 pp
After a day of logistical thinking we’d like to welcome you to the Lakeside Haven with this grounding yoga practise. Arrive, orientate and centre yourself with a breathing practise that focuses on rooting down and stabilising followed by 40 mins of a Hatha style flow covering the fundamentals and complemented by 20 mins of Yin yoga to finish off the class and settle you in for a wonderful weekend away.
HATHA YOGA WITH CASSIE
10:30pm Monday, £10 pp
Energise yourself for the journey home and beyond; let the space and setting recharge you one last time and take some time to reflect on the weekend as we move through a balanced 40 min standing Hatha practice and 20 mins of asana on the floor, focusing inwards and setting intentions. Leaving the festival rejuvenated and re-aligned.
Cassie has completed a Yoga Alliance certified 200 hour Barkan (Heated Hatha) Training, a 100 hour Yin Yoga Training and 50 hour Trauma Conscious Yoga Training. She has experience in teaching privately, online, at workplaces and job sites as well as recorded video lessons to people of various backgrounds, ages, body types and scepticisms. Cassie aims to make every class authentic, fun and comfortable for all believing that yoga and its benefits should be accessible to everyone, in any life circumstance. No matter your knowledge and experience with yoga, her classes are inclusive with variations and options for all levels/ages and will no doubt provide a beneficial experience.
Please bring a yoga mat and if possible a pillow/cushion.
YIN YOGA WITH TONI
10am and 5pm Saturday, £10 pp
Choose from two yoga sessions to suit your own daily energy. Wake up to morning yoga by the lake, or re-energise at the end of the day.
I started practicing yoga in 1999 whilst living in Australia. Qualified in Ashtanga, Rocket, Yin and Mandala, she adopt a playful approach to my yoga, making it relaxed, and a practice I look forward to doing. I believe it is vital to practice within our own boundaries and capabilities, whilst still challenging ourselves, learning to listen to both our physical and mental requirements.
Physical movement together with the breath gives us the space and the ability to still the mind chatter, and maybe for a brief moment be completely content.
SOUND BATH WITH CHERELLE
2pm Saturday and 11:30am Sunday, £10 pp
Be taken on a healing sound journey with sonic and visual artist and healing sound practitioner and WANAF returnee Cherelle Sappleton. You will be led into a deeply relaxed meditative state and bathed in the restorative and transcendental tones produced by Himalayan singing bowls. You don't have to do anything, just lay down, listen and allow yourself to transported. Last year Cherelle produced a transcendental healing soundscape using Himalayan singing bowls and her beautiful Sun Gong, we expect something equally lovely from her this year.
Please bring: a blanket/ mat to lie on and additional blanket or layers to stay warm and comfortable.
Cherelle Sappleton lives and works in Ramsgate. She is co-facilitator of Mindwalk Yoga's virtual Black Women's Wellness Retreat, 2021 with Zakiya Bishton and Karen James yoga. In 2019 she was awarded the London Print Studio Development Residency and was the lead artist for South London Gallery’s Big Family Press Commission. Follow her here sun__sounds
'The session is open to all genders however it is not suited for pregnant women in the first trimester, those with pace-makers or anyone triggered by sounds. People who experience photosensitive seizures need to let the facilitator know.'
Bring a yoga mat and blanket for the session.
Morning Meditation
8:30am Saturday and 8:30am Monday, £10 pp
Start your day in the best possible way with this morning mediation suitable for anyone. You will be lead through a guided mindfulness practice, you will marinate in gratitude, shake off any stuck energy and raise your vibration to joy, wonder and awe, which you will carry through the rest of your day.
Joey Hulin is an author, meditation facilitator and retreat host based in Cornwall. She is a writer and enthusiast of all things wellbeing, whilst also creating and offering down-to-earth, authentic and impactful experiences, helping people slow down and reconnect, via Horizon Inspired.
Bring a yoga mat and blanket for the session.
PASSION, VISION AND ACCOUNTABILITY 5Rhythms® With Neda Nenadic
Sunday 4:15-6:45pm, free
Neda leads a socially distancing dance session, to be transported to another place.
- How do we inspire each other through these challenging times?
- Awakening and reclaiming our passion for life.
- Daring to dream bold and have a vision that genuinely inspires us.
- Stepping into our innate power and authority that what we do to ourselves we do to the great web of life.
Our accountability counts.
I feel our holy human work is to support and inspire each other to take care of ourselves, each other and this precious life. To be warriors of the heart and custodians of this life. Looking forward to dancing with you on that beautiful land.
I have been dancing 5Rhythms® for 30 y now, teaching for 10. This practice has held me through all changes and challenges of life. Inner and outer. The times that we are living in now I feel through the chaos of panic and overload of information that’s coming at us. We must have space and practice to come back to the wisdom and innocence of being deeply connected to the earth wisdom that moves through us, holds us and rocks us. Wherever we go we in life whatever we do. We are always standing in the centre of our life. Everything that comes to us teaches us something. My prayer is that we are fully at home in our body, heart, mind and soul. So that we can be truly present and responsive to life. For me, 5Rhythms® always amplifies and renews that state of being.
I feel the times we are living in are challenging and exciting. For we must make the choice
“What sustains us, what sustains the whole web of life.”
This November I’ll be going to Antarctica with Robert Swan, 2041 Foundation
https://2041foundation.org/
to become one of the world Ambassadors to protect Antarctica to stay the wild pristine wilderness for science and peace only.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR HOLISTIC WELLBEING
11am - 1pm Saturday, £15 pp
Enjoy an interactive immersion into the world of self-health using essential oils with Claire, The Oily Witch and Holistic Wellbeing Practitioner. During this workshop, you will cover the core principles to achieving and maintaining natural wellness using essential oils. There will be the opportunity to ask plenty of questions and experience the power of essential oils.
As a holistic health & wellness practitioner, the Oily Witch is my way of returning forgotten wellbeing practices, supporting you to live well, in harmony with the natural world. I am a Psychic Intuitive, qualified in Aromatherapist, Medical Astrology, Herbs, Nutritional Therapy and Counselling based in East Sussex. I treat your mind, body and soul, to achieve holistic wellness. I am a Green Witch, whose purpose in life is to help you get and keep well. I give Bespoke Wellbeing Consultations to divine where you are out of balance and use a combination of aromatherapy, indigenous herbs and nutritional therapy treatments to recalibrate your system. For those seeking independence in their health and wellbeing, I run a series of workshops designed to give you that. Starting with your physical body and taking you through to your spiritual self.
JOURNALLING WORKSHOP
Sunday 2 -3:30pm, £10 pp
Journaling is simple yet a powerful practice that can help build self-awareness and self-trust whilst helping us connect to our own intuition, wisdom and truth. In this 1.5 hour workshop you will explore:
- The How: 6 different approaches to journaling
- The Why: Why should we bother putting pen to paper? What emotional, physiological and experiential benefits are experienced through journaling?
- The When: How to form a habit and embed a journaling practice as a trusted self-support tool.
Joey Hulin is an author, meditation facilitator and retreat host based in Cornwall. She is a writer and enthusiast of all things wellbeing, whilst also creating and offering down-to-earth, authentic and impactful experiences, helping people slow down and reconnect, via Horizon Inspired.
WELL WOMAN: TUNE INTO YOUR INNER SEASONS
3:30 - 4:30pm Saturday, £10
All proceeds from this workshop will go to Freedom4Girls.
Are you familiar with the seasons of your cycle? Do you honour your body’s natural rhythms, tending to the changing needs of your body?
In this 60 minute workshop we will explore the four inner seasons of the feminine cycle. We will discover how we can make a shift from linear living to begin to honour the cycles and seasons of our lives by adapting our exercise, diet and even social activities to work with the rhythm of our cycle rather than against it.
Lucy is a well woman yoga teacher with a passion for empowering women to reconnect with their body. Using yoga as a tool to support women through all seasons of their cycles and lives, Lucy helps women cultivate a deeper understanding of their body allowing them to flow with their natural rhythm. Find her on Instagram @_thirteenmoons_
Curious Worlds and The Coppice
TEARDROP AERIAL AND CIRCUS
Friday night, All day Saturday and Sunday
Teardrop Aerial & Circus formed in 2015.
We Run weekly classes in Brighton for Adults and children in Aerial skills. Teaching rope, silks, loop, trapeze and aerial hoop from complete beginners to experienced.
Aswell as running Teardrop we have also worked alongside many other companies teaching aerial: The Circus Project, Bandbazi, Acrobody, London Academy of Gymnastics and Dance. And have had the pleasure in performing with Shambolic SideShow, B-Collective, Rivoli Ballroom, Pazzaz Circus, Flying Eye, Zu-Aerial, Voodoo-Vaudeville, Airteko at Glastonbury and for many other events, festivals, and parties.
We have been delighted to run workshops at many festivals with the big aerial rig, holding workshops and performances.
We want aerial to be as accessible as possible, giving people a bit of magic and having them realise that they CAN fly too!
Ages 7 – 107 ***This is certainly not just for children!!!***
We are so happy to return to ‘We Are Not A Festival’, holding 1-hour classes for a private class or share the experience with 1 other from your bubble.
Come and hang upside down, climb a rope, spin in the air, defy gravity with an experienced and skilled instructor who will guide you in a safe and encouraging environment. We will be teaching Friday, Saturday and Sunday so come and book a spot (but be quick as we had to turn people away last year). £35 1-hour class whether shared or private.
ROOKS AND ROSES JEWELLERY MAKING 1-2-1
£35 per person (per bracelet)
Back by popular demand to The Coppice area - Karl created some of your most memorable moments of 2020’s weekends with his careful tutorage and delicate jewellery.
Rooks & Roses are a handmade jewellery company making unique pieces from precious and upcycled metals. Karl Smith, is a designer-maker skilled in silver-smithery and jewellery-making. He likes to work organically, taking inspiration from the natural world and working with a variety of precious metals, mainly silver and copper, to create unique, handmade pieces. During a one to one festival workshop, Karl will guide you through the process of how to cut, file, shape and solder copper, in order to create your own wearable cuff. Their session is designed to encourage participants to think about the way different materials work and how various methods such as heating, hammering and texturing, can assist in creating your final unique piece. All items of jewellery are made from precious, eco or upcycled or repurposed metals.
Booking as a couple or friends? Up to 3 people can also book onto the same workshop and enjoy making together.
SUMMER SOLSTICE STAR LANTERN
10-12:00 Saturday and 11:30 - 1pm Sunday
Local artist Paul Render delivers a fun lantern making session using willow and tissue paper. Same Sky, local community arts charity will loan out looms and lights for the evening's to enjoy your lantern.
SIGNING FOR FUN!
1pm Saturday, free (sign up to reserve place)
Linda Styles hosts this fun and interactive introduction into signing. Linda is passionate about using signs to aid communication since using them with her own son, seeing how it can be a lifeline to communication. Linda's career in speech therapy has seen how signs can support so many families.
Curious and want to learn something new? Book your space to this free workshop and enjoy a fun workshop where you will learn some useful signs for your weekend of camping!
SUMMER SOLSTICE FLORAL HEADPIECE
2pm and 3:30pm Saturday, £25 p/headpiece
Fun workshop for all levels of expertise in floral headdress making with Yan Skates, professional florist. Make your very own floral summer solstice head piece to wear for the weekend!
I will demonstrate 3 different versions - Beginner, Intermediate and advanced. And if there happens to be a super advanced amongst you I can think of one for you too!
If you are fast you might be able to do more than one, but the emphasis would be do one suitable for insta and instantly durable.
We will use seasonal fresh flowers and possibly some colourful dried flowers. I look forward to and afternoon of floral fabulousness with all of you.
Bespoke Flowers is the London based project started by Danish born Yan Skates in 1999. Having set up a fine art studio in Spitalfields market, a chance meeting led to setting up a flower stall in the thriving Spitalfields Sunday Market. In the late 90’s this was the regular meeting point of the vibrant Young British Artist Scene with regular costumers being Gavin Turk, Patrick Hughes, The Chapman Brothers, Tracey Emin and Gilbert & George amongst many others. Bespoke Flowers client list includes everything from Royals, to fashion brands to Charity Fund raising balls and visual merchandising. In 2006 a visit to a flower arranging show with his grandmother opened Yan’s eyes to competitive floristry and a very engaged period ensued with several prizes including a Chelsea Gold Medal, A 1st prize at Hampton Court Flower Show and a 1st prize at The Nationals. Yan still competes in flower shows.
Image for creative inspiration, not exact head piece.
SOLSTICE MEMORY-STICKS
Environmental Arts Open Workshop
Drop in activity - Sunday afternoon, not available on pre-book
Vicky invites you to drop in to this playful painting workshop where you will engage in mindful connection with your creativity through work with paint and natural materials.
Your creation will be yours to take home as a marker of your Solstice weekend. Take this opportunity to pause and reconnect with yourself and with nature and use this space to let your mind wander as you soak in the solstice.
A registered Art Psychotherapist, Vicky believes in the value of bringing together creativity and connection to our natural environment and champions the values of Environmental Arts Therapy.
This is an informal space and all ages are welcome but please ensure younger children are accompanied by an adult.
INTRO TO MOSAIC: CREATE A SMALL OUTDOOR MOSAIC MANDALA
5pm - 6:30pm Saturday, £25
Steve returns for another summer with his all abilities workshops. In this session Steve will introduce you to the world of mosaics and guide you through the process of creating your very own unique outdoor mosaic.
Steve has many years of experience teaching mosaic making and his only warning would be that it can become highly addictive!
It’s a wonderfully therapeutic craft that you can become completely lost in where art/craft and mindfulness can truly conjoin.
Steve’s aim in any of his art sessions is to create a fun, relaxed and supportive environment where everyone can truly enjoy getting creative.
The mosaics made in the session will dry overnight and Steve will then grout each piece the next day ready for people to collect and take home. All materials and tools will be provided.
FUN PLASTICINE MODEL MAKING
10:30am, Sunday £15 for 1 set/person, £22 for 2 sets/people
Steve returns for another summer with his all abilities workshops. Create a ‘mini-me’ or any other mini model you’d like! Join up as a pair and create a mini model of each other? Or maybe make a mini model of someone you love or admire. Using the same professional plasticine model making material as Arrdman Animation use, Steve from Artforeveryone will guide you through the process of making a small plasticine model with tips and tricks along the way and hopefully a few laughs!
This session is definitely not just for children. Why should they have all the fun?! So many adults have said how fun and therapeutic they’ve found this session. Join Artforeveryone on Sunday morning to find out why.
COLOUR THERAPY CARD READINGS
All weekend - drop in
Colour therapy or colour psychology cards readings are a fun and (surprisingly!) exact way to understand the subconscious mind, blockages, strengths and present emotional state through a choice of colour cards selected by the client, according to colour likes and dislikes. Colour is energy and it profoundly influences the human energy field at a physical, emotional and mental level: this reading can tell you a lot about your current state and how to improve the overall balance of your body mind spirit system.
I am also a complementary therapist Reiki healing and EFT may add a more healing aspect to the reading, together with hand reflexology: I like to offer ways to sustain and enhance energy where needed. I will address specific points to balance the aura system following the results of the reading. I also channel and that can be added to the reading if you so wish.
ABOUT @ELEART2019
EleArt19 is a therapist and poet and has been involved in the complementary/energy field for over 20 years. She has worked in a number of London clinics and currently runs her practice in Berkshire.
JON MASON, STORIES OF SUSSEX MYTHS
4:30pm, Sunday, Curious Worlds Tent
Did a hero once walk among us? Did a mother raise her son? Did he grow to face our fears – and will that sun rise again? Across the world, throughout the ages, we have watched the rise and fall of the sun as the year turns. Join storyteller Jon Mason to explore what this solar story has meant to our ancestors, through the folklore and mythology they left behind. Part history, part performance, we'll trace the clues of past belief through tales from around Britain and the wider world.
Jon is a Brighton-based storyteller, and is fascinated by myths, legends and what they tell us about the land and our history. He has performed at festivals, storytelling clubs and schools for many years, and his summer 2020 show on solar myths and the Uffington White Horse, "Chasing the Sun", sold out online several times. "You really brought those stories to life and it made me wonder why we don’t all know these stories of this beautiful land better. I want to go and visit those places now!” – Guesthouse Storytellers, Newhaven https://jonthestoryteller.com/, FB: Jon Mason Stories and Music
ASHDOWN FOREST GUIDED WALKS
11am and 2pm Saturday, free
Join Lisa a member of the Ashdown Forest Education Team for a short walk into the Ashdown Forest to discover why it is such an important place for wildlife and learn about some of the special plants and animals that live on the heathland. Suitable for families of all ages as a general introduction to the Ashdown Forest. Fun hands on activities along the way to help you notice and look closer at nature.
The Folly Stage
AMAHLA
SATURDAY
We are so pleased to announce Amahla will be playing on Saturday night.
Soul singer-songwriter Amahla has had an exceptional 2019, entering it as the winner of the PRS Lynsey De Paul Prize for outstanding emerging female songwriters, and ending it with over 1 million streams, two sold out headline shows and with critical acclaim for her distinctive voice and songwriting.
In February ‘19 Amahla introduced her politically-tinged contemporary soul sound with her debut EP ‘Consider This’ which was met with critical acclaim for its addressing of social issues, bold songwriting and outstanding vocal delivery, receiving impressive features and reviews from, Clash Magazine, Complex, Earmilk, The Line of Best Fit, Bandcamp and more.
“Her lyrics offer insightful, vital reflections on the present, uncertain cultural and socio-political clime, intertwined with personal narratives and memories” –London In Stereo
With a focus on live instrumentation Amahla is a commanding performer spending 2019 playing The Jazz Cafe, Roundhouse, The Royal Albert Hall, The Great Escape Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, XOYO and Village Underground; in addition to selling out two of her three headline shows at The Roundhouse, St Pancras Old Church and The Lexington.
A talented songwriter in 2019 Amahla also wrote and featured on the soulful track ‘In The Moment’ with Drum and Bass duo Brookes Brothers which saw Amahla’s first support from Spotify on their New Music Friday UK playlist.
BOBBY SHOEBOTHAM AND THE DUSTY RELICS.
FRIDAY
Back for more after rave reviews in 2020, Bobby Shoebotham is a singer songwriter from London who takes inspiration from the likes of Brian Fallon, Allison Weiss and Dave Hause. He spent most of his musical career in punk and hardcore bands before forming ‘Mariachi El Pinche Gringo,’ a mariachi band that would somehow take him around the UK and land him on festival stages at home and abroad for the last 8 years. He started releasing his own music about 3 years ago and just released his latest offering ‘The Night Is In My Bones from lockdown, with more tracks and a new EP now.
KARYO.
SATURDAY
Returning after a stellar performance in 2020, Karyo are a five-piece alternative hip-hop band from Bristol, comprising a tight group of long-time friends and musical collaborators. Their sound pays homage to the boys’ much earlier forays into funk and ska. University and onwards saw the sound develop a heavier edge and elements were gradually incorporated from the band members’ separate explorations of electronic music. Karyo were originally formed as an instrumental outfit in 2016, joined later that year by the formidable lyricist, Henry Wilson. Ollie joined the band in 2018 bringing the spice of live brass to the growing show. Karyo’s music is characterised by offbeat guitars, swung rhythms, Jamie T-esque rap vocals and raucous brass hooks. Samples, MIDI pads and guitar effects are used live to create exciting electronic textures and an engaging performance spectacle. Henrys vocals use metaphor and rhyme to cleverly explore controversial topics such as climate change and UK’s messy political situation. The mood is upbeat and rhythmic with deep, punchy bass and hip-hop drums.
DR BLUEGRASS AND THE ILLBILLY 8'S.
SUNDAY
Foot stompin', thigh slappin' bluegrass from the deep south (of England). Formed in the winter of 2009, Dr Bluegrass and the Illbilly 8 draw inspiration from a wide range of unusual sources for their unique choice of songs. Everything from traditional bluegrass and gospel, to Irish folk, pop and rock ensures that there is something for all ages, played with an energy and virtuosity that belies their young age.
OBI FRANKY
SUNDAY
Having worked with various artists including Plan B, Maverick Sabre and Maribou State, Obi Franky is also an artist in her own right. She sings and plays guitar and piano from the heart, her songs being snapshots of personal experiences that she hopes others can relate to. Growing up with an eclectic background in music, her soulful songs can range from RnB to Folk. Obi Franky will be releasing soon but in the meantime you can follow her journey on the following platforms:
www.instagram.com/obi_franky
www.youtube.com/ObiFranky
www.tiktok.com/obi_franky
JACK SELLEN
FRIDAY
Back for more - we are so happy to welcome back Jack to the woodland decks.
With over a decade of DJ experience behind him, Jack brings smiles for miles to happy dancers at festivals, parties and clubs – be it alongside close friends Heavenly, Amateurism or Spiritland; as one half of Americana Disco wizards the Flying Mojito Bros; as landlord of his Boxpub mobile boozer, or simply as himself.
JODIE YANG COOPER
SATURDAY
Jodie Yang Cooper brings a strictly glam dress code to Saturday night, with an evening of Ibiza classics, Old school hiphop, 90’s and Soulful floor fillers and Nu Disco. Jodie can't wait to play at We Are Not A Festival and see the crowds dancing the night away, and enjoying themselves after such difficult times!
Jodie Cooper, born in North East Lincolnshire, UK has been working as a vocalist & DJ all over the world for the past 15 years. She has achievements under her belt as a singer, songwriter, vocal coach, entertainment manager and more recently as a vocal DJ with her crowd pleasing, high energy live sets. In the past decade Jodie has been lucky enough to have worked in China, Macau, Japan, Spain, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and UK just to name a few. Past clients include Mercedes Benz, Galaxy Macau, BMW, park dean resorts, Butlin's, YSL, Porsche, Mitsubishi, Budweiser, P&O and many more.
In earlier years Jodie completed all Music Theatre examinations with the London College of Music and Speech, passing with Grade 8. She has also achieved a 2.1 BA Hons Degree in Music and Media Management at the London Metropolitan University.
Unlike many, Jodie has the ability to work as a DJ, with a band, duo, sing Mandarin or as a solo artist. Jodie specialises in her passion for progressive house, nu disco, deep house, lounge, tech house and electro as well as offering choices of pop songs, top 40 hits, R&B. Her amazing vocal skills as a talented female singer means she can adapt her singing style for different musical genres. As well as singing to well-known tunes, she is able to apply her soulful vocals to electronic music and freestyle over the top.
Jodie has travelled extensively around the world entertaining audiences of all types at festivals, nightclubs, product launches, opening ceremonies, after-parties and private events. Whilst 2020 has been a massive challenge, Jodie has been working behind the scenes with DJ's and producers and has a new single, 'Light Ahead' coming out on 28.05.2021with Universal Flow Records.
SHANAZ DORSETT
FRIDAY
Shanaz Dorsett is a Londoner by way of Montserrat and Northern Cyprus and best known as one third of dance-pop trio Benin City.
Having enjoyed support from Okayplayer and Afropunk, Dorsett opened for Kelis at a sold out Jazz Cafe show and her last EP, ‘Mother Tongue’ has been streamed over a million times. 2021 is set to be a transformative year with Dorsett releasing her first solo work since 2018. Expect lo-fi hiphop beats paired with shades of the artists who raised Dorsett - Joni Mitchell, Erykah Badu, Amy Winehouse and more.
Dorsett says her music is borne of “my heritage, people on the train, Black Feminists, zines and immigrant aunties gossiping.” In many ways, Dorsett hopes to remind us all that the stories we encounter in our everyday are worth retelling.
CHLOE LEIGH
SATURDAY
Back by popular demand -
Inspired by scribes like Leonard Cohen and Laura Marling, Chloe Leigh’s troubadour tales evoke the ever-turning tides of love and loss, longing and laughter. This fiery redhead is from London with roots from the South of Spain (Ha! Bet you thought she was Irish). The BRIT School graduate now resides in Brighton, where she has been working on some new material which takes inspiration from her Spanish roots, blending folk, pop and a touch of Latin flair to create her unique sound.
GEORGIA HAZELGROVE
SATURDAY
Georgia Hazelgrove is a twenty-four-year-old Brighton-based singer-songwriter with influences ranging from Tom Waits to Francoise Hardy, to Nancy Sinatra to Lana Del Rey. Incorporating the vibe of 1960's pop with modern psychodrama, her darkly humourous debut EP 'Persephone' retells the classic Ancient Greek myth of a young woman's descent into the underworld.
NICHES
SUNDAY
From the waves under the houseboats of Shoreham-by-sea to the musical waves that feed your mind with uplifting dark indie pop from the south of England. 2019 saw Niches perform at regular haunts The Wellington (shoreham) The Brunswick (Hove) The Richmond and The Blackhorse (Brighton) and Beach Dreams Festival Which then saw them land on the stage at The o2 Islington academy and gaining airtime on BBC Sussex, Surrey and Radio Reverb.
LUCY HANNAH
SATURDAY
I'm Lucy Hannah, I am 23 and recently graduated from university with a dance degree. During the lockdown, I started picking up my guitar more and more to help me through the craziness of the past year and eventually started to sing indie, 80's and modern pop covers in pubs and busking in my local town. I grew up surrounded by a family who loved listening to music such as The Jam, Oasis, Blur, Avril Lavigne, REM and Coldplay, music has always held a warm and safe place in my heart.
As I reached school and college my love for music grew and artists such as Tom Odell, Gabrielle Aplin and The staves started to inspire my acoustic music and parts of my songwriting. I am yet to release any official music and mainly play covers but hopefully this year everyone will be able to hear my originals more as my confidence develops!
CHARLEY HART
SUNDAY
Charley is a 20 year old singer-songwriter from Berkshire who takes inspiration from KT Tunstall, The Staves, First Aid Kit and the like. Her style ranges from laid back indie folk to upbeat acoustic sing-a-longs where her powerful vocals are able to shine. From a young age Charley has performed at festivals, big and small, including Carfest South 2018 & 2019 while fronting a cover band, but has since kicked off her solo career with the release of her singles ‘Safe Place’ and ‘Waste Away the Day’, with a third along the way.
ANGUS CLEMENTS
FRIDAY
Angus Clements is a Singer/Songwriter & Producer now based in Essex, UK. He has previously released 2 EP’s - “I’m So” & “Love & Creativity” which received exposure on BBC Introducing In The West.
He is currently recording he’s 3rd Ep & debut album (tbc).
Angus is also collaborating on a new music venture experimenting with 80s Synth-wave dance music & can’t wait to share all this new music later this year.
You can download/stream Angus’ music on all available music streaming platforms. Or follow Angus on Spotify, Instagram, Twitter or Facebook for all upcoming events & releases.