In Leoncavallo’s legendary operatic thriller ‘Pagliacci’, or ‘Clowns’, the leader of a touring troupe of comedy actors, discovers his wife is having an affair. Before he finds out who it is, he must go on stage in the role of a despairing husband with a cheating wife.

Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles.

Equally at home on guitar, banjo, mandolin, singing three part harmony or unaccompanied, he has carved out a place for himself as a unique voice in American music. An insightful and poetic wordsmith and songwriter, a subtle and accomplished roots multi-instrumentalist and a captivating singer.

Promoted by RADMAD

London Afrobeat Collective are a tight-knit family of musicians from around the world, living in London and united by a love of afrobeat and a desire to take original music to new places.

Supported by Ffredi Blino and Iris Rei.

With Ahmed Mukhtar, oud, Ruba Hillawi, oud, Sonia Hammond, cello, Camilla Saunders piano

British-Congolese (DRC) singer and multi-instrumentalist creating her own brand of Afro-soul-folk.

Lodestar Trio is a unique collaboration between stars of the Scandinavian folk scene Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva, and British violin virtuoso Max Baillie. Together they bring a spirit of groove and improvisation into Baroque music by combining traditional nordic string instruments— the Swedish nyckelharpa and the Norwegian hardanger fiddle— with the violin.

Award winning singer, songwriter, performer, author, producer and member of Oklahoma's Music Hall Of Fame, Gail Davies will be performing with her trio in Presteigne on Saturday November 18th as part of a short tour of the UK.

Ian Marchant has written about the romance of the railways, the longest pub crawl in Britain, and the history of British hippiedom, 'A Hero For High Times'. His latest book, 'One Fine Day - A Journey Through English Time' was published by September in April 2023. He is a regular diarist for the Church Times, and an intermittent presenter on Radio Four’s Open Country.

Austrian tenor Ilker Arcayürek has emerged as one of the most exciting and versatile vocal artists in recent years – hailed by the press for his “golden tenor” (Opera Now Magazine) and quickly establishing himself “in a class of his own” (The Guardian). 


Compared with artists like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Michael Chapman, Katie Spencer’s sound carries the warmth and idealism of the early 70’s folk and songwriter movements.