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Our swinging Bandstand is the festival’s lyrical larder and, as ever, will be fully stocked with food for your soul. A super selection of hand-picked, grass-roots acts will be serving up a musical menu filled with summer flavours.

BANDSTAND LINE-UP 2024

FRIDAY 5 JULY

 


12:00 – Juno
13:00 – Shop Girls
14:00 – J4
15:00 – Kingman Project
16:00 – Mr Tea and The Minions
17:00 – Juno
18:00 – Shop Girls
19:00 – J4
20:00 – Kingman Project
21:00 – Mr Tea and The Minions

ABOUT THE ACTS

Juno

Cardiff Super Trio featuring Maddie Jones (maditronique), Dan Fitzgerald (Slipped Disco) and Loz Collier (Afrocluster/Siglo Section) perform summer standards.

Shop Girls

James Davies and co provide great songcraft with a jangly sound that brings to mind early 80s Indie like Lloyd Cole and Orange Juice as well as searing 60s pop.

J4

The 60s, with a jazz twist!

Kingman Project

Father and son led band with elements of Soul, Latin, Folk and Funk.

Mr Tea and The Minions

Good time all the time festival favourites with a non stop dancing mix of Balkan, Ska, Folk and Rock who are sure to get the food festival dancing.

SATURDAY 6 JULY

 


12:00 – Batwkee
13:00 – Mari Mathias
14:00 – Jump Sturdy
15:00 – The Sun Kings
16:00 – Batwkee
17:00 – Zong Zing All Stars
18:00 – Mari Mathias
19:00 – Jump Sturdy
20:00 – The Sun Kings
21:00 – Zing Zong All Stars

ABOUT THE ACTS

Batwkee

Jefferson Lobo’s new project evokes a Brazilian carnival time, with a brassy, joyous sound featuring trombone, sax, clarinet and flute.

Mari Mathias

Brilliant new Welsh Singer songwriter Mari and her band perform both welsh folk songs and her own excellent material in a style which evokes Welsh rural culture in a fresh, contemporary way.

Jump Sturdy

Fun renditions of hip hop and neo soul favourites by Jack MacDougall’s brassy band.

The Sun Kings

Cardiff Super group who embue their witty observational pop with influences of Cumbia, Ska and other latin styles to make an energetic, participative and exciting show.

Zong Zing All Stars

Food Festival favourites return for the first time since lockdown with their euphoric “Cavacha” Dance Music from west Africa.

SUNDAY 7 JULY

 


12:00 – Nookee
13:00 – Swingin’ Bill’s Vintage Revue
14:00 – Fiesta Resistance
15:00 – Nookee
16:00 – Swingin’ Bill’s Vintage Revue
17:00 – Fiesta Resistance
18:00 – Nookee

ABOUT THE ACTS

Nookee

Fronted by identical twin sisters Gemma and Violet, Nookee have become one of Wales’s hottest new acts bring twists of R&B, funk, pop and rock in a sassy, accessible and highly visual way which is underpinned by surprising musical complexity.

Swingin’ Bill’s Vintage Revue

Songs that span 150 years of the great American Songbook starting  incorporating the blues, Folk, Spirituals, Skiffle, 50s, R&B, Rock’n’Roll and show songs.

Fiesta Resistance

One of Britain’s leading Salsa bands turn on The Cuban style at the Food Festival, why not bring your whole Salsa class down?

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • Only alcohol purchased from the event bars can be consumed on-site. Alcohol purchased from the Producers Fair, Farmers Market or off-site cannot be consumed on-site.
  • Please note that dogs and other animals are not permitted on site (except for guide dogs and assistance dogs on leads, with identification).
  • All producers and caterers attending the festival have a current Food Standard Agency rating of 4 or 5.

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