Hosted by the Music Venue Trust, Essex trio Bilk run around the grassroots venues of the UK fusing elements of rock and roll, punk, indie and rap.

Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster, musician and writer is best known as one half of BBC Radio 1′s semi-legendary Mark and Lard and one half of 6Music’s Radcliffe & Maconie. Now Mark will introduce a brand-new double-act partner to the stage this August – his beloved pampered five-year old Cavapoo, Arlo!

Olympic cyclist Emma Pooley tells stories from her unique career, as she launches her new memoir (and recipe book) Oat to Joy.

What happens when 30,000 teachers go on strike?
Film screening and Q&A with the panelists.

Awesome Geordie soul-funk crew return to York celebrating a career full of monster dancefloor singles for a perfect Friday night party!

Hot off the heels of winning “Young Artist of the Year” at the UK Blues Awards 2025, Kent rockers the Zac Schulze Gang hare pleased to announce their UK tour in September and October 2025.

Get Ready to Strike a Pose, the Ultimate Madonna tribute is coming to The Crescent!

Transatlantic folk band The Magpies combine sublime harmonies with exquisite musicianship and songwriting. Their latest album garnered over a quarter of a million streams on Spotify, a place in the Official Folk Chart Top 40 and a live session on BBC Radio 2. UK festival highlights include Glastonbury, Cambridge and Shambala and internationally in USA, Canada and Europe.

Dawn Landes is an American singer-songwriter and musician, originally from Louisville, Kentucky.
In 2024 Landes recorded and toured songs from the 1971 ‘The Liberated Woman’s Songbook’ by Jerry Silverman. In London, this included an on stage discussion with Peggy Seeger.

Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from jigs and reels through Dance Music, Jazz, African, and more, they bring the sound of Scotland fresh-faced and breathless to the new audiences around the world.