The Sufi Sessions
Abdul-Rehman Malik is a journalist, educator and organiser and a regular on BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought. He will be hosting 2 sessions at the festival this year. Sufi session one: The Drop...
Speak Brother
The Rugby trio's vulnerable, honest, ethereal music has earned comparisons with Mumford & Sons and Athlete, and features ‘driving melodies and infectious hooks … stay with you long after...
Simon Morden
Simon trained as a planetary geologist, realised he was never going to get into space, so writes about it instead.
Patience Agbabi
Renowned for her performance on page and stage, Patience Agbabi's poems have been broadcast on television and radio worldwide.
Paul Bell
With nine years' worth of gigs under his belt Paul has found a focus with music that is warm, thought-provoking, and engaging, with a wry smile running through it. His songs cover the innocence of...
The Dan The D
Over a 30 year period The Dan The D aka Dan Donovan has recorded 13 albums. Derbyshire born to a Welsh preacher, Dan moved to Fenland, England in the mid nineties where he has rooted himself...
M for Medea
M for Medea: A Modern Story of Betrayal. What makes us do the things we do? What are the consequences when love, jealousy and revenge are pushed to their extremes. M for Medea is a contemporary...
Grace Petrie
More than a decade after first emerging, protest singer, LGBTQ+ activist, comedy audiences favourite and folk star Grace Petrie stands out as one the most important songwriters working in the UK...
Hollie McNish
Hollie is a UK poet who straddles the boundaries between the literary, poetic and pop scenes.
Fran Smith
Singer-songwriter and pianist Fran Smith is a mesmerising solo performer who was named a Live Music Highlight of the Year by the BBC in 2014. Her songs are disarmingly romantic, witty, sensuous and...
El Gruer
Through her debut collection The Paper Sky, Scottish poet El celebrates the beauty and heartache of being human.
Digitonal
Digitonal have been writing and performing their take on classically-influenced electronic music since 1997, with four studio albums for Toytronic and Just Music now under their belt. They are known...
Brian and Krystal
An unconventional vaudeville-style act, punctuated by silly songs, the odd bit of Spanish dancing and loads of belly laughs.
Ava Vidal
Ava's work juggles the profound and the irreverent. She's appeared on Mock the Week and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.
Raffle! presented by Barbara Nice
Raffle! presented by Barbara Nice Join the Fringe's favourite housewife Barbara Nice for an evening of proper good fun. Critically acclaimed tip-top character comedy from Phoenix Nights actress...