MUSIC
Music Booking Policy
Fire in the Mountain explores and promotes The Folk Music of the World. We define Folk Music as the heritage music of any given culture - a music that is ancient, timeless, and which has been passed down through generations, thus being part of the oral tradition and benefitting from the folk process. Our mantra is New Folk, Old Folk and No Folk - we seek to represent music from the older generations, newer and younger musicians rooted in the tradition, and bands and artists influenced by the tradition taking it in new directions. We aim for gender parity across our programme, as well as representation from musicians of the LGBTQI+ community in the folk scene . Music is Life, Music is Expression, Music is Culture, and our ears are open to all voices.
Core Music: The core of our music programming will always be the music born in the Appalachian Region of America in song, on fiddle and banjo - we unapologetically love a fast fiddle tune!
Music from Wales Our festival takes place in Wales, and we're committed to presenting the music of our fabulous country, at a local and national level. The Main Stage on The Friday of the festival is dedicated to showcasing bands and the music of Wales.