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.

Line Up 2023

ALL THE BANDS WHO HAVE EVER PLAYED

Foghorn Stringband, The Horsenecks, Rachel Baiman Trio, Sam Lee, Vera Van Heeringen, Interstate Expres, Drych y Baledwr, Julu and Heg, Talisk, ĺmar, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Brighde Chaimbeul, Martin CarthyTwisty Turns, Stomping Stompers, Cut A Shine, Ali Anwar and Dave Owen, Young Waters, Mama's Broke, Toby Hay and Jim Ghedi, King Driscolls, Lady Maisery, Zong Zing All Stars, The Destroyers, Tankus the Henge, Xylaroo, CornMaiz (USA), Blick Bassy, Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones, The Gentle Good, Martha Tilston, Tantz, Twelth Day, Davey and Dyer, Wanton String Band, Sheelanagig, Theo Bard, Stick in the Wheel, Me and My Friends, Bruce Molsky's Mountain Drifters , Chance McCoy of Old Crow Medicine Show! (USA), Ye Vagabonds (Ireland), The Po' Boys Cajun Band, Côr Meibion Machynlleth, Fishclaw, Whiskey Moonface, Ichi (Japan), Rachael Dadd, Mik Artistik's Ego Trip, by popular demand!, The True Strays, Truckstop Honeymoon, Diddly Squat, Cynefin, Interstate Express Band, The Firecrackers, Nick Hart, Quinie, The Odd Folk, Cable Street Rag, The Gin Bowlers, Carreg Bica, Cut A Shine Barn Dance Band, Luke and Lisa from Tennessee! (USA), Remix Reeling, Solana, James Patrick Gavin, Hardwicke Circus (Carlisle), The Yellow Belly Stragglers, The Old Time Wasters, The Drystones, Johnnie Glaz String Band (Brittany), Tree and Wood - the music, Big Chimney Barn Dance from Alaska! , Alabaster dePlume, Noemie Ducimetiere, Junior Bill, The Hicksters, Joe and Jolene, Juju and Heg, Boogaloo String Band, The Mermerings, A Fistful of Spookies , Flatville Aces, Me and My Friends, Eli West (USA), Evie Ladin and Keith Terry (USA), Climbing Trees, Dila V and The Oddbeats, Ewan McLennan, Brighde Chaimbeul, The Nightjar, Teyr, Tantz, Holy Moly and the Crackers, The Gentle Good, Forest of Fools, Kabantu!, The Horsenecks, Abdoulaye Samb, Mamadou, Rheged – Twmpath, Mobius Loop, Fran and Flora, Cynefin, Bare Hunter, The Wanton String Band, The Vanguards, Indian Man, Hot Rock Pilgrims, Faith I Branko, Emma and Martin Reid, Double Bass Dan and Friends, Don Kipper, Joe Strouzer, Cut A Shine, Apple of my Eye, Andy Twyman, Ali Anwar and Dave Owen, The Ragged Out Stringband, Mouton, Ben McManus and Clara Delfina (Wales & USA, Tom Blackwell, Toby Hay, Three Legg'd Mare, Nine Blind Ravens, Hedge Gods, Dylan Owen, Bonnie Pilgrim, Ember, The Old Time Wasters, The Odd Folk, The Carry Nations, Rye 'n Clover, Ruth Gordon, Rosie Sleightholme, Pandoras diary, Nine Tree Stumblers, Leon Gormley, Jo Carly and the Old Dry Skulls, Fierce Flowers, Bourgeois Robbery, The Night Caps, Riverboat Ramblers, Mikey Kenny and Charlie McKeown, Jez Wing, Foghorn Stringband (USA), Cajun Country Revival (Louisiana, USA), Corn Potato String Band (USA), The Turbans (Everywhere), Mik Artistik's Ego Trip (The North), The Gentle Good (Wales), Ewan McLennan (Scotland), Martha Tilston (England) , Murder Murder (Canada), Elephant Sessions (Scotland), Alaw (Wales), Horseman and the Upper Cut Band (Jamaica), Screamin' Miss Jackson and the Slap ya Mama Big Band, Stompin Dave and his Bluegrass Ban (The Deep South, Dorset) , Darren Eedens (Wales), Heal The Last Stand (Wales), Francesca Ter-Berg & Flora Curzon, The King Driscolls, The Dylan Thomas Sound Project (Wales), Deborah Rose & Mari Randle, Hedge Gods (Wales), Lord Strange, Bog Standard Stringband (Ireland), Valerie Vale and her Aylesbury Aylevators, Jock and Vera , Root and Branch, Mat Skinner, Bare Hunter, Prinny Ave. Jazz Band (Liverpool), Alex Gavaghan and the Boss Jockeys, Ruth Theodore, Bouche, Buffalo Skinners, Dila v and the Odd Beats, Theo Bard, Stompin' Dave and His Bluegrass Band, Hot feet, CC Smugglers, The Imperial Works Screamin' Miss Jackson, Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies, Ross Ainslee and Jarlath Henderson, The Stags, Bog Standad String Band, SINK, The Most Ugly Child, Dalahan, Cut A Shine, Bruce Molsky, The Nightcaps, Cocos Lovers, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, Dog Show, The Valleyers, DR Bluegrass!, Little Arrow, Gadarene, Mik Artistik, The John Langan Band, Dila V and the Odd Beats, Concrete Mountain, Diddly Squat, Jim Evans, Life in Cold Climates/Eve Goodman, Mikey Kenny and Damian Kilcawldey, Dana Immanuel and The Stolen Band, Jock Tyldesley & Jimmy Cole, Nuala Honan, Mat Skinner, Three Acres and a Cow, Jeremy Mage, Jimmy Aldridge and Sam Goldsmith, Buffalo Skinners, Slap ya mama Big Band, The Little Unsaid, The Rheingans Sisters, The Yellow Belly Stragglers, Lloyd Williams, The Astral Twins, Delyth McLean, Guto Dafis, Aled Rheon, The Nudie Suits, Theo Bard, Peter Stevenson and Deuair, Max Baillie and Suro Suko, Jo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls, The Klezmonauts, Three Legg'd Mare, Nine Tree Stumblers, Shama Rahman, Fitty Gomash