Get ready for the ultimate musical extravaganza as Music Around Town returns to Llangollen on July 13 and 19, 2025.
Brought to you by the Llangollen Fringe Festival and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, this event features two days of performances, from folk to rock, jazz to indie, immerse yourself in the sounds of local talent, all for FREE!
SUNDAY, 13 JULY 2025
2:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Miss Moon will be opening our Music Around Town series and taking us on a journey with her soulful melodies and powerful voice, performing her musings of life past, present and future, Miss Moon is the perfect way to set the mood for what promises to be a magical day! |
3:00PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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CHONK aka Steve is inspired by many things but mostly dogs, pies and the house and techno sounds from the 90s rave scene. His live sets use a mixture of found sound, synths and terrible guitar pedals that unite to create a sound that at once feels both nostalgic and new. |
3:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Led by Musical Director Gemma McHale, the Delta Ladies Choir is part of the Delta Academy of Dance and Performing Arts, based at the Delta Dance Studios in Wrexham. The choir performs classic choral arrangements combined with unique takes on musical theatre and popular modern hits. The choir can be heard performing at many events around the North West and North Wales including charity events, recitals, weddings and festivals. New members are always welcome, for more information visit our social media pages. |
3:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Photo credit: Chris Birchall |
A singer-songwriter from Wrexham, Pete Spesh performs regularly at open mics and folk clubs in the area, including Wrexham Folk and Acoustic Club. He was a late starter. Having messed about with an acoustic guitar for almost twenty years, he finally plucked up the courage to play in front of audiences when he was almost fifty years old, a few years ago! His album “The Potter’s Wheel” comprises a collection of twelve songs, many written when on holiday on Greek Islands, where he gets much of his inspiration. He released the album in 2019 and has added a number of singles since then, including his latest Greek Island inspired song “Gazing Out To Sea”. His set will comprise a selection of these songs. |
3:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Rose Burgon is 15 and has been singing since she moved to Llangollen two years ago. She enjoys singing a range of music from 60s folk music to opera and musical theatre. She is a regular at local open mics and events in and around North Wales and has recently enjoyed performing as Cinderella in Into the Woods with Llangollen Operatic Society. |
4PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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4:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Stages are singer songwriting Wrexham collaborator's John Lloyd and Darryl Griffiths.
Their heartfelt, raw, melodic tunes have been crafted together through several years of emotional writing. Darryl's ballad driven piano playing is delicately complimented by John's honest heartbreaking vocal showmanship. Lyrically the audience is invited to share their emotional experience and leave nothing behind. Stages are here to share their story, to share their heart, to share their truth
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4:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Branching out from local act Alpha Chino, Gareth Cooper is an all singing/all dancing nostalgia trip. Coop’s talent for thoughtful melodies and energetic beats ensures there's something in his repertoire for every listener, whether you're a sit down toe tapper, or a dance your pants off music fanatic, you are guaranteed to have a great time. |
4:30PM | BRIDGE END
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North Wales natives Matt Nicholls & Rachel Lloyd have been making music together for decades, their deep connection evident in the exquisite harmonies of their Appalachian folk-inspired songs. Their performances are as moving as they are magical—spellbinding, heartfelt, and unforgettable. A must see. |
5PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Chris Ingram is a Scottish poet who has recently returned from shows across Europe from Ireland to Germany, Bulgaria and back again, all in his Skoda Citigo collaborating, busking and performing across multiple venues from parks, pubs and music venues to theatres and small stages. "Brilliant material" - Muraed Hughes Dublin FM. "Poems and song reminiscent to Aidan Moffat and Ivor Cutler" - Tom Robinson BBC 6 MUSIC. |
5:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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The Welcome Party are a 4-piece band from Wrexham. Formed through a mutual love of The Beatles, Wilco and Teenage Fanclub, the band have grown from an acoustic duo to a full band over the last 3 years. The first three singles saw airplay across BBC Radio Wales by Bethan Elfyn, Huw Stephens and Adam Walton as well as exposure on various online platforms, blogs, and radio stations. |
5:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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5:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Megan Lee may only be 20 years old but this young lady has been a professional working musician since the tender age of 11. Hailing from a mountain village community in North Wales where song is a part of everyday life. Megan was raised by musician parents who inspired her appetite to pursue a career as a performing singer-songwriter. Megan toured the U.K as lead singer of her family band 'Blue Genes' for 5 years. This young lady has achieved as much as many musicians twice her years. Having penned and recorded 2 EP's that hit the top 20 of the U.K country iTunes Charts, the second release reaching the number 1 spot, Megan has now embarked on her solo career.
Megan is currently recording her first solo EP, her debut single 'Humble Your Heart' reached number 1 in the U.K Country iTunes charts and her follow up charity single for Meningitis now, 'One more time' reached number 3. Her Welsh language single was positively received by the Welsh music community. Following the release of 'Y Nawr' Megan has performed at many Welsh language events, performed on Saturday night Welsh TV show 'Noson Lawen' and had her single chosen as track of the week on BBC Radio Wales. Combining Celtic roots and cowboy boots Megan is truly unique. |
6PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Roscoe are a rising alt-rock four-piece whose debut EP What Do We Do It For? channels 90s noise with a fresh indie edge. Expect raw emotion, big riffs, and a sound full of energy, growth, and heart.
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6:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Living in Mold, North Wales, MJ Payne writes and records melodic, slightly wonky indie electronic songs using a sampler, guitar, synths and vocals. The sound draws on 90s indie, west coast psychedelic pop and glitchy early-2000s electronica. He has been part of the local North Wales scene for over 20 years, playing bands and projects like Mechanical Owl and Sightseers. Currently working on a solo album. |
6:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Wrexham native, Laura-Leigh Dickenson has been singing her heart out all her life. Expect to feel her music in your bones. |
6:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Leon Maddy is a multi-award winning harmonicist who has graced the stage of the Wembley Arena, MOBOS and The Mumford and Sons festival. He began playing the instrument after his aunt gave him a harmonica at age 14 with a harmonica tutorial book and video. He then started to teach himself the instrument and began applying the harmonica to different styles of genres such as Jazz, Hip Hop and Rock. This has ultimately led him to over 200+ performances. He was also a featured artist on the Mercury Music Prize nominated album ‘ESKA’ as well as a performance on the online platform TED Talks. He continues to compose, record his own material and perform around the UK and overseas.
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7:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Sustinere are a dynamic alt rock duo delivering growling guitar tones and heavy hitting drums. Expect a contagious riff filled, high energy invitation to head bang. They have 4 EP's and 4 single releases under their belt receiving radio play from BBC radio Wales. Their influences include Royal Blood, Billy Talent, Manchester Orchestra and Nirvana. They pride theirselves on infectious groove and melody; heavy, but accessible! Rob's guitar is channelled through both a guitar amp and a bass amp to create their meaty sound. Their performances are technically interesting as well as visually engaging with Rob leading the way, head banging from centre stage! "Rolling waves fuzz and cathartic soul baring- very, very good indeed" Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales 2022 |
7:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Rona Mac is an established artist from West Wales, crafting music that sits comfortably in the realms of alternative folk, with nods to indie-pop and classic singer-songwriter. Rooted in a deeply DIY ethos, she has built her sound from the ground up—writing, recording, and producing her music in a weathered caravan on the most westerly tip of mainland Wales. Having gigged in various forms for most of her life, Rona stepped into the world of independent artistry with a fierce commitment to making music on her own terms. Learning to manage every part of the process, from songwriting to booking, mixing to publishing, she has carved out a path that is entirely her own. Her music is sentimentally charged and lyrically driven, with guitar and vocals carrying equal weight. Comparisons have been drawn to Adrienne Lenker, Phoebe Bridgers,
Joni Mitchell, Ben Howard, and boygenius—an association she finds both surreal and humbling. Rona’s second album release in 2024 saw her take on a self-booked 20-date tour across the UK and Europe, bringing her intimate yet expansive sound to audiences far and wide. Her music has received A-list rotation and Album of the Year recognition from BBC Radio Wales, with additional airplay on BBC Radio 1 and 6. Features in Wonderland, Clash, and Atwood Magazine have further cemented her reputation as a distinctive voice in the contemporary folk scene. On stage, Rona uses live looping, synths, and additional instrumentation to add texture while keeping the music centered around the song. It’s a performance style that feels deeply human. She has shared stages with the likes of Willy Mason, Billie Marten, Bess Atwell, and Katy J Pearson, always bringing an understated presence that lets the songs speak for themselves. |
6:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Tara Bandito burst onto the scene in 2022. A wrestler’s daughter with a flair for the dramatic, her debut single, Blerr, released through Côsh Records, quickly established her as a rising force. Highlights since include playing LUCfest, Taiwan & Green Man festival, reaching BBC Introducing Bethan Elfyn's top 5 artists and BBC 6 Music’s Huw Stephens' 'artist of the week’. Bandito also featured on God is in the TV Zine’s top 10 artists. In 2023 she released her debut self-titled album, with lead track 'Croeso i Gymru' picked up by Craig Charles on 6 Music. Recording the album in 2021 brought the end of a 14-year chapter of healing, grief and self-discovery following the death of her father. Before pursuing her career as a solo artist, Tara toured with Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon and trained in India as yoga teacher. These experiences shaped a unique artist who combines the Welsh language, English, and Sanskrit with the sounds of sitar, harp, raw autobiographical lyrics, and thumping beats. Described as "a formidable live artist" by Bethan Elfyn (BBC) and "exuding musical charisma from every pore" by DJ Adam Walton, Bandito prides herself on showering her audience with a SHOW. |
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SATURDAY, 19 JULY 2025
2:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
| KIP |
3:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
| Amelia Cameron-Bywater (duo) |
4:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Hazel Sian is a Welsh singer/songwriter based in Holywell, writing and performing original folk/ Indy music in Welsh and English. Hazel has performed in many local venues and festivals and she has recently released an EP and a single. |
4:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Natasha Borton is a Welsh singer-songwriter and poet who mixes indie rock, ballad pop, and storytelling inspired by icons like Amanda Palmer, Lucy Dacus, Kate Nash, and Regina Spektor. Her 2023 EP Hometown toured Wales, exploring themes of belonging and identity, through heartbreak, humor and honesty. The title track ‘Hometown’ was featured as the theme for National Theatre Wales’ A Proper Ordinary Miracle. Through music and poetry, Natasha has performed across the UK, such as Focus Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, Liverpool Everyman, The Lowry, and Llangollen International Eisteddfod. |
5PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Trandoshan Hunters started as a project in lockdown and slowly folded in music and poems created by Chris Ingram and Richard Geraghty. Inviting collaboration they are appearing at Llangollen Fringe Festival with special guests Hazel Sian, Terry Allen and Darren "Jazz Drums". "Multi-genre hopping and evocative style". Trust the Doc and Exile FM. Neil March. |
5:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Photo credit: Zoe Knowles Photography |
Doom & Glitter is a trans-led cabaret band fronted by Cheshire drag king and blues troubadour Mr Brake Down, whose gravel‑toned vocals and theatrical presence have become Fringe favourites following his acclaimed Tom Waits tributes over the last three years. In 2025, he’s expanded the show into a full ensemble: Sophie Siobhán brings sultry versatility on keys, sax, and guitar; Steve Lincoln — a proud cis‑man ally — adds multi‑instrumental flair and leads live percussion; and Siân Peters, the band’s musical director, supplies fresh arrangements, electronics, and AV wizardry. Together, they fuse blues, drag, and experimental cabaret into an electrifying, genre‑bending celebration of queer artistry—equal parts gritty, glittering, and unforgettable. |
5:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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GLÖWR are a cross-genre collaboration between accomplished poets and musicians Natasha Borton and Ben Wilson. The duo explores storytelling through pulsing harmonies, haunted memories, and the absurdity of everyday life. Influenced by the 90s hip hop, Welsh folk music and the stories from a post-industrial Wales and rooted in North Wales. |
5:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Andy Hickie is a singer-songwriter focusing on traditional Welsh and Irish folk songs, as well as being the regular host of "A Gathering of Folk"... acoustic nights, folk sessions and open mic nights around the Wrexham and Llangollen area. Andy is a well-known figure in the North East Wales music scene, and has a wealth of musical experience across a diverse range of projects including The Merry Maidens, PAPERHOUSE, Cosmic Dog Fog and The National Theatre Of Wales. |
6PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Sasz is a Wrexham-based singer-songwriter who performs with a band made up of lead guitarist, Mark Roberts, drummer, Dylan Roberts, bassist Dan Gaughran and backing vocalist Amelia Cameron-Bywater. They formed in October 2023 and have since supported Baby Brave, Cara Hammond and Whitney Lyamn at sold out shows in local venues. In November 2023 they released their debut single 'With Time To Kill', some of which was recorded at ROC2 Studios during the Bunker Sessions supported by Focus Wales and they released their second single 'Wish I Knew' last year. They've had plays on BBC radio Wales, BBC Radio Manchester, Wigwam Radio and Calon FM. When writing, Sasz draws on her love of classics like Fleetwood Mac, Carole King and The Rolling Stones, as well as many other current bands and artists for inspiration, creating melodic pop, rock and blues songs, with 'sad girl' themes and a nostalgic feel. |
6:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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6:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Chilled are an indie rock band formed in 1998 and based in and around the Corwen area , it started as a 3 piece band but has also been a duo and the 5 piece that it is today , Chilled mainly covered the popular indie and rock song's that were big at the time , additionally they would write and perform original song's and fitted them seamlessly into the covers set they were playing , They played 100s of gig's in the pub's club's and festivals all over north Wales and the north west , some big one's for example the famous Tivoli in Buckley and supported the band Feeder at the William Aston in Wrexham , both of these gig's were Chilled original song's and no covers , at one stage Chilled started a festival type day in Corwen and called it Chillfest, where they headlined for 3 year's supported by other artist's and local bands , along the way they stopped doing the covers so much and just played there own music and to this day continue to write and perform. |
7PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Eye is the new project from Jessica Ball of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard—an evolution into something darker, more intimate, and hauntingly cinematic. A three-piece outfit forging their own path in the realm of dark electro-doom, Eye weaves together heavy textures with moody synths, slow-burning riffs, and Ball’s unmistakably ethereal vocals. Their debut album, "Dark Light", released via New Heavy Sounds, introduces a sonic world where crushing weight meets ambient melancholy. It’s a record that feels like wandering through fog in a neon-lit wasteland—hypnotic, immersive, and deeply emotional. With roots in doom, post-metal, and electronic minimalism, Eye carries the atmosphere of Ball’s previous work into a colder, more introspective direction—otherworldly, yet painfully human. |
7:15PM | PRINCE OF WALES
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Actual wizards. Groom the Giant are grungy psych doomers hailing from North Wales. Currently conjuring their second EP for release later this year, with one of the singles 'Wyrms' already available. |
7:30PM | GALES WINE BAR (ACOUSTIC STAGE)
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Originating from Wrexham, Igloo Hearts are a captivating duo blending classical piano, folk influences, and contemporary energy. Married couple James (guitar/vocals) and KatieMacGregor (piano/vocals) infuse their music with originality and charm, building tracks around classical piano, alluring chord progressions, and impeccable harmonies. Drawing inspiration from Jesca Hoop, Mitski, Radiohead, and Kate Bush, they meld classical and folk elements with modern sensibilities.Their talent has been recognized at the Purbeck Folk Rising and Liverpool Songwriting competitions, with extensive airplay on BBC Introducing and regional radio. Katie’s acclaimed performance on Channel 4’sThe Piano (Series 2) garnered high praise from judges. Igloo Hearts have shared stages with esteemed acts like Michele Stodart of The Magic Numbers, Welsh Music Prize winner The Gentle Good, and BBC radio’s Mark Radcliffe in sold-out shows. They have also enchanted audiences at venues including the Liverpool Philharmonic, Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and various intimate churches and theatres. Additionally, the duo collaborates with choirs on specially commissioned pieces. With their unique blend of classical and modern influences, Igloo Hearts deliver performances that are exciting, beautiful, and deeply emotive. |
7:30PM | BRIDGE END
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Kuff Dam are a 4 piece originals indie rock and roll band from Llangollen, North Wales. With a barrage of catchy melodies and killer riffs, if you like energetic rock and roll then you'll love Kuff Dam! |
8PM | GALES WINE BAR (OUTDOOR STAGE)
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Eadyth, a bilingual electro/rock artist from Aberfan, is crafting and developing a fiery new sound! She blends heavy guitar riffs with electro soundscapes, creating a fresh take on Welsh rock with influences of soul. As she’s joined by guitarist Rhodri and drummer Dylan Eadyth's powerful vocals deliver messages of personal growth and self-confidence. Drawing from early punk, grunge, and industrial metal that blends with 90’s soul and pop, their unique style offers a diverse musical experience. |
