Artists
Full list of BunkFest artists for 2026 are here!
2026 Headline artists are here!
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Girl Friday
Girl Friday are a dynamic female duo bringing big vocals, tight harmonies and feel-good energy to every performance. From soulful classics to modern pop favourites, they’re regular BunkFesters, delivering stylish, crowd-pleasing sets—always polished, always fun, and always ready to raise the vibe.
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Glass Half Broken
Glass Half Broken are an eight(ish) piece genre-fluid, feminist-funk experience. Be prepared for gigantic sounds and palpable grooves. But more importantly, be prepared to throw shapes like a windsock in a hurricane.
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Graham Swannell
Graham Swannell is a semi-professional musician who is known for a powerful voice. He has developed a distinctive folk style that includes clear diction. Although folk…
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Greg Mayston’s Folk, Blues and Americana
Greg Mayston’s Folk, Blues and Americana play country folk and blues songs, new and old, and with love for the traditions the songs represent. Join them for performances of feisty folk, blasting blues and amazing Americana from the Mississippi Delta to the Thames Valley, performed with sensitivity,…
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Gregory Jones
Gregory’s songs of love and loss are crafted into harmony-laden, melodic indie-pop, with a helping of Folk-Rock-Americana. Influenced by Simon & Garfunkel, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Jimmy Webb and Burt Bacharach, Gregory’s timeless sound and storytelling will pick you up and drop you in familiar places you’ve…
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Harry Li
Harry Li is a folk singer-songwriter who draws on folk music traditions around the British Isles in his playing and writing. He crafts original songs which have been inspired by folk music, past and present.
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Heather Jayne and the Red Shoes
Heather Jayne and the Red Shoes are a local quartet, playing swing and soul. Anything from the Andrews Sisters to Leonard Cohen, via Smokey Robinson and Nina Simone. Hugely popular with swing dancing clubs, they’ll have you dancing in the aisles and crying in your beer.
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HerOrangeCoat
Hailing from West Yorkshire, HerOrangeCoat’s alt-folk songs weave her life experiences into a rich tapestry of sound. Armed with her ukulele, she crafts songs that show a remarkable ability to turn melancholy into an enticing musical journey that demands to be heard.
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Hipbone Slim aka Sir Bald
Baldie and friends play rock ‘n roll, rhythm ‘n blues, rockabilly, ska and surf tunes taken from his 40+ album releases, including an appearance in ‘Stranger Things’!…
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Ian Freedman
Ian Freedman is a multi-instrumentalist and long standing member of RyeWolf who performs solo at BunkFest because he believes in the ethic of a free festival.
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James Carter
James Carter is an award-winning children’s poet, non-fiction writer and musician. He travels all over the UK with his melodica (that’s Steve) and ukulele (Disco Derek) – to deliver very lively and interactive performances and workshops – and has visited 1500+ Primary schools in the last 25 years. BOING! a…
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James Pendle
James Pendle’s Poetry Jukebox. Shout out a subject and James will recite, from memory, a poem to match your request. James Pendle has memorised so many poems by so many different poets that he thinks he can match one to any request. Please come and test him. James is Network…
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Jessica Deguara
Jessica Deguara invites people to reconnect with themselves and each other through joyful movement, music, play and moments of presence in nature and beyond. The Joy of Dance Move, play and connect through music and movement. A playful silent disco where music, movement and connection bring people…
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Jimmy the Dog
Jimmy the Dog are a two-man ball of energy that sound like a four-piece, delivering fast, danceable, sweaty, unfiltered dirty-boogie blues, Chicago, swing and rock’n’roll favourites and originals to make your ears bleed! Wailing blues guitar and screaming harmonica, harmonies and some audience participation gettin’ hearts pumpin’…
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Jody and the Jerms
Formed in Oxford, Jody and the Jerms played their first gig at the now defunct Wheatsheaf in 2020 and have been writing, recording and playing their blend of melodic pop ever since, with four albums and accolades from many including Janice Long, Frank Skinner and Mark Radcliffe…
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Jody Wyatt
Jody Wyatt returns to BunkFest 2026 with songs that feel honest, warm and beautifully lived-in. Rooted in British folk yet unmistakably his own, his rich vocals and thoughtful song writing draw listeners astray somewhere reflective, raw and real. Nephew of co-founder Bob Wyatt, he performs with heart, grit and quiet…
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JoJo Halliwell and Katie
JoJo Halliwell sings covers from various female powerhouses in pop from a range of decades. She also enjoys the performance aspect, so there most likely will be dancing involved! This year she is joined by her good friend Katie with her guitar.
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Jukebox Junkyard
Five reprobates and a saxophonist brought their musical prowess and experience together to create the Jukebox Junkyard, the ultimate party band covering all genres of music from the 50s to the present day.
Dance artists and ceilidhs
You are in for a treat! We have a over 30 fantastic dance teams putting on displays around Wallingford and at our fringe venues throughout the weekend. Plus, ceilidh – that’s your chance to dance!
