This year’s festival headline slot goes to the Shingalings who are an 8-piece collective from Bristol who are inspired by dance music’s unique power to bring joy and togetherness to a field of complete strangers. With foundations in a shared love of golden-era Latin records, their music wraps vibrant and diverse dance grooves into a timeless yet fiercely contemporary sound. 

BBC Introducing praised their “super infectious energy,” while BBC 6 Music’s Craig Charles featured one of their tracks in his ‘Best of the Year’ playlist, calling it “they’ve really nailed that ’60s New York Boogaloo sound.”

This year the band are thrilled to have been included in the roster of Bristol’s renowned grassroots champions, Chai Wallahs, and are excited to bring the party to their festival stages this year and beyond.

Led by charismatic vocalist Drew Salida, the band has become a standout act on the Bristol scene and beyond, known for their explosive life-affirming shows; featuring feel-good piano hooks, fiery horn lines, rapturous vocals, and, of course, those irresistible Latin beats.

Following the release of their debut record “Introducing… The Shingalings” in 2024 and a string of standout festival performances — including a bill-topping set at Glastonbury — the band has attracted widespread attention and acclaim.Unmissable.

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We are proud to present some rising stars on the Indie music scene-Four Act Riot, an Indie Rock band based in Cardiff.
The band formed in August 2024, and soon after, started gigging in the South Wales area. In the first year of the band, they’ve been able to play major Welsh venues, major festivals such as Lakefest and have expanded to London, including performing at Dingwalls in Camden. This year they have also released our debut single, ‘Drunk’, which has had radio play across UK and US Radio. Their unreleased content is already being recognised, with their song, ‘Crisis’, being used on the BBC TV series ‘Stranded on Honeymoon Island’. F.A.R.’s songs are heavily Influenced by the likes of Catfish and the Bottlemen, Sam Fender and The Stereophonics, so if you love catchy melodies with a heavy vibe, you’ll love F.A.R.

FOUR ACT RIOT have an exciting future ahead with an impressive new repetoire planned for 2025.

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Formed over 10 years ago, PONCHARTRAIN’S music is described as ‘vintage Americana’ – “It’s a honky-tonk, rockabilly, Cajun, bluesy kind of thing. The vibe is very 40s and 50s, I love stuff by amazing writers like Little Jimmy Dickens, Leadbelly, Wiley Barkdull and Bessie Smith, so we draw on some great songs, but play them with our own spirit and sound. There is a big resurgence of interest in this music at the moment, which is great to see!” Frontman Paul Godden’s musical career started back in the 1970’s, playing and singing around the folk and blues clubs of Bristol and London.
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From roots blues, to R&B, country, bluegrass and rockabilly, and he has been the mainstay of numerous bands since then. In addition to radio and TV work, he has backed and supported the likes of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Patsy Montana, Doctor Ross, Champion Jack Dupree, Jo-Anne Kelly, Flaco Jimminez and numerous 50s rockabilly legends as steel guitar player with Cardiff band The Rimshots. Paul has also toured and recorded with Van Morrison, and appears on two of Van’s albums ‘You Win Again’ and ‘Pay the Devil’.

Ernie Emmanuel is an accomplished Welsh singer-songwriter from Chepstow South Wales, at the age of 17 he’s been recognised for his song-writing skills, melodic tones, and unique up-lifting lilt. Ernie writes, co-produces, sings and plays guitar on his songs. In 2024, Ernie won the Newport City Radio, Best Pop / R&B Artist Award.

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In 2025 Ernie performed across Wales, and England, including; Main stage at Devauden Festival, Coleford Music Festival, supporting Rusty Shackle at The Grace in London, supporting The Rogues in McCann’s Newport.

 For the last three years, Ernie has also performed as an Elvis Tribute Artist, performing at some amazing venues, such as the sold out Trecco Bay Showdome. This year, he is fortunate to have been asked to travel to Spain and around the UK to perform his tribute act.

Over the last year, Ernie has established a band around him, playing his original songs. They have a great, lively vibe, there first headline show is lined up in April, with other gigs in the pipeline!

 Ernie Emmanuel is a unique up and coming talent to look out for, who has the potential to take the music industry by storm!

Our little folk will be spending time learning to drum at. Workshop led by master drummer Omar Sagan from Senegal they will be leading our LIFE ON THE WYE  PARADE, performing their inimitable sounds to delight our festival goers that will make you dance to the beat.Don’t forget to join in with the parade and singalong with our local community choir. Let’s all jump to the beat as we celebrate Life on the Wye!

Parky’s Bar will deliver quality ales , wines and spirits throughout the weekend

The  Godseys deliver a fabulous blend of Americana and country rock to get you dancing. Guaranteed to carry you down the Wye and transport you to the Mississippi with their wonderful rich country twist! https://fb.watch/FwlqRZDcpp/?fs=e

Cymrucana at its best.A real treat for festival-goers as they  rock the valley in their spiritual home, Redbrook

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Catbrook based solo acoustic singer-songwriter (guitar & voice), Tom has around 15 years of live performance experience. He played festivals including Glastonbury, and Wilderness, Bimble Bandada and Devauden in 2025 and delivered too many memorable shows and events through the years to mention. Expect a great original set with flavours of modern folk that’s been compared to Jason Mraz, Counting Crows, Jack Johnson, and Caitlin Canty.

At this years Live on the Wye we’re expecting a relaxed and conversational, melodic guitar-led set with stories between songs (and occasionally during them), which tends to keep things light and human rather than overly polished- Perfect to get the family-friendly chill vibes we like to get our festival afternoon buzzing.

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Click on Tom’s Instagram account to explore his music

We are delighted to welcome Coleford Community Choir to this year’s main stage

Coleford Community Choir is an exciting and thriving choir in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It’s an inclusive choir of mixed voices with an age range of 10 years to 80 plus years. The choir was formed in 2011 with thirteen founder members; it has now grown to more than fifty, who spend a lot of their time laughing and having fun whilst making a fantastic sound.

In the relatively short time that the choir has been formed, it has built up a reputation for fun and exciting performances as well as putting on high quality concerts, including the very popular Remembrance Festival evenings. The choir feel that it is important to support charities, and the proceeds from all of their concerts have gone to different charities such as Time and Place road safety, Royal British Legion, Bristol Children’s Hospital, GWAC and Crisis at Christmas.

The choir sing a wide range of songs and styles and have twice won their class in the Herefordshire Performing Arts Festival. They have participated twice in the National Choir of The Year Competition, singing at the Colston Hall (Bristol Beacon) in Bristol and St David’s Hall in Cardiff. The choir sing for various community events and groups, such as Great Oaks Hospice, Forest Court Care Home, The Elms at Staunton & The Priory at Llandogo. The choir have become an established part of the Coleford Music Festival.

Last year Evan King , an immensely talented Elvis Tribute Act, graced the stage undercover for the final set of Festival Saturday  -this pic above gives a real flavour of his never to be forgotten performance

Watch this space for another unforgettable act to round off the day’s music – it’s sure to be another highlight

Friday Night kicks off the festival with our free entry local talent showcase 🌟STARS ON THE WYE 🌟

We have a few more announcements up our sleeve for festival Saturday and a laid back warm-down event on Sunday so don’t forget to check in here for the full lowdown on the weekend’s music schedule