NOW in its fourth year, York’s Little Festival of Live Music returns to Parliament Street from Friday to October 1 with the promise of being bigger and better than ever before.
The event was created in 2013 at less than three weeks' notice and has since grown from strength to strength with its policy of free admission. So much so, the Little Festival is now in the final for Yorkshire’s Outstanding New Festival of the Year in the 2016 Yorkshire Gig Guide Awards.
Festival director Ellen Cole says: "We have a wide range of musical genres on offer at this year’s festival, including folk, country, Americana, surf rock, indie, pop, acoustic and much more. We always aim to offer our audiences a great musical experience and enjoy introducing them to acts that they may or may not have seen before."
Savannah Betts. Picture: David Martin
The festival takes place in the Music Marquee on Parliament Street from 5pm to approximately 9pm each day as an adjunct to the York Food and Drink Festival. "I love being part of the festival because we can bring so many people together to enjoy great music in a warm and welcoming environment," says Ellen.
"Furthermore, our venue is fully accessible to give those with mobility problems peace of mind. It's great to see a free-entry music festival like ours do so much for the York community, which is why we bring it back year after year.”
Flora Greysteel. Picture: Yellow Mustang Photography
After receiving close to 800 applications from bands and musicians from up and down the country, the Little Festival team had the difficult task of whittling them down to 30 acts. In the line-up will be folk and acoustic musician David Ward Maclean; The Duncan McFarlane Band; York's Americana folk combo King Courgette; Ingrid Schwartz; Dan Webster; Savannah Betts; Dear Friends and Dave Gorman (not the comedian).
Playing too will be Stillhouse; Mulholland; Leather’o; Gracie Falls; Vesper Walk; Everlate, Joshua Burnell and Band; Flora Greysteel; The Bronze; Kitty VR; Jess Gardham; Laura Kindelan; Ramble Gamble and Atomic Raygun.
So too will The YORKshire Puddingz; Ava Rose and Charlie Daykin from Barcode Zebra; Vinnie Whitehead; Edwina Hayes; Boss Caine, fresh from opening for Richard Hawley at Fibbers; alternative R'n'B artist Kymberley Kennedy and York surf-rock band The Surf Sluts in their final performance before disbanding.
For more information on the Little Festival, visit yorkfoodfestival.com; go to facebook.com/YorksLittleFestivalOfLiveMusic or follow @Live_Music_Fest on Twitter.
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