More than 2,000 artists performing across 400+ grassroots venues nationwide, spanning indie, folk, country/ americana, dance, pop, rock, grime, electronic, jazz, folk, punk, soul and more. The event is sponsored by the Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery. Taking place on what would have been the Glastonbury Festival weekend of 26th to 28th June 2026, the line up includes several americana or adjacent acts including:
True Strays – Americana, blues-rock, roots
M G Boulter & Samantha Whates – English Americana and contemporary folk
Carter Sampson – Oklahoma country/Americana singer-songwriter
The Dustbowl Sinners – Americana, blues, roots
Jack Blackman and the Beautiful Wreck – roots rock/Americana
Steve Carlson – American singer-songwriter with country/Americana style
Dan Sealey – Dan Sealey’s folk/Americana solo work
Muireann Bradley – acoustic blues and roots music
Snail Mail – indie rock
Glenn Tilbrook will be performing on the Theatreship in East London’s Canary Wharf and Muireann Bradley is headlining a show at Hackney’s Moth Club with Niamh Bury.
“50 years ago Squeeze started out in the small venues of South East London” says Tilbrook. “Later this year we will be playing our biggest UK tour including at the O2 Arena across the Thames from the Theatreship. I still go out and play solo shows at grassroots venues and some of the best nights I’ve ever had playing music have been in tiny rooms packed with people who just love live music. These venues don’t just support musicians, they become part of the fabric of local communities. They give people a place to meet, connect and discover something new. We need to cherish them, if we lose them, we lose far more than somewhere to see a band. So show your support for your local venue, you never know where the next great artist, or the next great night, might come from.”
More than 2,000 artists will perform across the weekend, representing the full spectrum of the UK’s music scene. Established artists will perform intimate grassroots venue shows alongside emerging local talent and breakthrough new acts, highlighting the vital role these venues play in developing the next generation of British music.
Audiences will also be given the opportunity to support a range of exceptional and vital music charities at point of purchase, with donations supporting War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians and Teenage Cancer Trust.
You can find details of all events at this link.
