I am sold on the festival, gonna go to the 2025 edition all the way from Latvia. First time in the UK, so i will try to travel the country and hopefully see some smaller shows and music spots. Open for suggestions.
Great rundown of the festival for those who couldn't make it. Completely agree about Inferno too, wasn't sure at first but by the end I was entranced and would say they were certainly one of the highlights of the weekend. Top bands for me were definitely Can Bardd, Afsky, Panopticon, Abduction, Havukruunu, Lunar Mercia, and Ninkharsaag. Thanks for the shout out too, was good to catch up! Looking forward to next year
Cheers for making this. I went to the festival and you nailed everything I thought. The venue was great, chill, great views, easy to work around. The sound wasn't amazing, but definetally improved like you said. Afsky for me absolutely blew me away, I was completely sucked in. Can Bardd were beautiful and that drummer was insane and smiling the entire time. Did you notice he then came back on and played with Saor? Madness! Abduction nailed it, Panopticon were great and Winterfylleth were the best I've ever seen them, which might be my 4th/5th time seeing them. Next year dropping it to two days is better, at 34 a multi day festival is getting tougher haha
It was really fantastic. Had to miss 1 band each day to actually eat some food, so missed The Suns Journey Through the Night, Ard and Inferno. Can Bardd were the absolute highlight of the weekend for me and Bolzer the surprise band who I didnt know much about and really enioyed! The venue really was the best location I have ever experienced for a festival, its so picturesque. As a fellow runner too, I recommend the route along the cliffside from the Spa to Filey. Though you definitely need to be sure on your feet as I fell over on that Saturday morning running along!
It was absolutely brilliant! So many great bands playing amazing sets, it's so hard to pick just one band as a favourite. Inferno were probably the stand out band for me though.
