Entertainment

Friday 7th June Afternoon

‘Quiet Session’

Sit back, enjoy the real ale on offer and have a conversation with friends and family without any live entertainment.

Friday 7th June Evening

Ben Dlugokecki

Dlugokecki (pronounced Der-loo-go-ken-ski) is a band and singer/songwriter based in Southampton, UK. He will be playing as a duo act, with his brother Zan, at our festival.

For 22 years Ben Dlugokecki has written over 100 songs, released 5 albums and his 6th 'Come Find Us' was released in October 2019. His musical influences include David Gray, Paul Simon, Elbow and Phil Collins.

The 'Dlugokecki' band have supported million-selling artists David Gray, Snow Patrol, Corinne-Bailey Rae, The Proclaimers, Passenger and Lu Lu on their world tours, playing to thousands of people.

Dlugokecki have also played alongside British Sea Power, Badly Drawn Boy, The Hoosiers, Nerina Pallot, Ben's Brother, Robert Vincent, Longview, Sandi Thom, Paddy Casey, The Bluetones, The Drifters, John Power (CAST/The La's), Nizlopi, Howard Jones, Alexander O'Neil and the mighty Chesney Hawkes (the band even lent him their keyboard!).

Dlugokecki songs have been used on the soundtrack of Channel 4 hit show "Ny-Lon" and five tracks were heavily featured in episodes of Channel 4's "Hollyoaks". They have recorded in Metropolis Studio, London and have had a twelve-day session in Ibiza at Craig Davids Villa.

In 2009 the band played the 'South by Southwest' Festival in Austin, Texas, also playing 2 shows in New York to great acclaim. The same year they played Shepherds Bush Empire alongside Passenger, Starsailor and Squeeze to celebrate the life of singer/songwriter Matthew Jay. In 2010, they released a 34-track double album spanning the 10 years of 'Dlugokecki' - celebrating the event with a tour and sell-out show in their hometown.

Dlugokecki have performed at the top of the Spinnaker Tower, Old Trafford, Stonehenge, Blackpool pleasure beach, The Ferry across the Mersey and at 3,200ft at the top of Mount Snowdon in Wales.

In 2019 the band played 8 summer festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, Victorious and Swanfest. In May the band headlined the Cavern Club in Liverpool as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. The band finished the year with a sell-out hometown show, a new album and their first 'Sofar' performance. They released five new singles in 2019 - 'The Bliss', 'Lightyears', 'Sure', 'You Don't Even Know Who You Are' and 'X10'.

2020 started well with a 12-date UK tour planned, a sell-out show in Winchester under their belt and a new album all mapped out. Then came the Coronavirus! What resulted was the 'Social Distancing Tour' - a 12-date tour of Ben's house that included playing 'The Kitchen', 'The Garage' & even 'The Downstairs Toilet'. The tour was featured on Yahoo News and in local media including Flash FM, BBC Radio Solent & BBC South TV.

After a three year break due to the pandemic, Dlugokecki have returned in 2023 with the release of a two new singles 'The Optimist' and 'The Dreams of a Kamikaze Pilot', and a 7th album due in October. 'The Optimist' recently spent 2-weeks at Number 1 in the South Coast Chart. For the video for 'The Dreams of a Kamizake Pilot' the band were given a theme park to film in for a morning.

Saturday 8th June Afternoon

Quiz

We will be testing your grey matter by bringing you our beer festival paper based quiz. Can you impress your friends by showing you could be the next ‘Egghead’ or are you more akin to being ‘The Weakest Link’?

Saturday 8th June Evening

Blurtones

The Blurtones are a four piece Britpop covers band based in Southampton. Having formed in 2019, the group have quickly established themselves as one of the most must-see acts in the area, thrilling fans of the genre with energetic performances and faithful cover versions. With a set of classic songs spanning the 90s British Indie movement, lovers of the biggest smash hits of the decade as well as obscure fan favourites are sure to be left satisfied. Their ever-growing repertoire includes songs from Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Supergrass, Ash, Dodgy, Ocean Colour Scene, The Verve, The Charlatans and much more!