Here’s the line-up that made history performing at the first Down At The Abbey in 2019.
Check out the artists that played in 2019 or click the button above to see this year’s line-up.
Main Stage
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PETE HEFFERAN
Local hero and former Pete & The Pirates member Pete Hefferan.
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KATHYRN JOSEPH
"Her music is as powerful as it is introverted, as insistent as it is subtle" UNCUT MAGAZINE
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THE WAVE PICTURES
"dreamlike, bluesy and unique" THE GUARDIAN
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TOM WILLIAMS
"Surging, vintage pop-rock" THE GUARDIAN
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ROZI PLAIN
"Rozi Plain’s music invites an immediate calm. Her songs, a combination of minimalist blues and free-floating jazz, are lucent and inquisitive." PITCHFORK
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SALTWATER SUN
"Creating guitar-pop that’s equal parts fierce to breezy, Saltwater Sun are a breath of fresh air" LONDON IN STEREO
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EVER HAZEL
"Life-affirming and beautiful" - Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music
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VIENNA DITTO
"Portishead doing a Tarantino soundtrack" BBC RADIO 1
Second stage
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ALDWORTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS
Reading’s esteemed Philharmonic Orchestra
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DARREN HAYMAN
"intimate, honest and different to the more obvious charms of English indie pop" THE QUIETUS
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RACHAEL DADD
"will have you drifting off in a peaceful meditative state with her strong and soothing voice invoking child-like experiences of beautiful lullabies." THE LINE OF BEST FIT
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BRYDE
"Always otherworldly and ethereal" DORK
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THE AUGUST LIST
“…full of grit and soul, fire and fog.” Nightshift
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THE AMAZING TIGER BAND
"Entertaining and intriguing"
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DAMIEN A PASSMORE + DR.J
"Stomping country entertainers"
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JESSICA LEE MORGAN
"Enchanting Local Folkie"
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THE KEEP CATS
"Reading’s hottest indie band"
