Here’s the line-up that made history performing at the first Down At The Abbey in 2019.
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"
