The Gentle Good

Cardiff-born songwriter Gareth Bonello performs his modern folk music tinted with psychedelia. Winner of the BBC Composer of the Year Award 2011, Gareth will be joined by The Mavron String Quartet for this special Hay Festival performance.

The Herbaliser Band

Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba discovered a shared passion for hip-hop, rare groove, funk and jazz in the 90s. Their music offers an emphatically London-centric take on funky-electronica packed with samples, scratches and chopped-up rhythms. Dancing.

Ghostpoet

The softly spoken 24-year-old has already won over BBC Radio 1's foremost taste-maker Gilles Peterson and Brownswood Recordings with a handful of off-kilter, loopy electronic ditties blessed with his delightfully rambling musings on modern life. His captivating hook-laden productions and lazy baritone ensure that this young, inventive, British artist is destined for greatness. 'With lullabies to hypnotise, this somnolent spirit is sleepwalking his way to greatness' - The Guardian