Wath Festival

02/09/2026

📢📢 Keep your eyes peeled for our headliner announcement- coming soon 👀

21/08/2026

Hello everyone hope you are well. As we wait on the exciting news of Wath Festivals headliner for 2027, we have the following snippet for you all.

We are pleased to announce that from 2027, the festival will be held once again at Wath Montgomery Hall!

Just as the Ryman is seen as the spiritual home of country music in the USA, many believe Wath Montgomery Hall is the definitive venue for the festival.

All concerts will be staged here, so keep an eye on all the usual socials over the coming weeks for a plethora of exciting news. For now, cheerio. See you all soon.

07/08/2026

Good afternoon one and all. Welcome, Welcome. Well, we do not know about all you guys, but this year’s festival seems like a lifetime away. So, for all who suffer withdrawal symptoms we have the cure! The first tranche of artistes for the 2027 festival has been announced:

📢 Friday 30th April: Jake Vaadeland & the Sturgeon River Boys and Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies (Co-Headline)

📢 Saturday 1st May: Headline: The Young'uns; support: Virginia Kettle's Rolling Folk

📢 Sunday 2nd May: Ceilidh and concert support: The Hooliemen

More information to come, but for now what do you guys think. Let us know in the comments. See you all very soon.

27/07/2026

Heads up guys.

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27/07/2026

Stay tuned folks...

10/07/2026

Good morning, guys. A very warm welcome from festival towers. Hope the world is treating you all well.

Looking back again at past lineups, the randometer of music fired up, turned and 1/5 of a turn later landed on Christine Collister. We don’t know how it does it.

Christine played the festival in 2002, which according to legend, saw Chas & Dave giving a headlining show which had to be seen to be believed. (Allegedly).

Without further ado, here’s a great song by Christine and Clive Gregson. We wonder how many breakup mix tapes this was on back in the day. (Yes, we are showing our age).

Provided to YouTube by IIP-DDSI Wouldn't Treat a Dog · Clive Greg...

05/07/2026

26/06/2026

Afternoon chaps and chapettes. Phew what a scorcher. Hope you are all well and the heat is not causing you too any problems.

Last weeks flashback Friday proved very popular which amazed not only us but Fred who is normally a typical stoic Yorkshireman, managed to smile for the first time in two decades. Win win all round. We spun the randometer but alas the warm weather caused a software malfunction, so we stuck everything in a hat and picked an artist out.

Rachel Harrington & Zak Borden played Wath Festival in 2009. If we remember, Rachel had the flu which was sweeping the world at the time. Halloween leaves is taken from the Bootleggers Daughter, which is a stellar album. Catch her on a 2027 UK tour if you can. Enjoy it here. Until next week thanks for reading and take care. Cheerio.

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19/06/2026

Morning folks. Hope you are all well this fine morning. Welcome to Flashback Friday!

We have been compiling a list of past line-ups of the festival, which can be found on our website, in the menu, surprisingly under “past line-ups”, but we need your help.

If any of you kind folks out there have any details of previous years line-ups, even snippets, which are not listed, or any memorabilia bits and pieces, please get in touch, and we will include it in the list.
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We are beginning “Flashback Friday”, where we will pick a random act and year from past line-ups.

Today our randomiser stopped on 2002 the year Chas and Dave headlined, so for your delectation here’s a reminder of why Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock are two of the best musicians ever to grace a stage.

Fun fact: The BBC banned them from singing the word “Cowson”, an old East End expletive. Somehow Dave sang it anyway, then looked surprised, as seen in this video.

Enjoy!

Classic performance of 'Gertcha' from Chas & Dave, live from Top Of The PopsThis is the official YouTube channel for British pop rock duo, Chas & Dave. Forme...

15/06/2026

Thank you for the lovely words Caitiesearrings!