Deer Shed Festival preview: North Yorkshire's acclaimed music and arts festival reveals final list of acts
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Running from July 28-31 in the lush fields of Baldersby Park at Topcliffe near Thirsk, Deer Shed Festival 13 promises the best programme to date.
The headliners include exhilarating leading British jazz act The Comet Is Coming, the ground-breaking Public Service Broadcasting and legendary Scottish idie outfit The Delgados.
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Hide AdThe bespoke musical line-up also features Gaz Coombes, The Big Moon, This Is The Kit, BCUC, Dream Wife, Gwenno, Rae Morris, Steam Down, W. H. Lung, Grove, Panic Shack, Plastic Mermaids, Rozi Plain, Skinny Pelembe and The Mary Wallopers.
But there has always been a lot more than cutting edge music to this most civilised, family-friendly and high quality of festivals whose tickets are going fast just four weeks from launch.
The Deer Shed festival has often been hailed as the “Latitude of the North” and, as always, this year’s offers a schedule packed with comedy, science, literature, theatre, children and sports activities.
The final announcement involves the literary and spoken word strand.
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Hide AdThe names on this particular part of the festival programme includes:
Public Service Broadcasting talking to music author and Guardian critic Dave Simpson.
The Eggs Book Club.
Gordon Raphael talking about classic band The Strokes.
Children’s author Bethan Woollvin.
Poet and comedian John Hegley.
Northern News podcast live.
Spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs’s poetry showcase.
Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho.
Comedian and author John Robertson.
Writer and dancer Helen Kumar.
Story Yoga with Enchantica.
Last year’s festival, which showcased John Grant, Yard Act, Self Esteem, Billy Nomates and Nadine Shah, was hailed in the press for its “girl power theme” and high standards.
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Hide AdAs always, this year’s event also promises a quality food and drink offer.
Megan Evans, festival director, said: “"Early bird tickets were snapped up before we’d even announced a band which is really heartening in tough times for independent events like ours."
Tickets for Deer Shed Festival 13 are available at: