Lancaster Music Festival // Friday

Djs, street food & 20 craft beers outside

Bands inside 

Afterparty Upstairs

All free of charge

The Charm

The Charm are a three-piece indie-rock band based in Lancaster. A familiar presence on Lancaster’s grassroots live circuit, the band blend guitar-driven indie, pop and rock. Their performances favour strong hooks and energetic playing over unnecessary embellishment, making them equally at home on festival stages, in pubs and in dedicated music venues. The Charm have become a recurring part of the city’s live-music calendar and music community.

Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash are a contemporary country band from the Lake District whose music draws inspiration from the landscape and communities of Cumbria. Blending modern country songwriting with elements of rock, the group build their songs around stories of people, places, journeys and life in the countryside. Their debut EP Another Town, Another Road introduced a warm, accessible sound that sits comfortably between traditional country storytelling and a more contemporary British roots-rock approach. The band have increasingly become part of the North-West live circuit, performing around Lancaster, Ulverston and across Cumbria, including appearances at country festivals and independent venues throughout the region.

The Reggie Mental Band

The Reggie Mental Band are a long-established Morecambe-area ska and reggae party band whose big live line-up has made them a fixture at festivals, pubs, parties and venues across North Lancashire. Built around multiple vocalists and a powerful horn section, the band specialise in lively interpretations of ska and reggae favourites designed first and foremost to get a room dancing. Their performances combine the bouncing rhythms of ska with reggae grooves, brass, humour and infectious onstage energy. Regular appearances around Lancaster and Morecambe have earned them a devoted local following, with their annual shows frequently turning into mass singalongs and good-natured skanking sessions.

Casino

Liverpool’s Casino fuse indie rock with the raw soul of Motown, Stax and classic rhythm and blues. Fronted by Dillon’s gravelly, soul-influenced vocal, the band pair punchy guitar songs and melodic hooks with a rhythm section designed to make audiences move. Their sound has been likened to a meeting point between contemporary Liverpool guitar music and the energy of Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and Northern Soul. Casino have supported artists including The Lightning Seeds and Jamie Webster and appeared at festivals including the Isle of Wight and Y Not. Their combination of rock ’n’ roll swagger, soul and strong songwriting makes for an especially energetic live show.

dull after party

Lancaster noise duo dull. are, as they put it, “dull by name but not by nature”. They create a big sound from a stripped-back combination of drums, guitar, electronics and vocals. Their music thrives on contradiction: abrasive screams sit alongside thoughtful, poetic lyrics; huge walls of fuzz suddenly collapse into sparse electronic passages; and post-punk structures dissolve into drone and improvisation.

The lads will be joined upstairs in Atika with one more band and a host of DJs to see you well into the morning!!