Festival Guide
As Local & Live returns this weekend for its 18th anniversary, the music festival’s founder, Paul Dunton, previews the event and explains why you should come along. Download the Times of Tunbridge Wells guide below.
Amelie
Twelve year old Amelie, from Tonbridge, Kent has been singing and playing acoustic guitar for five years. Over the last two years, she has performed at local gigs and street parties. This summer, she played two charity gigs at a pub in Leigh, raising money for Hospice in the Weald. This will be the first …
Luke Fraser
Luke Fraser is a singer-songwriter based in London, floating through time and genre while anchored to the ground by honest, intimate and at times scathing lyricism. Drawing from everything from 70s folk to Cole Porter-esque crooners, Luke’s aim is to create a sound world tied to the past, but not trapped within it. His debut …
Doris Amy
Singer-songwriter Doris Amy is from Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Just fifteen, Doris has been exploring her talent for writing engaging, original songs and released her first singles in the summer of 2023. With a series of open mic slots at The Forum and cafés under her belt and a quiet confidence that belies her age, Local …
Jack Léon Mackey
Jack Léon Mackey is a singer songwriter from Tunbridge Wells Kent. Jack has recently released an E.P on iTunes and Spotify called “4,7,8” and is currently performing and writing new material. Jack is also an established author, recently releasing his first book “delirium” (available via Amazon, Waterstones and WHSmith) which is an in depth and …
Night Without Sleep
Hailing from Rusthall and Tunbridge Wells featuring Wolff on vocals and Funboy on guitar. Night Without Sleep are an acoustic duo but not like acoustic music you may know. ‘’Renowned for their intense live shows and ability to get under the skin of the listener with their close to the mark lyrics marking them out …
Candela Quinn
Candela comes fresh from her local debut at The Pantiles last spring. With material rich in references to Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell and Sheryl Crow. Her voice emerges from the singer songwriting tradition. With jazz designs and folk undertones. She will be joined onstage by her band where she shifts between the drums and the acoustic guitar …
Benjamin Lewes
Benjamin Lewes is a Home Counties artist who’s inspired by the likes of George Ezra and Hall & Oates. With a number of Glastonbury’s and backpacking European tour feeling like a lifetime ago Lewes is back on the scene, and who knows he might even go as far as a commercial release. The mixture of …
Essie West
Essie West is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer residing in a quiet corner of the South East of England. West’s debut EP, Wonderment, released in July this year, looks at the natural landscape and the way we move within it to find solace and expansion. The listener is taken into an immersive and magical sound …
Jez Harley
Jez Harley is a singer/songwriter who has previously been in regular Tunbridge Wells based bands – The Good Ship Band and Harley & Woods. Jez has achieved commercial and critical success as a songwriter with Scott English and as a singer/songwriter in the early 2000’s. Jez’s current incarnation shares some of the songs and sentiments …
