Greenoaks Gathering

The Kindred Spirit Band are a five-piece, featuring the “perceptive and intriguing” songs, “haunting and beautiful” voice and rhythm guitar work of Elaine Samuels. They are known for weaving thrilling electric violin or guitar and flute or sax with compelling and uplifting stories, driving bass and drum rhythms and two female vocals. They have been performing and recording albums as a band in this form, since the early 2000s and have performed at some prestigious venues and events, such as Liverpool’s Cavern Club, Weyfest, A New Day Festival and HRH Prog Festival. They have been embraced by the prog rock world, with features in Prog magazine and Classic Rock Society’s magazine.

Kindred Spirit Band are currently Elaine Samuels (vocs/ac/elec guitar), Piers Hogg (elec guitar), Keith Buckman (bass & bvs), Stevie Mitchell (flute, sax, cello & bvs), & Paul Austin (drums). This post-lockdown line-up have already performed to acclaim at A New Day Festival, Danfest, Prog the Forest, Cambridge Rock Festival, Wokingham Festival & Soundle Weekend. Following the success of their award winning 2023 EP release, Mechanophobia, Kindred Spirit Band’s double concept album "The Journey Within" was released in July 2025.

“One of the best folk rock acts in activity in the UK”

Prog Rock & Prog Metal Zine

“Creative, progressive folk-rock with some extraordinarily beautiful songs & a host of imaginative & wonderfully crafted ideas…Written for our generation"

Neil Mach, Ad Pontes Magazine

Inkubus Sukkubus are a British Pagan Gothic Rock band who have been releasing albums and touring since their formation in Cheltenham, UK in 1989 as Belas Knapp. The group quickly became a Pagan oriented ensemble, Children of the Moon, under which name they released their first single and an album, both entitled 'Beltaine'. The band's present name was adopted in 1991, but spelt Incubus Succubus until 1995.

Gaelforce are a Celtic Folk Rock band. 4 piece with fiddle, electric guitars, bass, electronic drum kit & vocals. They play rocked up jigs n reels, original & trad folk songs.

James J Turner is a singer-songwriter who delivers a powerful performance of acoustic Folk-Rock, within a Protest-Pagan theme. James's last album received incredible critical acclaim including being called the "best folk-rock album of 2012" earning him over 20,000 fans plus lots of UK and European radio play (including mainstream and regional BBC stations), live radio sessions and key live gigs in 2013 and 2014. James has a much anticipated new album scheduled for release in 2015.