Bradley Creswick
Leader Emeritus, Royal Northern Sinfonia with talented young musicians from Northumberland present The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
have won no fewer than six Folk Awards from BBC Radio 2, with their finely-crafted and thought-provoking songs.
Degna Stone
a poet originally from the Midlands now based in the North East, reflects on how she fell in love with Northumberland Landscapes.
Paul Smith and Duncan Lloyd
main songwriters for the Newcastle-based alternative rock band Maximo Park. The Mercury Prize-nominated band has released 7 studio albums including Nature Always Wins, number 2 in the UK album charts last year, performing a rare stripped-down set, especially for the festival.
