14 Mar Unearthed Festival announces diverse lineup of iconic music makers, theatre, thinkers, wellbeing and more
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Iconic music makers against breath-taking backdrops, holistic healers alongside theatre & thinkers – all to be discovered at Unearthed Festival 2023
16 – 18 June 2023 in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Unearthed Festival rises up in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, from 16 – 18 June 2023
Family friendly & full of fun Unearthed Festival prides itself on being many things to many people – whether dancing or wellbeing there is something for all
Dawn Penn, celebrated female Jamaican Reggae artist takes top spot on Saturday 17 June and intergalactic ravers & entertainers’ extraordinaire HENGE headline on opening night, Friday 16 June
Mad Professor ft Sista Aisha, Da Fuchaman and his Fire Blaze Band, Get The Blessing, Worm Soundsystem add an iconic Bristol flavour to the weekend
For self-care – think from wood fired hot tubs, yoga, Mayan massage, and even the latest craze in collective fitness classes – The Temple arena returns
Booming local business buy-in sees first ever festival sponsors Barti Dhu Rum brought on board, joining a whole host of Pembrokeshire brewed beer and local vegetarian food offerings
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Unearthed Festival takes place from the 16-18 June 2023 and this years’ line-up will welcome more performers, creators, teachers, musicians, shamans, comedians, artists and entertainers to the lush Pembrokeshire peninsula than ever before.
Taking place in St Davids, Wales, the festival is set against some of the country’s most breath-taking scenery and in 2023 features everything from reggae to sea shanties, comedy to cacao ceremonies and psychedelic session orchestras to family folk duos. Not only that, there’s a whole host of wellness, good vibes and high quality and locally sourced food and drink thrown in for good measure, making Unearthed the antidote to stress and the essence of a good time.
A firm local favourite (with the reintroduction of discounted (by up to 30%) local tickets in 2023) this year’s biggest ever line-up is set to see festival goers from across the country, and further afield, making the pilgrimage to Pembrokeshire. The main stage will host some of the UKs leading artists, DJs and disruptors including award winning Queen of Reggae Dawn Penn whose hits have been sampled by the likes of Mary J Blige & DJ Khalid and Buster Rhymes and whose career has been honoured with the Martin Luther King Award for contribution to Music, among others.
Psychedelic ravers Henge will take to the mainstage for a genre-defying mashup of rock, punk, techno and electro on the night of Friday 16. Not the only performers with an epic cult following to be stepping into the spotlight this year, Mad Professor will also make his Unearthed debut featuring a guest performance from Sista Aisha, and audiences can expect body moving bass from one of the leading dub music producers responsible for bringing the genre into the digital age. Also hailing from Bristol both Get The Blessing and Da Fuchaman and his Fire Blaze Band will sandwich the BBC’s very own Aleighcia Scott on the main stage on Friday, with fans from Bristol and Cardiff alike expected to turn up in their hundreds for an electrifying run of rock jazz followed by award winning reggae, soul and funk. Into the night audiences can enjoy the cosmically weaving vibrations of DreamFaerie, a resident DJ with the psybass label & collective Shanti Planti, followed by the down-tempo, psychedelic chilled-out dub of Quanta.
Alongside mainstage performances bands of all sizes playing a whole range of genres will appear on the 8 festival stages which can be found scattered across the 12 festival areas. Everything from music to theatre, cacao ceremonies to cinema will unfold in more intimate and unique venues and new to this year’s line-up is the Speak Easy tent, home of comedy, theatre and inspirational talks. With theatre from MSG cabaret, National Theatre Wales TEAM, The Show of Freaks and Fire Donkey Production, and stand-up comedy from the Semi-Finalist of Britain’s Got Talent, Noel James as well as the award-winning Claire Ferguson Walker, and comedic favourites Josh Elton and Phil Cooper it’s a one-stop shop for culture buffs, comedy fans and intellectual aficionados, or simply anyone who wants to learn a little and laugh a lot.
