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With over 50 campaign organisations and union-backed stalls inside and outside the marquee, make sure you visit as many as you can and find out what more you can do to secure a fairer, just world for all. Stalls will be set up during the day on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday 18 July 2025

19:00 Martyrs Marquee – Negra Santa

Negra Santa is a native band from Argentina, defined as a band from the Third World and mestizo. It is also referred to as #AlternoLatinoPunk. The band features conscious lyrics and a musical rhythm, having performed more than 600 shows in Argentina and Europe. With a strong influence from bands like Mano Negra, Manu Chao, and KMST, Negra Santa has successfully merged musical rhythms such as cumbia, cuarteto, punk, ska, and raggamuffin.

20:15 Martyrs Marquee – Jess Silk

Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar, lyrics right from the heart and a distinctive, gravelly voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK and has shared stages with many well known names among the folk/punk scene.  

21.30 Martyrs Marquee – Logic

A highly respected member of the UK hip hop community, Logic has used his platform to create a space for up and coming talent via his organisation, Peoples Army. Labelled as a ‘concious’ rapper as his music always has a message and when combined with a positive vibration you have a winning formula. Combining Hip-hop with afro-beats and other genres, Logic has a unique sound and approach towards his music which encompasses many elements. Not only was he featured on the legendary ‘Fire In The Booth’ series twice, but he was also the first artist to urge Charlie pull up his lyric and start again. A prominent figure who has featured on Linkup TVs Behind Bars series as well as SBTVs warm up sessions. Logic always comes alive on stage and his presence has set a standard within the UK music scene which is hard to match.

22:45 Martyrs Marquee – The Halfway Kid

The rising singer/songwriter blazing a trail independently both online and offline.

“His debut album “If I Don’t Come Home (Go To My House and Burn My Things)” is a beautiful, mesmerising experience. He draws you in with his intimate, relaxed style with echoes of Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan but with his own humour and sensibility. He has a charisma that holds an audience, who listen to his every word, while swaying and moving to the groove that he builds with the band.” – John Kennedy

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Saturday 19 July 2025

11:00 – 12:00 Martyrs’ Marquee – DEBATE: Covid: Five Years On

12:10 – 13:30 Martyrs’ Marquee – DEBATE: Wealth tax not benefit cuts

13:45 – 14:45 Martyrs’ Marquee – DEBATE: From the shop floor: our experiences of precarious work

15:00 – 16:00 Martyrs’ Marquee – DEBATE: Can AI really outsmart and outwork humans?

19.00 Martyrs’ Marquee – Nasty Fishmonger

NASTY FISHMONGER is a rowdy folk-punk band from Bristol. They play anti-austerity anthems and historical ballads with a camaraderie and charm that is hard to resist.
Drunkenly conceived in 2018 with the sole ambition of getting into festivals for free, the chaotic folk-punk collective have gigged relentlessly up and down the country, winning over crowds with their foot-stomping sound and political anthems. Having played with heavy hitters such as The Dreadnoughts, Ferocious Dog, Mad Dog Mcrea and Black Water County, the band has proved time and again they can conquer stages of any size, from the iconic Rock City, to the infamous Boomtown Fair.  

20:15 Martyrs’ Marquee – Onika Venus

Onika Venus is a singer and songwriter from South Manchester in Jamaica, now based in the Forest of Dean. Introduced to live music at an early in age in her home village of Resource, she quickly learnt that music reaches people in a way that nothing else does. Ever since her first performance, her soulful voice and reggae style has been capturing the hearts of audiences across continents. 

With a unique vocal style and outstanding musicianship, Onika now performs her multi-genre music across the UK with her band. Expect to hear shades of old school reggae, RnB, pop, and funk – as well as a few surprises.

21:30 Martyrs’ Marquee – Shanghai Treason

Those cheeky party starting Yorkshire Banjo Punks ‘Shanghai Treason’ will have you hopping around, spilling your pint and smiling from ear to ear. It’s politically charged, good time, beer drinking music that’s perfect for big tops, festival fields and one man revolutions!  

22:45 Martyrs’ Marquee – Grace Petrie

Forged from the political disillusionment of a generation of Tory rule, folk-rock cult hero and queer icon Grace Petrie returns to UK venues this year with the protest song firmly back in her heart. Long renowned for her razor sharp lyricism and the joyful, welcoming nature of her stunning live shows, Petrie smashed the UK charts with latest album Build Something Better. Produced by Frank Turner and packed with full-hearted modern folk anthems, it shot to the top of both the folk and the UK download chart, cementing her status as one of Britain’s most beloved songwriters. 

Sunday 20 July 2025

11:00 – 11:30 Martyrs’ Marquee – Dryadic

Emerging Bristol folk-roots sensation, Dryadic, deliver an infectious blend of rootsy folk with a melodic pop flair on strings, keys and stomp, peppered with heart soaring vocals and vibrant fiddle licks. Expect a rhythmical mix-up of stomping feminist protest songs to travelling folk tales to dreamy, epic ballads with candid, hilarious, queer lyrics and five-string fiddles with oversized (double) bass guitars do-si-do-ing with the audience! Their new single  ‘Smiling in the Dark’ is a joyful, effervescent love song that’s unapologetically queer and brimming with energy. 

11:40 – 12:10 Martyrs’ Marquee– Peter Vadiveloo

Hailing from Australia, Peter’s songwriting is characterized by its thought-provoking nature. His lyrics delve into a wide range of topics, and listeners have described them as political, funny, provocative, playful, moving, and thought-provoking. His songs primarily revolve around environmental and social justice issues, highlighting his commitment to raising awareness and promoting positive change through his music.

What sets Peter apart is his diverse musical repertoire. Drawing from his lifelong experience, he seamlessly incorporates an astonishing array of genres into his songs. From rock/pop, funk, jazz, and flamenco to comedy cabaret, musical theatre, opera, folk, Latino and Afro-Cuban music, Peter’s versatility knows no bounds. This eclectic fusion of styles allows him to create a unique and captivating musical experience for his listeners.

12:20 – 12:55 Martyrs’ Marquee – Susie Lewis

Susie Lewis is a singer songwriter and actor from Cornwall, UK. She has worked in theatre, film and television. In recent years, Susie has released three solo albums on Four Monkeys Records to critical acclaim and streaming success. Her songs are poignant, often humorous and reflect the world we live in today. Within trade union circles she is best known for her RMT campaign song ‘Last Train Home’.

13:05 – 13:45 Martyrs Marquee – Chris Harrison

Chris Harrison is a musician and composer who grew up in the North East and is now based in London. After a career in music education, he has turned his attention to making more of his own music and to developing music-making within his local community, where he runs an instrumental band and a singing group and conducts a community orchestra.

His set at this festival will largely feature his own settings of poems by his great-great-grandfather, Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903). Skipsey was a Northumberland miner who taught himself to read and write and became a nationally respected poet. His work includes a poem on the Hartley Calamity of 1862, which he himself recited at events to raise money for the families of the 203 miners killed in the tragedy. This song will be included in the performance at Tolpuddle. Overall, the songs – recorded under the title of Carols from the Coalfields – offer a vivid picture of the life and times of the mining community in the north-east.

15:45 – 16:35 Martyrs Marquee – George Mann

Hugely influential and experience protest singer from the USA, this is a really exciting booking for Tolpuddle and George will be performing a variety of sets across the weekend – starting with the Friday acoustic stage. A former union organizer and activist based in Ithaca, New York, George Mann sings songs from the last century of the labor and social justice movements, and his own songs are powerful and funny takes on the state of the nation. His concerts are part sing-along, part history lesson, and he can make you shout for joy, send chills down your spine or bring tears to your eyes in the same set. He also specializes in historical and educational workshops/theme concerts and presentations on folk music, labor and social history, and some of our most beloved folksingers.