Here's your chance to hear future stars performing in Herne Hill on Sunday Oct. 20th, 12-6pm! FREE ENTRY! Our special Festival Junior Open Mic Concert is a selection of 16 incredible grassroots under 18 acts who perform regularly at the legendary JOM Youth Open Mic. Pop, rap, jazz, indie, metal and punk will be showcased from covers to originals, solo artists to eight-piece bands. The Festival event will run from 12 noon till 6pm, and in two sections. From 12-2pm JOM will feature beginner musicians to veterans, aged 4-15, and then from 2-6pm it's performers aged 12-18. JOM hosts the largest Open Mic in the UK and it’s in Herne Hill!!! Artists travel from all over the country (Oxford, Norfolk, Southend, Cumbria, Brighton) especially to perform and many feature regularly on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 6 playlists plus perform at festivals throughout the UK. https://hernehillfestival.org/programme/2024-10-20/details/197-Junior+Open+Mic+Concert

“Buried British treasure, they deserve to be discovered” - The Independent Legendary UK & South London Alt Country, folk roots and Americana band Hank Dogs are finally set to release their long-awaited third album as they play HHMF in the wonderful surroundings of Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses. Their first two albums were produced by Joe Boyd (Nick Drake, John Martin, Fairport Convention...) The album will be on sale at the gig. Andy has been running The Easycome Acoustic Club in South London for over 30 years, it remains one of the longest running clubs in London. Hank Dogs - Andy Allan, Piano and Lily Ramona - started out at folk clubs in London in the early 1990s becoming a vital part of the British modern folk scene. In 1998 they went worlwide when Nick Drake's legendary producer Joe Boyd declared them the first British act he'd loved in 30 years. Their debut album ‘Bareback’ saw them touring the US with Joan Baez and winning fans with their quiet, haunting sound featuring ethereal vocal harmonies, strong traces of blues and Celtic music and Allan’s fluid acoustic finger-picking recalling UK folk guitarists John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. A follow-up ‘Half Smile’ appeared in 2002 but then when...

Once again the popular Southwark Sinfonietta will close the Festival with a performance of classical music! This year's special guest is soprano Charlie Swann, who will sing 3 Mozart arias. The Sinfonietta is a local chamber orchestra conducted by Rupert Bond which gives three concerts a year. Each concert typically consists of a symphony by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven together with a concertante piece and overture. Our Fest Finale will include: Doreen Carwithen “Suffolk Suite” 3 Mozart Arias – Soprano soloist Charlie Swann Beethoven – Symphony no 8 Plenty of tickets still available! We've sold out many events this year, so visit wegottickets for latest availability: 👉 https://wegottickets.com/event/630350 https://hernehillfestival.org/programme/2024-10-20/details/219-The+Southwark+Sinfonietta #classical #FestivalFinale #Mozartarias #soprano