Antifolk Fest 2026

Now in its fifth year at the Windmill, the festival of everything DIY promises performance over polish, arch, anarchic songwriting, and a line up with everything from protest-folk-punk to indie slacker-rock.

22:00 — Lucy’s Diary - psychedelic ghost stories, sexual misadventures and emotionally exposed songwriting. https://blangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/barefoot-in-needlepoint-park

21:00 — David Cronenberg’s Wife - inhabit uncomfortable territory between dark humour, abject sadness and the grotesque. Three BBC 6 Music sessions, tours with Jeffrey Lewis and a support slot for The Fall. https://www.instagram.com/cronenbergswife/

20:00 — End of Life Care Plan - Sheffield noise-nuisance-garage-skronk trio https://www.facebook.com/E0LcP/

19:20 — En Heat - avant-garde antifolk disco-psych rock’n’roll https://enheat.band/

18:40 — Too Close to Vomit - aka New York antifolk songwriter Ben Garber. https://tooclosetovomit.bandcamp.com/

18:00 — Murphy’s Medicine - hooky, slightly wonky indie pop https://www.instagram.com/murphysmedicineband/

17:20 — Steve White & The Protest Family - acoustic folk-punk https://protestfamily.com/

16:50 — Alex Hale & The Private Sector - literate, funny, slightly awkward alt.rock https://achband.bandcamp.com/

16:10 — Gene Vincent Price & The Gorehounds Crampsesque horror show. https://www.instagram.com/genevincentprice

15.45 DAMFLASK - https://damflask.bandcamp.com/

Hosted by Gary Paradiso, South London’s premier chanteur extraordinaire.