Live Music Stage

A wonderful celebration of music with an eclectic lineup spanning eras and genres. Expect a unique blend of blues, rock, pop, reggae, beats, folk and soul.

Sponsored by Lightfoots Solicitors.

The schedule may be subject to change.

Restless Oceans

Restless Oceans is a 4-pieice acoustic band from Oxfordshire and Bucks, playing upbeat folk-rock inspired originals.

The group thrives on bringing together their voices, guitars and violin, with enticing percussion, to create a unique blend of catchy riffs with intricate vocal and instrumental harmonies.

Lights Out by Restless Oceans

Endless by Restless Oceans

Back On The Inside by Restless Oceans

The Sepia Folk Collective

Lucy Amos and Richie Knight have been playing for just over two years as The Sepia Tone Folk Collective. They play their own original songs which are influenced by many different styles of folk music, and some of their own songs are written in the styles of centuries’ old traditional English / Irish folk music, to Appalachian folk, Americana country ballads, and even the Delta blues.

Richie plays the guitar, the harmonica, and the piano, singing backing harmonies, whilst Lucy plays a variety of percussion instruments and sings lead vocals.

Original recorded albums include ‘Feeling Restless’, ‘No Change In Me I and II’, ‘Songs In Sepia’ and ‘Thirteen Thoughts On Solace’. Our latest EP ‘Way Back When’ is also out now! All of our music can all be found on Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify:

The Sepia Folk Collective on Spotify

The Sepia Tone Folk Collective also have YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and our own website. Please find the links below:

The Sepia Folk Collective on Facebook

The Sepia Folk Collective on Instagram

The Sepia Folk Collective on Youtube

The Sepia Folk Collective

 

Hogers Wolf

Hogers Wolf is Andy Hoger an Oxfordshire based singer songwriter inspired by the greats of the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Drawing on Folk, Rock and Progressive styles to shape his style of song writing his sound has been likened to Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Roy Harper and Ian Anderson (if you know who these greats of yester year are?).

Based out of Chalgrove’s little home studio Andy has been producing Eps and singles that are available on all the usual streaming channels. He is gigging the local Bucks, Berks and Oxon scenes and is a regular at many of the local music venues and festivals.

time travellers on the music stage at thame food festival

The Time Travellers

The Time Travellers will take you back to a time when music was fun. Steering clear of the norm they will entertain you with renditions from Cash, Presley, Orbison, Everly’s, Beatles, to name but a few. A mix of real rock and roll, rockabilly and country delivered in their own unique acoustic style with vocal harmonies makes them a huge hit wherever they go.

Dave Bradley

If a solo singer & guitarist playing songs by Stereophonics, Oasis, The Killers, Crowded House (and more of that type of thing) is what you need to brighten up your day, then look no further than Dave B Music!!!

Dave is the lead singer from local cover band gods “The Band With No Name”, who may or not know he’s cheating on them, so see him quick before they find out!

Dave Bradley on Facebook

Kiera Gabrielle.

Kiera Gabrielle

Singer – Songwriter, Kiera Gabrielle is a captivating performer. She has a talent for writing raw and meaningful songs based on her personal life experiences. Her “boys who did me wrong” songs can be found on all streaming platforms at Kiera Gabrielle with lyric videos on her YouTube channel.

Paul Edmonds & Ross Hardman

Paul & Ross met in the Summer of 2022 at a Thame Concert Band rehearsal. After discovering that Ross also sang and that they shared a love for the sound of voice and piano, Paul had the idea of recording an album of songs in his studio. This resulted in a collaboration which also showcases Paul’s piano playing in an eclectic mix of songs and styles.

Paul Edmonds & Neil Mason

Neil plays cocktail and jazz style guitar, mostly nylon strings. He has for many years been arranging his own interpretation of Bacharach Beatles and other song writers from that era as well as early jazz standards. He often busks in Oxford and Thame.

Hugh Anderson

Hugh is an accomplished and engaging pianist and songwriter. He grew up in Nottinghamshire and studied classical piano, before moving to Durham University where he formed his first band inspired by Ben Folds Five and E.S.T. This later morphed into the alt-pop band Towma, an upbeat piano-led trio with original songs and rich harmonies. He has since worked with artists such as Phoebe Katis, Aaron Spiers (RavenEye) and Georgia Van Etten. He completed his training as a Music Therapist at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2016 and set up Thame Music Therapy in January 2023.

Beth Coate

Beth Coate is a musician from Abingdon, Oxfordshire and is accompanied by her good friend and guitarist Aidi Spencer. They cover lots of genres and ages across various covers that are fun for all.

Beth Coate on Facebook

Beth Coate on Instagram

Simon Gregory

Simon has been playing for longer than he’s willing to admit. He’s lead singer with popular Oxfordshire rockers Innuendo, but his solo acoustic show is more eclectic and his original songs touch on love, loss, identity and family ties. If he can make you laugh, cry, or at least, think – his job is done.

Simon Gregory Music on Facebook

Simon Gregory on Facebook

Camino

Formed in the winter of 2023, Camino is a new band on the Ox/Bucks music scene. Camino sees the coming together of 5 very experienced musicians, all driven by their shared love of classic Harmonic Rock from the Seventies through to the Noughties, combined with a good helping of dance grooves from the Motown Soul and Disco eras.

The 5-piece line up is:

Bec Langstone [‘Soul City’] – Lead vocals
Nick Dutton [‘2am Blue’] – Guitar and backing vocals
Vanessa Kemp [‘OX9’] – Keyboards and backing vocals
Tim Dugher [‘60’s Jukebox’] – Bass guitar and backing vocals
Chris Smith [‘Soul City’] – Drums

We’re aiming to mix the Perfect Party Cocktail: songs to listen to – to sing along to – and to strut your stuff to!

To give you a flavour of the Camino sound, here’s a selection of the artists we currently cover: Fleetwood Mac • Carly Simon • Elton John • Cher • Billy Joel • Linda Ronstadt • Alanis Morissette • Tina Turner • Aretha Franklin • Shania Twain • Beverley Knight • Randy Crawford.

Camino on Facebook

Taylor & Girish

Taylor & Girish are a husband-wife indie folk duo based in Oxford. Having been recently interviewed and featured on BBC Introducing Oxford & Berkshire, they are currently working on their debut EP ‘You Never Can Tell’ due to be released later this year.

Like all true artists, their music reflects their lives. Vasu Girish, a scientist from India with a master’s in biological engineering and Adam Taylor, a jazz musician from the U.K. met by chance in the Netherlands and from then formed a musical world which incorporates the richness of their story.

Their sound is a unique, rootsy blend of genres including folk, blues and bluegrass, with tight harmonies and intricate guitar work. Their music equally draws from the singer-songwriter lineage of the 60’s and 70’s; artists such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Paul Simon as it does from the modern writers such as Phoebe Bridgers, Ben Howard and Laura Marling.

The duo will be playing a mix of their originals and covers.

Taylor & Girish on youtube

Memphis Rattlesnakes at Thame Food Festival

Memphis Rattlesnakes

‘Rock’n’Roll straight between the eyes…’!!

Prog Floyd

Prog Floyd are a five piece made up from devoted fans of progressive rock and bring you music from the legendary Pink Floyd covering songs from Meddle, the Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and the Wall albums. Paying close attention to recreating the distinctive sounds and feel of the music, this five piece deliver a big sound. ProgFloyd are based in Thame, and perform at Festivals such as Music in the Park Thame, Bledfest, Bikers Days and Beacon Festival Watlington, FTMC, Pubs, Clubs and Venues in the South of England.

If you would like to hear the sounds of Pink Floyd please contact us at:

Prog Floyd on Facebook

Kitty

Kitty has held a love for performing since a young age. You will find her accompanying her vocals with her guitar at any opportunity she gets.

Last year she played at a few festivals, and this is her 2nd year performing at The Thame Food Festival.

 

 

The Band With No Name

Popular, good looking, and modern rock covers band. 100% local too (apart from one, maybe two of us).

Covered artists include Kings of Leon, Killers, Black Keys, Foo Fighters – plus some oldies, not that we’re old.

ANOUSHKA

Anoushka is a 17 year old singer, guitarist and pianist based in Oxfordshire.

She performs in many local festivals.

Social Media:

Anoushka on Instagram

Anoushka on YouTube

Anoushka on Facebook

Anoushka on Tiktok

Hemley Hillbillies

Not only can you shop til you drop in our Artisan Food Market – and fill you bags and tummies with delicious food. You can also sit back and listen to the fabulous Hemley Hillbillies as they sing and play. They add a wonderful touch to the market and they’ll be playing all weekend. Drop by and have a listen. Pull up a straw bale and relax.

And if you can pop a few coins into their buckets, you’ll be helping them raise money for Parkinsons too.

hemley hillbillies live at thame food festival
Hemley Hillbillies in the artisan food market at thame food festival

Music Stage Producer : Mark Fellowes

‘It is always an honour to run the Music Stage.  The Thame Food Festival is a fabulous thing.  Great food mixed with great music! Thanks to Lotte Duncan for asking me to do it’.

All PA & backline provided by thameav.co.uk

Lightfoots Solicitors are proud to be sponsors of the LIVE MUSIC STAGE at Thame Food Festival 2025.

More than just a law firm, for over 170 years Lightfoots has been at the heart of the community in Thame. We now have four offices in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and work for a range of clients across the UK.

We’ve helped generations of clients with their legal needs, from buying and selling their homes to family law and will writing, and are proud of our unrivalled reputation of excellence. Small enough to give you a totally personalised service but big enough to always have the resource and skill to deliver; we are proud to operate in a way that truly puts our clients first and be rated ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot.

With three distinct specialisms we have a unique perspective on the challenges you may be facing; our award-winning legal services are here for you – for business, for lenders and for life.

Our services include:

  • Dispute resolution
  • Employment law
  • Family law
  • Probate and estate administration
  • Residential conveyancing
  • Wills, power of attorney and tax planning

Find out more about Lightfoots Solicitors at www.lightfoots.co.uk or get in touch on 01844 212305.

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Sound & Lighting Equipment provided by Fellowes Productions & Thame Sound & Lighting Hire

We are very pleased to be involved with the Thame Food Festival. We are a local company that provides audio visual equipment & event management.