Country in the Afternoon Festival
Aaron Goodvin + James Riley + Simon James + Eleri Angharad
Entry Requirements: 18+ after 7pm
Country In The Afternoon returns on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June 2023, welcoming a stellar international line-up to the Half Moon .
With seven top ten singles in his native Canada (including two numbers 1s) and songwriter cuts for the likes of Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Cole Swindell, our Sunday headliner, multiple award-winning Aaron Goodvin will be another London debutant that we can’t wait for you to see live. With hits like Lonely Drum, Boy Like Me and You Are, Aaron is bound to win over new fans with his performance.
Having lived in Nashville for two years to record his debut album, James Riley has now returned to London and is impressing audiences wherever he goes with his folk country americana songs such as Take A Breath, which will genuinely take your breath away.
Simon James' new single A Breakers Song, off his forthcoming album A State Of Mind (produced by no less than Boo Hewerdine), is a great example of the fine songwriting and performances that he has been delivering for the last few years. In a rare appearance in London, Simon will be performing a number of songs off the new album, so we are in for a treat.
Previously described as "Kacey Musgraves meets London Grammar" by BBC6 Music and "Swansea's answer to Faith Hill", Welsh lass Eleri Angharad infuses rock and pop into her country sound. Inspired by a US road trip, she draws influences from James Taylor, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift, combining traditional country music storytelling with catchy melodies.
Each artist plays a 35-45 minute set with four appearing each afternoon.
Tickets £18 per day.
Line Up
Aaron Goodvin
A singer songwriter of many years, published by Strophic Music Publishing. Simon blends his love of folk, country, rock and blues to create beautiful songs that work equally well solo or with his full band 'The Deep River Pilots' Simon has played the majority of UK Americana and Country festivals last year to coincide with his top 40 UK Country album launch and top 10 single 'broken too long'. Simon has a large following and can be seen playing many established venues across the UK. In 2017 Simon was nominated Horizon act of the year at the British Country Music Awards and played at the Best of British night Simon will be launching his second album in 2018 and is looking to play many top level festivals to showcase the new album.
