Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon, Nina Zella on keyboards & vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, vocals & dance calling and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar & vocals.

Four fine musicians whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy stretching the limits. BanterFest is their unique and exclusive take on how a friendly, cosy boutique folk festival should be, born from the desire to bring the best music and artists that they know and love! Banter launched the first BanterFest in Sept 2022 in Lincolnshire and had an amazing time seeing so many happy smiling faces, so they’ve been running it each year since and it’s now taken on a life of it’s own and become an important fixture in the UK folk festival calendar.

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