Main Stage & The Big Top – PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT * LEVELLERS * FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS * THE SISTERS OF MERCY * ALISON MOYET * PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING * THE WATERBOYS * THERAPY? ACOUSTIC * LIGHTNING SEEDS * SONGHOY BLUES * NEW MODEL ARMY * DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV * STIFF LITTLE FINGERS * TURIN BRAKES * HAYSEED DIXIE * ELIZA CARTHY & THE WAYWARD BAND * KILA * DAMIEN DEMPSEY * GLEN MATLOCK * THE CUBAN BROTHERS * LAU * MOON HOOCH * LANKUM (LYNCHED) * ZION TRAIN * HEPCAT * RAGING FYAH * ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS * BLACKBALLED * BEOGA * TALISMAN * HONEYFEET * FEROCIOUS DOG * SEAN MCGOWAN * ANIMAL NOISE * GAZ BROOKFIELD & THE COMPANY OF THIEVES * LEVELLERS ACOUSTIC * DAVID WAX MUSEUM * RHODA DAKAR * REV HAMMER & NICK HARPER * N’FALY KOUYATE * WARSAW RADIO * ROUND MOUNTAIN GIRLS

The Little Big Top – THE CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB * KING KONG COMPANY * MAD PROFESSOR DUB SHOW WITH BIG YOUTH * JACK TYSON CHARLES * THE CORRESPONDENTS * DC BREAKS * DON LETTS * BARRY ASHWORTH * BARELY LEGAL * MAJISTRATE * LIONSTAR * DJ PROPHECY * SERUM & K-KOI * GLOBAL * DEVIANT AMPS * MIGHTY COSMICS * FUTURE FLEX * BABAL * MR NICE * BEN & LEX * LEWAH * DJ AMBIESSENCE * ROSCO & AGONY * DJ SHINYBEAST * CATALYST & OPERATION D & WESTMAN * BIG FISH LITTLE FISH * REVELATION ROOTS * BOY AKA * TRIBE STEPPAZ * JOHNNY G * SILENT DISCO WITH KING FARMER, BABY MALC, THEREALDEMO, ZYPS, FREDDY PIMMS, BILLY T, NO TIME FOR GAMBLING & JUST A COUPLE OF MUMS

The Theatre Tent – THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS * MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG * BREACH THEATRE PRESENTS THE BEANFIELD * PETER CLIFFORD * SCRATCHWORKS PRESENTS THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY * MRS H AND THE SING ALONG BAND * ENTERTAININGLY DIFFERENT PRESENTS RISE AND SHINE & AERODYNAMICS OF BISCUITS * LE NAVET BETE PRESENTS CIRCO SPECTACULO & FESTIVAL FITNESS WITH DAVID * CIRCO RUM BA BA PRESENTS THE CROW’S HOUSE * NAUGHTY LITTLE GEEZER PRODUCTIONS PRESENT RIDLEY’S PROSPECTS * SCARY DAVE PRESENTS SUSAN MURRAY & NICK STEIN

The Band Stand – TOM HINGLEY * GAVIN MARTIN * GEOFF LAKEMAN * DIRTY VERTEBRAE * ONE EYED WAYNE * WINTER MOUNTAIN * BURNOUT 13 * MICHELLE STODART * PLUS OPEN MIC SESSIONS & THE 2017 FANCY DRESS COMPETITION * ANDY TWYMAN DOOZER MCDOOZE * JAKE MARTIN * FOLK THE SYSTEM  * SMALL & GOLD * PETER BRUNTNELL * MATILDA’S SCOUNDRELS * THE DAMBUSKERS * KING SIZE SLIM * BAR STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN * JOHN ROBB * THE FOX & THE PIRATE

The Rebel Tent  – LINTON KWESI JOHNSON *  AVA VIDAL * THE FIRST OF MAY BAND * TALUS BONES * JIM CAREY CONNELL * PHILI N DOTZ * YT * MARK CHADWICK * BANNER THEATRE PRESENT IN A RIGHT STATE! * COMMUNITY RADIO POLITICS SHOW LIVE BROADCAST * REVEREND ANDREW ASHDOWN * LEVITICUS DJS FLOYDSIDE, HAZAD, DAIZE & STREET CREEPS

The Bimble Inn – to be announced soon

Headlining Friday at the 15th Beautiful Days, we are delighted to welcome back Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott who have just announced a new album ‘Crooked Calypso’ and will perform songs from that and their two Top 5 albums plus classic tracks from their impressive back catalogues. Headlining on Saturday is Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls – one of Britain’s hardest working musicians, Frank has just celebrated playing his 2,000^th show. Sunday night headliners are the festival founders Levellers who bring the weekend to a close with a special show followed by the annual firework finale. Joining them on the Main Stage bill are rock band The Sisters Of Mercy, musical duo Public Service Broadcasting, The Waterboys under the leadership of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Scott, Malian blues band Songhoy Blues,  rock legends New Model Army who recently released new album Winter,  Dubioza Kolektiv bringing hip-hop, reggae and dub from the Balkans and Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers. The festival also welcome one of the finest indie bands of the last decade Turin Brakes, plus 90s legends Lightning Seeds, the amazing The Cuban Brothers, dub ensemble Zion Train, Hepcat, Talisman, Animal Noise and festival favourites Ferocious Dog.

Headlining The Big Top stage is one of Britain’s finest recording artists, Grammy-nominated Alison Moyet, plus one of the most creative and individualistic bands of their generation Therapy? performing an acoustic set and the creators of Rockgrass Hayseed Dixie. Joining them on the bill are folk super-group Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band fronted by traditional folk powerhouse Eliza Carthy, Irish folk group Kila, punk rock legend Glen Matlock, Ireland’s preeminent singer songwriter Damien Dempsey, pioneering contemporary folk trio Lau, plus Gaz Brookfield & The Company of Thieves, Lankum (Lynched), Manchester’s finest ethio-trad, folk-hop band Honeyfeet, Sean Mcgowan , American horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch and Levellers who open the show on the Friday with an acoustic set. The Little Big Top will play host to The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Irish dance band King Kong Company,  legendary combination of Mad Professor Dub Show With Big Youth,  Jack Tyson Charles, The Correspondents, DC Breaks,  film-maker, musician & DJ Don Letts, Barry Ashworth,  Barely Legal, drum and bass DJ Majistrate, Lionstar, DJ Prophecy, Serum & K-Koi, Global, ska band Mighty Cosmics, Future Flex, Babal, regulars Mr Nice, Ben & Lex and Lewah, plus DJ Ambiessence, Rosco & Agony, DJ Shinybeast, Catalyst & Operation D & Westman, family afternoon rave with Big Fish Little Fish and Silent Disco in the small hours, with DJs to be announced.

The seated Theatre Tent welcomes back, by popular demand, The Circus Of Horrors, plus performance poet Murray Lachlan Young, Breach Theatre presenting The Beanfield, magician Peter Clifford, Scratchworks presents The Great Train Robbery, plus Mrs H And The Sing Along Band,  Entertainingly Different presenting morning Rise And Shine shows and also Aerodynamics Of Biscuits, Le Navet Bete return with two shows Circo Spectaculo & Festival Fitness With David, Circo Rum Ba Ba presents The Crow’s House and Naughty Little Geezer Productions present Ridley’s Prospects. Scary Dave presents stand-up comedy with Susan Murray, Nick Stein and a special guest to be announced.

The Band Stand plays host to Tom Hingley, Gavin Martin, Geoff Lakeman, Dirty Vertebrae, One Eyed Wayne, Winter Mountain, Burnout 13, Michelle Stodart, Open Mic Sessions, the 2017 Fancy Dress competition, Andy Twyman, Doozer McDooze,  Jake Martin, Folk The System, Small & Gold, Peter Bruntnell , Matilda’s Scoundrels, The Dambuskers, King Size Slim, Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican, John Robb In Converation With and The Fox & The Pirate.

The new Rebel Tent curated by the Leviticus crew will feature performances from special guests dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and comedienne Ava Vidal plus live music from The First Of May Band, Talus Bones, Jim Carey Connell, Phili N Dotz, YT and Mark Chadwick. Theatre from Banner Theatre presenting In A Right State! Community radio Politics Show live broadcast and discussion sessions with special guests including Reverend Andrew Ashdown. Plus Leviticus DJs including DJ Floydside, Hazad, Daize and Street Creeps in session throughout the weekend.

The THEME for the 15TH Beautiful Days festival is ROCK THE BOAT – pirates, mermaids, sailors, fish and crustaceans to get on board!