Swindon Shuffle is set to get the town a’rockin’ this September

Organisers of the popular Swindon Shuffle have announced that the annual original music festival will return this September.

The Swindon Shuffle has been a fixture in the diaries of local music lovers since 2007, celebrating all that is good about the Swindon original music scene.

The 2023 festival (the 16th edition technically as 2020’s festival was online) runs from Wednesday 13 September with an opening music quiz at The Beehive.

Festivities continue until Sunday 17 September, with over 60 acts featured across five main venues in Old Town (The Beehive, The Castle, The Hop, The Tuppenny and The Victoria) alongside fringe events at venues like Baristocats and The Eternal Optimist and more. The event will be raising funds for Prospect Hospice.

The cream of the local crop will be on display with every musical genre imaginable.

This year’s line up will once again include the Friday evening specially curated by The Swindon Folk Club, which takes place at The Hop.

Headliners already announced include the reggae goodness of Subject A at The Hop on the Thursday evening with Canute’s Plastic Army topping the bill just down the road at The Tuppenny.

On the Friday evening, the headliners include All Ears Avow at The Vic and Splat The Rat at The Castle.

Saturday will see headline sets from Richard Wileman and Amy Fry (The Tuppenny), Modern Evils (The Vic), Concrete Prairie (The Beehive), and Stay Lunar (The Castle).

The final day on the Sunday will see headliners Fly Yeti Fly (Tuppenny) and Matt Owens and The Delusional Vanity Project (The Beehive).

All sessions are free of charge with full details available at www.swindonshuffle.org.uk