Mastodawn

I somehow ended up with press accreditation at Bearded Theory festival last weekend. Somehow got interviews. Somehow, all of the audio is actually usable. This Tuesday, Alt-Shift's Jess and I are doing a full debrief on Lichfield Radio — Black Water County, Ferocious Dog, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican.... the lot.
I send a (usually weekly) email before shows go out. If you'd like a heads-up when things like this are happening: https://aard.at/emails
#Lichfield #BeardedTheory #LocalRadio

Gary

2d ago

Big set of photos on the eFestivals website from this year's #beardedTheory

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/beardedtheory/2026/galleries.shtml?b=all

photos - Bearded Theory 2026 - eFestivals

Bearded Theory 2026 photo galleries - festival information, lineup, line-up, news, rumours

\ˈthē-ˈˈärd-ˌvärk\4d ago

Ooops. Looks like I'm running really late with the promo for my #LichfieldRadio show this week.

Starting in just over 10 minutes at 3pm BST... An hour of eclectic music and (thankfully) not too much chat.

This week, it's all tunes collected from my time at the #BeardedTheory festival over the weekend.

https://lichfieldradio.org/

#MusicDJ #CommunityRadio #OpenFormat #MultiGenre #BarelyKnowsWhatHesDoing

Craig G 5d ago

Back from Bearded Theory festival and I had a great time and saw some great music!

Not going to list every act that I enjoyed, but Lambrini Girls, Panic Shack and CMAT were all absolutely amazing and probably my top three.

#Music #Festivals #BeardedTheory

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈5d ago

Mother In Law's report from the Bearded Theory festival at the weekend, ....she was not a fan of this heat.

It's a concern for UK Festivals these days 😞

#BeardedTheory #ClimateCrisis #UKWeather #UKFestivals

Show thread

Gary

5d ago

Full list of what we saw, for anyone who cares. It was a busy weekend!

Meatdripper
Bloodworm
BCUC
Big Special
The Unthanks
Killdren
The Magic Numbers
Taylor More Swiftly
PWEI
Chalk
Sprints
The Damned
Skunk Anansie
Peter Hook and the Light
Henge
Jon Spencer
Idlewild
Heartworms
The Wedding Present
Pixies
La Securite
Lawnmower Deth
Senser
The Twilight Sad
Miki Berenyi Trio
Walpurgis
The Wildhearts
Garbage
Fat Dog

#beardedTheory #music #liveMusic

Gary

6d ago

Back home absolutely knackered, a little sunburnt, but very happy,
from a scorching #beardedTheory

Highlights for me were:
The Damned
Idlewild
Taylor More Swiftly
Skunk Anansie
Garbage
Walpurgis
PWEI
Miki Berenyi Trio
The Twilight Sad

Low point of the weekend was a tedious 90 minutes of The Pixies with zero energy and no Debaser. I have never seen a band more “turning up for the paycheck”.

Gary

May 20

I *think* we’re all packed and ready for #beardedTheory. Just gotta move it all into the back of the car in the morning. The weather forecast is looking suspiciously grand!