Last event on the barge for this year - don’t miss it!!

A heart warming duo of Food and Folk with Iona Lane

Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage, and is one of the most recorded classical artists in the world. Not to be missed.

York's answer to the weird and wonderful…

OUROBOROS PRESENTS THE LATEST IN CUTTING EDGE JAZZ…

Every Arts Barge Festival ends with a Sofa Session and we’ve got a couple of legends lined up for the comfy seats this year!

Created to get your juices flowing and make you feel all warm and fuzzy!

Local favourites Bull, go acoustic for a change, and share their spot with musical friends over from Holland.

Lively & poetic Spanish guitar

Combining bluegrass, a hint of swing and a whole lot of hoedown into a righteously spiced ratatouille!

Banjo Jen is the “all-singin’, all-dancin’, badass banjo-pickin’ girl”. 

Rachel is an independent musician and songwriter, combining rich, complex vocals over rhythmic fingerpicked guitar.

Rendez Manouche: Gypsy Jazz Open Session - all welcome!

The Arts Barge Great Yorkshire Swing is back!

Los Jamones de York are a group of musicians and dancers from Spain, Chile and York

They combine flamenco with modern rumbas and traditional Andalusian music, to create a vibrant and memorable performance.

Richard presents a vibrant and colourful program, winning the Best Solo Music Performance award at the Buxton Festival Fringe in 2017.

A traditional arrangement of guitar, double bass, accordion, and violin 
with a mandate to deliver blisteringly subverted renditions of popular songs.

The Howl & The Hum’s Sam Griffiths invites you to come and hear some of his favourite local musicians.

Your chance to contribute to Arts Barge Riverside Festival! Let’s hear it!

Evening performance from the "one of the best voices in music" - T Bone Burnett. Don’t miss Tims FREE Shapenote Singing Workshop earlier in the day!

Shapenote singing workshop and evening performance from the "one of the best voices in music" - T Bone Burnett

Two days of Jazz and Manouche performances, workshops and open sessions

The Alex Hitchcock Quintet headline our Jazz & Manouche Festival

RUST is an immersive spoken word show developed in response to the rescue and re-purposing of local heritage barge Selby Tony, and performed here for the very first time - on-board the barge.