- Panic Shack, Melin Melyn and KhakiKid join the headliners performing in St Mary’s Church
- Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, joins Clebran in conversation with Other Voices Founder Philip King
- Schedule goes live on the Festival App mid-October
- Over 100+ performances and talks across Cardigan town hosted by legendary BBC broadcaster Huw Stephens
- Late-night DJ sets announced
- Last chance for tickets - just £65 for three days of music, discussion and ideas
ST MARY’S CHURCH
Gruff Rhys | KhakiKid | Melin Melyn | Panic Shack
Westside Cowboy | Ye Vagabonds
With just a month to go, Panic Shack, Melin Melyn, and KhakiKid have been announced as acts joining the Church lineup for Other Voices Cardigan, which takes place 30th October - 1st November. They join Gruff Rhys, Westside Cowboy and Ye Vagabonds for intimate performances that will be live-streamed worldwide across the weekend via the Other Voices' YouTube channel and later broadcast on TV and on BBC Wales, BBC iPlayer, RTÉ and RTÉ Player via media partners BBC Wales and RTÉ. Legendary BBC broadcaster and Other Voices regular Huw Stephens plays host to the sixth edition of this magical Welsh-Irish festival which will take over Aberteifi for three days of glorious music across all genres.
Cardiff Quintet Panic Shack bring their frenetic energy and effervescent brand of socially conscious, intoxicating indie-punk to the Other Voices line-up – their eponymous top 40 album has been one of this year’s most talked about debuts, and 2025 has seen them play Glasto, Reading, Leeds and SXSW and supported the likes of Bob Vylan, Soft Play and Orlando Weeks.
Other Voices favourites from 2024, Melin Melyn are more than just a band. One of the leading acts from the new golden generation of artists from Cymru, Melin Melyn play catchy vintage psychedelic country-surf-pop-twang tunes, inhabited by a cast of colourful characters and magical worlds that chime with today’s off-kilter reality. From mischievous wizards to farmers’ riots, this is eccentricity at its finest; like the love child of Gruff Rhys and Gorky’s, Melin Melyn are “absolutely joyous and downright fun.” - Focus Wales
Hailing from Dublin, KhakiKid draws on influences from Tyler, The Creator, Mac Miller and Irish contemporaries like Kojaque and Bricknasty. The result is a sound that is entirely his own – jazz-tinged, offbeat and emotionally resonant. Playful and self-aware, his songwriting carries both the humour and the heart of his Arab-Irish roots, and have earned him a flourishing cult following in Ireland and beyond.
DJ sets have also been revealed for the Hwb at Mwldan; Canol / Connections / DJ Branwen (Goldhill Disco) / DJ Jazzy G / Good Nature Party / Moonshine Sounds / Pyramid Scheme gyda/with Aled Simons / Yann De Galles will keep the dancefloor energy pumping between live sets and into the small hours over the weekend.
The full festival schedule, featuring over 100 live performances across Cardigan over the festival weekend, will be available from mid-October via the ‘Other Voices’ festival App. The app is packed with information on who’s on where and when, plus profiles of all artists appearing, and links to playlists to get you super excited for what’s in store. The festival is grateful for the generous support of this year's App sponsors; Cardigan Bay Properties, Wnco Mwnco Wines, The Cellar, Three Little Pigs, Siop y Pentre Cilgerran, Caws Teifi, O.C.Davies, Hiut Denim, Manucci’s, Tŷ Annie, Snip N’ Slice, Bay Coffee Roasters and Yonder.food. The full schedule will be revealed via the app over the coming weeks.
MUSIC TRAIL
The final line-up for the Other Voices Cardigan Music Trail is also complete, adding to an unforgettable weekend of music with over 100 live sets in venues across Cardigan. With genres spanning from hip-hop to folk, rock to R&B, and everything in between, the Music Trail showcases the best and brightest talents from Wales and Ireland.
The final list of artists set to hit the Music Trail are:
Afrocluster / Annie-Dog / Baby Brave / Basht / Bruna Garcia / Carys Eleri / Clare Sands / Curtisy / Daithí / Danielle Lewis / David Murphy / Dewin / Dionne Bennett / Ellie O'Neill / Internet Fatigue / George Houston / God Knows / Gwen Sion / Joshua Burnside / Kidsmoke / Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver / Lullahush / Makeshift Art Bar / Meabh McKenna / Meryl Streak / Molly Palmer / Morn / Nancy Williams / Piaras O’Lorcain / Qbanaa / RÓIS / Salamay / Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta / Siula / Still Blue / Súil Amhain / SexyTadhg / Sustinere / Taff Rapids / Talulah / Tessio / The Factory Set / Tokomololo / Tramp / VRï / Wrkhouse
The Clebran sessions return to Mwldan 2, and this year’s programme, Edrych Tuag Adref/Looking Towards Home, explores topics that lie at the heart of life across both nations: language, identity, environment, agriculture, housing and shared cultural traditions. Contributors range from farmers and foresters to musicians, writers and activists, with discussions rooted in the experiences of communities on both sides of the Irish Sea. Wales’ First Minister Eluned Morgan will take part in a special ‘in conversation’ with Other Voices Founder and Director Philip King on the opening day of the festival.
This year's speakers include:
CLEBRAN SPEAKERS
Actavia / Amy-Jane Beer / Angela Hui / Ben Lake AS/MP / Christopher Kissane / Dr Elizabeth O'Connor / Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales / Jessica McQuade / Matthew Yeomans / Meinir Howell / Molly Garvey / Molly Palmer / Owen Shiers / Peter Twomey / Ray Ó Foghlú / Rhiannon Mair / Róisín Lanigan / Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin / Tash Reilly / Yassa Khan
Back for 2025, the Clebran on the Trail sessions will take place in the historic Bethania Vestry, with a series of intimate conversations hosted by Molly Palmer and Chris Kissane.
CLEBRAN ON THE TRAIL
Billy Mag Fhloinn / Carys Eleri / Christopher Kissane / Joshua Burnside / Dionne Bennett / God Knows / RÓIS / SexyTadhg / Tokomololo
Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, said:
“Other Voices has become a highlight of the Welsh festival calendar, welcoming some of our top music talent into the heart of Aberteifi every autumn. This year’s festival has one of its most exciting line-ups so far, with new Welsh acts performing alongside some of our best-loved and internationally recognised artists.
“Earlier this year I renewed our Ireland-Wales Shared Statement with the Irish Tánaiste, which includes culture as a key part of our cooperation. The festival celebrates our musical and language links, continuing the Irish-Welsh relationship which goes from strength to strength.
“I look forward to another vibrant Other Voices festival in Aberteifi again this year.”
Denise McQuade, Consul General of Ireland said:
“It’s wonderful to see Other Voices, Cardigan take place again this year, bringing together some of the best artists Ireland and Wales have to offer. The richness of this cultural collaboration is just one of many aspects of the growing cooperation between Ireland and Wales in recent years.
Aberteifi is buzzing with creativity during Other Voices and I’m looking forward to returning.”
Clebran and Other Voices Cardigan are staged with the support of Welsh Government, The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Reconciliation Fund, and are produced by South Wind Blows in partnership with Mwldan and Triongl. This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, supported by Ceredigion County Council. The event will be filmed by Triongl for later broadcast on RTÉ.
Visit www.othervoices.ie for more information and to book tickets.