Belfast native Mark McCambridge played his first show as Arborist supporting James Yorkston. A solo tour followed before impressive performances led to notable support slots alongside Low, Cat Power, Echo and The Bunnymen and Guy Garvey. The debut album Home Burial (2016) and follow-up A Northern View received praise from The Guardian, MOJO and Uncut. An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros, the third LP released in April 2023, won the Northern Ireland Music Prize. Recorded in Spacebomb Studios with producer Matthew E White and the Spacebomb Houseband, it features melody and lush arrangements. Recently honoured with a Fellowship by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University in Belfast. New album Looking for Love due in 2026. Hector Gannet are a band and solo act from North Shields, England, centred on lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Aaron Duff. Their music draws from folk, rock and reaches wider influences. Praised by Chris Packham, Sam Fender and Uncut as North Shields’ answer to Crazy Horse. This event features part of the band.