Ragged Bear Festival
31st October 2026
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What is Ragged Bear?
Ragged Bear is a celebration of folk culture in all its forms: alternative, traditional, loud and proudly unfussy.
An indoor festival spread across two stages, programmed to keep the music moving so you can catch the full line up over 12 hours of mischievous madness.
With shanties, Morris, craft, food, drink and no mud. All at what At The Barrier has called "Arguably the best value festival on the circuit."
Tickets still frozen at only £40.
Who's on?
Headlined by festival favourites Skinny Lister, Ragged Bear 2026 brings together folk-punk, trad, shanties, songwriters and unfussy festival energy across two stages.
Across the site
Erstwhile Morris, The Hawksbury Trawlermen, Ragged Bear Craft Market, food, drink, no mud and festival mischief.
Full Lineup
Skinny Lister, with Greenman Rising, The Haar, RuMac, Nick Parker and Ben Wain, Man The Lifeboats, True Foxes, Lauren South, The Band From County Hell, Gaelforce, Malin Hill, Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes, Hobnob Jane & The Backyard Frogs, Stevie Simpson & The Damn Fine Folk, B-Sydes, Tanglemist and Alabama Breeze.
Meet the 2026 Artists
Get to know the bands bringing Ragged Bear 2026 to life.
From folk-punk legends to trad-rooted powerhouses, Ragged Bear brings together an eclectic, unfussy lineup for our 10th birthday!
Skinny Lister
Folk-Punk Legends - Festival Energy
Skinny Lister have led an endless parade gathering fans old and new, from the respected folk circuit to the riotous Download Festival.
Skinny Lister's reputation for live shows is unmatched and what Ragged Bear was built for. Expect folk roots, punk spirit and songs made to be shouted back.
The Haar
Powerful - Atmospheric - Trad Rooted
The Haar brings the fresh talent of traditional Irish singer Molly Donnery combined with three of the most exciting instrumentalists on the folk and traditional music circuit.
“This is not a dyed-green-Guinness-and-a-bit-o’-craic Ireland, this is the coast of Connemara Ireland, this is watching the fog roll in around The Skellig Islands Ireland… Devastatingly beautiful”
RuMac
Modern Folk - Bold Live Energy
Ruairidh Maclean A.K.A RuMac is a Scottish accordion player who started off playing traditional Scottish music and slowly drifted into a strange mix of genres. From traditional Gaelic Songs to Heavy metal rock there’s no telling what racket will come out of his mouth and box, but slowly the world is becoming aware of his anarchic unique performances and they can’t get enough of it.
Man The Lifeboats
Big Choruses - Raised Glass Energy
Man The Lifeboats began life in a shanty-punk folk mosh pit in 2016.
Fast forward 10 years and 150 gigs and counting and Man The Lifeboats are ploughing their full-throttle folked-up furrow on the festival circuit.
Long time friends of the festival and a Tonic for these troubled times. Not to be missed.
Greenman Rising
Greenman Rising returns as the house band, hosts and long standing drum driven heartbeat of Ragged Bear.
Expect tradition turned up loud, familiar faces, and the kind of unfussy energy that has shaped the festival year on year.
This is music that doesn't stand on ceremony.