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New Americana and folk festival announces line-up

Getty Images Elles Bailey has long blonde hair, and wears sunglasses and a glittering silver blazer. She is singing into a microphone on a stand, and holding a tambourine. Getty Images
Americana artist Elles Bailey will play the first Found Festival

The organisers behind one of the UK's longest-running independent festivals, which shut down last year, have announced the line-up for an all-new event.

The final Towersey Festival, which started in Oxfordshire 60 years ago, took place in August.

The first Found Festival will take place at the Claydon Estate, Buckingham, from 22 to 24 August.

Co-director Mary Hodson said her team had a "deep-seated passion for curating unforgettable experiences", and had "inherited the art of bringing people together through music, culture and community".

Found Festival The trio, who look fashionably dressed for a pleasant walk, stand in a stylised setting, with a barren land behind them, and a mountain in the distance. A fork of lightning strikes above them. On the soil and rock-covered ground are two lamps, and a retro-looking television showing static on the screen. Found Festival
Folk trio The Longest Johns have been announced as part of the festival's line-up

The 2,000-capacity event is focussing on Americana, folk, country, roots, blues, and world music genres.

The inaugural festival includes Elles Bailey, The Longest Johns, Talisk, Breabach, and the London Afrobeat Collective.

It will also have a "comment and comedy" line-up featuring Angela Barnes, Robin Ince, David Eagle, and John Hegley.

Found Festival The band are a bohemian-looking bunch, posing, smiling and laughing for a group picture.Found Festival
The eight-strong London Afrobeat Collective will bring funk, jazz and dub to the event

Co-director Joe Heap said: "Found Festival is about participation and discovery.

"Our music programme is about head-turners, not headliners, and supports grassroots music that we know people are going to love but are yet to discover.

"We've kept the site purposely small so it's the perfect fit for families or those scared of going to bigger festivals, making it comfortable to explore the abundance of cultural activities on offer."

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