The Often Herd

Looks like we’ll be making a little journey up to Illinois this July to play at @frankfortbluegrassfestival ! What a superb lineup to be part of, we’re honoured! Looking forward to making some new friends across the pond! ✈️🌎🪕🎻 stay tuned for more updates of our upcoming adventures way out west!!!

We're playing at @found.festival 2026! Check out their awesome line-up and get your tickets now! 🎫

Country On The Eye takes place on Saturday 13th June in the beautiful surroundings of Play Close Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 🗓️ 🎶 We're very excited to say we have real UK Bluegrass music on our main stage courtesy of @theoftenherd ! If you haven't seen them live, you don't want to miss this set! 🎸 The Often Herd transcend the traditional boundaries of bluegrass music. Although they might resemble an American string band, complete with driving energy, tight vocal harmonies and dazzling instrumental interplay, their vibrant, transatlantic sound is deeply coloured by their surroundings; the striking natural and industrial landscapes of Northern England. This unique approach won them the title of “Best European Bluegrass Band 2018” at the prestigious La Roche Bluegrass Festival in France. Rupert Hughes (guitar) and Evan Davies (mandolin), write songs steeped in personal experience whilst drawing from a wide pool of influences ranging from old-time to psychedelia. American-born fiddler Niles Krieger and jazz bassist Sam Quintana add fiery instrumental skills to the mix, launching the band’s arrangements into the stratosphere. Together, their sound is both boldly contemporary and soothingly familiar, taking time-honoured traditions to new places with a fresh perspective. Flock to the herd, you won’t be disappointed. Don't miss Country On The Eye 🌾 ✨ Friday 12th (Songwriters Showcase 7pm) and Saturday 13th (full festival) 🎟️ Gates open at 10am, live music on the main stage from 10.30am - 11:00pm and acoustic performances around the festival site + Americana-inspired food, beer tent, Americana merch, fairground rides, line dancing, rodeo bull, and so much more! 🤠 #CountryMusicUK #BluegrassUK #Bluegrass #LiveMusicEastMidlands #MidlandsMusicFestival

Festival season is upon us yet again! Catch us at Edlefest this year alongside some stellar acts 🤩 Keep an eye out for more festival announcements and exciting news!

Pssst! Keep on the look out for exciting announcements coming soon… 🇺🇸 Really enjoying these new snaps courtesy of @ameliajread 📸🙌

Incredibly excited to be performing at this years @industrialstrengthbluegrass festival in Ohio - headlined by one of our greatest influences The Seldom Scene! Thanks to Industrial Strength, @intlbluegrass and @wisteriamanagement for making this happen! More US related news coming soon, keep your eyes peeled! 👀

🎸 🎸 Two months to go 🎸 🎸 The countdown is on to the first-ever Country On The Eye festival, taking place in the beautiful surroundings of Melton Mowbray's Play Close Park, in two months! Join us on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th June for the UK's newest country, folk and roots music festival. Bringing together artists from the USA and UK, a diverse lineup of talent, debut UK festival performances, acoustic tent, Americana food and drink, and so much more. The perfect family festival this summer in the heart of the East Midlands. Tell your friends and family and we'll see you down by the river in June! 🤠 🌾 Tickets starting at £30 pp, available from countryontheeye.co.uk/tickets. Buy yours today! #CountryMusicUK #UKFolk #MusicFestival #LiveMusicEastMidlands #UKMusicFestival #SummerFestival #EastMidlands #LiveMusic #BookNow

Taking our new 7" vinyl for a spin 👌👌👌 🎶 Have you got yours yet?! Order one through our Bandcamp page (link in bio) before they run out!

How groovy is that? 🕺 Our first vinyl release is out TODAY and available now on Bandcamp! 🌦 Thanks to everyone who preorded one on the tour - keep an ear out for the postman over the next few days!

🎸 Don’t Miss Country On The Eye 🎸 The inaugural year of Country On The Eye, a brand new festival celebrating original country, folk and roots music, takes place this June. 12-13 June 2026 at Play Close Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. At the heart of the East Midlands 🤠🎶 Featuring: ⭐ Songwriters Showcase on Friday 12th June. ⭐ Headline performance from @garyquinnmusic , the UK’s No.1 Male Country Vocalist. ⭐ Rising Nashville duo, @karliandjames in their debut UK Festival Performance. ⭐ British folk troubadour @willvarleymusic . ⭐ British bluegrass sensation, @theoftenherd . ⭐ Austin songwriter Bob Cheevers playing the legends slot. ⭐ Nashville songwriter @victoriabanksmusic in UK debut, joined by fellow songwriter @jeffcohenmusic . ⭐ The Song Suffragettes, London, in a special one-off show featuring @emiliaquinnmusic , @sophieroseuk , @nicoleallan95 , @kier_music_ . ⭐ Rising UK BBC Introducing Artist @emilyriverthomson . ⭐ MC, presenter and songwriter @benratkinson . Plus, our acoustic stage featuring new and upcoming artists, Americana-inspired food and drink, family games and fairground rides, rodeo bull, and so much more. 🎟️ Book your tickets today at countryontheeye.co.uk/tickets Presented in partnership with @meltonmowbraytownestate and @benscountrymusicshow . #CountryMusicUK #UKMusicFestival #LiveMusicEastMidlands #Songwriters #SummerMusicFestival

And that's a wrap! What a brilliant time we've had on the road over the past six weeks - a huge thanks to all of our wonderful audiences, hosts, techs and venue staff for the most fab start to 2026! 🙏🏻 Plenty more news coming up so stay tuned... 📻 📸 1 @ameliajread 2-3 Richard Markham 4 @akennedyphotographer

The results are in 🥁 congrats to our four lucky winners announced here! We'll be in touch with you shortly and your signed test pressing will be in the post very soon 👏👏👏 Thanks to everyone who took part, we've enjoyed having a raffle on the go while we've been on tour these last 6 weeks, and the lovely patrons of @artisantaphartshill were the perfect audience to draw it with. Stay tuned for some more tour highlights!