Deer Shed Festival 2023, eh? That’s come around fast! The multi-arts weekender is an event that every music fan, literary type, discerning foodie, up-cycler, comedy-seeker and family looks forward to, and it’s from 28th to 31st July this year, so it punctuates festival season well. 

Baldersby Park in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, is getting prepped and erecting tents as I type. And believe me when I say, you’ve truly got a stark number of things to get giddy about; from science to sports, workshops to fun for the under 5s, it’s all on the agenda for those with a ticket. 

But as the Record Weekly team has been kindly invited back again by our friends at Hanglands*, it’s only fitting that there’s a playlist of top musical recommendations for you to wrap your ears around in the build-up. Give these belters a go…

• Your Light — The Big Moon
• Seeking Arrangement — DITZ
• Catholic — Elanor Moss
• Let’s Make Out — Dream Wife
• Pretty — Divorce
• Disco Wings — Plastic Mermaids
• R&B — English Teacher
• Go! — Public Service Broadcasting
• The Girl Who Fell To Earth — Gaz Coombes
• Summon The Fire — The Comet Is Coming
• The Ick — Panic Shack
• Closer — Rae Morris
• Somebody Like — W. H. Lung
• Coming Back — Spielmann
• Jacket — Pet Snake
• Hang Out — Pale Blue Eyes
• Free My Skin — Steam Down
• Feed My Desire — Grove
• Old School Struggling — All Day Breakfast Cafe
• Delia Smith — SPRINTS

For loads more details about what’s in store for you at Deer Shed, have a peep at the official website. We’ll otherwise see you in the field!

*With thanks to Hanglands for the press invite.