Independent Americana and Country Music festival Black Deer announce some exciting new additions to the 2021 line-up, including Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers and Colter Wall, and reveal the 2021 day splits. 

The stars of the Live Fire BBQ showcase, featuring Sam Evans & Shauna Guinn of Hang Fire Kitchen, BBC Food regular Genevieve Taylor, Ready Steady Cook’s Romy Gill and Countrywoodsmoke’s Marcus Bawdon plus many more have also been announced.

The three-day festival takes place on 18th-20th June 2021, returning to the historic Eridge Park, Kent featuring major artists including Wilco, The Waterboys, Robert Plant and The Dead South. Full weekend tickets and day tickets are on sale via https://blackdeerfestival.seetickets.com/tour/black-deer-festival-2021?src=PR

Black Deer is looking forward to welcoming Americana living legend and three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams to Eridge Park in 2021, along with Southern roots rocking heroes Drive-By Truckers and their politically charged alt-country, and Canadian cowboyColter Wall who is set to provide country fans with his popular brand of western swing and waltzes. They’ll be joined by Midlands-via-Senegal modern soul singing sensation Jordan Mackampa, Philadelphia/L.A. vintage folk-rockers Mt. Joy and critically acclaimed two-time Native American Music Award winner Samantha Crain.

The corner of Black Deer that is home to The Roadhouse is where you’ll feel the growl of the Americana counter-culture. Desertscene bring the best of underground psych and blues to the deer park and for 2021 ticketholders can expect more loud and heavy jams thanks to returning primal blues-rock duo The Picturebooks, Swedish rock’n’rollers Siena Root, the dark and hypnotic Indian Queens, the volume splitting riffs of Israeli three-piece Great Machine and psych-rock exploration courtesy of Cheshire’s 1968.

Alongside the musical program, Black Deer Festival is once again cooking up a storm in their Live Fire Arena. Promising even more mouth-watering delights than were served up in 2019, Jon Finch and Ben Merrington - founders of Grillstock, the largest authentic BBQ festival outside of the US - are back curating the area, pioneering the Americana barbecue scene in the UK’s festival fields once again.

Set to transport Black Deer attendees to America’s deep south, Live Fire will see the very best chefs, pitmasters, butchers and woodsmen appear in their own fiery performance of cooking demonstrations and masterclasses that’ll both educate and inspire. For 2021, Live Fire chefs include Caravan’s Group Executive Chef Matt Burgess, former River Cottage chef, author and TV authority Tim Maddams, CountryWoodSmoke’s Marcus Bawdon, Hunter-Gatherer Cook’s Nick Weston, founder of DeliVita wood-fired ovens Joe Formisano, Hang Fire Southern Kitchen’s Sam Evans & Shauna Guinn, owner of Bristol Fire School, chef and acclaimed best-selling author Genevieve Taylor, charcoal guru Whittle & Flame’s Matt Williams, chef, food writer and latest Ready Steady Cook star Romy Gill MBE, world-class BBQ competition team Bunch Of Swines, Game and Flames’ hunt specialist and chef Cai ap Bryn, and Weber BBQ’s Head Grill Masters Dan Cooper and Gyles Foster.

And there’s, even more, to celebrate about Black Deer 2021:

Jackson Social – New for 2021, Black Deer will be launching Jackson Social - an adult-only members bar. For an additional fee, festival-goers can enjoy an outside covered seating area, cocktail bar, lounge seating, all-day food options, phone charging, fancy toilets, fire pit, and DJs plus exclusive acoustic performances. There will be limited tickets available.

Thursday Opening – Also new for 2021, Eridge Park is set to offer early entry to ticketholders from 4 PM Thursday 17th June for an additional fee, whilst kids are able to go for free. This will offer access to the General Campsite with amenities, food and beverages available.

Committed to giving 1500 tickets to NHS Key Workers - With some members of the Black Deer team having been personally affected by the pandemic and having seen first-hand the incredible work and sacrifices made by so many, they have decided to show their gratitude and thanks by inviting 1,500 NHS and key workers as guests to Black Deer Festival 2021.

Black Deer Mercantile – Black Deer are creating a dedicated shop including Black Deer merchandise and collaborative designs to launch online on the 8th October with new merchandise being dropped throughout the year right through to the festival launch.

ABOUT BLACK DEER

Serving as Europe’s ultimate destination for Americana and Country fans, the multi-award-winning Black Deer Festival will return to the stunning Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent in June 2021. Showcasing roots-inspired music across multiple stages, exquisite live-fire cooking, layers of custom motorcycle culture, a curated marketplace of artisans and makers, Black Deer is a family destination festival with a community spirit.

JUST ANNOUNCED

Lucinda Williams

Drive-By Truckers

Colter Wall

Jordan Mackampa

Mt. Joy

The Picturebooks

Samantha Crain

Siena Root

Indian Queens

The Great Machine

1968

DAY SPLITS

FRIDAY

Wilco 

Lucinda Williams

Imelda May

The Felice Brothers

Shooter Jennings

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Wade Bowen

The Picturebooks

Irish Mythen

The East Pointers

Caroline Spence

Indian Queens

Midnight Skyracer

Steve Smyth

The Great Machine

Prosperina

Alexander McKay

Black Deer Songwriter Session

SATURDAY

The Waterboys

Drive By Truckers

Jade Bird

The Milk Carton Kids

Courtney Marie Andrews

The Secret Sisters

Mt. Joy

Samantha Crain

Jack Broadbent

Madison Violet

Irish Mythen

Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra

Amy Montgomery

Josh Okeefe

The Goat Roper Rodeo band

1968

Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Isabella Coulstock

Lead Desert Blues

Black Deer Songwriter Session

SUNDAY

Saving Grace Feat RP

The Dead South

Colter Wall

Jordan Mackampa

Police Dog Hogan

William Prince

The Lost Bothers

ASG

Irish Mythen

Native Harrow

Black Rainbows

Siena Root

True Strays

Gorilla

Black Orchids

The Gospel Brunch feat. Powerhouse Gospel Choir

David Migden & The Twisted Roots

Black Deer Songwriter Session

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