With the recent sad news and announcement that this will be the last Festival No. 6 for the time being, some good news was well needed. And this is it, the Welsh artists line up has now been released, and it's quite a thing.

In amongst it all and featuring all day on the Saturday 8th Sept we have our very own CEG artists performing from midday until 9pm.

The Friday sees BBC Horizons hosting the stage with a fine line up, and the Sunday Nyth Gwydyr and you only need to look at who they've got playing to want to spend most of the day there! We think it's going to be amazing and we're super chuffed to amongst such reputable hosts.

We've also been very privileged and proud of being able to represent local quality songwriters, musicians, and bands over the last 4 years at Festival No. 6, and we're eternally grateful for the opportunities this has provided us, and many of the acts who we've been able to extend that opportunity, some of whom have gone on to much greater things.

And whilst we've loved being in the woods with our Woodcutters Stage the last 2 years, this year sees us hosting the Bandstand Stage in the Village Green area, which we're super chuffed about being more in the midst of the action for this years festival.

Check out the line ups yourself below, and hopefully we'll see you there. & the CEG acts stage timings are also listed below.

CEG on The Bandstand Stage @Festival No. 6, Saturday 8.09.18, 12 - 9pm

Line up

8.15pm - Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles (https://www.billybibby.com)

7.30pm - Ap Cooper (https://www.facebook.com/apcoopermusic)

6.45pm - Vulpes Urbana (https://cegrecords.com/vulpes-urbana)

6pm - Colossous (https://cegrecords.com/colossous)

5pm - Roger & The Secret (https://rogerhughesmusic.com)

4.15pm - Eve Goodman (https://cegrecords.com/eve-goodman)

3.30pm - Courteous Thief (https://www.courteousthief.co.uk)

2.45pm - Sera Owen (https://serasongs.com)

2pm - Hannah Willwood (https://cegrecords.com/hannah-willwood)

1.15pm - Tagaradr (https://www.facebook.com/tagaradr)

12.35pm - Beth Celyn (https://www.facebook.com/beth.celyn)

12pm - The Stash (https://www.facebook.com/TheStash1)

Check it out! So if you're there then come find us, have a listen, and say hello :)

Thanks

CEG

Were supper exited and looking forward to this years Focus Wales where we will have Five acts hitting different stages across the festival.

Firstly Velvet will be hosted at Saith Seren, follow'd by Coloussous at Un Deg Un and Sera playing Ty Pawb both on Thursday the 10th of May as well as Courteous Thief playing the Rock Suite and Eve Goodman playing The Fat Boar both on Friday the 11th of May.

Tickets and info can be found by heading HERE to the Focus Wales website. 

Don't forget to check out all the other amazing acts from  starting on Thursday the 10th of May till Saturday the 12th.

See you there!

Velvet debut EP Fire release Today, 24.11.17 

Friday the 24th of November will be the release of the debut EP Fire from Welsh indie band Velvet, on CEG Records.  

Having previously released the title track Fire as a single, they have already hit the airwaves on BBC Radio Wales, Mon Fm, Tudno Fm, amongst others as well as earning support slots with BBC Radio Wales and BBC Introducing DJ Mr Adam Walton and his band The Immediate.  

Formed in 2014, built around Aimee’s haunting vocals and unique songwriting, they draw their influences from the likes of David Bowie, Catatonia, Supertramp and Radiohead with a pinch of the Cranberries.  

2016/17 also saw them hitting the stages as some of the best North Wales festivals such as Festival No6, Gorjys Secrets Festival, as well as Oxjam and Curiad Bangor Pulse Festival.  

Velvet will be performing at The Skerries in Bangor, North Wales as part of their EP Launch on Friday the 24th of November with support from Xtacsi and The Darvells.  

The EP was recorded by Welsh singer/songwriter John Lawrence at his studio in the beautiful Ogwen Valley, produced by Velvet themselves, and will be available via CEG Records online as well as for digital download and online streaming.  

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EP Velvet, Fire ar 24.11.17 

Dydd Gwener, y 24ain o Dachwedd fydd y band indi Velvet yn rhyddhau ei EP cyntaf o'r enw Fire, ar label Recordiau CEG o Ogledd Cymru.  

Wedi rhyddhau'r trac teitl yn barod, maent eisoes wedi cael ei chwarae ar BBC Radio Wales, Môn Fm, Tudno Fm, ymhlith eraill, yn ogystal â slotiau yn cefnogi bandiau fel band Adam Walton o BBC Radio Wales/BBC Introducing ‘The Immediate.’  

Fe'i ffurfiwyd yn 2014, a adeiladwyd o amgylch llais anhygoel Aimee a'i chyfansoddiadau unigryw, maent yn tynnu eu dylanwadau gan artistiaid fel David Bowie, Catatonia, Supertramp a Radiohead gyda ychydig o The Cranberries.  

Yn 2016/17 bu Velvet y chwarae rhai o wyliau gorau yng Ngogledd Cymru fel Gŵyl Rhif 6, Gŵyl Gorjys Secrets, yn ogystal â Oxjam a Gŵyl Curiad Bangor Pulse.  

Bydd Velvet yn perfformio yn The Skerries ym Mangor, Gogledd Cymru fel rhan o'r lansiad ar Ddydd Gwener y 24ain o Dachwedd gyda chefnogaeth gan Xtacsi a'r Darvells.  

Recordiwyd yr EP gan y canwr/cyfansoddwr John Lawrence yn ei stiwdio yn Nyffryn Ogwen, a gynhyrchir gan Velvet eu hunain, a bydd ar gael trwy Recordiau CEG ar-lein yn ogystal â digidol ac i'w ffrydio.

With the end of summer looming in the not too distant future, we arrived at Festival No 6 on the Thursday night ready with our glamping gear, wellies at the ready and extra waterproof spay for our tents.  

This was to be the third year that CEG have had the pleasure to run a Lost In The Woods Stage and support the local music community with a showcase of amazing local talents as well as giving a platform for young artist at a national music festival. Having built on previous years, developing relationships and meeting some rather amazing folk, it made this year’s event even better and has left a taste of real excitement at what could be achived in the future for us as well as the local artists we support.  

Thanks to the local council and festival organisers we were blessed with a truly fantastic stage and an epically talented and friendly sound engineer, who after chatting to, discovered that he had been engineering at stages at major festivals such as Leeds, Redding and V Festival all over the summer and he really knew his stuff.  

Although the forecast promised a good amount of rain it was great to see the sun shining on the Friday and Saturday, bringing with it crowds of people into the woods to randomly stumble across some home-grown, under the radar music and share the experience of The Woodcutters Loge Stage with us.  

All this nestled in the heart of the woods at a festival like no other in Portmeirion made up a special part of Festival No 6 and we look forward to next years event and finding more amazing local artists and bands to grace the CEG Woodcutters Stage.  

Be Seeing You x

What can you say about Festival Number 6? apart from it being a festival like no other and just generally being extremely special. Ow, and famously named after the 60's hit program the Prisoner made in Portmeirion. 

This was the second year that I have had the pleasure of being asked to play at Festival No 6. All thanks to CEG, a collective of musicians hell bent on helping each other as well as other local artists gain musical support as well as slots on their stages. They also run their very own record label, CEG Records. Find it at www.cegrecords.com .

if your looking to submit music for future events then you can do so by e mailing ceg.cymru@gmail.com  

Music for consideration for the label should be sent to cegrecords@outlook.com 

This year CEG were back at Festival No6 in Portmeirion, running the CEG Woodcutters Stage on the Lost In The Woods trail. It was great to be asked to play along side some of the best up and coming artist from North Wales such as Sera (Singer/songstress who has graced the airwaves of 6 Music, Radio Wales and Radio 2 to name but a few and as well the former Catfish And The Bottlemen guitarist Billy Bibby and his band The Wry Smiles who played a blinding set to cap off the Saturday Night in the woods. That was not all, the whole weekend was filled with quality local artists, too many to name here but all completely amazing. 

I was lucky enough to be able to camp up in the artist camping at the festival and get my van pretty close to the camp site, witch is always a massive bonus when you have so much glamping gear to haul into a field (I don't travel light any more). It would have taken me days going back and forth to the park and ride to collect everything but saying that, the transport laid on was fantastic and would be coming and going every 15 minuets so that was pretty super. Its also has a fantastically chilled atmosphere synonymous with all the great festivals where you can meet and hang out with some really cool friendly people, talk music, get drunk and eat basically whatever you want because your at a festival and there is like a hundred food stalls. And if that’s not enough then you can take a walk around the famous Italian built Portmeirion village which is also incorporated into the festival with much happening over the weekend from guest speakers to orchestras and choir. 

All in all if your thinking of going then just do it, its a one of a kind festival. 

PS, Don't forget to check out the woods!  

Festival No. 6 is just around the corner. Check out our stage promo vid featuring some of our CEG Records current and prospective acts!

All looking and sounding good...

Our Full Line up for this years Woodcutter's Lodge stage is:

Njoy!

CEG R

We're super excited to be back at Festival No 6 for the third year this year with a host of quality Welsh acts across three days. From Friday the 8th of September till Sunday the 10th you can find us at the CEG Woodcutters Lodge Stage, "Lost In The Woods".

We will be kicking things off on the Friday with our "Yn Y Golau" project. Aimed at nurturing young bands and musicians from across North Wales. With one of last years artist having already penned a contract with Warner Music this year, these will be the ones to watch out for in the not too distant future! Check out the full line up!

Getting on the billing for a major UK and International Festival with the likes of Nick Mulvey, The Flaming Lips, Kate Tempest, & Bloc Party is no mean feat.

No stranger to sharing the stage & supporting quality acts & bands such as Turin Brakes, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Mark Morris (The Bluetones) and Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets), this is yet better affirmation of the quality and appeal of Gary's material and song writing ability, but also an affirmation of his previous success.

Tonight Courteous Thief will be launching his latest EP 'Tribal' and sharing the stage with another legend, Chris Helme ex lead singer of 90's hit band The Seahorses.

Courteous Thief's latest EP is available now via CEG Records at this link https://cegrecords/courteous-thief

You can see the rest of the Festival Number 6 featured line up for 2017 here - http://festivalnumber6.com/music/courteous-thief/

CEG will be hosting the Woodcutters Lodge stage in the woods all weekend @Festival No. 6. Line up TBA. Drop by over the weekend if you're there from 12 - 8pm each day Friday 8th - Sunday 10th.

Thanks, 

CEG R.

'We're proud to present a bespoke mix of Welsh artists and collaborations selected by Swn, Nyth, Horizons / Gorwelion and CEG. 

Rydym yn falch o gyflwyno detholiad arbennig o artistiaid Cymreig a chyd-brosiectau wedi’u dewis gan Swn, Nyth, Horizons/Gorwelion a CEG Wales.'

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