Music Festivals

As another unforgettable weekend of riffs, rock ‘n’ roll and mountain memories comes to a close, there’s just one final favour we’d love to ask every single member of the Steelhouse family. Please help leave Hafod-y-Dafal Farm as beautiful as you found it. For one incredible weekend every summer, this stunning Welsh mountainside transforms into one of the UK’s most...

By The Riff Report There are festivals… And then there’s Steelhouse Festival. Some festivals are all about massive crowds, endless walking between stages and trying to find your mates for half the weekend. Steelhouse has never been about that. It has always been about something far more important – community, incredible live music and the feeling that, for one weekend...

Sunday – Main Stage – 9:30pm Every great festival deserves a spectacular finale. Steelhouse Festival 2026 didn’t just get one… It got Steel Panther. As darkness fell across the Brecon Beacons for the final time, thousands of exhausted but exhilarated rock fans packed every inch of the Main Stage arena, ready to squeeze every last drop out of an unforgettable...

Steelhouse Festival has a habit of throwing up those brilliant little moments you could never plan. You head up the mountain expecting riffs, beers, sore feet and maybe the occasional battle with a tent peg. What you do not necessarily expect is to wander back from the arena after a full day of live music and discover that LN have...

Sunday – 7:15pm to 7:45pm | VIP Acoustic Stage | Steelhouse Festival 2026 As the sun began to disappear behind the stunning Brecon Beacons and the final evening of Steelhouse Festival 2026 edged towards its emotional finale, the VIP Acoustic Stage welcomed true melodic rock royalty. Tyketto delivered an acoustic performance that reminded everyone exactly why their songs have stood...

Sunday – Main Stage – 6:10pm By the time Ugly Kid Joe swaggered onto the Main Stage at 6:10pm, Steelhouse Festival 2026 was already having one of its greatest weekends ever. But if anyone thought the energy was beginning to fade on the final day… They were about to be proven spectacularly wrong. The Californian rock legends exploded onto the...

Sunday – 5:40pm to 6:10pm | VIP Acoustic Stage | Steelhouse Festival 2026 As the final evening of Steelhouse Festival 2026 gathered momentum, the VIP Acoustic Stage welcomed one of the weekend’s biggest revelations. Dan Byrne returned to the mountain for a stripped-back acoustic performance that proved exactly why so many people have been talking about him throughout the festival....

Sunday – Main Stage – 4:50pm As Sunday afternoon edged ever closer to the grand finale of Steelhouse Festival 2026, one of melodic rock’s most enduring names walked onto the Main Stage to a hero’s welcome. For many gathered beneath the breathtaking Brecon Beacons, Tyketto weren’t simply another band on the bill. They were a soundtrack to decades of memories....

There are some things you expect to see at a rock festival: huge riffs, muddy boots, questionable campsite breakfasts, empty beer cups, and somebody wandering around at 9am looking like they’ve fought a gazebo and lost. What you should never expect to see is festival volunteers being verbally abused. Sadly, Steelhouse Festival has revealed that several volunteers have been subjected...

Sunday – Main Stage – 3:30pm As Sunday afternoon rolled on and Steelhouse Festival 2026 edged closer to its grand finale, the atmosphere around the Main Stage was filled with anticipation. For many fans gathered beneath the stunning Brecon Beacons, this wasn’t just another festival performance. This was a chance to celebrate one of the greatest legacies in rock history....

Sunday – 3:00pm to 3:30pm | VIP Acoustic Stage | Steelhouse Festival 2026 By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around at Steelhouse Festival 2026, the mountain was buzzing with excitement. The final day always brings a mixture of celebration and sadness, with festival-goers determined to squeeze every last second out of an unforgettable weekend. Stepping onto the VIP Acoustic Stage,...

Sunday – Main Stage – 2:15pm Steelhouse Festival has always been about far more than bands, beer and enormous riffs rolling across a Welsh mountain. It is about family. It is about community. It is about the people who help turn a field on Hafod-y-Dafal Farm into one of the most special rock festivals in the country. On Sunday afternoon...

One of the biggest talking points of Steelhouse Festival 2026 wasn’t a headline act or a surprise guest appearance—it was the festival’s brilliantly teased Secret Set. As fans gathered around the Mountain Stage, excitement was building. Crew members rushed around making final preparations, amplifiers were rolled into position, the drum kit was assembled, and every movement on stage sparked another...

Sunday – Main Stage – 1:15pm If anyone thought Sunday afternoon was going to be a gentle build-up towards the festival finale, LN had other ideas. At 1:15pm, the Newcastle five-piece stormed onto the Main Stage like a Norse army arriving on the shores of Wales, bringing theatrical flair, crushing riffs and enough Viking metal power to shake the Brecon...

Sunday – Main Stage – 12:15pm There is always something special about the final day of Steelhouse Festival. The coffee is a little stronger, the voices are a little rougher, and the mountain is full of festival-goers determined to squeeze every last second out of an unforgettable weekend. As the clock struck 12:15pm, Blue Nation took to the Main Stage...