The UK festival scene is sadly a little thin on the ground for the second year running due to the pandemic, but one event which is very much up and running is the quirky Maui Waui festival, which has changed venues and even created an additional stage for new music.

The Maui Waui festival, founded 9 years ago in 2012, has traditionally been held near Theberton in Suffolk, but will now be moving to Hill Farm near Dereham in Norfolk.

The eclectic festival celebrates a wide range of music and other performing arts, and attracts about 5000 attendees each year. This year, the festival will make use of magical ancient woodland and landscapes to create a festival universe and immersive atmosphere for guests to enjoy the various performances on offer.

There will also be added stages and areas which have not been there in previous years. Ina addition to an electronic dance arena, another change to this year’s event is the addition of an Americana stage,  the line up for which includes Dana Immanuel, Hank Wangford, and Cornwall grown Flats and Sharps, among many others. The electronic dance area will feature performances from well known DJs Chris Liberator and EZ Rollers.

Speaking to  the Eastern Daily Press, festival organisers said that “For years I have been wanting to bring more Americana to the festival, especially as the ethos of Maui Waui is to bring all types of world music to East Anglia…Americana is a truly fascinating music genre embracing alt-country, roots, blues, Celtic rock, bluegrass and folk rock – in fact outside of electronic dance music it’s probably the most widely performed live music heard today in the UK, everywhere and anywhere from festivals and concert halls to pub gigs.”

The festival will take place over the August bank holiday weekend, from the 27th to the 29th. Tickets are available on the festival website mauiwauievents.co.uk.