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The Music

The Tipi stage delivered exactly what we'd hoped for: intimate, warm, locked-in. Artists playing vinyl, mixing on rotaries, in a space where that kind of care actually registers with the room. Both days ran from first record to last without losing the thread.

Why Remedy

When organiser Andy Lee first got in touch, the fit was obvious. Remedy has spent years building something that sits outside the main-stage circuit — a festival where the detail matters, where the lineup is chosen by ear, and where the audience knows the difference.

In Andy's words:

"Partnering with Loopmasters and Loopcloud on the Tipi stage felt like a natural fit. Remedy has always been about giving artists a platform that feels different — vinyl sets, rotary mixers, the kind of detail that real music heads care about. Having a label and platform that genuinely champions that craft behind us means we can build something that lasts beyond the weekend." — Andy Lee, Organiser, Remedy Festival

That last line is the part we keep coming back to. Beyond the weekend.

The Defibrillator on the Wall

One of the most quietly important things to come out of Remedy 2026 didn't happen on a stage.

This year the festival partnered with Missed a Beat, a community charity run by Mark Preston that funds the installation of defibrillators in public spaces. Donations were built into the ticket checkout and collected across the site on both days.

The result: a defibrillator is now permanently mounted on the outside wall of the Hammer and Pincers — Remedy's home venue and a year-round community hub — accessible 24 hours a day, every day.

Andy wrote about it ahead of the festival:

"Mark doesn't talk about life-saving equipment as a fundraising target or a strategy; he talks about it as the difference between someone going home that night or not." — Andy Lee, Organiser, Remedy Festival

It's a quietly brilliant thing to walk past. We think so too.

See You Next Year

Remedy 2026 delivered. Great music, great people, and something lasting on the wall of the pub when everyone went home.

To find out more about Missed a Beat and Mark Preston's work putting defibrillators into communities, visit https://www.missedabeat.co.uk/