This summer, another festival will take place in Hassocks, featuring top award-winning Americana artists from the USA and UK. Mid Sussex Music Hall is based in the function room of Hassocks Hotel, and is a collaboration between landlord, Chris Lambe, and James Walker, the Managing Director of Brighthelmstone Promotions.

The next event is a three-day festival over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The weekend ticket, at just £54, offers the best value, but you can also purchase individual tickets for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, with prices starting from £13. “We are very lucky to have achieved this line-up,” says James Walker, and he adds: “Many have achieved international awards and recognition.”

Artists include Andrew Combs, Joshua Ray Walker, who has performed on The Tonight Show, and Whitney Rose, who won the ECMA Award for Country Album of the Year and Honky Tonk Female of the Year at The Ameripolitan Awards. Multi-award winning Americana artist, Robert Vincent Band, and Diana Jones, a New York based folk singer, will play on Saturday. “With her new release, Song To A Refugee, Diana Jones brings her signature brand of storytelling to the worldwide refugee crisis,” says James Walker. Some artists have local connections. Friday’s haunting duo, Native Harrow are based in Sussex as is Anya Louise. Don’t miss Hassocks-based talent: The Self Help Group; Ian Roland; Dan Russell, and look out for songwriter, Peter Bruntell, named by Rolling Stone magazine as ‘one of England’s best kept musical secrets’. For full line-up and tickets see: www.brighthelmstonepromotions.co.uk