John Jones, singer with multi-award-winning, folk-rock giants Oysterband, walks off stage and out into some of the most glorious landscape in England. With a rucksack, fellow musicians, fans and friends he follows the ancient Ridgeway from Oxfordshire into Wiltshire, taking in White Horses, stone-circles and monuments to a different age, stopping each evening to be reconnected to their instruments and play a full gig to round off the day. Exhilarating walking by day and fun gigs at night…join him for a short walk, say hello over a pint at lunchtime or evening, or just come for the gig. Once up on The Ridgeway the walking is easy under foot and the views tremendous.. a chance for a really unique shared experience. John will be debuting new songs especially written for the occasion.

Are you joining John to walk to the Big Session and need to park a car at the Catton Hall site so it’s there when you arrive?

The festival organisers have said that walkers can leave cars in the BS car park on the Wednesday and Thursday. All the setup crew will be there so there will be plenty of other vehicles parked there. However, there will be no overnight security and parking is at your own risk.

The Big Session signage will be up by the Wednesday so when you arrive at Catton Hall just follow the signs and they take you into the car park.