Best small random act?

[sedra]

We lasted 2 Metallica numbers then wandered off to find something else on Sat night and came across Weapons of Mass Percussion- 7 drummers who were brilliant on the Sensation Seekers stage. Anyone come across any other random small act who were great?

[howlin_pete]

Reignwolf who opened the John Peel Stage Saturday morning. The singer was ridiculously talented, at one point was playing the drums and his guitar at the same time (and not just the kick drum). Also had the added surrealism of a tractor driving in and out of the tent dumping mulch into the almost ruined floor in the center

Edited July 4, 2014 by howlin_pete

[thesaint78]

Strolled through cabaret fields friday late and saw this mental fiddly punk type band called pronghorn, enjoyed them

[fowls]

I was walking through the Silver Haye on Friday afternoon sand heard a massive racket from the Gully stage that definitely wasn't dance music. Turned out to be a South Korean folk post rock band called Jambinai. They were great! Everyone in the crowd was asking "Who the hell was that?!".

Edited July 4, 2014 by fowls

[TheNewUnion]

I'm sure I'm late to the party on these, but wandered past the John Peel when The Preatures were playing and they were good enough to stop me for a while. Need to check them out properly I suppose.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I was walking through the Silver Haye on Friday afternoon sand heard a massive racket from the Gully stage that definitely wasn't dance music. Turned out to be a South Korean folk post rock band called Jambinai. They were great! Everyone in the crowd was asking "Who the hell was that?!".

[meirionw]

Nina Nesbit was pretty good on Saturday afternoon in the pussy parleur

[airwaves]

Lau in the park before Thunderbirds

[DJL]

Rodney branegan was amazing and so much more than 'one man two guitars' (which was all i had vaguely heard of before). Him and 'tim' were both hugely talented, i enjoyed the cover of hey ya and loved creep (which is a radiohead fan i had otherwise lost interest in years ago).

[The Other Steve]

500 people took shelter in the Bread & Roses and then these guys came on:

http://www.raygunslookrealenough.com/

They were so good that when it stopped raining nobody left...great moment!

[Swine_Glasto2014]

The Mighty Peas on the Bandstand

[tabby2]

JJ Rosa on Thursday was very good and really got the crowd going. Bit like Amy Winehouse without the f*ckedupness

[pie_and_a_pint]

New York Brass Band on the outdoor theatre stage. 'We've never been to New York. But we're a brass band, we're from York, and we're new.'

[Sawdusty surfer]

New York Brass Band on the outdoor theatre stage. 'We've never been to New York. But we're a brass band, we're from York, and we're new.'

[Toffee Crisp]

On Saturday just before it started tipping it down we were on our way to the South East corner and walked past greenpeace where we heard these loud, crazy beats. Thinking it sounded fun, we decided to investigate and ended up having an absolutely fantastic time dancing in the torrential downpour with complete strangers to Too Many Ts, a kind of classic, comical hip hop group. That then became our highlight of the festival.

[Wanderlei]

I was going to say New York Brass Band. They were cool!

[joy114]

We saw Carnival Collective near the Mutoid set and they were good. Out of Space on brass and percussion was amazing.

And I keep mentioning them as much as I can, Skinny Lister were awesome, I've never seen a band pour so much energy in to a performance.

Edited July 5, 2014 by joy114

[bamber]

House Gospel Choir. Acoustic stage, Sunday early evening. Especially the girl in the pink shirt soloing towards the end, who was, well, astonishingly good. True house classics, pianos, bass, drums and Gospel choir. What is there not to love?. No worthwhile examples available on Youtube unfortunately, you know I'd post 'em if there were

[billum]

JJ Rosa on Thursday was very good and really got the crowd going. Bit like Amy Winehouse without the f*ckedupness

[Avalon_Fields]

Yeah, New York Brass Band for sure

Larkin Poe at the Avalon

Jolly Jock for comedy at the Croissant Neuf bandstand a special moment

[Sawdusty surfer]

Tourette Hero and Captain Hotknife on Mavericks late. Extraordinary.

[nicktrow]

On Saturday Too Many Ts, a kind of classic, comical hip hop group. That then became our highlight of the festival.

[Little Andy]

Philip Henry and Hannah Martin were great. Folky and brilliant.

[Perks]

Another one for the New York brass band, was just strolling past, 2 seconds later I'm in the middle of it, loving it.

[Bobs]

Doubt they'd be classed as 'small', but I thought Wolf Alice were absolutely stunning, but again, are they small? Probably not.