Poster artwork by Emily Doyle, inspired by Pan Kotski: a Ukrainian folk tale about a cat abandoned in the forest by his master, who then ends up inadvertently striking fear into the animals that live there.
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Kikimora Records [takeover] at Lost In The Hills
Kikimora Records [takeover] at Lost In The Hills
Friday 8 May 2026
Music & Arts Festival
Watts Russell Arms, Peak District, Staffordshire
Join Kikimora Records on the garden terrace at the 2026 edition of Lost In The Hills, where they’ve concocted a folkloric fete with live music, a workshop and a DJ set that unfolds as dusk settles in…
Expect Ukrainian folk songs reimagined through electronic textures, improvisation and contemporary songwriting from acclaimed performer GANNA - a rare chance to catch her on a UK mini-tour. You’re also invited to warm up your vocal cords and join Polish musician Karolina Węgrzyn for a cathartic Slavic singing workshop - earthy, open-hearted and no experience required. Then the takeover closes with a Kikimora DJ set of psychedelic disco treats - there won’t be mushroom on the dancefloor!
KIKIMORA RECORDS presents...
GANNA - live electronic performance
1A rare opportunity to see GANNA, the acclaimed Ukrainian singer-composer, live in the UK. Using loops, effects, samples and synth, GANNA builds vast, living soundscapes in real time, blending the raw authenticity of Ukrainian village singing with modern composition, improvisation and electronic texture.
The result is unearthly yet deeply human. Her repertoire draws from research trips across Ukraine, where she collected songs and stories from elders in the Carpathians and villages near Kyiv and Poltava. On stage, those field-gathered fragments become something electric - tradition carried forward as wildly magnetic performances.
"The levels of talent – even wizardry – musicological, composition & vocal, which run through her and in so many different ways are extraordinary"
- London Jazz News
Karolina Węgrzyn - Slavic singing workshop
Award-winning Polish folk singer and multi-instrumentalist (accordion, hammered dulcimer, frame drums) Karolina from South-Eastern Poland, now based in the West Midlands, shares the powerful ancient vocal style known as scream-singing - an open, raw technique recognised across parts of Eastern Europe as UNESCO-listed intangible cultural heritage.
Raised in a family of traditional singers, she inherited many songs from her grandmother and brings them to life with North-Carpathian fire. Join her for a cathartic session to release tension, free the breath and find your wild, resonant voice.
"Watch out for award-winning Polish folk singer Karolina Węgrzyn, an adept accordion, hammered and mountain dulcimer musician... a joyful journey of folk songs collected from Poland, Macedonia, Ukraine."
- Folk Wales
Kikimora Records DJ Set
As nighttime closes in, strange delights begin to spin… join Kikimora’s co-founders Emily Doyle & Rosie Tee for a set of imaginative, genre-fluid sound selections and witchy disco fun.
Weaving together retro lounge, global psych, twisted disco, freaky folk and electronic left-turns, it’s a sonic stew of Japanese boogaloo, Polish nostalgia, queer club bangers and avant-pop gems!
ABOUT LOST IN THE HILLS
A two-day arts and music festival set within the hills of the Peak District National Park, bringing global, experimental, folk, contemporary and electronic music to the Watts Russell Arms. Immerse yourself in the beautiful terraced gardens, experience the gorgeous countryside with a recommended walk, and explore the connections between art and nature through inspiring workshops, eco-conscious craft stalls and links to local rewilding and tree-planting initiatives.
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