Everyone is welcome at Daylight Music! To start at the beginning: what is Arctic Circle’s Daylight Music? The short answer is Daylight Music is a Saturday afternoon concert series, an event for all ages, Pay-What-You-Can entry, a room crammed full of music, tea and cake in welcoming spaces across London.

The long answer is nearly seventeen years the series has been featured regularly in Time Out’s 101 Things To Do in London, cited in The Rough Guide to Make the Most of Your Time in Britain and featured in many other publications such as The Guardian. 

Now for over 400-something outings, Daylight has been ‘there’ in the background supporting London’s live music scene, with a constantly evolving mix of music, sound and words, Pay-What-You-Can entry and delicious quiche and cake (including with vegan and gluten free options).

We often introduce you to a new favourite artist, a new area of music or an instrument that confuses and delights in equal measure. Here are a handful of artists from the thousands who have risen early for soundcheck and afternoon performance -  the London Bulgarian Choir, Blick Bassy, Albaster DePlume, Frank Sidebottom, Nils Økland, Lula.xyz, Radie Peat (Lankum), Frank Chickens, Lætitia Sadier, Alexis Taylor, Catherine A.D (Anchoress), Jherek Bischoff, Gold Vox, Poppy Ackroyd, Nick Heyward, Hiss Golden Messenger, Laura Cannell, Terry Edwards, Haiku Salut, James McVinnie, Trans-Siberian March Band, Kathryn Williams, Darren Hayman, Andrew Wasylyk, Charles Hayward, Keith Tippett, Ed Dowie, Nils Frahm, ISAN, School of Noise and a whole pack of the finest eggs from Isle of Eigg's Lost Map label. Who has been your favourite?