Those present included Happy Graveyard Orchestra, Alexei Sayle, John Cleese, June Sarpong, Bonnie Greer, Martin Bell, Tom Watson MP, Baroness Warsi, Lord Adebowale, Damian Collins MP, Kate Mosse, A L Kennedy, Gary Lineker, Joanna Scanlan, Nick Davis, Salena Godden, Madeleina Kay.

Musical acts at the 2018 festival included Pussy Riot, Joey Base, Badly Drawn Boy, The Blow Monkeys, The Vapors, Tom Hingley from Inspiral Carpets, Rhoda Dakar, the Courtesans, Dramarama, Hows Harry, The Members, Sunstreets, Excursia, and the Priscillas.

[6] Entertainment was provided by: Pussy Riot, Badly Drawn Boy,[7] Extinction Rebellion Rebel Rebel Stage, Lowkey, Matt Bianco, The Blow Monkeys, Priscillas, Kevin Rowland DJ Show, Jerry Dammers (founder of The Specials and Two Tone), Joanna Scanlan, Don Letts, Big Audio Dynamite, Salena Godden, Don Mescall, Department S, Wag Club, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Balaclava Blues, Livewire Poets, Bad Press Awards, Citizens of the World Refugee Choir, House of Comedy, and DJ Professor Gramophone.

[9] It featured: Jonathan Pie, Joanna Scanlan, Rio Ferdinand, David Harewood, Carole Cadwalladr, Sanjeev Baskar, Lord Adebowale, Luke Harding, Dawn Butler MP, Anthony Barnett, Annette Ditter, Musa Okwonga, Bonnie Greer, Hardeep Matharu, Peter Jukes, Otto English, Ian Lucas, Rebecca Vincent, Lee Lawrence, Maria Purkiss, Salena Godden, Don Letts, The Citizens of the World Refugee Choir, Samba Band, United Strings of Europe, Tokyo Taboo, the House of Comedy, and "The Bad Press Awards 2022".

[12] It featured Bonnie Greer OBE, Rosie Holt, George Monbiot, Lord Victor Adebowale CBE, Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Oborne, Hardeep Matharu, Marina Purkiss, Anthony Barnett, Alexandra Hall Hall, Dawn Butler MP, Adam Bienkov, Jemma Forte, Peter Jukes, John Sweeney, Otto English, Tom Cox, Patrick McCabe, Jackie Morris, Martin Shaw, and Jay Griffiths.