It's been too long since our last update, but there is a very good reason… Rhiannon has been busy with her baby. Reuben was born in February and has become a permanent feature at rehearsals. He has also been to…

2025 has been our busiest year so far with 26 gigs alongside the return of the Stadium Arcadia open mic nights. We have also had some fantastic growth across various streaming platforms and an increase in social media followers. We…

We are almost half way through 2025 - this year is flying by! We wanted to use this instalment of Folk & Mirrors to reflect on our year so far and share our plans for the months ahead. 

We have…

In this instalment of ‘Folk & Mirrors’ we want tell you all about our first gig of 2025 at Corp Market. Corp Market is on Cowbridge Road East In the Canton area of Cardiff. The 1889 building, formerly known as…

In this instalment of Folk & Mirrors we want to tell you everything you need to know about our upcoming fundraiser on the 26th September. 

If you have been following Act Happy then you will know that we organise several…

Broken Glass is our second single from the ‘Stained In Red' EP. We are having a single launch event on 23rd July including an exclusive screening of our very first music video. Head over to our Facebook or Instagram to…

We are about to release our first single of 2024 - ‘ O’Malley'. It will be the first single from our second EP, ‘Stained In Red’, and is a tribute to Grace O'Malley, an important figure from Irish history and…

We have some exciting news to share in this instalment of ‘Folk & Mirrors’. We have registered as a non-profit social enterprise and are now operating as Act Happy Ltd! But what is a social enterprise, exactly? 

A social enterprise…

Welcome back to ‘Folk & Mirrors’! This week we want to shine some light on our charity work. This is has been on our mind a lot recently as we are in the process of becoming a non-profit social enterprise…

This instalment of ‘Folk & Mirrors’ is a reflection on our first experience of writing, recording and releasing music. We have released six original singles from our debut EP ‘Acoustic Sessions’. The Full EP will be released on 23/12/2023 which…

This instalment of the ‘Folk & Mirrors’ blog is a brief history of 'Act Happy’. We began as two musicians who bonded over our love of bad jokes and Pearl Jam. We were introduced by mutual friends, in a pub…

Welcome to Folk & Mirrors - The official blog of Act Happy. 

Here you can read all about our adventures as two best friends trying to make it in the folk music industry. We will take you through our highs…