MUSICAL maestros from Meirionnydd will appear at one of the region’s festivals­.

Festival No 6 has announced a distinguished and diverse line-up from across the Welsh music spectrum for this year’s festival, with many more acts still to be revealed.

Returning to Festival No 6 for its fourth year, Horizons, a BBC Wales and Arts Council Wales’ music project, opens the Lost in the Woods stage on Friday; hosting acts nominated by BBC Wales’ specialist music radio DJs and producers.

Among the line-up is Llanuwchllyn’s “blues-tinged indie rockers” Candelas, who will also be joined by Llangollen-based Campfire Social, Wrexham’s indie-pop sensation Kidsmoke, the Cardiff-based art-rock theatrics of Palomino Party, Caernarfon’s psychedelic favourites Castles, post-rock girl group Adwaith, electro-pop maverick Griff Lynch, folk rock duo Zervas & Pepper, anthemic rock from Climbing Trees, and Sweet Baboo, who recently released the first of a three-part studio album, Wild Imagination.

Building on the success of last year, Welsh music specialists Huw Stephens and John Rostron from Cardiff-based Swn Festival have curated a bespoke mix of Welsh artists and collaborators.

Saturday’s highlights include electronic pop musician and producer Ani Glass, Argrph, Chroma, DJ Elan Evans, rising Welsh artist Greta Isaac, Lastig Band, as well as sets by Swn DJ’s, Toby Hay and Twinfield.

Nyth Gwydir will be hosting a collective blend of Welsh and international artists for Sunday including Yws Gwynedd, the guitar-slinging singer-songwriter and winner of Y Selar’s Best Album of 2014; Yr Eira; Carcharorion; Welsh folk-rockers Bob Delyn a’r Ebillion; Alys Williams; alternative folk trio Plu and a number of sets by Nyth DJ’s.

Festival No 6 will also host CED Music, which has curated an audio feast each day with some of the most talented, unsigned artists across the Welsh musical spectrum. Highlights include songwriter AP Cooper, four-piece rock band Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles, Bonnie Pilgrim, Calfari, Climbing Trees, Corteous Thief, Deckchair Protest, Hannah Willwood, Magi Tudur and Paul Green.

The stage will also play host to singer-songwriter Sera, Welsh poet Sophie McKeand, Synnwyr Cyffredin, The Bortowski Swing, The Secret, Velvet, Xtacsi and Wil Williams & The Continentals, whose set will offer a lively mixture of original material and fantastic covers.

The Welsh programme joins an already extensive music bill featuring headliners The Flaming Lips, Bloc Party and Mogwai.

Festival No 6 takes place over the weekend of 7-10 September in Portmeirion.