- North Wales bilingual alt-pop four-piece WRKHOUSE! has signed with independent booking agency 13 Artists for live music and touring representation.
- Agent Gabrielle Domanski will lead the relationship and handle the band's bookings.
- The deal follows WRKHOUSE!'s new-material premiere at FOCUS Wales 2026 and a confirmed slot at Sŵn Festival 2026 in Cardiff (October 15–17).
- The band joins 13 Artists' active 2026 roster expansion, just weeks after the agency signed Leeds artist Lois to the same territory.
North Walian bilingual four-piece WRKHOUSE! has signed with independent booking agency 13 Artists for live music and touring representation. Gabrielle Domanski, a Brighton-based agent at the company, will lead the relationship and handle the band’s bookings.
Formed by Lewys Meredydd Siencyn, Gethin Meilir Elis, Iestyn Jones, and Ioan Bryn, WRKHOUSE! grew out of the earlier project Lewys, built its following independently, self-releasing music and booking shows on its own before this deal.
The signing caps a strong run. WRKHOUSE!’s debut EP “Out of the Blue” won a Triskel Award at the 2024 Welsh Music Prize and later landed the band among Amazing Radio’s tips for 2025.
Support from CLASH, BBC Radio 1’s Sian Eleri and BBC Introducing’s Jess Iszatt helped grow a dedicated UK fanbase, boosted further by backing from Help Musicians’ Next Level Award and PRS Foundation’s PPL Momentum Accelerator.
This year alone, WRKHOUSE! premiered new material at FOCUS Wales 2026 in Wrexham and has since been confirmed for Sŵn Festival 2026 in Cardiff, part of the wider Cardiff Music City Festival lineup.
The deal keeps 13 Artists’ 2026 roster expansion rolling. Just weeks earlier, the agency signed Leeds alt-pop artist Lois for the same worldwide-excluding-North-America territory. Founded by Charlie Myatt in 1999, 13 Artists operates worldwide, excluding the USA and Canada.
Takeaways
This is a classic DIY-to-agency arc; years of self-releasing and self-booking on the Welsh circuit converting into professional representation.
The Welsh Music Prize win, Amazing Radio tip, and Help Musicians/PRS Foundation backing all read as the kind of tastemaker validation that tends to land an unsigned act on an agency’s radar.
Worth noting: 13 Artists’ territory excludes North America, so any future US/Canada push needs a separate partner. Coming right after Lois’s signing, this also looks like a deliberate build-out of a UK/Welsh alt-pop lane at the agency.
Will 13 Artists’ European network push WRKHOUSE! beyond the Welsh and UK club circuit? Does the Sŵn Festival 2026 slot signal bigger festival bookings ahead? Could a North American booking partner be the next logical step?
