Dilettante is the brain-child of multi-instrumentalist and longtime BC Camplight member Francesca Pidgeon. Live shows are a genre-phobic loop-fest, featuring everything from fuzzy guitar licks to 5-part saxophone harmonies.

They have sold out headline shows in Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, London, Hull and Liverpool and supported the likes of Self Esteem, Caribou, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Philip Selway (Radiohead) plus festival appearances at NXNE, Live at Leeds, Manchester Jazz Festival and The Great Escape. 

Dilettante’s debut album 'Tantrum’ was released in October 2022 and she was recently granted the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. She has begun scoring for film, winning a nomination for best composer at Underwire Film Festival. Her second album 'Life of The Party' is due for release in Jan 2025 on EMI North.


"The freshest pop aficionado gracing the circuit." - NARC

"A white-knuckle ride of gloriously tuneful 20-something angst. A jazzy, brassy paean to modern anxiety. (Dilettante) is a consummate multi-instrumentalist, making brilliantly extravagant art-pop soap operas." - Electronic Sound

FFO St Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Dirty Projectors + Fiona Apple