Ryan Swain

Ryan Swain is an English television, radio, live events presenter, DJ, Artist and comedian. Born in Malton, North Yorkshire, England.

He is best known as a live host and audience warm up artist and DJ at music festivals and live events nationwide. Swain presented on Clubland TV and hosted the brands national live events and tours. In 2019 Swain won The National Choice Award at The National Entertainment Awards in London. In 2018 he was the runner-up for the Yorkshire Media Personality of the Year Award in The Yorkshire Choice Awards and was also nominated for the Kate Granger Outstanding Achievement Award for his contributions to charity and the community.

Swain once presented the Saturday night show on York's Minster FM. Swain won the People's Choice Award 2018 in Birmingham for his work in entertainment and charity, in competition with Tim Westwood and Sir Lenny Henry. In July 2019 he was nominated for a National Entertainment Award and put forward to represent the North of England in the awards after topping an online poll on Facebook with 3,300 votes which he went on to win in London in December 8th 2019.

He has interviewed a lot of celebrities and famous figures including Paul Gascoigne, Ronan Keating and Liam Gallagher. Swain skateboarded from Malton to Scarborough and back, breaking the world record, raising more than £6,000 for Louby's Lifeline, which funds brain tumor research.

Swain has presented on Clubland TV. He also hosts for Clubland Events and presented the Clubland Live Weekender at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in May 2019 and got exclusive interviews backstage with Cascada, The Venga Boys, Lasgo, Dee Dee, Ben Nicky, and Ultrabeat He also does warm-up DJ sets playing Clubland Classics at events. In July 2019 he hosted Clubland On The Beach 3.0 a concert which was held in Redcar at Majuba Beach and saw over 5,000 people in attendance.

Presenting

Swain started his career in 2012 as a coat style entertainer at Flamingo Land Resort. A Theme park based in North Yorkshire. Swain was the first presenter of their popular Party in the Park concerts and became a face of the brand.

He left Flamingo Land Resort in 2017. He currently hosts and presents various music festivals and events around the UK. Swain also presented the Saturday night show on York's 104.7 Minster FM for a short period., as well as hosting the Saturday afternoon show on Coast & County Radio in Scarborough.

In 2018 he was invited to the 21st annual Only Fools & Horses convention in Hull. It was the first time that it had been to the county of Yorkshire since it began. Swain interviewed all the cast from the show and the fans.

Swain was the official presenter and ambassador of York Fashion Week. He hosted a series of events across the city including a fashion show for Lady Victoria Hervey and Former Creative Director of Mulberry, turned King of the Red Carpet Scott Henshall. He also hosted an afternoon with former editor of OK magazine Lisa Byrne and interviewed her in front of a live audience.

He officially turned on Scarborough's Christmas Lights 2019 alongside top soap star and actor Chris Gascoyne who is best known for playing Peter Barlow in Coronation Street and Twinnie Lee Moore.

In October 2019 Swain was cast to be a presenter and brand ambassador for Boost Drinks and hosted a pop-up comedy event in Brick Lane, London for the company with Britain's Got Talent star Kojo Anim and Vicky Stone.

Swain has been announced as the official presenter for Dance Generation Events in 2020 of We Love 90's which is a tour of concerts around the UK featuring icons of the nineties era.

DJ

Prior to working as an entertainer Swain has always been a DJ. He plays club sets and festivals mixing dance classics.

Comedian

Swain began his stand-up career in 2010 whilst auditioning and securing a contract with Haven Holidays.

He continues to perform and write comedy and is known for his one liners and observational style. In 2015 he had online viral success with his comedy videos about parenting and ADHD.

Artist

Swain is an established portrait and contemporary artist. He is also a skilledassemblagist, painter, and conceptual artist. He is known for detailed pencil portraits. Swain is planning an art exhibition to sell showcase his most recent pieces in 2020. The former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher acclaimed Ryan’s artwork to be amazing.

Frank Lamingo

Frank is an arm-length puppet modeled on the wading bird the American Flamingo. He was created by Ryan and puppeteer Phil Fletcher who is renowned within the industry for his work and is best known for creating Hacker T. Dog on CBBC in 2013. They can often be seen warming-up live audiences at family shows and events at Flamingo Land Resort.

Swain was born in Malton, North Yorkshire. He attended Norton Community Primary School and later Norton College. After leaving Norton College, Ryan studied musical theatre and drama at Westwood Performing Arts Campus in Scarborough.

He has identical twin daughters, Ivy-Kay and Isla-Yasmin who were born in April 2015 with his ex-partner Natalia.At the age of 18 he was diagnosed with Adult ADHD (Attention Hyperactive Deficit Disorder) a condition he has had from a young age.

When he was 4 he underwent emergency heart surgery at Killingbeck Hospital in Leeds to repair a hole in his heart.

Swain has been involved with charity work since he was 7 years old. He has participated in many fundraisers to raise money and awareness for various charities over the years and continues to do so. He is a regular face and host at celebrity football events for charity across the country. He is an advocate for mental health awareness and uses his comedy online to bring humor to ADHD to raise awareness for the disorder.

Swain is currently an active fundraiser and campaigner for Simon On The Streets and SASH which helps youth homelessness across North and East Yorkshire. He is currently acting out a rough sleep for the charities, spending 24 hours without life’s luxuries and authentically portraying what sleeping rough is like to help raise money and awareness for the cause. He is has also donated some of his personal artwork to raise extra money.