Ask most people who Jonny Owen is and the answer usually starts with someone else: actress Vicky McClure. BBC News (UK public-service broadcaster) credits Day Fever, the daytime disco, to McClure and her husband — a film producer and DJ also […] This profile sorts the confirmed parts of his career, from film and broadcasting to festival work, from the details that still rely on thinner sources.

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Occupation: Actor, producer, director, writer · Known for: Day Fever disco, BBC Summer Saturdays · Role: Manager of The Institutes / brand partnerships for festivals · Spouse: Actress Vicky McClure

Quick snapshot

Day Fever was created by Vicky McClure and her husband Jonny Owen (BBC News).

Owen is described as an actor, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster and DJ (NME (music […]).

His documentary credits include I Believe in Miracles and Together Stronger (Wales Online).

Day Fever started in January and quickly became a hit (BBC News).

  • The launch is dated to 2024 by Manchester Theatres.
  • Owen and McClure met on the set of the 2013 film Svengali (Wales […]).
  • Regional Day Fever dates continue to appear, including an O2 Guildhall Southampton date on October 10 (Daily Echo).
Occupation Actor, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster and DJ (NME)
Hometown Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales (Mirror)
How they met On the set of the 2013 film Svengali (Wales […])
The upshot

For an audience that mostly discovers Owen through Vicky McClure’s name, Day Fever is the clearest evidence that he builds his own projects. […] The Mirror frames him as a multi-hyphenate who worked as an actor, writer, TV sports presenter, musician and […]

  • Owen comes from Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales (Mirror).
  • Before Day Fever, he built credits as an actor, writer and producer across UK film and television (Mirror).
  • He directed and produced I Believe in Miracles and Together Stronger (Wales Online).
  • NME’s Day Fever coverage describes Owen as an actor, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster and DJ (NME).

What does Vicky McClure’s husband do?

BBC News’s shorthand — “film producer and DJ husband” — is accurate but compressed. […]

  • NME describes him as an actor, filmmaker, writer, broadcaster and DJ (NME).
  • The Mirror says he worked as an actor, writer, TV sports presenter, musician and producer before concentrating on directing (Mirror).

His public bio also describes him as manager of The Institutes and as the person behind brand partnerships for festivals — work that connects music sponsorship with live events.

  • Wales Online reports that the couple met on the set of the 2013 film Svengali (Wales Online).
  • BBC News describes the pair as husband and wife and as the married co-creators of Day Fever (BBC News).

What this means: even in coverage of his wife’s shows, Owen is credited with his own producing, broadcasting and event work.

Who started Day Fever disco?

  • NME reports that Owen got the idea after a Talksport appearance where he […]
  • Manchester Evening News says Day Fever was created by Vicky McClure, Jonny […]
  • Music Week adds festival promoter James O’Hara and comedian Chris McClure […]
  • NME describes it as a daytime disco event aimed at older clubbers and built […]
  • BBC News said the event started in January and quickly became a hit.
  • The Guardian reported that Owen described Day Fever as a vision for […]
  • Daily Echo reported an O2 Guildhall Southampton date scheduled for October 10.
  • Day Fever’s format is a daytime club aimed at older clubbers, not a late-night capacity battle (NME).
  • Owen is married to actress Vicky McClure (BBC News).
  • Day Fever was co-created by Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen (BBC News).
  • Day Fever plays music from 1955 to the turn of the century for an older-clubber audience (NME).
  • Owen directed and produced I Believe in Miracles and Together Stronger (Wales Online).

Day Fever was created by actress Vicky McClure and her film producer and DJ husband Jonny Owen.

BBC News

For Jonny Owen, the risk of being remembered only as “Vicky McClure’s husband” is real, but the Day Fever story gives him a separate public identity — one that stands on a daytime dancefloor rather than a red carpet. […] For Owen, the choice is clear: keep pushing Day Fever and his film work in parallel, or let the disco tag become the only headline.

What band is Jonny Owen in?

No band name is confirmed in the sources reviewed. […] the sources behind this profile do not state a single uniform dress code.

Additional sources

manchestereveningnews.co.uk, indy100.com, en.wikipedia.org, walesonline.co.uk, mirror.co.uk, theguardian.com