Gigs – Tour News – Special Events

Sarah McQuaid gears up for her warm-up UK tour starting in January – with a new album in the works! Having just returned from a successful two-month tour in the USA, Cornwall-based singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is gearing up for a short “warm-up” UK tour starting on 16 January — and ...

In a change to their usual schedule, legendary Folk-Rockers Fairport Convention have announced dates for their all new Spring Tour, starting on 17th March 2026. After a packed 2025, including two acclaimed tours and a sold-out Cropredy Convention, the group will reunite with esteemed drummer, Dave Mattacks for 24 dates ...

Multi-award-winning guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Sunjay is pleased to announce his twelve-date headline solo tour entitled I’m Just Like You which is in support of his latest album out now on Mighty Tight Records. The fifteen-track record was a collection of songs by songwriter Chris Smither. The band on the ...

After thirty years of writing, discovering, recording and performing tunes, we are proud to present the Flook Tunebook. From Flook! Live! recorded at Sidmouth in 1996 to Sanju in 2025, these 109 tunes chart a living archive — a timeline etched in reels, jigs and slow airs. This is not ...

Let It Hiss isn’t just a collection of ten vital new songs; it’s a document of transformation. The result of a pivotal shift: a pause for reflection, a reckoning with vulnerability, and a reconnection between two brothers - Brad and Andrew Barr - who’ve spent their entire lives making music ...

What Lies Beneath is the fourth album from Serious Child aka Alan Young. Hailing from an old wood in West Sussex, Young draws from a wide range of influences to explore the world around us with a poet’s ear for emotion and a comedian’s eye for everyday detail. What Lies ...

The Indie-Folk songwriting of Chris Cleverley has been likened to Lo-fi American greats Sufjan Stevens & Elliott Smith (Scottish National Express). This December sees the release of Gods Of All Things, a 5 track Winter E.P, and companion piece to 2024’s critically acclaimed festive collection In the Shadow Of John ...

Renowned troubadour Reg Meuross brings his critically acclaimed project Stolen From God back to UK stages this October. Exploring England’s role in the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, the show combines powerful songwriting with Gambian kora master Suntou Susso, extraordinary concertina player Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, and special guest narrators including Folk On ...

Former Oysterband man Ray Cooper is set to tour the UK in November. Ray won awards with the band and was nominated by Fatea in 2021 for the male artist of the year, and album of the year in 2024 in a German music critics prize. Ray Cooper, a.k.a. Chopper, ...

Over their twenty year career Megson, aka Debbie & Stu Hanna, have established themselves as one of the most engaging acts on the British Folk scene. Mixing exquisite musicianship and northern humour they use their Teesside heritage to create a unique style of folk music. This style is exemplified perfectly ...

Critically acclaimed UK folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage return with their 5th full length album, The Strangers’ Share, a record centred on dreams and the supernatural. You could be forgiven for thinking Hannah & Ben might never return to their intimate duo roots…Much of their 2024 was spent ...

Annie Keating is playing a UK tour from late September to mid October in support of a new live album that will be available on vinyl at the concerts. Songwriter, acoustic guitarist and vocalist Annie will be backed by her regular UK band of Joe Coombs on guitar and slide ...

Singer-songwriter Hannah Brine is proud to present her new album Blue Sky Now, independently released in June 2025. While rooted in modern jazz sensibilities, Blue Sky Now is also influenced by iconic singer-songwriters spanning several decades, such as Carole King, Norah Jones, Cleo Sol and Rumer, who Hannah is supporting ...

Together for fifty-six years now, Steeleye Span changed the face of folk music forever by taking it into the world of gold discs and international tours. Now they return with Conflict, their first full studio album in over five years. All traditional singers have sung modern and self-composed pieces alongside ...

A collaboration between Angeline Morrison, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Jon Bickley, released in 2024 following the 250th anniversary of ‘Amazing Grace’ and charting these of enslavement and redemption, Grace Will Lead Me Home figured in many of the year’s Top 10 folk album lists. This year marks the 300th birthday of ...

Sheelanagig Celebrate 20 Years of Folk Sorcery with New Album - St Congar’s Walking Stick - and UK Dates (listed below) 2025 marks twenty years of foot-stomping, roof-raising, high-energy live folk from Sheelanagig, a renowned band whose infectious energy and musical mastery have earned them legions of fans across the globe ...

Long-standing folk-rock band Home Service are playing a 'Live Transmission' tour across the UK in July. Four decades after taking the English folk scene by storm, Home Service have retained their unique sound - an electrifying fusion of traditional songs, pulsating folk-rock and trenchant brass. Home Service was originally formed ...

Sarah McQuaid has a busy summer planned ahead of her August-September UK tour – and new music to share As she prepares for her August-September UK tour (to be followed by an October-November tour in the USA), Cornwall-based singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid is spending the summer working hard on material for ...

Ahead of their triumphant return to the fields of a sold-out Cropredy Convention this August, legendary British Folk-Rockers - Fairport Convention - announce dates for their 2025 Autumn Tour... Celebrating a whopping 58 years in business in 2025, Fairport Convention continue to shape the musical landscape of British Folk-Rock. With ...

43 years into her life, Gwenno Saunders has been many people. The disaffected Cardiff schoolgirl; the teenage Las Vegas dancer; the singer in indie pop group The Pipettes. There was a turn in a Bollywood film, a nightclub tour, a stint cleaning floors in an East London pub. Long before ...

Hello everyone, Lots of shows coming up, all really good places, all parts of the country and France too. They're not like anything else you can go to. And people constantly report that they find the shows uplifting, which is the aim. Come and witness it all for yourself! Songs ...

Andy White's forthcoming new live album The Night Is Approaching Though Some Would Say It Was Morning is due for release May 30th, alongside an UK with shows coming up in Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. 40 years after the release of debut EP Religious Persuasion, Irish songwriter Andy White is back ...

Widely acclaimed British band the Levellers celebrate the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping album Zeitgeist. Set for release on November 7th via Warner Music, the Zeitgeist 30th Anniversary Collection will be available on 2LP and 3CD formats. It is available to pre-order now, and fans who pre-order will get exclusive ...

On tour now, Clair and Carli say: “We’re one week into the tour and feeling so much emotion from our audiences. A lot of laughing, a lot of crying. It feels more powerful than ever to make live performance during these harrowing days of political, ecological and humanitarian catastrophe. Singing ...

The Wind Will Change Again is the fourth release by the Twangtown Paramours (Mike T Lewis and MaryBeth Zamer) and is their first Folk album in twelve years. At its heart, the album is about resilience in the face of loss, about the realization that our time is finite, and ...

Get ready for an intimate and unforgettable experience! Gaz Brookfield is hitting the road again in 2025, bringing his renowned live show to village halls across the UK. This tour promises to be something special, filled with heartfelt lyrics, captivating stories, and that unique Gaz Brookfield atmosphere you won't find ...

Widely regarded as one of the foremost songwriters of her generation or any other, Suzanne Vega is set to release her first full-length album of new music in over a decade. Flying With Angels is due May 2 on Cooking Vinyl. The record is produced by Vega’s longtime collaborator and ...

Friday the 28th of Feb, 2025, Silchester Village Hall didn't just become a community space; it became a sanctuary of storytelling, a roaring singalong, and a testament to the power of two men and their guitars. The evening started with Shedric, and in his own words, "Musician singer/songwriter infused with ...

Relentless folk/punk powerhouses, Skinny Lister, are ecstatic to announce their new album Songs From The Yonder - due for release on 9 May 2025, via Xtra Mile Recordings. A band who’ve never been afraid to plough their own furrow, they herald in their next era with the joyous new single ...

Celebrated musicians Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver release their remarkable collaborative album, Hinterland on EarToTheGround Music on 7th March 2025. The duo will launch ‘Hinterland’ on 1st March 2025 at new venue World Heart Beat, Embassy Gardens, London followed by UK Spring and Autumn dates. Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, are each highly respected in their own right for their contributions to the folk genre, and ...

Wynford Jones & Geoff Cripps, of seminal Welsh band The Chartists , today announce some new gig dates, two of which are special in that they commemorate the end of the year-long Miner’s Strike of forty years ago on 5th March 1985.  Wynford & Geoff began their duo act just ...

2025 sees Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman celebrate thirty years of making music together. One of the UK’s most successful folk duos, they will embark on a 25 date tour across England in support of their first ever live concert album - something their fans have been requesting for years! ...

The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford, now residing in Leipzig, Germany. Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo are excited to announce the release of their highly anticipated second album, Everything, When Said Slowly, set for February 2025. This album unveils a richer, more expansive ...

Bristol-based chanteuse Hannah Rose Platt makes a sweeping return in 2025 with news of a new album Fragile Creatures. Due for release via the Xtra Mile Recordings on 25th April, her vivid, intricate, and thought-provoking new work is led by the single ‘Curious Mixtures’, which is streaming on all services ...

Step into an evening where the artistry of three exceptional folk musicians comes alive, each bringing their unique flair to the stage in an incredible triple bill event, where the finest vocalists and songwriters woo you into the winter night. The three talented songwriters embark on an Irish Tour  this ...

Internationally renowned traditional Irish band The London Lasses will be playing two January dates in their home town! The first event is on Sunday 12th January at Walthamstow Folk Club, with special guest vocalist Chan Reid. This will be followed by a performance at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith to celebrate St Brigid's Day ...

Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, for over forty years part of the remarkable British Roots Rock musical institution that was The Blues Band, are taking to the road in January and February 2025 for some select concert performances - dates are as below. The duo’s shows are engaging, enthralling journeys through the worlds of The ...

Hello everyone, 2024 has been a busy and successful year for us, hope it's been OK for you. The photos above show just some of the highlights of the year for us, and the many and varied places that we get to play at, from huge events like Edinburgh Jazz ...

“I was born a woman” – this simple statement opens the album. What a time to be a woman, an immigrant, and a mother. The journey to MotherLand was a long one and started with Daria Kulesh's debut album Eternal Child released ten years ago, on 31 January 2015. That ...

After a packed year, including two acclaimed tours and another highly successful Cropredy Convention, the architects of British Folk Rock - Fairport Convention - announce dates for their 2025 UK Tour. Formed in 1967, the band pioneered the blending of traditional instruments with electric instrumentation, in turn becoming synonymous with ...

Acclaimed folk musician Seth Lakeman is set to release his self-produced new album The Granite Way on 14th February 2025, with an accompanying headline UK tour to follow - the lead single ‘One More Before You Go’ (feat. Ian Anderson & Ward Thomas) is out 22nd November. Releasing his debut album The Punch ...

Emmy Award-winning songwriter Foy Vance will embark on the very special ‘You & I UK Tour’ next week. Named after a track from Vance’s breakthrough 2013 album Joy Of Nothing, the tour includes residencies in Belfast Opera House (November 5th – 9th) and London EartH (November 29th – December 1st), with matinee ...

Paper Tigers is the fourth album from State Of The Union (Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams). It was written in fits and starts whenever they could meet up, as these days they are in Glasgow and Cambridgeshire. Both instinctively know when a song is welcome in the State Of The ...

The Staves, Bess Atwell, Grace Petrie Hosted by Pauline Black Sunday 27 Oct 2024, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Coventry and 2-Tone legend Pauline Black (The Selecter) hosts a unique night of music and words on the theme of protest at Warwick Arts Centre, on Sunday 27 October 2024. For one ...

This 1st December will herald the release of a brand new Beans On Toast album: Wild Goose Chasers. An illuminating insight into what lies ahead, the release is preceded by the elegant, enigmatic first single: ‘Myths & Legends’, which is streaming everywhere now. While its idiosyncratic title may be typical ...

Information Camouflage, the latest release from 3 Daft Monkeys, is a rich, life-affirming tapestry that masterfully blends world folk inspirations with wild punk-infused energy and modern storytelling This is not just an album but an experience—a kaleidoscopic journey through sound and emotion that celebrates life, love, and the resilient human ...

The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement.  The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music with a broad range of global influences. Since its inception in August ...

Bella Gaffney plays an Autumn 2024 Tour beginning from this week and then from late October until the end of November in between appearances with her band The Magpies. Bella Gaffney is a British singer-songwriter, guitar and banjo player who has established herself as a prominent figure in the folk ...

Legendary British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell will embark on his most extensive tour of Ireland to date in 2025. Spanning 20 shows over four weeks, the tour will kick off on 24th April in Wexford, wrapping up on 18th May in Sligo. As a stalwart of the folk scene for over ...

Mairearad Green and Rachel Newton are both well established and celebrated Scottish musicians. They are also cousins, their mothers hailing from Achnahaird, Coigach in the Northwest Highlands, where Mairearad was also brought up. Despite having played music together both informally and professionally over the years as part of various groups ...

OCTOBER 3rd SOUTH SHIELDS - Customs House - website 4th DURHAM - Gala Theatre - website 5th WHITLEY BAY- Playhouse Theatre - website 6th KIRKBY STEPHEN - Sports and Social Club - 017683 72123 11th ALNWICK - The Playhouse - website 12th HEPWORTH LIVE nr Holmfirth - website 13th HARTLEPOOL ...

Contemporary folk artist and singer-songwriter Lewis Barfoot returns to the UK for an 11 date solo tour opening at the illustrious Green Note in London on 7th November. Accompanying herself on nylon string guitar and shruti box she creates a beautifully intim-ate live experience and will share songs from her ...

The Rheingans Sisters release their highly anticipated new album Start Close In on September 27th. Sonically arresting, drenched in drones, and pulsing with age-old patterns of communal dancing, Start Close In continues the current rejuvenation of traditional folk music with a record steeped in minimalism, collectivism, beauty and noise. Produced ...

The Sharon Shannon Big Band are set to deliver a captivating tribute to the late Shane MacGowan this Winter. This homage holds profound significance, as Shane previously toured with the Big Band, leaving an indelible mark on their musical journey. Shane was a fiesta in himself, a spirit especially evident ...

Following the hand of fate which guided them from a remote village in the Austrian Alps to a tiny island in Greece, long time musical collaborators and world wanderers, Irish traditional singer and musician Nuala Kennedy and Dubliner / New Yorker singer songwriter Eamon O' Leary have created an atmospheric ...

Parlour Ballads is the new album from Jon Boden, a piano led record full of sentimental ballads that tie together parlour music and folk song. Parlour Ballads seeks to awaken the sound of the old, well loved, slightly out of tune domestic piano and to reunite it with (or introduce ...

Stick In The Wheel’s fourth studio album, A Thousand Pokes is a satirical celebration of mistakes. A joyous lambasting of everyone and everything that’s wrong in the world, against the real-time backdrop of global uncertainty, corruption and political unrest. A London Charivari. Rough Music. A gleeful old-fashioned cancelling. A Chaunter’s delight ...

It’s hard to believe that fast-rising East Anglian duo Honey And The Bear (aka Lucy and Jon Hart) are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. To mark the milestone, they will be heading out on the road this September/October, showcasing their spellbinding songwriting and versatile musicianship in no less than ...

A unique voice within the fabric of music in the UK WORD PAINTINGS THE KEITH JAMES SONGBOOK A long awaited Concert tour Mature, insightful and intriguing - sensitive and honest Spanning the past 50 years, Keith has performed thousands of enthusiastically received shows in Arts Centres and Theatres throughout the ...

The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement.  The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music with a broad range of global influences. Since its inception in August ...