NEWS & WHAT'S ON
Folk veterans Jon Boden and Eliza Carthy have teamed up to produce a new album, Glad Christmas Comes, which is released on November 28 but can be pre-ordered on this link. On the back of the album they are setting off on a Wassailing tour, details below.
November
22 Huntington
Hall, Worcester. Show starts 7.30pm and tickets are £25 not including an
insurance fee.
23 St George's, Bristol. Please
note this concert is sold out.
24 The
Haymarket, Basingstoke. Show starts 7.30pm. Tickets are £24
and for under-25s £20 including a £4 booking fee.
25 Revelation,
Ashford. Doors open 7.30pm and the show runs from 8-10.30pm. Tickets are
earlybird adult £20, earlybird U16 £16,
on the door adult £24, on the door U16 £20 and booking fees apply.
26 The Stables,
Milton Keynes. Show starts 8pm and tickets are £27.50 inclusive of
booking fees.
For
this venue, tickets up to and including £10, a fee of £1 per ticket will be
charged. For tickets between £10.01 and £15, a fee of £1.50 per ticket will be
charged. For tickets between £15.01 and £25, a fee of £2.50 per ticket will be
charged. For tickets over £25, a fee of £3.50 per ticket will be charged.
Should an event be cancelled, or rescheduled to a new date that you cannot
attend, The Stables will refund the ticket price portion of the amount
originally paid only.
27 The
Apex, Bury St Edmunds. Show starts 8pm and tickets are £21.50 including
booking fee.
December
7 Brewery
Arts, Kendal. Doors open 7.30pm and tickets are £23 including booking fee.
8 The
Stoller Hall, Manchester. Show starts 8pm. Tickets range from £13 to £22.
9 The
Music Room, Liverpool. There are two shows a matinee at 3pm and an evening
show at 8pm. Tickets range from £20 to £25. A nine percent administrative
fee applies for online and telephone orders and a £2.50 postage fee is
applicable on all orders via the post.
10 Pavilion
Theatre, Whitby. Doors open 7.30pm and the show starts 8pm. Tickets are £22
plus booking fee.
11 Minster, Halifax.
The show runs from 7.30 to 11pm and tickets are £25.
12 Cadogan
Hall, London. Show starts 7.30pm and tickets range from £21 to and
for under-18s: all seats £15 but they are not available online.
21 The Fire
Station, Sunderland. The show starts 7.30pm and tickets range from £19 to
£25.
Jaywalkers are breaking their duck with Sheffield's Cafe #9 on November 19. Doors open 7pm for a 7:30pm start. Tickets are £12.50 and you are allowed to bring your own drinks but the venue does offer food and drinks.
Tickets are available on this link as well as from the cafe itself although it should be noted the venue is cash only.
Further south you can catch up with James Delarre & Saul Rose who will be playing the Newhampton Arts Centre on November 18 starting at 8pm. Tickets are £14.
2024
As you would expect there are some real heavyweights and veterans of folk who have been lined up in the eclectic mix which is next year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
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| Shrewsbury Folk Festival |
Billy Bragg, Breabach, Capercaillie, EFDSS
Ceilidh Band, Gigspanner
Big Band, Leveret, Maddy Prior &
The Forgotten Lands, O'Hooley &
Tidow, Spiers & Boden, Steve Knightley,
The Sharon Shannon Trio, Whapweasel are on the bill to name but a
few. There is a vast array of ticket prices covering most eventualities from individual
days to family and camping tickets.
The website also lists a selection of accommodations for
those less hardy than the tented brigade.
The festival runs from August 23 to 26 August at The
West Midlands Showground, (The Agricultural Showground), Berwick Road,
Shrewsbury.
