Elsie Franklin sings and plays acoustic country-blues, ragtime and jazz on her trusty National resonator. She is a rising talent on the UK blues scene, playing all over the country. Learning from her father (renowned blues guitarist, Adam Franklin) and good friend Steve James, Elsie is often praised for her authentic, yet unique take on early blues and jazz, drawing influence from legendary female blues artists such as Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith.

Elsie is joined by Francesca Shaw on double bass and Roni Reeds on drums and washboard

Elsie Franklin and the Rockettes

Solly Hardwick and Eliza Burkitt are Lost in the Loop, a London Folk duo playing traditional tunes on fiddle & cello/mandolin. From upbeat dancey tunes to slow and soulful airs, they bring fresh energy to timeless music.

Lost in the Loop - Matinee Show

Something Sleep's exquisite and arresting vocal harmonies are the heart of their music.

Something Sleeps

George Washbourn is a multi-instrumental folk musician, singer, and composer
Duo Madrugada are a beguiling voice and guitar partnership

George Washbourn and Duo Madrugada

Award-winning independent artist Lara Eidi brings together the many strands of her musical world - original songs and compositions, folk, jazz, and improvisation

Lara Eidi - Matinee show support from James Riley

Tog Fàire play a mixture of traditional Scottish and Irish songs and tunes, including Scottish Gaelic singing, as well as music from contemporary folk artists. Their sets are made up of modern compositions by musicians who are at the heart of the living folk scene, while others can be traced back centuries.

Tog Fàire

Finnish singer-songwriter and self-proclaimed 'island girl' Kerttu enchants audiences with her powerful yet delicate voice and charming guitar work.

Be prepared to be spell-bound by a combination of original songs from her upcoming debut album 'Saari' - inspired by an urge to understand her own experience of this human life, the mystery of love and her relationship with nature - combined with traditional Finnish folk songs and lullabies she has gathered throughout her life so far.

Kerttu - Matinee Show

Claire is a multi‑instrumental Irish traditional musician, singer‑songwriter and award‑winning composer from Galway, now based in West Clare. She has four studio albums and a PhD in Arts Practice. Her current project, 'Bean in a Van', takes her across Ireland writing a song for each county and shaping a new album of place‑based music, with a new single imminent.

Claire Watts

Tropanka are an instrumental and dance ensemble who specialise in the exhilarating music of Eastern Europe, from the heartbreak of Yiddish laments to the insatiable groove of Macedonian wedding music - and everything in between.

Tropanka

Whether lamenting a love lost, celebrating the calming beauty of nature or relating the epic tale of a struggle at sea, Craig Joiner's songs are informed by experience, observation, vivid imagination and a desire to take his music "deeper into folk".

As a dextrous and highly accomplished guitarist, Craig is fully equipped to play out his compositions against an acoustic musical backdrop which perfectly suits his subject matter and vocal delivery.

Craig Joiner

The Beadling are an English folk trio who blend traditional music and original composition, focusing on dynamic storytelling and uplifting voices that are often overlooked.

Using a multitude of instruments, the Beadling craft intricate arrangements to capture the rich emotional lives in these traditional stories and explore the impact that social identity had on folk figures of the past.

The Beadling

Some Foreign Shore is an enchanting new collaboration between "one of the finest fingerstyle guitarists of his generation" Dariush Kanani and "the voice of fairytales" Daria Kulesh - an afternoon of pure escapism into the music of Anne Briggs, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, and other folk greats.

Some Foreign Shore

A showcase evening featuring rising Uk Country singer songwriters Nicole Allan, Ruby Lily and KIER

Elsie Franklin and the Rockettes

Lost in the Loop - Matinee Show

Something Sleeps

George Washbourn and Duo Madrugada

Lara Eidi - Matinee show support from James Riley

Tog Fàire

Kerttu - Matinee Show

Claire Watts

Tropanka

Craig Joiner

The Beadling

Some Foreign Shore

Nicole Allan, Ruby Lily and KIER

Upcoming events

Today

Elsie Franklin and the Rockettes

Saturday, 10 October

Lost in the Loop - Matinee Show

Monday, 12 October

Something Sleeps

Tuesday, 13 October

George Washbourn and Duo Madrugada

Saturday, 17 October

Lara Eidi - Matinee show support from James Riley

Monday, 19 October

Tog Fàire

Sunday, 25 October

Kerttu - Matinee Show

Claire Watts

Monday, 26 October

Tropanka

Wednesday, 28 October

Craig Joiner

Saturday, 31 October

The Beadling

Sunday, 01 November

Some Foreign Shore

Nicole Allan, Ruby Lily and KIER

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