Georgia Shackleton with Aaren Bennett – Friday 13th February
The Harrison, Kings Cross
To mark 125 years since Sir Ernest Shackleton first set sail on the Discovery with Captain Scott, Georgia unveils a powerful new album and tour rooted in history, music, and the sea. More details
Sonny Brazil – Sunday 15th February
Green Note, Camden
Sonny Brazil, a founder member of the Goblin Band is a Folk singer and Squeeze Box Player whose style is rhythmic and raw at times giving contrast to their sweeter more pastoral repertoire of traditional songs More details
Miguel Girão – Monday 16th February
Green Note, Camden
Described as “one of the most technically gifted and expressive guitarists in Scotland.” (Innes White), Miguel’s music is tied in with a deep understanding and curiosity of the Traditional Scottish music landscape. More details
Joe Wilkes – Thursday 19th February
Soho folk and blues, Soho
Joe Wilkes delivers an urgent, brand of fingerstyle guitar wrapped in self-deprecating humour and sharp political storytelling. More details
Thorpe & Morrison and Darach – Friday 20th February
Aces and Eights, Tufnell Park
‘Rising Stars’ Thorpe and Morrison are an innovative and energetic folk duo based in Birmingham. … Darach is a collaboration between Scottish fiddler Roo Geddes and Galician guitarist Hugo Franco, blending the traditional music of their homelands with contemporary folk influences More details
Rita Bliss – Saturday 21st February
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Rita Bliss is a folk musician from Rochester, New York and is now based in Austin, Texas. Though a Rust Belt native, Rita’s melodies are rooted in familiar old-time banjo sounds that evoke travels along the backroads of the South. More details
Fiona Fey – Monday 23rd February
Green Note, Camden
Fiona Fey is a multi instrumentalist and skilful songwriter navigating many worlds; from incisive Anti-Folk to ornate Chamber Pop, she brings her witty charm and a critical gaze to everyday life. More details
Hop Skotshne – Thursday 26th February
Green Note, Camden
Hop Skotshne is a new collaboration of Klezmer musicians who are exploring this wonderful repertoire together! More details
Amy Leach and Alasdair Paul – Friday 27th February
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Amy Leach and Alasdair Paul Launch their debut album They’ll Aye Remain at the Harrison
‘This is a collection of songs we love to sing. It’s a collection of stories that grabbed our imagination, melodies that sang to us and a good smattering of the Scots leid.’ More details
Catch the Sparrow with support from Slyvid – Saturday 28th February
Green Note, Camden
Matinee Show
An afternoon of traditional and contemporary folk song with Catch the Sparrow and Slyvid More details
Rachel Newton – Monday 2nd March
Green Note, Camden
Singer, harpist and composer Rachel Newton draws on poems and ballads that are hundreds of years old, working them into her contemporary style to create a rich sound that is ambitious, original and unique. More details
Isaac Montagu – Wednesday 4th March
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Isaac Montagu is a London-based cellist, singer and dancer, whose playing reflects long and deep engagement with the traditional music of the communities that they have been immersed in. More details
Salt House – Thursday 5th March
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Salt House have been a mainstay on the folk scene for over a decade. The band’s reputation as thoughtful and innovative interpreters of both old ballads and contemporary songs has been solidified with acclaimed album releases and extensive touring. More details
Club Débris – Saturday 7th March
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Club Débris are a Quebec-inspired folk band based in London, playing high-energy French-Canadian trad music in brazenly major keys. More details
Victoria Lynn Album Launch – Saturday 7th March
St Pauls Church, Camden Square
Victoria Lynn is a folk musician, performing English folk sung unaccompanied, in the original folk tradition. More details
Skye Consort & Emma Björling – Saturday 14th March
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Skye Consort & Emma Björling is a bunch of renowned musicians from Canada and Sweden who make marvelous music together. They’re mixing trad music from Scandinavia, Ireland and the British Isles, French-Canada, and tunes of their own devising. More details
Roswell Road – Sunday 15th March
Support from Mina Košar
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Roswell Road blend close harmonies with candid storytelling, drawing on real experiences from mental health to family love to real-life activist adventures at sea. More details
Charlie and Rowan Piggott – Monday 16th March
Green Note, Camden
Charlie Piggott was one of the founding members of De Danann.. Rowan is known for performing and writing with his award-winning folk trio, The Wilderness Yet, and his oldtime duo, Old Spot. More details
John Ward Trio – Thursday 19th March
Soho Folk and Blues, Soho
John Ward has achieved an excellent reputation as a writer of powerful, thought-provoking and witty songs that draw upon his life in a gritty port town, his wider travels in the world, and often capture the spirit of the times. More details
Austel with support from Freya Everest – Friday 20th March
The Harrison, Kings Cross
On her return as Austel, Devon-born, London-based artist Annie Rew Shaw treads a different path from the one that saw her receive widespread plaudits for the delicate, luscious piano songs of her 2024 debut album Dead Sea. More details
Tog Fàire – Monday 23rd March
The Harrison, Kings Cross
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. More details
Oliver Darling and Rollo Markee – Wednesday 25th March
Green Note, Camden
Oliver Darling and Rollo Markee play Country/Folk Blues and Americana expect covers and originals influenced by artists such as Big Bill Broonzy and Sam Chatmon. More details
The Em Risley Band – Saturday 28th March
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Sheffield based singer songwriter Em Risley is frequently likened to Joni Mitchell, her folk influences shine through but with individuality from the uniqueness of her voice. More details
Ingrid Rodebjer & Cori Smith and Nat Philipps & Phoebe Harty – Sunday 29th March
The Harrison, Kings Cross
An evening of outstanding traditional and contemporary folk music More details
Shem Fillmore and Basia Bartz – Thursday 2nd April
Soho folk and blues
English traditional music from a parallel universe – Shem Fillmore stirs together the future, past and alternative timelines into a seething broth.
Whether performing arrangements of traditional songs or her own original material, Basia Bartz combines sounds from the many musical worlds she’s visited and weaves them into an intricate and evocative musical tapestry. More details
Eve Goodman and SERA – Saturday 4th April
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Join us for an afternoon with North Wales based singer-songwriters Eve Goodman and SERA’s featuring songs from their Welsh language album Natur, a hymn of love to the cyclical element of women and nature. More details
Jon Fazal and Anna Anise – Monday 6th April
This April, two rising voices in the UK’s alt-folk scene Jon Fazal and Anna Anise join forces for a double headline tour.
Blending Jon’s nostalgic baroque-pop with Anna’s earthy, contemporary folk, the tour promises an unforgettable series of performances filled with warmth, depth, and honest storytelling. More details
Sally Rushbrook & The Soothsayers and Lucy Lundström – Wednesday 8th April
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Sally Rushbrook’s music is distinctly old in style, with influence from folk, gypsy jazz and barroom blues.
Lucy Lundström draws inspiration from folk music, fairytales and visionary art More details
Bal de Bourdon – Thursday 9th April
Green Note, Camden
Bal de Bourdon is a London-based band performing music from France, the Channel Islands and Cornwall, with a penchant for songs rich in melody, harmony and drama. More details
Paula Fong – Friday 10th April
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Paula Fong is an Americana singer-songwriter from Los Angeles with a sound that can vary from lilting trad folk, to upbeat country toe tappers, to soulful grit. More details
Emily Maguire – Saturday 11th April
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
With songs described as “music for the soul” (Maverick Magazine), Emily Maguire is an independent British singer-songwriter, composer, poet, multi-instrumentalist and award-winning mental health advocate. More details
Lily Neill – Saturday 11th April
All Saints Church, Highgate
Put aside everything you ever thought you knew about the harp and open your ears to the wealth of sound that two hands and thirty strings can conjure! More details
Gilmore & Roberts, Sunday 12th April
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound. More details
Hartwin Dhoore and Ross Grant – Tuesday 14th April
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Two of the finest innovators within their own country’s traditional music culture, turn a lockdown collaboration into a new and exciting live act. More details
Ross and the Hailstones – Saturday 18th April
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Ross and the Hailstones are a south London based trio that play music steeped in the folk tradition with their own signature twist. More details
Laura Wilkie and Ian Carr – Monday 20th April
Green Note, Camden
Two leading figures in today’s contemporary traditional music world. Their performances centre around Laura’s album ‘Vent’ – a deep, immaculately researched dive into women’s work songs (Waulking songs) from the Outer Hebrides. More details
Owen Spafford, Will Allen and Ben Filmer-Sankey – Wednesday 22nd April
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Join us at Heath St Baptist Church where Owen Spafford, Will Allen and Ben Filmer-Sankey will launch their new album ‘Sun in the Sands’. More details
Ballads and Banter with Phil Odgers and Paul Simmonds – Saturday 25th April
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
With over 40 years of adventures on the musical ocean to their name, these two mainstays of
The Men They Couldn’t Hang come laden with a wealth of stories, songs and anecdotes; from the hilarious, the poignant and the genuinely historic. More details
Ben Moss – EP Launch – Sunday 26th April
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Ben Moss’ music has its roots firmly embedded in the English folk idiom, drawing inspiration from the rich tradition of storytelling and social commentary found therein. More details
Mariia Petrovska – Monday 27th April
St Clement’s Church, Finsbury
Mariia Petrovska is a charismatic bandura player and singer, and one of the rising stars of Ukrainian music. More details
Sascha Osborn – Wednesday 29th April
Green Note, Camden
Inspired by jazz harmony, soulful melodies, curiosity and a love of simple everyday natural beauty, Sascha Osborn is a songwriter and performer of reflective and heartfelt songs More details
Chris Avery Band Show – Monday 4th May
Green Note, Camden
Chris Avery is a Welsh guitarist-composer bridging ancient melody and contemporary performance with his guitar and voice. More details
Luke James Williams – Wednesday 6th May
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Luke James Williams is an indie-folk singer-songwriter from Cambridgeshire who draws on a wide range of musical influences Luke has crafted a unique sound, painting pictures with words & singing them in his own distinctly English voice. More details
Nastee Chapel– Saturday 9th May
Green Note, Camden
Matinee Show
Epic lyrical tales, clog dancing, flute playing, cajon stomping, guitar shredding. More details
Ruth Notman Trio – Sunday 10th May
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Notman’s unique voice coupled with her novel and vibrant interpretation of folk songs garnered her overnight national critical acclaim and media attention seldom seen by a small independent release. More details
Seel & Sanders – Monday 11th May
Green Note, Camden
The folk duo Seel & Sanders is the dynamic collaboration between the award-winning, London based singer-songwriter Alex Seel and internationally acclaimed composer and virtuoso bazouki, guitar and ukulele player, Jon Sanders. More details
Evie Hill – Wednesday 13th May
Green Note, Camden
Evelyn is a London-based jazz vocalist and songwriter. Her solo work blends the beauty and narrative of American and British folk songwriting with jazz, and focuses on the singularity of the everyday. More detials
Jason McNiff – Thursday 14th May
Soho folk and blues, Soho
Jason McNiff is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. More details
Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley – Wednesday 20th May
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Two of the UK’s most iconic voices have finally combined as a duo and will be touring a new album in 2025 and beyond More details
Julie July Band – Sunday 24th May
Green Note, Camden
Original Songs & Timeless Classics Inspired by Sandy Denny
Join the Julie July Band Acoustic Quartet at Green Note, London for an enchanting evening of live music, blending original songs with a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Sandy Denny. More details
Dave Ellis and Boo Howard – Thursday 28th May
Soho folk and blues
Dave Ellis & Boo Howard are a long established London based acoustic singer songwriter duo. More details
Vandalia – Monday 1st June – cancelled
Green Note, Camden
Vandalia is dedicated to exploring the depth and breadth of American String-band music. .
Lost in the Loop – Wednesday 10th June
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Lost in the Loop perform traditional tunes on fiddle & cello/mandolin. From upbeat dancey tunes to slow and soulful airs, they bring fresh energy to timeless music. More details
Steve Ashley – Thursday 11th June
Soho folk and blues, Soho
Steve Ashley has long been regarded as one of British folk’s finest singer-songwriters. More details
Tai Shan & Erika Olson – Thursday 2nd July
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Tai Shan and Erika Olson, two acclaimed songwriters, are joining forces for an epic summer tour across the UK in 2026. More details
Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen – Monday 6th July
Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen ignite the stage with a bold, fiery blend of Celtic tradition and contemporary folk energy. Their music is a thrilling fusion of driving rhythms, haunting melodies, and masterful instrumentation—at once deeply rooted and refreshingly modern. More details
Gren Bartley – Thursday 9th July
Soho Folk and Blues, Soho
Gren Bartley is part of the future of melodic songwriting. Forever evolving and adapting, and with unmatched guitar work, he is a modern day troubadour, using his influences from older folk and world music traditions, to create truly astounding records. More details
Emma Stevens – Thursday 22nd October
The Bedford, Balham
Emma Stevens’ music breathes life and honesty, pulling a genre apart stich-by-stich and re-assembling it brilliantly to her own specifications, in the process capturing a sound so unique, it’s purity inescapable. More details