Hushman – Monday 7th October – Postponed
Green Note, Camden
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James Kerry Trio – Tuesday 8th October
The Harrison, Kings Cross
James Kerry is well known for his passionate, rhythmic playing rooted in folk dance tradition. More details
Planchée & Mike James – Friday 11th October
with London Balfolk
Concert and Workshop
The Harrison, Kings Cross
The trio Planchée are well established on the French folk and Breton-dance circuit specialising in the repertoire of Eastern Brittany More details
Elizabeth & Jameson and Awake Mother – Sunday 13th October
Matinee Show
Green Note, Camden
Elizabeth & Jameson offer simplistic, classic song writing at its best – a stripped back harmony-driven sound with acoustic guitar, violin and exquisite vocals.
Awake Mother are a new duo keen to share music from the folk tradition, reigniting old favourites and introducing you to new songs and tales from times gone by. More details
The Magpies – Sunday 13th October
The Water Rats, Kings Cross
The Magpies are one of the most exciting acts on the roots scene, combining first class musicianship with sublime harmonies and increasingly impressive song and tune writing. More details
Tóchar and Heathling – Monday 14th October
Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park
Tóchar play thoughtful arrangements of traditional and contemporary Celtic tunes on fiddle and guitar. .. Heathling experiment by pairing trad with improv, old tunes with new approaches, and slow airs with fast-paced jigs More details
Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black – Tuesday 15th October
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregor Black are a Glasgow-based harp and percussion duo who blend their respective sounds of Scottish clarsach and Irish bodhrán, along with contemporary percussion and vocals, they form a dynamic and innovative new duo. More details
Jesse Terry – Wednesday 16th October
Aces & Eights, Tufnell Park
It is easy to compare Terry’s heritage and storytelling to that of Jackson Browne, James Taylor or Bruce Springsteen. A symphonic delight for the heart and soul. ~ Americana UK More details
Sam Browse -Thursday 17th October
Cuts, Soho
Sam Browse is a London (formerly Sheffield) -based folk singer, performing songs about working class struggle and queer experience. More details
Rural Folk Anthropology – Friday 18th October
The Harrison, Kings Cross
This project brings together rural folk music from many corners of Greece and the near surrounding areas of the Mediterranean Basin. More details
Angeline Morrison – Monday 21st October- Sold Out
Support from Clarke Camilleri
Green Note, Camden
Angeline Morrison is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who explores traditional song with a deep love, respect and curiosity More details
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer – Thursday 24th October
Green Note, Camden
Anglo-German duo Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer offer a versatile miscellany of self-penned and imaginatively arranged songs More details
Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes present Ghosts, Werewolves and Countryfolk
– the Songs and stories of Sabine Baring-Gould –
Friday 25th October
Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Six-time BBC Folk Awards nominee Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes of Award-Winning Show of Hands and Daphne’s Flight come together for the first time to celebrate the centenary of a Victorian superstar through his music and stories. More details
Wickenwood – Monday 28th October
Green Note, Camden
Wickenwood play acoustic music with contemporary influences, based around harmony-driven vocals More details
Cori & Johanna – Tuesday 29th October
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Cori and Johanna intertwine traditional melodies with new compositions and improvisation. More details
Chloe Eleanor Jones and Skid Stuart & Nigel Snell – Friday 1st November
Cuts, Soho
Chloe Eleanor Jones is a singer-songwriter based in Manchester, who believes that music is at its best when it evokes emotion from the listener.
Skid Stuart and Nigel Snell are a harmonica and guitar blues duo playing the music of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers and Little Walter among others. More details
Hop Skotshne – Monday 4th November
Green Note, Camden
Hop Skotshne is a new collaboration of Klezmer musicians who are exploring this wonderful repertoire together! More details
James Delarre & Saul Rose – Monday 11th November
Green Note, Camden
Old friends James (Topette!!, Mawkin) & Saul (Faustus, Eliza Carthy) are known for their warmth and exquisitely delivered traditional tunes and songs. More details
Mishra and Once a Fig – Wednesday 13th November
Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston
Mishra are a global folk duo from the UK gathering international recognition, who draw together roots in UK traditional music with continent-spanning musical textures into a multi-limbed virtuoso performance.
Once a Fig immerse themselves in myriad musical soundscapes, intertwining traditional folk melodies with original compositions and improvisations More details
Bella Gaffney – Monday 18th November
Green Note, Camden
Bella Gaffney’s music is characterised by her distinctive voice, intricate guitar playing, and her knack for storytelling. More details
Lacuna – Friday 22nd November
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Lacuna’s distinctive style is anchored in intricate vocal harmonies, featuring the unconventional blend of guitar, clarinet and banjo to add a sonic freshness to their original songs. More details
Liz Stringer – Sunday 24th November
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Liz Stringer is one of Australia’s most admired and versatile songwriters and instrumentalists. More details
Dan Nash – Thursday 28th November
Cuts, Soho
Hailing from London, UK, Dan Nash is a true purveyor of traditional acoustic blues. More details
Paddi Benson, Grace Lemon & James Patrick Gavin – Monday 2nd December
Green Note, Camden
Grace Lemon and Paddi Benson – two highly-accomplished Uilleann pipers – and James Patrick Gavin, an acclaimed fiddle player and guitarist, have joined forces to explore the interlocking sounds of two pipes and write new music underpinned by narrative threads. More details
The Furrow Collective – Tuesday 3rd December
The Water Rats, Kings Cross
‘The Furrow Collective have an air of immeasurable antiquity, while at the same time making the songs vibrantly new’. R2 More details
Elliott Morris – Thursday 12th December
Cuts, Soho
With hundreds of gigs behind him, a coveted Danny Kyle Award from Celtic Connections, and three awards from Italy’s premier world music festival, Elliott Morris has a formidable reputation as one of the hardest-working and most sought-after artists on the acoustic scene. More details
The All Night Chemist – Monday 16th December
Green Note, Camden
The All Night Chemist’s music combines American and British folk music with 70s rock and 90s absurdist indie, walking a delicate line between the domestic and the surreal, the tragic and the comic More details
Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts – Thursday 20th February
Cuts, Soho
Influenced by the acoustic guitar artistry of the 1960’s and 70’s, Henry Parker and David Ian Roberts play a style of folk-guitar music originally pioneered by artists such as Bert Jansch & John Renbourn and more recently Ryley Walker & Bill MacKay. More details
Emily Maguire – Thursday 6th March
with support from Jody Prewett
Cuts, Soho
Emily Maguire’s music is a hauntingly beautiful and profoundly moving experience not to be missed More details
Bella Hardy – Thursday 29th May
Water Rats, Kings Cross
Bella Hardy, the inimitable voice of modern folk, established her reputation as a songwriter when her first original composition Three Black Feathers earned a BBC Folk Award nomination in 2008. More details