Please note that unless indicated otherwise all our events take place at Green Note, Camden, both the main venue and basement bar at Green Note have limited capacity so please buy tickets in advance to avoid disappointment
Alvorada – Saturday 13th June – CANCELLED
The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro, a rich and uplifting style of instrumental music from Rio de Janeiro. Alvorada explore influences from all over Brazil, playing choros with the irresistible swing of samba and maxixe from the South to baião from the Northeast, all with an immediacy and vibrancy that delights audiences everywhere. More details
Said The Maiden and Chris Cleverley – Sunday 14th June – CANCELLED
The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
Said The Maiden are an award winning female folk trio from leafy Hertfordshire, singing traditional songs about love, loss, death, soldiers and sailors.
Maybe it is Chris Cleverley’s eternally restless, whirring chasm of a mind that leads him to constantly innovate and re-imagine his unique interpretation of 21st Century Alt-folk music. More details
Arrowsmith:Robb Trio – Monday 15th June CANCELLED
Green Note, Camden
Arrowsmith:Robb Trio is a transatlantic collaboration between UK-based Jess & Richard Arrowsmith (Melrose Quartet, Hekety) and Canadian folk music veteran Ian Robb (Finest Kind. Jiig, Friends of Fiddler’s Green). More details
Gadarene – Friday 19th June – CANCELLED
The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
Gadarene blend obscure traditional English tunes, virtuoso acoustic musicians, funky beats and loads of energy. More details
ELÍR – Tuesday 23rd June Cancelled
The Harrison, Kings Cross
ELÍR was formed in Glasgow’s vibrant and eclectic music scene. Featuring Niamh MacKaveney from Scotland (vocals & fiddle), David Lombardi from Italy (fiddle) and Jean Damei from France (guitar), the trio have taken influences from each country to produce a musical landscape rich in colour and layers of sound. More details
Burd Ellen – Monday 29th June
Support from Paddi Benson and Grace Lemon
The Harrison, Bloomsbury
Doors 7:30pm, Live Music 8:15pm
Burd Ellen uses traditional song to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories. More details
Benji Kirkpatrick – Monday 6th July – postponed to 1st Feb 21
Green Note, Camden
Well known as a rhythmic driver of such folk acts as Bellowhead and Faustus, Benji Kirkpatrick has been at the forefront of the folk and roots scene for many years More details
Paul Armfield – Monday 13th July – Postponed until Mon 14th December
The Harrison, Kings Cross
A buried treasure…heir to deathless troubadours such as Tim Hardin’ Gavin Martin in The Mirror ….. More details
Jack Sharp – Album Launch – Monday 17th August
Good Times Older is Jack Sharp’s first solo album, following 13 years fronting psych rock band Wolf People. This collection of 11 songs features Jack’s guitar and voice, recorded in an austere and spare setting, using mostly traditional music and words gleaned from his home county of Bedfordshire. More details
Anna Smyrk – Monday 7th September
Green Note, Camden
Folk troubadour Anna Smyrk has come a long way since growing up on a lavender farm in Australia. With her sun-drenched voice and songs about far-flung corners of the world, Anna’s music paints stunning pictures of places she’s lived- from the sapphire waters of the Solomon Islands to a dusty city in Cambodia. More details
Will Finn and Rosie Calvert – Monday 14th September
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Will Finn and Rosie Calvert are a dynamic up-and-coming duo from the heart of Newcastle. More details
Hannah Rarity – Wednesday 16th September
The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018
Hannah Rarity’s sublime voice imbues the music she performs with a depth of emotion that is inimitable. It’s this ability that has seen her become one of Scotland’s foremost young singers. More details
Ewan McLennan – Monday 21st September
Green Note, Camden
From a BBC Folk Award to his work with Transatlantic Sessions through to his recent critically-acclaimed collaboration with the author George Monbiot, Ewan McLennan has come to be known as one of the finest troubadours, singer-songwriters and balladeers of his generation. More details
Elizabeth & Jameson – Sunday 27th September
Support from Ellie McCann
The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell
Hannah Elizabeth and Griff Jameson have joined forces to create an indie-folk sound which encompasses both their individual musical backgrounds of traditional folk-roots and folk pop/rock. More details
Linda Moylan – Wednesday 30th September
The Harrison, Kings Cross
Linda Moylan is a London based, Irish born singer songwriter…. whose sound has grown to adopt strong elements of Americana and folk noir with an ominous and atmospheric Celtic undercurrent to it and splashes of gospel and soul. More details
Bill Jones – Monday 5th October
Green Note, Camden
If you’ve not heard of Bill Jones, it’s because she’s been away for a while. Perhaps you missed her the first time around, when she was coming up with similar bright young British folk hopes at the turn of the century More details
Shooglenifty – Sunday 18th October
The Lexington, Islington
Doors 7:30pm, Live Music 8:00pm
“Shooglenifty, self-styled as “Acid Croft”, have the musical wanderlust as well as the rocking electric bottom end to summon their audience to a world ceilidh. ****”– Fiona Shepherd,The Scotsman more details
Lucy Farrelll – Monday 2nd November
Green Note, Camden
Lucy Farrell is a songwriter, folk singer and multi-instrumentalist from Kent. A much in demand collaborator she has been a key member of influential folk acts including Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band, the Emily Portman Trio and Carthy, Oates, Farrell & Young. More details
Katie Spencer – Thursday 12th November
Green Note, Camden
Like the expressionistic brushstrokes of a landscape painter, Katie Spencer conjures vivid landscapes through the medium of song. More details
STROMA – Friday 20th November
The Harrison, Kings Cross
STROMA is a new folk band from London specialising in exciting ceilidhs and dynamic tunes.
Stroma’s events feature traditional and new folk music from the Scottish, Irish and English traditions, presented on acoustic instruments with a striking contemporary edge. More details
GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels– Monday 7th December
Green Note, Camden
GreenMatthews’ Midwinter Revels is a celebration of Yuletide Past guaranteed to warm the cockles of the most Scrooge-like heart. More details
Vik and Sarah Stock – Tuesday 8th December
Green Note, Camden
A folk double bill featuring two emerging artists More details
Paul Armfield – Monday 14th December .
The Harrison, Kings Cross
A buried treasure…heir to deathless troubadours such as Tim Hardin’ Gavin Martin in The Mirror ….. More details
Ben Walker and Thom Ashworth – Monday 18th January
Green Note, Camden
Ben Walker was recently hailed as one of ‘the best acoustic guitarists in the world right now’ by Total Guitar magazine. A versatile composer as well as a celebrated instrumentalist, his passion is putting old jewels in new settings.
An acoustic bass guitar may not seem like an obvious choice as an accompaniment instrument, but Thom Ashworth shows that that 4 strings are enough to delve into the canon of British folk music. More details
Benji Kirkpatrick – Monday 1st February
Green Note, Camden
Well known as a rhythmic driver of such folk acts as Bellowhead and Faustus, Benji Kirkpatrick has been at the forefront of the folk and roots scene for many years More details
Artisan Row – Monday 15th February
Green Note, Camden
Celebrating the timeless melodic beauty and strength of traditional Irish music and more, Artisan Row brings together four well-known figures from London’s traditional Irish and folk music scenes More details