Where is my Boy Tonight?
A new show exploring the stories of England's East Coast fishing communities with live music, field recordings and archive photographs.
“A chance to dip your toes into the North Atlantic waters of the East coast of England, and experience the riches of the fisher-folk who live there. You’ll find a cod-end full of yarns, elaborate lies and traditional songs, all woven together into a rich harvest of the sea.” Taffy Thomas MBE
Sweet Thames
This musical verbatim theatre performance is set in a London folk club in the early 1960s and draws on twenty-five oral history interviews recently collected for Sweet Thames: The London Folk Club Heritage Project. It is written and performed by Ewan Wardrop; actor, dancer, multi-instrumentalist and musical comedian. Expect something folky, familiar, but altogether quite different.
Fire & Dust
Reg Meuross’s newest song cycle Fire & Dust is a journey into the heart and soul of one of America’s finest folk musicians. Highlighting racism, bigotry, corruption and inequality. Meuross draws parallels between Guthrie’s time & our own, masterfully accompanying himself on his ‘44 Martin six-string guitar, harmonica, banjo and dulcimer whilst captivating audiences with his beautiful tenor voice. Reg is joined on stage by Welsh singer Geraint Watkins and renowned string player Marion Fleetwood.
Cliff Barstow Jig Competition
White Rose Morris host the 9th Jig Competition, in memory of their founding member, as part of Whitby Folk Week.
Mo Ogg: The Bard of Coleby
Scunthorpe based community group Folk ‘Round ‘Ere present a unique event celebrating the life of singer, writer and folklore collector Maurice Ogg. Mo worked as a joiner in the rural communities around North Lincolnshire. He died in 1980 but despite his short life, left an indelible mark on the British folk scene. Mo influenced many musicians in the east and north-east of the UK. When he died, Alistair Anderson wrote the “Air to Mo Ogg’ to commemorate his life.
The Roy Palmer Lecture 2024
Given by the Scottish Folklorist, Award-Winning Author, and Singer, Margaret Bennett, this presentation discusses examples of Calendar or Seasonal Customs that punctuate the year in Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man. In searching for their significance, both past and present, we reflect on our perception of 'local' and the relevance of geographic borders in discussions of calendar customs. Based on fieldwork and printed sources.
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Ghosts, Werewolves & Country Folk
Six-time BBC Folk Award nominee Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes of Award-winning Show of Hands and Daphne’s Flight, join John Palmer to celebrate the centenary of Victorian superstar Sabine Baring-Gould, interweaving songs he collected with stories from his best-selling books about Ghosts, Werewolves; Norse Myths and Countryfolk. Sabine Baring-Gould inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Sherlock Holme’s Hound and Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.