
February 2022
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle (SOLD OUT)
SOLD OUT - for waiting list email info@englishfolkexpo.com Folk music’s legendary triumvirate of musical magpies Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle bring you their own blend of top -class folk songs, tunes and charming bonhomie. With their vast repertoire, this will be an evening to remember. Described as the masters of flute, fiddle, song and guitar they have worked with the biggest and brightest and bring you a night of beautifully crafted music. Having shared stages and recording studios…
Find out more »March 2022
Blair Dunlop
Blair Dunlop plus special guest Ellie Gowers For a man still in his twenties whose debut album Blight & Blossom, won the coveted Horizon Award at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, whose 2010 debut EP is now a collector’s item, and who was declared the “vital bridge between Brit folk's first and latest flowerings” by Q Magazine, one might think it easy to rest on the laurels of an already successful career but that’s certainly not the case;…
Find out more »April 2022
The Young’uns
The Young’uns’ live shows are renowned roller coaster rides. With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (the award-winning stand-up comedian) write and sing folk songs for today. Born from empathy, crafted with care, fired by hope, and shared with joy, The Young'uns' songs have been described as ‘a heartfelt secular hymnary for these troubled times and a rallying call for humanity’ (The Scotsman). They have led the band to three…
Find out more »May 2022
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
Seven-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, including 2018 Folk Singer of The Year, Karine Polwart’s latest project is a collaboration with renowned jazz/folk pianist Dave Milligan. Piano and voice isn’t a combination that you hear often in the folk idiom, and yet it can be just as potent, if not more so, than a full band, and the duo’s new album is just this - an intimate, stripped-back collection of songs performed entirely with voice and grand piano.…
Find out more »O’Hooley & Tidow presented by Littleborough Arts Festival
Performing together for over 10 years, much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow were propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune for Sally Wainwright’s hit BBC1/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’, earning them global admiration, appearances on TV, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and concerts that sell out months in advance. Belinda and Heidi’s boundless songwriting has been described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional’ and The Independent as ‘defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times…
Find out more »Talisk plus support Jack Badcock
Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling... it’s little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more. Mohsen Amini (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year 2018), Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019) fuse concertina, guitar and fiddle to produce a truly innovative, multi-layered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe. At its core, three seemingly…
Find out more »The Unthanks
Hey! Manchester and Manchester Folk presents The Unthanks “The Unthanks are capable of such beauty that sometimes I can hardly bear to listen to them.” - Martin Freeman “There are few times when you discover a band and they stalk immediately to the heart of everything you love and hold dear.” - Maxine Peake “They run from the very root of folk music to the very tip of the branch.” - Elvis Costello “It’s quite a rare thing now. They’ve…
Find out more »June 2022
Nick Hart
Nick Hart is an award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist whose work with English folk song is rapidly gaining him a reputation as one of the most acclaimed performers of his generation. His considered approach to accompaniment is informed by a deep respect for the nuances of traditional song and his captivating live performances are a testament to the importance he places on story-telling. Nick has released two solo albums, Nick Hart Sings Eight English Folk Songs (2017) and Nick Hart Sings…
Find out more »Rochdale Folk Festival
Rochdale Folk Festival runs 10th – 12th June 2022 and features free indoor and outdoor entertainment including music, morris dancing, family activities, storytelling, folk sessions, circus skill displays and much more! Venues include The Flying Horse, The Medicine Tap, The Baum, Vicolo del Vino, Hoochi Koochi, Touchstones Rochdale and Rochdale Central Library, but there will also be lots of pop-up performances across the town centre over the weekend. Following on from the success of our first Rochdale Folk Festival in…
Find out more »Lala Qadeer @ Rochdale Folk Festival
English Folk Expo and The Association of Kashmiri Arts present a very special concert as part of Rochdale Folk Festival 2021. Lala Qadeer is one of the most popular and versatile British Kashmiri artists. Hailing from a small village in Mirpur district of Pakistani Administered Jammu Kashmir, Lala Qadeer started performing his vocal skills from school years by reciting Hamad (praising Allah) and Naats (praising Prophet PBUH). In College he started taking part in theatre and theatre singing before setting…
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