Since their first get together, to record the eponymous St Agnes Fountain album in 2001, the quartet; David Hughes, Fairport Convention’s Chris Leslie and multi award winning duo Chris While and Julie Matthews, have brought musical invention and laughter to the star-dust atmosphere of the season. In 2020, David decided to leave the band to […]

Show of Hands are the group that supported us at the start in 1999 and over the years have given many memorable performances in many venues in Marlborough. We are delighted to welcome them back on their autumn tour of prestige venues. After five years they are are finally reuniting with formidable folk singer Miranda Sykes […]

Stories are at the centre of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ray Cooper’s work and his fourth album Land of Heroes follows the question who today’s heroes are. He finds them in all walks of life – from journalists to whistleblowers, from hospital nurses, to a prince and a close friend who died. “I get my ideas […]

‘Simply Brilliant’ The Sunday Express   ‘Savagely perceptive lyrics, ear catching vocals & melodies to die for’ Louder Than War   Four times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the  Spiral Earth Awards Megson, aka Stu & Debbie Hanna, draw heavily on their Teesside heritage to create a truly […]

“The Gigspanner Big Band are amazing…a force to be reckoned with – they storm every stage they walk on” Mike Harding “What a fabulous team they make, together producing a startlingly new musical form with few, if any, antecedents. The flights of musical fancy are staggering in their natural invention” Fatea Magazine The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique […]

Tonights performance will take place and we are determined to keep everyone as safe as possible and create a relaxed atmosphere for you to enjoy the concert so have reduced the numbers attending to 120 instead of the usual 200 so there will be plenty of space. We are also requesting that all attendees take […]

Chris While and Julie Matthews   “The undisputed queens of British duos continue to come up with the goods, 1st class songs delivered with to die for harmonies, immaculate musicianship & melodies that lodge themselves in your brain” The Guardian   In case they’ve so far passed you by, they are the longest-lasting female duo […]

While and Matthews Virtual Christmas with Marlborough Folk-Roots Tuesday 8th December, 2020    7.30 PM BST Live Stream In the very sad absence of a St Agnes Fountain tour this year Chris and Julie will bring their seasonal repertoire to your living rooms via YouTube featuring many of their St Agnes Fountain classics. There will be concert quality […]

Steve Knightley Live with Marlborough Folk-Roots Thursday 10th September, 2020 8:00 PM BST Live Stream Your very own gig in the comfort of your own home! Steve Knightley will perform using You Tube. Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/firebrand-music/t-eyqvxe Ticket price is per household, allowing any number of people in your residence to watch. Ticket sales will close at […]

Martin Carthy Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not […]