“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 […]

Born from the work of the duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, Edgelarks combine exquisite folk with influences as diverse as the blues and Indian classical slide guitar, to create a sound that is“Subtle,atmospheric and bravely original” (The Guardian).The BBC Folk Award winners take thei r strong roots sound, mixing original songwriting with stomping beatbox […]

  Steve Knightley     Steve’s rearranged show from 2 years ago goes ahead at last. Tickets from the original show  (27th March 2020) are still valid.  

FAUSTUS ‘So stunning live’ says Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6 Music), Faustus are known for captivating audiences with their sheer room-shaking power, vocal precision and instrumental mastery. Put simply, this band has complete command on stage and in the studio. Back touring after two-years, Faustus announce their UK Tour dates during March 2022. Their live […]

“Peter Knight’s Gigspanner were amazing… I can only think of a handful of folk musicians world-wide that have the kind of relationship with their instrument that Peter Knight has: Martin Hayes, Enda Scahill, Mike McGoldrick, John McCusker, Martin Simpson.Many people as they trickled out into the night said that this was one of the best […]