The Alex Hamilton Band performs mostly original Blues/Rock/Americana music, combining melodic and powerful vocals with a rock solid rhythm section and virtuoso heart-felt lead guitar. One of the UK’s hardest working bands, this family powered trio was formed in 2010 and since then have been booked for more than 700 shows from Shetland to Slovenia, […]
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A Pleasing Terror
Two ghost stories by M R JamesPerformed by R M Lloyd Parry Over a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one man show retells two of the earliest and eeriest. In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, a young Cambridge antiquary discovers […]
Barnstormers Oct 22
As ever, a top Barnstormers Comedy MC will be on hand to introduce three more excellent acts from the UK Comedy Circuit and beyond. Tonight, they are: no-nonsense Black Country lad Sean Percival, ‘…the big gold star of the show must be the long-haired man from Dudley. He came. He spoke. He had us curled […]
Stereo Naked/Rain Of Animals
Stereo Naked When hot Paris-based all-girl trio, Fierce Flowers, issued their Mirador album in 2020, it stimulated a frenzy of media interest that resulted in a huge amount of exposure in the UK. Julia Zech’s vocals featured strongly and she had written a large number of the album’s killer tracks. When differences led to a […]
Mark Harrison Band
Acclaimed national touring artist Mark Harrison brings his unique music and band to The Ropewalk. There is no one in music quite like Mark Harrison. With his unique and acclaimed rhythm section, he is widely considered one of the most original and interesting artists around. His highly individual, all-original music has taken him and the […]
Katie Doherty and the Navigators
Katie Doherty formed the Navigators in 2018. Their power and dynamic is often described as much bigger than its component parts. Katie’s songs hang on the precipice of the current state of the world. There is enormous heart filled hope but there is much riding on where we go from here. The songs paint sweeping […]
Will Finn & Rosie Calvert
Will Finn and Rosie Calvert are a folk and traditionally-inspired musical duo from the north east of England. They are graduates of the Folk and Traditional Music BA at Newcastle University and have been taking the festival circuit by storm with their acapella harmony quartet The Teacups for the past 10 years, performing all over […]
The Three Ann(e)s
Everyone’s heard of the Brontë sisters – they lived at Haworth, died young, had a drunken brother and wrote novels. Clever Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre and eccentric Emily wrote Wuthering Heights. And then there was the other one. Er – what’s her name? – ANNE. Quiet Anne was overshadowed by her older sisters in her […]
The Outside Track
Support by Andrew WaiteMulti-award winning band, The Outside Track, fronted by four powerhouse women – Teresa Horgan, Mairi Rankin (Beolach), Ailie Robertson (Live Ireland Winner, BBC Young Trad Finalist), Fiona Black (BBC Fame Academy Winner) – released its fifth studio album, Rise Up, in January 2020. Having headlined major Folk Festivals all around the world, The […]
Jenn Butterworth and Will Pound
Two of the finest instrumentalists in traditional music combine to bring a tour de force of breathtaking performances, which first started in lockdown with a video that was an international internet sensation. An outstanding talent in his generation, harmonica and melodeon player Will Pound has pushed the boundaries of both instruments, sharing awe inspiring performances […]
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