Tag: Country & Folk

Country By Candlelight comes to Hull Minster! Friday 4th July 2025 at 6:15pm & 8:30pm 1st Sitting: Doors 5:30pm / Show 6:15pm – 7:30pm 2nd Sitting: Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pm – 9:45pm Calling all country music fans… we’ve got a show guaranteed to heal your Achy Breaky Heart! Country By Candlelight is finally here, so it’s time […]

The Sesh & Skint Northerner present Sonic Union: Todd Day Wait With support from Tony Beacock ➳ 7:30PM DOORS // 14+ ➳ £8.00 + booking fee Sonic Union provides a quiet performance space limited to 80 people, supporting atmospheric artists in an environment they deserve to be listened to. We politely ask ask all attendees […]

A Different Thread Wednesday 9th July Doors: 8.00pm “WARM, DEEP, SONGWRITERS WHO HAVE DRANK FROM THE WELL OF 20TH CENTURY FOLK TRADITION”  – FOLK RADIO UK British-Americana troubadours A Different Thread create a richly emotive tapestry of transatlantic folk. Lead singers Robert Jackson (Midlands, UK) and Alicia Best (North Carolina) first met busking in Ireland. Their chance encounter […]

In partnership with Hull Folk Festival, two days of free live folk music, rooted in tradition and reaching into the modern. Hull Folk at Social brings together a handpicked line-up of artists, each offering their own take on storytelling through sound. Expect raw vocals, rich harmonies, and songs that stay with you — from the haunting […]

In partnership with Hull Folk Festival, two days of free live folk music, rooted in tradition and reaching into the modern. Hull Folk at Social brings together a handpicked line-up of artists, each offering their own take on storytelling through sound. Expect raw vocals, rich harmonies, and songs that stay with you — from the haunting […]

After touring with Dutch post punk legends Tramhaus and playing at Great Escape and Get Together, HONK now embark on their own headline tour! Honk are a genre-warping six-piece that are here to rewire your idea of country music. It’s called “Trashcan Country” – a raucous, rough-edged twist on twang. It’s been dragged through the […]

For those unfamiliar with LACH, he invented a guerrilla movement that changed the face of clubland in New York. Anti-Folk was established in Greenwich Village, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement and birthplace of the beat generation and 60’s counter culture. Anti-Folk in the 90’s and 00’s gave birth to the careers of so many incredible […]

Man The Lifeboats began life in a shanty-punk folk mosh pit in 2016. Skinny Lister and Holy Moly & the Crackers were the two bands that lit the fire and blew the roof of the Garage that night. Fast forward 9 years and 100+ gigs and Man The Lifeboats are ploughing their full-throttle folked-up furrow […]

Take the long ride home with Kiki and Carmelo For over 25 years now Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri have been touring their spellbinding acoustic live show across the UK and Europe. Performing in this stripped back fashion allows each of their exceptional talents to shine through and create a wonderful and warm sense of intimacy for the audience. […]

➳ 7:30PM // 14+ + Support from Marnie Glum Sonic Union provides a quiet performance space limited to 80 people, supporting atmospheric artists in an environment they deserve to be listened to. We politely ask ask all attendees to remain silent through the performances. KATIE SPENCER: ‘Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz, […]

Curtis Eller is a banjo player, songwriter, and rock & roll singer. The beloved show business veteran started his career at the age of seven as a juggler and acrobat, but has since turned to the banjo because that’s where the money is. The iconoclastic troubadour has spent thirty years relentlessly touring the burlesque houses, beer […]

Is there a more iconic Cuban album than Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous debut? Winning the Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, it remains a high watermark not just for Cuban music but world music as a whole, having been only one of two non-English speaking albums to be included in Rolling Stone’s 500 […]

Direct from The Royal Albert Hall, A Country Night In Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing honky tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be transported on a musical journey through the history of country music, featuring songs from its […]

The Hull Folk and Maritime Festival will return in 2025! It is set to take place across the weekend of July 11 – 13, watch this space or visit our Facebook page for updates in the coming months.