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4Square, Manchester’s prodigious folk foursome, brings sizeable skills, gorgeous three part harmonies, and endlessly inventive arrangements to their fiery and virtuosic brand of folk-fusion.

The show will bring exciting and entertaining folk and acoustic music featuring:

• The spectacle of simultaneous fiddle playing and clog dancing;
• Inventive arrangements;
• Plenty of audience interaction.

Now in their 11th year of wowing audiences and winning fans at venues and festivals all over Europe.

Mike Harding on BBC Radio Folk Show said “A great band! Totally joyful playing guaranteed to cheer all but the most curmudgeonly up. Four great musicians at the top of their trade. Brilliant stuff.”

“Infectiously, ever accessibly, they fuse elements of folk, rock, Latin and jazz into tight rhythmic structures over which their strings dance some magical patterns.” Living Tradition

Find out more on their website at www.4squaremusic.co.uk.

At the Chinley Community Centre (SK23 6BE) on Saturday 4 April 2020.

Doors open at 7:30pm. Performance starts at 8:00pm.
Tickets £10 from Parmar’s Newsagents, Lower Lane, Chinley and online at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/498366

Licensed bar with real ale, wine and soft drinks. Hot drinks are also available. Disabled access.

Kelly Oliver is a superlative, sweet voiced singer-songwriter, guitarist and ‘pretty damn fine’ harmonicist steeped in the folk traditions of Ireland. Her award-winning albums have seen her hailed as ‘a vital voice in British folk music’ (Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2), and as an international rising star she has collaborated with industry stalwarts such as Phil Beer (Show of Hands).

Oliver’s distinctive vocals, harmonica mastery and sparkling pop sensibility consistently wows audiences; her brand of old/ new folk is a force with which to be reckoned.

• She hails from rural Hertfordshire; however, it was not until she returned to her Grandmother’s hometown of Tralee, Ireland that she discovered her deep affinity with the traditions of folk music and what would become her signature sound.
• Oliver’s work straddles both the old and the new; she collaborated with industry stalwarts like Phil Beer (Show of Hands) on her second album ‘Botany Bay’, while her sparkling pop sensibility brings a fresh new take to traditional material.
• Her distinctive vocals and mastery of the harmonica consistently wow audiences, as does the inclusion of the delightfully titled ‘stomp box’ in live shows.
• Deemed a ‘fantastic new talent’ by Chris Hawkins at BBC 6 Music, she’s also toured internationally and been included in ‘The Sunday Times Essential New Releases’.
• Oliver is an award-winning artist, receiving both the ‘Best Female Solo Artist’ and ‘Breakout Artist’ in the 2015/ 2016 NMG Awards, as well as ‘Best Female Artist 2016’ in the FATEA Awards.

‘Quite an amazing young songwriter.’ Mike Harding

‘Crystal voice… confident harmonica… intricate guitar.’ Folk Radio UK

http://kellyoliver.co.uk

At the Chinley Community Centre (SK23 6BE) on Saturday 26 October 2019.

Doors open at 7:30pm. Performance starts at 8:00pm.
Tickets £10 from Parmar’s Newsagents, Lower Lane, Chinley and online at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/482333

Licensed bar with real ale, wine and soft drinks. Hot drinks are also available. Disabled access

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Duo nominees 2015, 2017 and 2018.

A formidable fixture in British folk, the wonderful songwriting duo of Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow match stirring solo voices and exquisite harmony vocals against warm, thoughtful piano work.

Sterling Yorkshire women both, feisty, forthright and fun, their political, poetical chamber folk songs are powerful, deeply moving, and soulful. A riveting experience infused with an honesty and empathy that disarms the hardest of hearts.

www.ohooleyandtidow.com

At the Chinley Community Centre on Saturday 5 May 2019
Doors open at 7:00pm. Performance starts at 7:30pm.
Tickets £10 from Parmar’s Newsagents, Lower Lane, Chinley and online at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/468020

Licensed bar with real ale, wine and soft drinks. Hot drinks are also available. Disabled access.

We’re pleased to bring to Chinley a rip-roaring alt-folk band with roof raising energy, fusing together a mixture of folky footstompin’ rhythms, heartfelt, up-tempo songs and engaging lyricism.

With the fiddle leading the charge, Noble Jacks are out to take no prisoners with their high-energy footstompin’ rhythms, which have taken crowds by storm across the UK.

Noble Jacks have been touring relentlessly. With sold out shows across the UK on their two headline tours in 2018, many months in advance, as well as shows at major festivals including Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Bestival, including major European festivals.

Noble Jacks second album, Stay Awake, is coming in the Spring of 2019, and the Jacks are embarking on their biggest ever UK headline tour, taking the liveliest show around on the road.