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May 2019
Zoe Mulford + Brother Sea + Elmara
Raised in Pennsylvania, now living in Manchester, Zoe Mulford charms audiences with powerful, story-driven songwriting, an engaging stage presence, and an unlaboured vocal style. Her most recent album, Small Brown Birds, a new collaboration with English fiddler and mandolinist Tom Kitching. It traces the progression from winter to spring, with a message of resilience, community, and hope in times of trouble. From it comes the The song "The President Sang Amazing Grace", which having now been covered by Joan Baez,…
Find out more »July 2019
Boo Hewerdine Songwriting Workshop
Learn to write songs from the master! Boo is famous for his songwriting workshops. He wants to pass along some of the lessons, tricks and processes he’s learned over many years in the business, to help other writers from all levels of expertise write better songs. Topic covered include: Structure – Verse / Chorus / BridgeClarity in lyricThe importance of meter and rhyme schemeThe power of telling the truth in lyric using simple languageCollaborationWriting from your life – The importance…
Find out more »Boo Hewerdine + Support
Note: Boo is also running a Songwriters;' Workshop in the afternoon. If you want tickets for the workshop, which also includes entrance to the gig, please click here. Catch one of the UK’s finest songwriters when Eddi Reader collaborator Boo Hewerdine plays the Town Hall, Wadebridge, Sat 13th July, as a fundraiser for the Cornwall Folk Festival. He will also run a songwriting workshop while in North Cornwall. A prolific composer, he was the creative force behind seminal 80s…
Find out more »February 2020
Leap Day Ceilidh with KRELYS
2020 is a leap year! Make the most of the extra day at our Leap Day Ceilidh with Krelys, Cornwall's finest Irish Ceilidh band. Back by popular demand, they rocked the town hall in August 2019 when they opened for The Unthanks at Cornwall Folk Festival, and had the town hall reeling and dancing back in November. Perfect!
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