2022 September Festival: Brooks Williams & Dan Walsh

Admired by both listeners and fellow musicians alike, Brooks Williams and Dan Walsh combine talents for an extraordinary collaboration of British and Americana roots music on guitar and banjo.

Each is a leading light on their respective instruments and they both bring buckets of charisma and talent to the stage. Add to that poignant songs and lively humour and the result is a truly remarkable duet. They will simply knock your socks off!

In 2020, they released a video of the Jimmie Davis and Eva Sargent classic, Columbus Stockade Blues. The response was instant and positive. With “You should do more of this”, the predominant reaction. And so they have.

With a few gigs under their belt, including Whitstable Sessions in Kent, Maverick Festival in Suffolk, and AVH Concerts in Derbyshire, Williams and Walsh have officially combined forces. Their repertoire includes their own songs and tunes, as well as classics from The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Norman Blake, Bessie Smith and Nanci Griffith.

Brooks Williams plays guitar with ‘melodic virtuosity’ effortlessly combining old-time fingerpicking, country flat picking and bluesy backbeats.

BBC Folk Awards Best Musician nominee Dan Walsh plays British, Irish and American folk music featuring a unique and dazzling take on clawhammer style banjo “Absolutely terrific,” said BBC Radio 2 Folk Show presenter Mark Radcliffe.

Please Note: when booking that this is a seated event.

Please Note: St Ives September Festival has a no refunds policy.

If you require accessible tickets they can be purchased over the phone on 01736798577 or in person at our box office in St Ives Library.

If you are in need of assistance please share as much information as possible about your requirements at the time of booking so we can ensure that your needs are catered for when you arrive at the Guildhall.

TICKETS can be booked – HERE