The Budapest Cafe Orchestra (BCO) was established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. Led by Christian they play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czardas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest pieces ever written […]
KING LEAR AT THE ISLAND, ST IVES This summer, Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre presents Shakespeare’s most elemental and passionate play. King Lear is an exquisitely dark tale about a family squabble that grows out of all proportion, blowing up into a storm of deadly force. This fresh and fast-paced adaptation of Shakespeare’s text - pared down to its bare […]
Very Santana Tribute Show Very Santana are a West Midlands based band presenting a live experience spanning the entire musical SANTANA legacy, including the EARLY ERA songs from the 'Abraxas' album such as 'Black Magic Woman', 'Oye Como Va', 'Samba Pati' to the the LATE 70s hits such as 'Europa', 'She’s not there' to the […]
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT LEGENDARY 70s folk-rock pioneers LINDISFARNE will headline the opening night of the 2022 St Ives September Festival at The Guildhall. The Geordie icons will bring a classic five-piece line-up of long-time members, fronted by one of the originals - Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar. With […]
Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme to the BBC’s hugely successful crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. She has released music as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations including The Red Clay Halo, Vena Portae, Marry Waterson, Lukas Drinkwater and […]
Dr Feelgood, formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970s, remain one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the world as they head to the St Ives September Festival. The raw and uncompromising style of their performance resulted in the album Stupidity that immediately went to the […]
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 […]
The Good Old Fashioned Lover Boys perform highlights from some of Queens legendary concerts, including Live at The Rainbow, Wembley 86 and their now fabled Live Aid performance in full. Faithfully recreating the music and the magic, a fantastic family show not to be missed! The Good Old Fashioned Lover Boys bring the sound and […]
"From the moment she stepped on stage, Peggy held every person in that packed auditorium spellbound" - Tradition Magazine Peggy Seeger is totally unique. Sister of Pete Seeger (the great-grandfather of USA folk revival) and partner of the late Ewan MacColl, theorist and practitioner of UK folk revival), she has carved a special niche for […]
Tir ha Tavas makes a welcome return to the September Festival. Formed in February 2013, Tir ha Tavas, which means “land & language” in the Cornish Language Kernewek, is Dee Brotherton, Myrghwyn Melynor and Dave Brotherton, Ilewydh Porthia, bards of Gorsedh Kernow, musicians and singer-songwriters based in St Ives, West Cornwall. Dee and Dave are […]
Laurence Jones has developed a virtuoso pedigree as the UK’s hottest young blues guitar-slinger. With coruscating riffs, soloing and catchy songs, his cross over sound has won him several major awards and accolades & supported the likes of Sir Van Morrison, Sir Ringo Starr, Status Quo, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck. Please Note: when booking that this is […]
2022 sees The Countrymen appear at The Guildhall on their third concert tour of Cornwall and Devon with “Songs of Hope” - which they feel is an appropriate name for the times we currently live in. Five seasoned musicians with tight four-part harmony vocals - and a token Cornishman! With a relaxed and light-hearted presentation […]
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