Martin Carthy Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014. (Unfortunately, Eliza Carthy, has a quite severe chest infection and so is unable to appear this evening as originally planned. ) However, we're pleased that Martin Carthy is looking forward to presenting his own Solo Show for you to enjoy at St Ives Guildhall this week.  Martin is a […]

One of the UK’s finest Rhythm & Blues Bands, Nine Below Zero, formed in 1979 and named themselves after the famous Sonny Boy Williamson song. In 1980 they signed to A&M Records and released the seminal “Live at the Marquee” album. By the end of that year they had moved from selling out the Marquee […]

The Show Of Hands duo - Steve Knightley and Phil Beer - return to The Guildhall for the first time since a magical final night at the 2019 St Ives September Festival. Their success story includes selling out the Royal Albert Hall several times, 25 album releases, three BBC Folk Awards, two honorary doctorates and […]

Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian piper, fiddle player, composer, educator and broadcaster, has released 15 of her own albums and has also recorded and performed with Sting, The Chieftains, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie, Jacob Collier, Andy Sheppard, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and many others. She has twice won “Musician of the Year” at the BBC […]

Jackie Oates, contemporary folk treasure, award-winning singer and fiddler, will appear with multi-instrumentalist Mike Cosgrave. They are on retrospective tour celebrating the re-release of Hyperboreans, Jackie’s iconic 2009 coming-of-age album, and will also include music from her ‘sublime’ 2022 album Gracious Wings. Jackie, winner of two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, released eight solo albums between 2006 […]

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! This will be a seated event. Book Tickets Advance Tickets: […]

Don’t miss a rare UK opportunity to see world-travelled Irish singer-songwriter Luka Bloom as St Ives September Festival bring him to The Guildhall for his first-ever appearance in Cornwall. Bloom, an amazing guitarist, and incredible singer with a big following across Europe, the USA and Australia is celebrating a 50-year musical journey. It began in […]

When you hear the name, The Three Degrees, you immediately think of their most famous song, “When Will I See You Again”, a major hit record throughout the world, topping charts in the USA, UK, Japan and most European countries. It earned the trio every conceivable accolade not to mention enough Gold records to make […]