Pagoda Project on Friday 3 July

Pagoda Project unites three standout UK artists: accordionist, composer, educator Paul Hutchinson, with clarinettist, bass clarinettist, composer Karen Wimhurst, and fiddle-singer Hannah Cumming. Rooted in tradition yet restlessly inventive, this is a trio specialising in original material, cut through with improvisation and song.

“Paul Hutchinson’s utterly reliable and infinitely thoughtful accordion accompaniments, combined with Hannah Cumming’s most wonderful ‘folky’ voice and the delivery of the percussive drive one yearns to hear from a fiddle-player were a joy. But with the addition of Karen Wimhurst’s divine clarinet/bass clarinet improvised bass lines, one felt all of a sudden that this might be as good as small scale modern English Folk Music performance ever gets …”

Tickets can be reserved in advance by contacting us via the link on our ‘Future Events’ page.

Coracle on Friday 25 November

Photo by Head Girl Photography

On Friday 25 November we look forward to welcoming Coracle, a new group bringing together the talents, imagination and creativity of three artists with vastly different backgrounds, who have come together through their love of traditional music cut through with experimentation, boldness, humour and risk. Be thrilled by the silvern voice of Anna Tam, the free-flowing mix of reeds … clarinet and accordion … cello, nyckelharpa, viola da gamba and hurdy-gurdy.

Accordionist Paul Hutchinson is a BBC Folk Award Best Live nominee (Belshazzar’s Feast), Karen Wimhurst is an accomplished clarinet player and composer, and Anna Tam, shortlisted as Fatea’s 2021 Instrumentalist of the Year and a former Mediaeval Baebe, brings a range of other instruments as well as her ‘gin-pure’ voice.

This event will start at 7.30 pm. Tickets (£13 non-members, £10 club members) can be reserved by emailing via our contact page. Bring your own drinks, as the kitchen will be closed.