GIG DIARY ARCHIVE
Eddi Reader RESCHEDULED TO 2021
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £24
U25s £12
Box Office: 01227 769075
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EDDI READER
‘40 Years Live’ - concert tour
Eddi Reader is perhaps Scotland's greates...Read more >>
Thea Gilmore RESCHEDULED TO 2021
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £20
Under 25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Thea Gilmore takes to the road in October 2020 for her first EVER tour performing completely solo. Following her 4t...Read more >>
Oysterband RESCHEDULED TO SEPT 2021
Moved from 10th March 2021 due to Covid-19
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £26
U25s £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Book online HERE
Oysterband
Classic songs from every ...Read more >>
Richard Thompson - NEW DATE THURS 15TH JULY 2021
NEW DATE FOR THIS CONCERT - THURSDAY 15TH JULY 2021
IF YOU HAVE A TICKET, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE GULBENKIAN TO CONTACT YOU RE TRANSFERRING IT TO THE NEW DATE
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £35
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
...Read more >>
Daphne's Flight RESCHEDULED TO 2021
Due to coronavirus Daphne's Flight is postponed to Saturday 22nd May 2021. All tickets stand for the re-arranged date or refunds available if preferred.
Wegottickets will contact online ticket holders. Direct tickets holders please contact me (Debs)
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
...Read more >>
Albert Lee - RESCHEDULED TO 2021
Please wait to hear from the Gulbenkian Box Office re transferring or refunding of tickets. Thank you for your patience at this difficult time.
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £25
Under 25s £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Tim Edey with support from Rudy Warman (solo)
Trying to reschedule this for sometime in 2021. New date tbc
Doors 7pm
Concert Starts 7.30pm
Tickets
Full price £14
Under 25s £7
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Book online HERE
Tim Edey - BBC R2 Folk Awards Musician Of The...Read more >>
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Doors 7.15pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £16
Under 25s £8
Box Office 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
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Put on yer finest knitted glad-rags, style your barnet, put on your dancing shoes and br...Read more >>
Calan
This Event has been re-scheduled from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to 2021- due to the Covid-19 outbreak. DATE TBC All tickets will stand for the new date, or refunds available should you not be able to make the new date.
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £16
Under 2...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Still a few spaces left for this concert.
Doors 2pm
Show 2.30pm
Tickets
Full Price £20
U25s £10
As with all our recent out door concerts, this is subject to the weather but this one also is dependent upon the numbers. Martyn will be coming from Wales to play for...Read more >>
Dulcima & Tom - A Rare Duo Concert (Coco & the Butterfields)
Dulcima & Tom
....of Coco & the Butterfields
Doors 2.30pm, show start 3pm
Tickets £20
Email me to reserve your safely distanced spaces. Please include the names and phone numbers of all ticket holders. I will reply asap with venue details including safe ways to pay for ...Read more >>
Edgelarks
Doors 2pm, show start 2.30pm
Suggested online donation £25 per place - limited places available.
Email me to register interest and reserve your safely distanced spaces. I will reply asap with more details including safe ways to donate online for those spaces.
...Read more >>
Gerry Colvin 2 Tickets now avail!
Doors 2.30pm, show start 3pm
Suggested online donation £25 per place - Only 26 places available.
Email me to register interest and reserve your safely distanced spaces. I will reply asap with more details including safe ways to donate online for those spaces.
...Read more >>
Sally Barker
1 space left at 11am
Doors 2pm, show start 2.30pm
Suggested online donation £25 per place, Only 26 places available.
Just email me to register interest and reserve your safely distanced spaces. I will reply asap with more details including safe ways to donate online for those ...Read more >>
Damian Wilson SOLD OUT!
Doors 3pm, show start 3.30pm
Suggested online donation £25 per place
Email debs 'at sign' folk in the barn dot co dot uk to reserve a place and receive further booking information
Damian Wilson is an English musician, songwriter and vocalist who has appeared on over 70 separate albu...Read more >>
Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear POSTPONED
This event is now postponed. We've been holding on in the hope we could offer another date when notifying everyone of this postponement. The problem is not the Covid or the weather, but a very important technical issue that has to be repaired before we can re-schedule. We are hopin...Read more >>
Alan Prosser
Doors 12.30pm, 1pm start (Earlier than usual due to meteorological opportunities)
Suggested online donation £25 per place
Email debs 'at sign' folk in the barn dot co dot uk to reserve a place and receive further booking information
Alan Prosser
Come and join us for a safe...Read more >>
Luke Jackson SOLD OUT!
Doors 4pm for 4.30pm start
Suggested online donation £25 per place
Email debs 'at sign' folk in the barn dot co dot uk to reserve a place and receive further booking information
Luke Jackson
Come and join us for a safe and socially distanced, outdoor musical afternoon in the be...Read more >>
Edwina Hayes
Doors 3.50pm for 4.20pm start
Suggested online donation £25 per place
Edwina Hayes
Come and join us for a safe and socially distanced, outdoor musical afternoon in the beautiful Elham Valley.
I chose Edwina for this first Folk in the Barn Alfresco gig as I wanted to try an...Read more >>
Oysters 3 cancelled
Sadly this tour now won't be happening for the foreseeable future..
Doors 7pm for 7.40pm start
Tickets
Online £15
Offline (from Fitb at gigs or by post) £16
On the Door £17
Under 25 £8
On a rare tour, the 3 original members of Oysterband open their t...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Acoustic Tour 2020 - SADLY CANCELLED
Sadly, but inevitably, this event has now been cancelled
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£25 online
£27 offline
£28 on the door
£14 under 25s
Fairport Convention has been entertaining music lovers for over half a century. During that time the ban...Read more >>
Skipinnish POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 NEW DATE COMING SOON
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19. A NEW DATE IS BEING ARRANGED
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £20
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Book online HERE
Skipinnish are hitting new heights! Thei...Read more >>
FiBFEST 2020 POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
NOW POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
HOPEFULLY RE-SCHEDULED SAME TIME NEXT YEAR! WILL BE IN TOUCH
Doors 1pm - midnight
Tickets
Full £42
12-25 £24
Under 12 Free
Earlybird Prices (Before the 1st December)
Full £35
12-25 £20
Box Office: 01227 769075...Read more >>
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 offline
£15 on the door
£7 under 25s
Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar joined forces in 2011. Combining Russell’s powerful vocals and driving guitar style with Algar’s All-Ireland winning fiddle...Read more >>
Fairport Convention WinTour 2020
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £26
Under 25s £13
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
WinTour 2020
Fairport Convention has been entertaining music lovers for over half ...Read more >>
Glymjack SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
U25s £6
SOLD OUT
Glymjack is the folk-roots project of songwriter Greg McDonald, described as “enough to remind you why you got into music in the firs...Read more >>
Winter Wilson
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
U25s £6
ONLINE BOOKING CLOSED, STILL A FEW AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR!
Winter Wilson hit 2018 at full speed with the stunning new album “Far Off on the Hori...Read more >>
Will Pound
Ticket Prices for Folk in the Barn 'Even Cosier' are the same for the 7th year in a row.
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
”Will Pound is a master of the mouth harp”– UNCUT Magazine ...Read more >>
The Albion Christmas Band - SOLD OUT!
BOOKING OPEN NOW
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £20
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
The Albion Christmas Band
The Albion Christmas Band concert is a very popular show app...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain - SOLD OUT!
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £19
Offline £20 (cash or cheque in advance)
Door £22
Under 25s £10
Book by email debs@folkinthebarn.co.uk
Or Online below
St Agnes Fountain is the annual seasonal gathering of fou...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start
*Note later than usual start time
Tickets
Full Price £17.50
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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MARTYN JOSEPH - WINTER TOUR 2019
Martyn Joseph is a unique and mind blowing arti...Read more >>
The Gigspanner Big Band
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £19
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Gigspanner Big Band
Periodically, the pairing of two acts, each with their own unique identity, produces an electrifying ...Read more >>
The Pitmen Poets
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £20
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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The Pitmen Poets
FROM BILLY ELLIOT TO AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET, FROM WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN - TO THE LIKE...Read more >>
Skerryvore
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £18
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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SKERRYVORE create a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana that represents all the different personalities...Read more >>
The Peatbog Faeries - SOLD OUT!
tHIS SHOW IS NOW SOLD OUT, PLEASE CONTACT BOX OFFICE TO GO ON A WAITING LIST
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £17.50
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
The Peatbog Faeries celebrated the...Read more >>
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £15
Offline (from Fitb at gigs or by post) £16
On the Door £17
Under 25 £8
In 2019 Chris While & Julie Matthews celebrate 25 years as one of the best and most loved Duos on the British and World stages.
...Read more >>
Turin Brakes Acoustic
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £22.50
U25s £18
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book By Email HERE
Book Online HERE
TURIN BRAKES ACOUSTIC
The estimable London 4-piece Turin Brakes are delighted to announce a UK Acoustic Tou...Read more >>
Duncan Chisholm
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £17
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Duncan Chisholm
UPDATE - Duncan will be joined in his band by Folk in the Barn friend - Megan Hen...Read more >>
John Paul White Trio with support from Luke Jackson
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £16
U25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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John Paul White
We are thrilled to announce that John Paul White, with his Trio will be making his first ...Read more >>
Old Man Luedecke
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 offline
£15 on the door
£7 under 25s
Old Man Luedecke is the recording and performing name of multiple award-winning Canadian roots singer-songwriter Christopher Luedecke.
Born in Toronto, but now based in Nov...Read more >>
End of Summer Season Garden Party - with Chris Leslie - SOLD OUT!
Doors 4.30pm for 5pm start
Edge of Beyond, The Street, Barham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6NY
SOLD OUT - UNLESS THE FORECAST IS DRY ON THE DAY IN WHICH CASE THERE IS ROOM FOR A FEW MORE!
As a private house/garden concert we're unable to sell tickets in advance, but...Read more >>
Gerry Colvin Band - Sold Out
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets
£14 Online
£15 Offline
£16 Door
U25s £7
"Gerry Colvin is a writer of great substance who is able to give us something that has been largely missing in English Music for a long time. His subjects and char...Read more >>
Sharon Shannon, Seckou Keita
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £24
Under 25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Legendary Irish accordion maestro Sharon Shannon brings a new live show on UK tour 2019. Joined by her band, Jim ...Read more >>
Fairport Convention - Spring Tour 2019
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £24
Under 25s £12
Box Office: 01303 223925
Book Online HERE
Fairport Convention have been touring and making great music for over 50 years. Credited with origi...Read more >>
Tide Lines
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £15
Under 25s £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
Tide Lines are 4 young guys originally from the Highlands of Scotland. Their roots run from Hebridean I...Read more >>
Flook
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £16 - booking link below
Offline £17 - Info HERE
Door £18
Under 25s £8
FLOOK ARE BACK!
We are very excited to announce this first for Folk in the Barn, Canterbury. We are thrilled to be promoting a ...Read more >>
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £15
Under 25s £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Book online HERE
"The greatest thing to come out of Barnsley, since the A61 to Sheffield"
Jarvis Cocker, musician
​"...Read more >>
Moya Brennan - The Voice of Clannad
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £25
Under 25s £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
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“..one of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced” Bono
Moya Bre...Read more >>
Phil Beer Band
Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start PLEASE NOTE LATER START TIME THAN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED
Tickets
Full price £19
Under 25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
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Phil Beer, best known ...Read more >>
Edgelarks
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £14
Under 25s £7
Box Office: 01227 769075
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In April 2018, Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin) retreated to a remote cottage in Ulpha, Western C...Read more >>
Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton's 'Symbiosis'
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £16
Under 25s £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton’s “Symbiosis”
After much anticipation and encouragement from fellow m...Read more >>
Chris Wood
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 offline
£17 on the door
£7 under 25s
Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tr...Read more >>
Fairport Convention
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £26
Students £13 (limited number)
BOOK ONLINE HERE
BY PHONE 01227 769075
BY EMAIL
Essential Building works in the Gulbenkian Auditorium mean the the concerts will be held next door (same entrance) in th...Read more >>
Steve Knightley - Roadworks 2019
SOLD OUT, BUT CHECK THE WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK LATER IN CASE OF AVAILABILITY ON THE DOOR!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19 offline
£20 on the door
£10 under 25s
Steve Knightley announces 2019 solo tour ‘Roadworks’
As ...Read more >>
annA rydeR
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Anna is a superb singer-songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist whose songs are consistently original and inventive. She combines a captivating stage presence with an ende...Read more >>
Reg Meuross - SOLD OUT!
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Reg’s clever and imaginative lyrics have earned him the title of “Master Storyteller” (PennyBlack Music) and led Mike Harding to introduce him onto the...Read more >>
The Hut People - Sold Out!
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
To begin our brand new 2019 Programme we once again have our very popular series of intimate concerts - Folk in the Barn 'Even Cosier' at The Black Robin in Kingston ju...Read more >>
Cara Dillon - Upon a Winter's Night - SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £22
12-25 £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Cara Dillon, possessed of one of the most celebrated folk voices to have come out of Ireland, will be tourin...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain - SOLD OUT!
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19.50 offline (cash or cheque in advance)
£21 on the door
unreserved seating
St Agnes Fountain is the annual gathering of four of modern acoustic music's brightest stars. Singer...Read more >>
Albion Christmas Band - SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £18
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
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The Albion Christmas Band
Now as much an essential part of the build up to Christmas as the local Village Christmas...Read more >>
Lau
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £17
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book Tickets by Email HERE
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Scottish folk pioneers Lau return with their first new music since 2015’s ‘The Bell That Never Rang’ (Album of The Year - T...Read more >>
Oysterband - SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT - EMAIL OR RING BOX OFFICE TO GO ON WAITING LIST FOR RETURNS
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £25.50
12-25 yrs £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Oysterband 40th Celebration S...Read more >>
The Ballads of Child Migration - SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT! CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE TO GO ON THE WAITING LIST FOR RETURNS
Doors
7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£20
Full Price
£15
12-25s
Box Office 01227 769075
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
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7digital presents
The Ballads of Child Migration
All-star cast on UK ...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£17 Full Price
£10 12-25s
BOX OFFICE 01227 769075
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Martyn Joseph is a unique and mind blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters….and rip it up. For on...Read more >>
Celestial Fire
Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start **later start than usual
Tickets
Full price £16
12 – 25 yrs £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Celestial Fire were formed in 2015 after the release
of Dave Bainbri...Read more >>
Daphne's Flight
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £18
12 - 25 yrs £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
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Daphne's Flight
Back in 1995, five of the finest folk, blues and soul singers of their generation found ...Read more >>
Will Varley - Supported by Sam Brothers
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £14.50
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
EMAIL HERE
BOOK ONLINE HERE
In March 2015 Will Varley walked out on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, shortly after signing a record deal with independent mus...Read more >>
McGoldrick, McCusker, Doyle - Rearranged from March
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £16.50
12-25 £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
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John Doyle, John McCusker and Mike McGoldrick first crossed paths as teenagers. Quarter of a century later, the fired-up folk live-wire...Read more >>
Arcelia
Doors 4.30pm for 5pm start
As a private house concert we're unable to sell tickets in advance,
but can reserve places and suggest a voluntary donation on the day
for each place of £15
Under 18s £8
If it wasn’t for the snow and the re-scheduled McCusker McGoldri...Read more >>
Heidi Talbot & John McCusker
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£16 online (plus bkg fee)
£17 offline
£18 on the door
£6 under 25s
“One of the UK’s most gifted and versatile musicians in any genre, John McCusker is equally in demand as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and...Read more >>
Blair Dunlop spt Tom & Dulcima of Coco & the Butterfields - SOLD OUT!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£14 Online
£15 Offline
£16 Door
£7 12-25 yrs
Blair Dunlop, the award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist, has now released 3 albums 2 ep’s and toured widely around the globe. ...Read more >>
Urban Folk Quartet
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £15.50
12-25 £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Joe Broughton's Urban Folk Quartet - UFQ
Joe Broughton, Paloma Trigás, Tom Chapman and Dan Walsh are Urban Fo...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Spring Tour 2018
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets
Online (Wegottickets) £22.50
Offline (from Fitb at gigs or by post) £24
On the Door £26
12 – 25 £12
ONLINE TICKET PURCHASING NOW CLOSED. TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR FROM 7PM.
Fairport Convention Spri...Read more >>
Albert Lee
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £23.50
12-25 £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Double Grammy Award Winner Albert Lee returns to the UK, this time accompanied by his great Electric Band.
Undoubtedl...Read more >>
Peter Knight's Gigspanner
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16.50
Students £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
BOOK ONLINE HERE
"Peter Knight's Gigspanner were amazing. I can only think of a handful of folk musicians world-wide that have t...Read more >>
Calan
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £15.50
12-25 £8
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK BY EMAIL
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Calan - Fiddles, guitar, accordion, bagpipes and step dancing explode into life
This international award winning band from Wales...Read more >>
FibFEST!
Doors 2pm - midnight
Tickets
Full £48
12-25 £24
Box Office: 01227 769075
Email Here
BOOK ONLINE HERE
To Celebrate the 15th Birthday of Folk in the Barn
Show of Hands, Gerry Colvin Band, Luke Jackson and many more...Read more >>
Moya Brennan
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£20 online
£21.50 offline (cash or cheque in advance at other FitB gigs)
£24 on the door
“Growing up, long before I’d fallen into the wonderful world of folk music, one of my favourite things on Top of the P...Read more >>
Skerryvore
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £17.50
12-25 yrs £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
Live Act of the Year 2016
Twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music ‘Live Act of the Year...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Winter Tour 2018
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £25.50
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Fairport Convention has been making great music for over fifty years.
Credited with originating British folk-rock music, there is...Read more >>
Sarah McQuaid SOLD OUT!
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
“The precision and sophistication of the writing and playing blows me away. I am so glad to be involved,” writes guitar legend Michael Chapman in his int...Read more >>
Miranda Sykes
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 cash or cheque in advance
£15 on the door
Miranda Sykes, the acclaimed singer and bassist with ‘Show of Hands’ is returning to her roots. After a career spanning over 20 years, during whi...Read more >>
Fraser Nimmo
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£10 online
£11 cash or cheque in advance
£12 on the door
Fraser Nimmo is a Scottish singer, songwriter and actor who combines traditional songs with his own material in an organic melange of Celtic musicality.
His son...Read more >>
Ewan McLennan
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets £12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Ewan McLennan has come to be known as a guitarist at the very forefront of his generation; a troubadour, balladeer and storyteller cut in the old style; a si...Read more >>
Albion Christmas Band - SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £18
Students £10
Box office 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
This gig is sold out, please apply to the Gulbenkian Box office to be put on the waiting list in case of returns.
The Albion Christmas Band
Founder of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span ...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain - SOLD OUT
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19.50 offline (cash or cheque in advance)
£21 on the door
01227 831493
Now sold out. Please email debs at folkinthebarn.co.uk to join the waiting list in case of returns.
Te...Read more >>
Cara Dillon - Upon a Winter's Night
7.30pm start
Tickets
£20 full price
£15 12-25 years
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
Folk in the Barn are pleased to invite the exceptional Cara Dillon back to Canterbury for a night...Read more >>
Peggy & AJ
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £12 Online
£13 Offline
£14 On the Door
£6 Under 18s
An Evening of Mirth and Mischief
When musical virtuoso Dave Pegg, sporting decades of experience in bands such as Fai...Read more >>
Steeleye Span
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets
Full price £25.50
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
No self-respecting Folk Rock promoter’s programme would be complete without this legendary band in their line-up.&nbs...Read more >>
Elephant Sessions supported by CCCU Students S3A, Eviette and Megan Wardroper
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
£6 Students
Recently nominated as Live Act of the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2016, fiery Highland five-piece Elephant Sessions are a musical powerhouse, welding wea...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£16 online
£17 offline (cash or cheque in advance)
£18 on the door
£8 Students
Martyn Joseph is a powerful singer and songwriter gifted with the rare ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyri...Read more >>
Breabach
Doors
7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £15
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Walking away with the accolades ‘Folk Band of the Year’ and ‘Album of Year&rsquo...Read more >>
The Young'uns Supported by The Hut People
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 offline (cash or cheque in advance)
£18 on the door
The Young’uns have proved themselves a unique proposition – writing and performing a cappella or subtly accompanied songs that tell it how i...Read more >>
The Phil Beer Band supported by The Hawthornes
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £19
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Phil Beer, best known for his multi-instrumental wizardry as one
half of England’s top acoustic...Read more >>
Charlie Dore & Julian Littman
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Online £13
Offline £14
On the door £15
Under 18s £5
‘A gift for melody, brave, poignant, entertaining, original' Guardian ★★★★
A very special evening of eclectic, contemporary folk as Charlie Dore, one of the UK&...Read more >>
Martin Simpson supported by James Riley
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £15
Students £7
Box Office 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
Martin Simpson – A Master of His Art
“Martin Simpson has transcended borders and oceans to quietly...Read more >>
TRADarrr
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £15
Offline £16
Door £17
Full Time Students £7
It’s 45 years since Liege & Lief almost single-handedly created the genre folk-rock. Since then, that simple marriage of traditional music and elec...Read more >>
Joe Topping & Scott Poley
Doors 4.30pm for 5pm start
Suggested Donation £15
Under 18s half price
To Reserve a space
01227 831493
debs@folkinthebarn.co.uk
Joe Topping - the best male voice on the Folk Scene – Chris While
Joe first realised the power of music when he had his trousers stolen in...Read more >>
Cara with support Emily Watts
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £15
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online Here
One of the most sought after bands within Germany, Cara are touring England to promote their latest a...Read more >>
Fairport Convention @50 Spring Tour 2017 - with Support from Luke Jackson
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online (Wegottickets) £22.50
Offline (from Fitb at gigs or by post) £24
On the Door £26
Fairport Convention 50th Anniversary Spring Tour 2017
“As much a British Summer Institution as Wimbledon” The Guardian
Enjoy a...Read more >>
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £14
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have long established themselves as one of the UK folk scene’s most re...Read more >>
Daphne's Flight
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £18
Students £10
Box Office:
Ring... 01227 769075
Email.. boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online... www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Daphne’s Flight
Christine Collister (Gregson & Collister...Read more >>
Luke Daniels
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline (cash or cheque in advance)
£14 on the door
Described by Songlines as “a future classic” and by Acoustic Magazine as “an enchanting delight” ★★★★ award-winning singer and compos...Read more >>
The Mighty Doonans
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
The Mighty Doonans have a deserved reputation for their imaginative and innovative interpretat...Read more >>
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar met in 2011. Soon after, the duo were signed to Fellside Records and in July 2012 released their debut album, The Queen’s Lover. Numerous to...Read more >>
Sam Kelly & Friends
THIS EVENT FORMS PART OF CANTERBURY ARTS COUNCIL'S 50th. ANNIVERSARY SHOWCASE
www.canterburyartscouncil.org.uk
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £14
Students £10
BOOK ONLINE HERE
EMAIL
PHONE 01227 769075
Sam Kelly is a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning...Read more >>
Turin Brakes
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £20
Students £18
Box Office:
01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
TURIN BRAKES: LOST PROPERTY
While many of the rest of the class of 2000 seem forever frozen into the faces i...Read more >>
Sally Barker & Vicki Genfan - CANCELLED, SORRY!
UNFORTUNATELY A CHANGE OF TRAVEL PLANS HAS MEANT THAT SALLY HAS HAD TO CANCEL THIS DATE. WE HOPE TO RE-ARRANGE SOME OTHER TIME.
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Suggested Donation £14
Reserve your seat HERE
Sally Barker - the Voice that made Sir Tom Jones cry
Millions of viewers tun...Read more >>
Fairport Convention at 50
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £25
Box Office:
01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Fairport Convention celebrate 50th Anniversary with album and UK winter tour
“Impressive musicians with a great back cat...Read more >>
Sarah Jarosz
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £17
Students £10
Box Office:
01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
Sarah Jarosz - supported by Sam Brothers
Sarah Jarosz, from Austin, Texas, has earned her credibili...Read more >>
Fleetwood Cave
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
Fleetwood Cave
Marion Fleetwood and Gregg Cave met through new folk supergroup TRADarrr.
They share a love of performing live and for honest, expressive and...Read more >>
Rodney Branigan, with support from Lorraine Lucas
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
RODNEY BRANIGAN
Texas-raised Londoner Rodney Branigan learned to play in Austin, perform in Los Angeles, craft songs in Nashville, and put it all together in Londo...Read more >>
Mike Silver
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
Mike Silver
The craft of song writing is not honed overnight. Mike has over 40 years of experience as a writer, singer, guitarist and live performer and has been enjoy...Read more >>
Albion Christmas Band
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £18
Box office
Phone 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
By Email HERE
THE ALBION CHRISTMAS BAND
An Albion Christmas is widely regarded as the premier seasonal show, which has been touring for nearly 20 years, and attracts sell-out audiences across the UK...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain SOLD OUT! waiting list available
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19.50 offline
£21 on the door
St Agnes Fountain Live in Concert
New Studio Album to be released in December
St Agnes Fountain come together for one month a year; the Christmas Tour eac...Read more >>
Cara Dillon - Upon a Winter's Night
7.30pm start
Tickets
£20 full price
£18 concessions
Box Office 01227 769075
By Email HERE
Book Online HERE
Come and join the exceptional Cara Dillon for a night of Christmas songs in what will undoubtedly be a magical and memorable festive experience. Having recorded her high...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£16 online
£17 offline
£18 on the door
Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other.
He's a jaw dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed up with a powerful show stopping voice,...Read more >>
Jim Causley
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Jim Causley celebrates over a decade as an acclaimed solo artist and performer with a brand new studio album Forgotten Kingdom, released by Hands On Music on February 19...Read more >>
Chris While & Julie Matthews SOLD OUT!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£13 Online (follow link below)
£14 Offline (from Debs by post or at other gigs)
£15 Door
While & Matthews - Best duo BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009 -Touring October 2016
New ...Read more >>
Home Service ft John Kirkpatrick
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets
Full price £18.50
Box Office
01227 272042
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Formed in 1981, Home Service, the ground-breaking, vibrant and quintessentially English 8-piece Rock-Folk band, made a dramatic and award-winning return to prominence in 20...Read more >>
Fotheringay
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £22
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book online HERE
Since this concert was booked we had the sad news that Jerry Donahue suffered a stroke and is recovering in hospital in the States. ...Read more >>
Richard Digance with annA rydeR to Open
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book online here
Richard is a BAFTA Nominated entertainer and a Gold Award recipient from The British Academy of Composers a...Read more >>
Ric Sanders Trio
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£13 Online
£14 Offline
£15 Door
Since 1985 Ric Sanders has been the fiddle player in legendary Folk Rock Band Fairport Convention.
In the late 70s he played in both Soft Machine and The Albion Band, and it was...Read more >>
Ashley Hutchings MBE - SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm, concert start 6.30pm
Tickets
£14.50 Online
£16 Offline
£17 On the door
From Psychedelia to Sonnets – a Life in Words and Music – the Remarkable Journey of Ashley Hutchings.
For this new show Ashley is joined by tal...Read more >>
Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear - An Evening of Iona Music & More
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 in advance
£15 on the door
Award winning multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge joins forces with Lord of The Dance vocalist, instrumentalist Sally Minnear to bring a spellbinding evening of...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Spring Tour 2016 - SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets £22.50
Box office 10am – 12noon
01227 272042
or book online HERE
SORRY - SOLD OUT, CONTACT VENUE FOR WAITING LIST / RETURNS
Now in their 50th year on the road, Fairport Convention, the originators of Bri...Read more >>
The Phil Beer Band
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£17 online
£18 cash or cheque in advance
£19 on the door
Here at Folk in the Barn we have wanted to book this great band for many years. This year the planets aligned and they're on their way. We're so excite...Read more >>
Peatbog Faeries
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Students £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
BOOK ONLINE HERE
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN 2016
We are Folk in the Barn are very very excited about this bookin...Read more >>
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
**PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME THAN USUAL
Tickets
Online £13
Offline £14
On the door £15
2014 BBC FOLK AWARDS – BEST DUO
2013 SPIRAL AWARDS – BEST DUO
2012 SOUTH WEST MUSIC AWARDS – BEST ACT
Recently describe...Read more >>
Show of Hands Duo Tour - The Long Way Home
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £22
Box Office 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online Here
After nearly two years of solo touring the lanes and byways, shores and tideways of
England ‘Show of Hands’ now revisit thei...Read more >>
John McCusker 25th Anniversary Tour
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Students £8
Book Online Here
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
“One of the UK’s most gifted and versatile musicians in any genre, John McCusker is equally...Read more >>
Luke Jackson, Greg Russell, Ciaran Algar
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
Tickets £12 online (plus booking fee)
£13 offline
£14 on the door
£5 Students
Bringing together 3 of the hottest young folk, roots and acoustic artists for the first time, for a night of inspiring songs and dazzling musicianship.
GREG ...Read more >>
Kris Drever, with support from Siobhan Wilson
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 in advance
£15 on the door
Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a new studio album and tour “If Wishes Were Horses” released by Reveal R...Read more >>
The Poozies - 25th Anniversary Tour
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £15
Students £7.50
Box Office 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Celebrating their 25th year on the road, The Poozies are one of the longest-standing UK folk groups, ...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Wintour 2016
Doors 7pm
Concert starts 7.30pm
Tickets £22
Box office
The Gulbenkian Theatre 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
Folk in the Barn in association with Gulbenkian are pleased to be welcoming back to Canterbury one of the best loved folk rock bands in the world, and ...Read more >>
Steve Knightley - All At Sea Tour 2016
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets £17
Box office 10am – 12noon
01227 272042
or book online HERE
In early 2014 Steve Knightley set out on his 160 date ‘Grow your own Gig’ tour of rural village halls. Once described by the Times as the “gr...Read more >>
The Watergrain Band TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Doors 6pm
Concert starts 6.30pm
Tickets
£10 online
£11 offline
£12 on the door
The Watergrain Band is a new touring three piece inspired by the album of the same name, comprising local musicians Ben Paley and Pip Ives together with Faversham songwriter Martin Y...Read more >>
Flossie Malavialle SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm,
Concert starts 6.30pm
Tickets
£12 Online
£13 Offline
£14 On the door
Flossie is a charming and popular French singer who started getting involved on the UK folk scene in 2001 while she was on a teachers' exchange in the North East of England...Read more >>
Gilmore & Roberts SOLD OUT
Pub open for meals from 5pm,
Doors 6pm, concert start 6.30pm
Tickets
£12 online
£13 offline
£14 on the door
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award 2013 nominees for best duo, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts (brother of Kathryn) , combine astounding lap-tapping gui...Read more >>
Albion Christmas Band SOLD OUT!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £18
Box Office 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
WAITING LIST FOR RETURNS...
The Albion Christmas Show is now into its 17th year and has attracted sell-out audiences across the UK.
Founder of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band, Ash...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets £18 online
£19.50 cash or cheque in advance
£21 on the door
THE opening bars of the first song in a St Agnes Fountain concert send a tingle down the spine, declaring Christmas is here – the festivities have begun...Read more >>
'Hark Hark' Coope Simpson Fraser & Freya
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 in advance
£14 on the door
Hark Hark – a festive feast to send you into Christmas with a feelgood factor. A rich mixture of old and new with a firm foundation of traditional Yorkshire...Read more >>
The Rails
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£15 full price
£10 Students
Box Office 01227 769075
Or book online HERE
The Rails have been called folk, folk rock and folk pop by music writers.
Winners of this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – Horizon Award for best new...Read more >>
Oysters 3 SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT, WAITING LIST FOR RETURNS.....
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£14 online
£15 cash or cheque in advance
£16 on the door
OYSTERS 3
Oysterband as you don’t know them...
Up close and personal: John Jones, Alan Prosser ...Read more >>
Treacherous Orchestra
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Tickets £15 full price
£10 Students
Book Here
Or ring 01227 769075
2015 may have brought the last days of the mighty Bellowhead - but don't be too because the just as mighty Treacherous Orchestra are on the rise.
On stage Treac...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £17 full price
£10 Students
Book Here
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Box Office 01227 769075
Martyn Joseph is as performer like no other.
He's a jaw dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed up with a powerfu...Read more >>
Chris Leslie
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 in advance
£17 on the door
Chris Leslie is gifted well beyond his years with fabulous skills on fiddle, mandolin and vocal chords! Primarily known for the past eighteen years for his outstanding...Read more >>
Show of Hands
Starts 7.30pm
Tickets £25 , £23 (Marlowe booking fees apply)
BOOK HERE
Folk in the Barn originally came about because of this wonderful band, and this will be the tenth time in 13 years we've been involved in bringing them to the area. This is a co-promotion with the b...Read more >>
Megson
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
NOTE EARLIER START TIME THAN USUAL
Tickets
£12.50 online
£13.50 in advance
£14 on the door
Stu Hanna & Debbie Hanna are the husband & wife duo Megson. Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards...Read more >>
Harpeth Rising
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
(NOTE LATER THAN USUAL START FOR THE BLACK ROBIN GIGS)
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Check out their fabulous new album here......
HARPETH RISING chose to name themselves after a r...Read more >>
John Doyle - Celtic Guitar Workshop
Workshop
Doors 1.15pm for 1.30pm start
Finishes 3.50pm
Workshop £25, on the door £28
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
Calling all guitar players – or non-players just interested in watching and learning from a Master. Here’s a rare and fantastic chance to lear...Read more >>
John Doyle - Concert. Supported by Toby Shaer
Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 offline
£15 on the door
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR TONIGHT
Concert and Celtic Guitar Workshop (see separate page)
Born in Dublin, John Doyle is a Grammy nominee, has performed for Pre...Read more >>
Home Service
Doors 7pm for 7,30pm start
Tickets
£18 full price
£12 students
Book Here...
**Breaking news... this will be John Tams last ever gig with the Home Service**
Message from John.....
"A combination of circumstance not least and most recently an 8-part television drama seri...Read more >>
Chris Wood - RESCHEDULED DATE
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£15 online (plus bkg fee)
£16 offline (in advance from gigs or chq by post)
£17 on the door
£5 Full time students
Chris Wood is our very own home grown Folk super star, though he probably wouldn’t like to be called ...Read more >>
Dougie MacLean supported by Toby Shaer & Ciaran Algar
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £20
Students £10
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Or ring the Gulbenkian Box Office 01227 769075
Dougie is another of our favourite and most inspirational artists at Folk in the Barn. We usually have to wait three or four years be...Read more >>
Alan Prosser
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Alan Prosser is the Canterbury based guitarist (and multi-instrumentalist) singer, songwriter and founding member of one of the greatest British Folk-Rock bands - Th...Read more >>
Simpson, Cutting & Kerr
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£16 online (plus bkg fee)
£17.50
£18 on the door
£10 Full time students
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr
Comprising three of Britain’s finest musicians and interpreters of songs and tunes, each member ...Read more >>
Fairport Convention - Spring Tour 2015
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets
Online £20 (plus 10% booking fee)
In advance from FitB £22 (cash, cheque, by post or at gigs or Hobgoblin Canterbury)
On the Door £23
Yes it's true. Not only is Canterbury lucky enough to have Fairport include us on their r...Read more >>
Mawkin supported by Arcelia
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
Online £13 (plus 10% booking fee)
In advance from FitB 14
On the Door £15
Mawkin...
...are back at Folk in the Barn as part of their fantastic new album (The Ties That Bind) launch tour. Have a listen below....
Since their for...Read more >>
The Demon Barbers XL 'Disco at the Tavern' Tour
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Box Office: 01227 769075
Or Book Online HERE
Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ @ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009
Renowned for their no holds barred approach to their live shows The Demon Barbers return to the ...Read more >>
Luke Jackson Trio - EP Launch Concert SOLD OUT!
Tickets
£11 online wegottickets,
£12 by post in advance
£13 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
Luke needs no introduction to the Folk in the Barn audience having virtually grown up on stage in front of them over the past seven years. At the end of last year L...Read more >>
Phil Beer
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets £14
Box office 10am – 12noon 01227 272042
or book online HERE
Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west countryʼs award winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, playing in too man...Read more >>
Cara Dillon - supported by Radigun
Performance Starts 7.30pm
Tickets
£20 Full Price
£18 Concession
Book Online Here
Or ring the The Gulbenkian Theatre Box Office 01227 769075
County Derry born Cara has risen to become one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish song anywhere in the world.
...Read more >>
Nick Harper
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
£5 students
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Unreserved seating
"Nick Harper! - Wow! WE should be supporting HIM"
Turin Brakes 2014
We've been banging on about Ni...Read more >>
O'Hooley & Tidow
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 in advance
£15 on the door
With a personal invite from Billy Bragg to play Glastonbury, sessions on BBC 6 Music and Radio 2, a five star live review and feature in The Guardian, culminating in a MOJO Folk ...Read more >>
Gerry Colvin
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online (plus booking fee)
£14 cash or cheque in advance from FitB
£15 on the door
£5 students
Folk in the Barn attendees from 2003 to 2009 will remember our regular visits from folk pop rock band ColvinQuarmby wit...Read more >>
David Hughes spt Robin Falcon
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
David Hughes is an acoustic guitarist, songwriter, author and playwright. His six albums include, ACTIVE IN THE PARISH, which, in 1997 was named by Q magazine as one...Read more >>
Fairport Convention UK Wintour 2015
7.30pm Start
Tickets
Full price £22
Concessions £20
Book Online HERE
Or ring the box office
01227 769075
Folk in the Barn in association with Gulbenkian are pleased to be welcoming back to Canterbury one of the best loved folk rock bands in the world.
...Read more >>
McGoldrick McCusker Doyle
Performance starts 7.30pm
Tickets
Full Price £16
Students £14
Numbered Seating
Book Tickets Here
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle, three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions return to The Gulbenkian after their incredible spellbinding concert her...Read more >>
Edwina Hayes - SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Edwina’s beautifully written songs, charming stage presence and voice of an angel have won her a reputation as a true natural talent of gentle folk-Americana. ...Read more >>
Chris Wood - SOLD OUT
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 cash or cheque in advance
£17 on the door
SOLD OUT - SORRY! EMAIL TO GO ON WAITING LIST
Every January we have our winter season of ‘Even Cosier’ gigs held at the very cosy Black R...Read more >>
The Albion Christmas Band
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start (Note earlier start than usual)
Tickets
£16 online or from Ashford outlets* (booking fee applies)
£18 cash or cheque in advance from Folk in the Barn
£19.50 on the door
TICKET UPDATE... FULL PRICE NOW SOLD OUT. BALCONY - ...Read more >>
The Luke Jackson Trio
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
Tickets
£10 online
£11 by post in advance
£12 on the door
£5 students
Come and join us for a rare concert from Canterbury’s home grown folk superstar Luke Jackson with his Trio – Connor Downs and Andy Sharps on Percu...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain - SOLD OUT! email us to go on the waiting list for returns
SOLD OUT
email us to go on waiting list for returns.... or come and see the Albion Christmas Band instead....
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets £16 online
£18 cash or cheque in advance
£19.50 on the door
St Agnes Fountain will be embarking on their 1...Read more >>
Andy Cutting - SOLD OUT!
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Andy Cutting
Nominated Musician of the Year 2012
Musician of the Year 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician (BBC ...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph SOLD OUT, taking names for waiting list
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£16 online
£17 cash or cheque in advance
£18 on the door
Martyn Joseph is as performer like no other.
He has been called “The Welsh Springsteen”, also shades of John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Ma...Read more >>
Luka Bloom
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 cash or cheque in advance
£17 on the door
With a poet’s heart and a rocker’s soul, Luka Bloom is regarded as one of Ireland’s best-respected contemporary folk artists. Producing 20 album...Read more >>
Terry & Gerry
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£10 online
£11 cash or cheque in advance
£12 on the door
Terry & Gerry Reunion after 30 years!
Gerry Colvin needs no introduction to Folk in the Barn audiences. The energetic, eccentric and likeable front man ...Read more >>
Bridie Jackson & the Arbour
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets Full price £13
Students £10
Book tickets HERE
“Bridie Jackson & The Arbour are refreshingly unpretentious and movingly soulful”
Daily Telegraph
&nbs...Read more >>
Kieran Goss
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 cash or cheque in advance
£15 on the door
We are thrilled to invite Kieran Goss back to Folk in the Barn. Kieran and his wife Annie who sometimes sings with him, are two of the loveliest people we have ever met,...Read more >>
The Open Mikers - featuring CJ & Nick, The Reckless Sleepers ft Phil Garvey, The Acoustic Architects - SOLD OUT!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start (note - earlier than usual)
Tickets
£8 online
£9 cash or cheque in advance
£10 on the door
SOLD OUT! RING OR TEXT FOR RETURNS 07799790738
Something different. We are blessed here in Canterbury to have a strong, vi...Read more >>
Turin Brakes with Nick Harper
7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£20 full price
£18 students
Book Here
Turin Brakes
In Autumn 2014, London based folk-pop-indy band Turin Brakes will tour their new album We Were Here.
“If the Optimist was the soul of a heartbroken twenty one year old...Read more >>
Sally Barker with Special Guest Vicki Genfan
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £15
Gulbenkian
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NB
Tel: 01227 769075
Book Here
Sally Barker - the Voice that made Sir Tom Jones cry
Sally Barker's voice has the ability to lift the words off the page an...Read more >>
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£20 online
£22 cash or cheque in advance from FitB
£23 on the door
Tickets also available to purchase from Ashford Tourist Information Centre and Right Track Music Shop - info HERE
ALBERT LEE
Albert Lee, by common consent o...Read more >>
Steve Knightley
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets Online booking available Monday
£16 in advance (online and by post)
£10 Students
£18 on the door
Steve Knightley is the songwriting force behind Show of Hands, widely acclaimed as the finest acoustic roots duo in ...Read more >>
Dougie MacLean
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £19
Students £17
Box Office: 01227 769075
email boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Book Online HERE
“Dougie MacLean is Scotland's pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national mu...Read more >>
Chris & Kellie While
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 online
£14 cash or cheque in advance
£15 on the door
TICKETS AVAILABLE TONIGHT ON THE DOOR :)
Two generations of great singers come together.
A mother and daughter relationship is rarely ever like this.
The world class...Read more >>
Home Service
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£17 online
£18.50 cash or cheque in advance
£19.50 on the door
"It's been a while since I've been that blown away by a band. Utterly astonishingly fantastic!!!"
(Gareth Turner, Little Johnny England & Phil Beer band)
...Read more >>
Phil Beer
Tickets
£12 online
£13 in advance
£14 on the door
£10 students
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling instrumentalist, he is perhaps best known as a top flight fiddler and the ...Read more >>
Breabach
Tickets
£14 full price
£12 students
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
BOOK HERE
Breabach – Best Band Nominee – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014
Folk in the Barn in association with the Gulbenkian are pleased to present Breabach – the next in their series of top folk ...Read more >>
Megson
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash or cheque in advance
£14 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Stu Hanna & Debbie Hanna are the husband & wife duo Megson. Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the 2011 Spiral Earth Awards they dra...Read more >>
Tim Edey
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£12 online
£13 cash/chq in advance
£14 on the door
Unreserved seating
Tim Edey - Collective Band - 'Sailing over the 2nd String' Tour
As an extra special treat - Tim has announced he is bringing his band with him to this ...Read more >>
Luke Jackson supported by Phoebe Warden SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT - message us to go on the waiting list
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
Tickets
£12 online - wegottickets
£13 by post in advance
£14 on the door
Luke is a 19 year old Roots singer/songwriter from Canterbury, Kent. 2013 saw him nominated for both the BBC Radio 2 ...Read more >>
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 in advance
£15 on the door
In the space of 2 short years, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston have emerged to become one of the most sought after duos on the English folk & roots scene. The striking combination of the flame h...Read more >>
The Lock In
Performance starts 7.30pm
Tickets
Full price £19
Concessions £17
Numbered seating
Book Tickets Here
Folk in the Barn in association with the Gulbenkian Theatre are thrilled to present the return to Canterbury of…
The Lock In ….Dance Extravagan...Read more >>
Fairport Convention - Sold Out - contact Gulbenkian for waiting list
Performance starts 7.30pm
Tickets
Full price £22
Concessions £20
Gulbenkian Box Office 01227 769075
Book Here
Folk in the Barn, in association with The Gulbenkian Theatre presents Fairport Convention
Folk in the Barn are thrilled to be working with the Gulbenkian...Read more >>
Brooks Williams Concert & Workshop
PLEASE NOTE - DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN CLOSURE OF THE BLACK ROBIN FOR
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT, THIS CONCERT WILL NOW BE HELD AT THE KINGSTON
BARN, JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ROBIN. TIMINGS TO REMAIN THE
SAME... NO BAR FACILITIES DUE TO THE SHORT NOTICE ONLY TEAS AND COFFEES
SO BRING A BOTTLE IF Y...Read more >>
The Ric Sanders Trio - SOLD OUT - email for returns
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 in advance
£14 on the door
Students 50%
Unreserved seating
The second in our 2014 'Even Cosier' Series is one of my personal favourite musicians - and people - the awesome Ric Sanders with his Trio.
Sin...Read more >>
The Liz Simcock Trio
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets £12 in advance £14 on the door
Students 50%
unreserved seating
We're back with our winter series of 'Even Cosier' gigs at the cosy Black Robin Inn. - Like a concert in your own sitting room! and proud to present the ...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain
Tickets in advance
£16 full price
£14 concessions
£2 extra on the door
Unreserved Seating
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
FEW RETURNS AVAILABLE...
St Agnes Fountain will be embarking on their 13th consecutive sell-out Christmas tour. Since their first get to...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7.15pm 8pm start
Tickets - in advance
£16 full price
£14 concessions
£2 extra on the door
Students £8
Unreserved Seating
UNFORTUNATELY - DUE TO UNFORESEEN DIFFICULT PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES BALSAMO-DEIGHTON WON'T B...Read more >>
Lau supported by Haiku Salut
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR TONIGHT £17 - CASH PLEASE
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£15 in advance
£17 on door
Unreserved seating
Winner of ‘Best Group’ in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013
This generation’s most inventive ...Read more >>
James Hickman & Dan Cassidy
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets
£12 in advance
£13.50 on the door
Unreserved Seating
James Hickman and Dan Cassidy
A transatlantic duo inspired by the traditions of America and Britain
Hickman’s emotive, soaring vocals and driving guitar is complemented by Cassi...Read more >>
Blair Dunlop Trio - spt Aimee
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 in advance
£15 on the door
Unreserved seating
BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award Winner 2013
Blair Dunlop is a 21-year old captivating vocalist, phenomenal guitarist and over the past year has emerged as one of the U.K’s finest sing...Read more >>
Coope Boyes & Simpson - spt Arcelia
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£12 in advance
£13.50 on the door
Unreserved seating
Described as “quite simply the best purveyors of acappella song on these Islands", English trio Coope Boyes & Simpson combine unique reworkings of traditional material and well-...Read more >>
Police Dog Hogan
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£12 in advance
£13.50 on the door
Unreserved seating
So excited about this one, we’re very lucky to be considered ‘select’ enough to receive this booking. These guys are from the same 'stable' that ...Read more >>
Jamie Smith's Mabon - spt Rudy Warman
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
£13 in advance
£14.50 on the door
Students £10
Unreserved seating
October through to the beginning of November brings a very exciting series of new concerts at the Kingston Barn. All very different, and all of...Read more >>
Iona
Tickets
£15 Full price
£13 Concessions
£10 students
£2 extra on the door
Unreserved seating
Doors 7.15pm 8pm start
Formed in 1989, IONA take their name from the small island off the west coast of Scotland. From the beginning, their aim has been to wr...Read more >>
Kris Dollimore
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets £12 in advance
£13.50 on the door
Unreserved seating
During a career in music, spanning more than four decades, Kris Dollimore has graced some of the world’s greatest stages and has played with many international b...Read more >>
Alister Atkin & The Ghost Line Carnival * & * Arlet
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets
In advance £11
On the door £13
Students £5
Unreserved seating
We are opening our exciting Autumn programme with a feast of local talent.. A double header concert from two popular home grown ensembles, at a brand new venue f...Read more >>
Peter Knight's Gigspanner with special guest Marion Fleetwood
Tickets £15
Students £10
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
£2 extra on the door
Peter Knight’s Gigspanner has been hailed by Songlines magazine as
"another milestone in folk’s rebirth of cool" (Andy Letcher), but those in the know will tell you that there is...Read more >>
Elbow Jane - Rescheduled
doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets £13 pd in advance
£14 on the door
This is the rescheduled date. Tickets from the 25th can be re-used. If you can't use the tickets let me know and I'll refund the money less a small handling charge as per the T&C stated on the websi...Read more >>
Rodney Branigan
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets £12 in advance £13 on the door
Book a table in the Restaurant from 5pm - 10% off food.
Artists are often described as having “a unique talent”; few epitomise this more than virtuosic guitarist Rodney Branigan. In fact, Tex...Read more >>
The Chris Wood Trio
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Tickets £14
£2 extra on the door
We are thrilled to say that two years on from his first sell-out show for us - we have mesmerising local singer song writer Chris Wood coming back to play at one of our most stunning venues the beautiful Canterbu...Read more >>
Show of Hands - SOLD OUT! email us name and number to go on waiting list
WE'RE SOLD OUT NOW, SORRY ! PLEASE EMAIL YOUR NAME AND NUMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO ON THE WAITING LIST - IT OFTEN PAYS OFF!
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
Ticket prices in advance
Full price £18
Concessions £16
£2 extra on the door
We couldn't celebrate our tenth...Read more >>
Tenth Anniversary Party with special guests Arlet, Brendan Power, Alister Atkin and.... ? SOLD OUT!
Tickets £10 (to cover costs only)
TO CELEBRATE TEN YEARS OF FOLK IN THE BARN APRIL 2003 – 2013
You are all invited to come and help us celebrate the first ten years of Folk in the Barn.
What started out as a crazy idea, to put on one band has turned into something extr...Read more >>
Lucy Ward - SOLD OUT!
Tickets £12 in advance
£13 on the door
Doors 6pm, Concert starts 6.30pm
Meals in the restaurant can be booked from 5pm. 10% discount off the food bill if attending the concert.
Lucy Ward is an award winning 23 year old acoustic artist from Derby. She plays guitar, ukulele and conc...Read more >>
Joe Topping
Tickets £12 in advance
£13 on the door
Doors 6pm,
Concert starts 6.30pm
Meals in the restaurant can be booked from 5pm. 10% discount off the food bill if attending the concert.
She Moved Through The Fair (Live)
Joe Topping is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ...Read more >>
O'Hooley & Tidow
Tickets all £12 in advance
£13 on the door
Doors 6.30pm for 7pm start (note slightly later than usual due to anticipated Mothers Day demand) Tables can be booked in the restaurant from 5.30pm 10% off the food bill for concert goers.
‘BEST DUO’ Nominees BBC RADIO...Read more >>
Luke Jackson - RE-ARRANGED FROM 20TH JAN - STILL SOLD OUT!!
This is the re-arranged date from the postponed 20th January concert. Tickets will stand for the new date - if however you are unable to use them please let me know and send a SAE for a full refund of the ticket cost.
Restaurant open 5pm, venue 6pm, concert 6.30pm
Tickets £10 in adva...Read more >>
Phil Beer
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets £13 in advance - £14 on the door £5 students
Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the west countryʼs award winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands. With a professional career of over 36 years, playing in too many bands and line...Read more >>
Kan
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Tickets £14 in advance - £15 on the door £5 students
Kan is a union of four of the finest, most influential, award-winning, in demand artists of the 21st century traditional music world.
Kan is one member of Lau, one member of Floo...Read more >>
Huw Williams & Maart Allcock
Restaurant open 5pm, venue 6pm, concert 6.30pm
Tickets £11 in advance - £12 on the door
Songwriter Huw and multi-instrumentalist Maartin first met on a Fairport Convention tour bus in 1995. Huw went on to conquer the British folk scene with singing partner Tony William...Read more >>
Huw Williams & Maart Allcock
Doors 6pm for 6.30pm start
Tickets £11 in advance - £12 on the door
Songwriter Huw and multi-instrumentalist Maartin first met on a Fairport Convention tour bus in 1995. Huw went on to conquer the British folk scene with singing partner Tony Williams until calling it a day in...Read more >>
Flossie Malavialle S0LD OUT!
Pub open for meals from 5pm, doors 6pm, concert start 6.30pm
Tickets £11 in advance - £12 on the door
Flossie is a charming and popular French singer who started getting involved on the UK folk scene in 2001 while she was on a teachers' exchange in the North East of Engl...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain SOLD OUT!
Tickets
£16 full price
£14 concessions
£1 extra on the door
Doors 7pm for 8pm start
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN is the labour of love of four of modern acoustic music's brightest (Christmas) lights - singer/songwriter David Hughes, Fairport Convention's Chris Lesli...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph with guest Luke Jackson
Tickets £16 full price
£14 usual concessions
CCCU Full time students £8
all tickets £1 extra on the door
Doors 7.15pm 8pm start
Martyn Joseph is as performer like no other.
Touring in support of a brand new studio album “S...Read more >>
Ralph McTell
We at Folk in the Barn are very happy to present to you one of our and the nation's favourite singer song writers....
Ralph McTell - ‘An English Heartbeat’
Tickets £19 full price £17 concessions
£2 extra on the door
Doors 7pm for 8pm
B...Read more >>
Urban Folk Quartet
Tickets £13 in advance
£14 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
Joe Broughton, Paloma Trigás, Frank Moon and Tom Chapman are The Urban Folk Quartet. Four highly accomplished musicians, a dozen instruments and four voices coming together to craft a knockout show of globally&...Read more >>
Gregory Alan Isakov SOLD OUT ! with support from Chris Pureka
Tickets £13 in advance
£14 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm
You don’t come across people like Gregory too often. Someone described his music as “making you feel like you're in a woodland cabin with a glass of red wine, a snowstorm outside and your special someone a...Read more >>
While & Matthews
Tickets £14 in advance - £15 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Chris While & Julie Matthews are breathtaking singers, songwriters, musicians and performers whose energy and commitment to their craft and their audience is boundless. They have been hailed the best...Read more >>
Steve Knightley - SOLD OUT !!
Tickets £16 in advance
£17 on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Steve Knightley is the songwriting force behind Show of Hands, widely acclaimed as the finest acoustic roots duo in England and with three Royal Albert Hall sell-outs to their name.
The Exeter-based singer-songwr...Read more >>
Alister Atkin
Tickets £10 in advance £11 on the door Students £5
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Popular and successful local luthier Alister Atkin – inspired by the beauty of the instruments he crafts - now reveals his passion for writing and performing with a collection of thoughtfu...Read more >>
Benji Kirkpatrick
Tickets £11 booked and paid for in advance
£12 on the door
Doors 6pm - performance start time 6.30pm
Pub open for food from 5pm, or book a table for after the concert.
Multi-instrumentalist Benji Kirkpatrick is best known as a key member of folk big band Bellowhead, who p...Read more >>
Chris & Kellie While
Whenever you hear two superb vocalists sing together, it's a great experience, but when they are related it's becomes something else. Here we have Mother (Chris While) and Daughter (Kellie While) two of Britain's finest Singer / Songwriters / Guitarists. Firm favourites with our audience - sell...Read more >>
Girlyman
We can now confirm plans and details for Girlyman. We fell for them hook line and sinker last time they came back in October 2010. It was shortly after their return to the US that Doris was diagnosed with Leukaemia and we were very concerned. The good news is she has made a full re...Read more >>
Fairport Acoustic Convention - 4 TICKETS LEFT !
Tickets £18 full price £16 concessions paid in advance.
£1 extra on the door.
Unreserved seating
doors 7pm for 8pm start
Fairport Convention is one of best loved live bands on today’s concert circuit. Their sell-out gigs attract critical acclaim and delight audie...Read more >>
State of the Union - Boo Hewerdine & Brookes Williams
Tickets £12 paid in advance, £1 extra on the door
£8 Students
Unreserved seating
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
State Of The Union is Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams.
Hewerdine is an English songwriter and lead singer of indie legends the Bible. ...Read more >>
Beatles, Blues & Blue Violin
Tickets £13 in advance £1 extra on the door
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Former ELO and ELO II stars and current members of The Orchestra Phil Bates & Mik Kaminski with Tina McBain from The Eleanor Rigby Experience
One of the most famous violin play...Read more >>
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Tickets £12 paid in advance £1 extra on the door
Unreserved seating
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
This event is part of the Canterbury Arts Council Showcase, a month-long celebration of local grass roots arts events.
For further information on the showca...Read more >>
Phil Beer supported by The Scarlet Jacks
Tickets £13 Box office 10am – 12noon
01227 272042 or book online
www.playhousewhitstable.co.uk
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
One half of the UK’s foremost acoustic duo Show of Hands, Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling in...Read more >>
ahab supported by Ben Folke Thomas
Tickets £12 in advance, £1 extra on the door , £8 students.
Doors 7.15pm 8pm start
Band tipped by ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, to return to Folk in the Barn
Canterbury music lovers are in for a treat when ahab, a young band tipped for the top by Bob Har...Read more >>
Reg Meuross
DOORS 6PM FOR 6.30PM
TICKETS £11 £1 EXTRA ON THE DOOR
Folk in the Barn is known for producing cosy intimate concerts with the UK’s best Folk /Roots and Acoustic performers, in the most beautiful and atmospheric local venues. This new venture sees us goin...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph supported by Luke Jackson A FEW RETURNS AVAILABLE TO RE-SELL
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on singer songwriters, along comes Martyn Joseph to blow the myth away.....
An acoustic artist with an electrifying spontaneity, this colossally gifted and gracious Welshman has five Top 50 hits to his name (including Dolphins Make Me Cry and Plea...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN is the labour of love of four of modern acoustic music's brightest (Christmas) lights - singer/songwriter David Hughes, Fairport Convention's Chris Leslie and respected female duo Chris While and Julie Matthews.
The St Agnes Fountain oak grew from the acorn of a limited edition...Read more >>
Lau SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT
Winner of ‘Best Group’ in BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008, 2009 & 2010
Winner of ‘BEST LIVE ACT’ Scots Trad Music Awards 2009
This generation’s most inventive folk band return with new tours and energetic performances for 2011
'Quite frankly, the bes...Read more >>
Philip Henry & Hannah Martin sptd by The Scarlet Jacks
Recently described as, “Authentic, haunting roots music from a first class duo” (Seth Lakeman), Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin are two musicians with a growing following on the folk and roots scene.
Fast becoming recognised as one of the finest slide guitarists the UK has produced, ...Read more >>
Nick Harper spt by Alister Atkin
Son of the legendary UK singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Nick was born in London and raised in Wiltshire. Having played the guitar from the age of 10 and surrounded by the likes of Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Dave Gilmour as he grew up, it was no surprise when Nick made his recording debut...Read more >>
Turin Brakes spt by Blair Dunlop
Turin Brakes are urban folk pop duo - guitarist/vocalist Ollie Knights and multi-instrumentalist Gale Paridjanian.
Ollie and Gale grew up as friends in Balham, South London. Both members of their local church choir, in 1989 they sang in front of the Queen at the memorial service for the Ma...Read more >>
John Williams & John Etheridge SOLD OUT !
SOLD OUT - EMAIL debs@folkinthebarn.co.uk to go on waiting list - please include phone number and number of tickets you'd like.
Something a bit different - but very very special....
Folk in the Barn in association with St Mary’s Art Centre proudly present a performance by two of the world&...Read more >>
Dougie MacLean
Dougie MacLean is one of Scotland's most successful, respected and popular musicians.
Singer-Songwriter, Composer and 'magical' Performer, he is also a fine guitarist and fiddle player. From his home base in Butterstone near Dunkeld in the beautiful Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland, MacLean ...Read more >>
Uiscedwr
* please note change of venue due to building work - Now being held at The Chapel, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Rd, Canterbury CT1 1QU - opposite side of the Road from St Gregory's, enter through Gate 4, free parking all along inside the campus wall. Another beautiful venu...Read more >>
Christine Collister
"Christine’s career now spans an incredible 27 years! The voice of the BBC's 'Life and Loves of a She Devil', she's worked with a host of excellent musicians (Peter Frampton, Richard Thompson, Louden Wainwright III) and has appeared on countless radio and TV shows including 'Whistle Test', 'Jo...Read more >>
Chris Wood - SOLD OUT!
NOW SOLD OUT - APPLY TO BOX OFFICE FOR WAITING LIST
Singer of the Year and Best Album BBC R 2 Folk Awards 2009
Singer of the Year nominee and Best original song BBC R2 Folk Awards 2010
Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history ...Read more >>
Show of Hands - Standing Room Only Tour 2011
BBC award-winning, Albert Hall filling Show of Hands – England’s finest acoustic roots duo – make a stand this Spring showing just why they have been showered with accolades.
Acclaimed singer songwriter Steve Knightley and eye-defying multi instrumentalist Phil Beer – form...Read more >>
Kieran Goss
Long hailed as one of Ireland's leading songwriters and performers, Kieran Goss’s music has won him fans across the globe. In February 2010, Kieran’s new studio album, I’ll Be Seeing You, along with his considerable back catalogue, was released for the first time in the U.K. to hug...Read more >>
Mike Silver
Mike Silver - Singer, songwriter and performer
Songs from the soul –straight to the heart
It’s that moment when the song wings in under the radar and goes straight to your heart; that’s what you’ll remember most about Mike Silver – how the music born of his ...Read more >>
Martin Carthy & Chris Parkinson
Change of details for this date, Nick Harper will be back later in the year, instead we have this most amazing line-up for you.
The legendary Martin Carthy with Chris Parkinson, supported by Olly Knight and Marry Waterson
`Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector a...Read more >>
ahab - SOLD OUT!!
ahab are a London-based, alt-country, singer songwriter collective who formed in July 2009 after being invited to play the annual ‘Fanfare’ festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
Following a successful week long residency tearing the roof off at Tootsies Orchid Lounge, they came back to Da...Read more >>
Reg Meuross & Tom Palmer - The Travelling Talesmen
Reg Meuross and Tom Palmer are two of the West Country's finest singer-songwriters. Performing as The Travelling Talesmen their contrasting styles weave together seamlessly to produce a evening full of songs - tales of love, legends, villainy and heroism, friendship and fools. On stage together thro...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain 10th Anniversary Tour
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
St Agnes Fountain are about to embark on their 10th anniversary sell-out Christmas tour. With a brand new celebratory album.
Since their first get together, to record the eponymous St Agnes Fountain album in 2001, the quartet of founder, David Hughes; Fairport Conven...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7.15pm for 8pm start
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on singer songwriters, along comes Martyn Joseph to blow the myth away.....
On this tour showcasing material from his brand new studio album Lonely Like America, and in a year that marks 30 years in the business, Martyn p...Read more >>