GIG DIARY ARCHIVE
Steve Knightley - Date changed to Sat 25th Feb 2023
Third time lucky. The date change due to Covid has now been altered again due to an unforeseen clash. This concert will now take place on Saturday 25th February 2023. At least it's now not so long to wait :)
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £20
On the door ...Read more >>
Scott Doonican Solo
Folk in the Barn - The Tea Cosy Sessions 2023
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£17 on the door
£8 under 25s
ABOUT SCOTT DOONICAN
As the charismatic frontman of the UK's hardest-working comedy band, 'The Bar-Steward Sons of Val ...Read more >>
Coracle
Folk in the Barn - The Tea Cosy Sessions 2023
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£17 on the door
£8 under 25s
CORACLE ARE PAUL HUTCHINSON, KAREN WIMHURST, ANNA TAM
Coracle brings together the talents, imagination and creativity of three art...Read more >>
Albion Christmas Band
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £23
Under 25 £11
Book Online Here
Book By Email Here
The Albion Christmas Band
The traditional end to the Folk in the Barn year. No better way to spend it than in the company of these four legends of the folk sc...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £20
On the Door £23
U25 £10
Christmas, as they say, starts with St. Agnes Fountain
Carols with a Curve
Since their first get together, to record the eponymous St Agnes Fountain album in 2001, the qu...Read more >>
The Sandy Denny Project
We are sorry to announce that this concert has to be postponed due to illness and will now take place on Sunday 4th December. Please contact the Gulbenkian Box Office by email boxoffice@kent.ac.co.uk to confirm attendance or request a refund.
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Ful...Read more >>
Calan
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £18
Under 25s £9
BOOK ONLINE HERE
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
Calan
"A Storming juggernaut of cool power-folk with a jaw-dropping repertoire. You can't help but marvel at their astounding musicianship." Folk Wal...Read more >>
Los Pacaminos
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £22
U25s £11
BOOK ONLINE HERE
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
Placing themselves squarely in the Americana genre that is fast gaining popularity, Los Pacaminos must be the first Tex-Mex band to have formed in the ...Read more >>
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £32.50
U25s £16
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Beth Nielsen Chapman – CrazyTown
If you are going to a Beth Nielsen Chapman concert get ready to laugh and cry an...Read more >>
Turin Brakes
BOOKING OPEN NOW
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £25
U25s £20
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK ONLINE HERE
OR
BY EMAIL HERE
TURIN BRAKES
2022 sees Turin Brakes release their ninth studio album - Wide-Eyed...Read more >>
Cara Dillon
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £24
Under 25s £12
Book Online HERE
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
Cara Dillon
Cara Dillon occupies an enviable position at the very top of her genre. This extraordinary Irish singer has been captivating au...Read more >>
Richard Thompson
Rescheduled from July 2020, and July 2021....#thirdtimelucky!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £35
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
Folk in the Barn is beyond excited to pr...Read more >>
Gerry Colvin Band
Re-scheduled for Thursday 21st July 2022
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £16
Under 25s £8
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Box Office: 01227 769075
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Note - for those tha...Read more >>
Summer Garden Party with Megson
Doors 4pm for 5pm start
Music finishes approx 8pm
Edge of Beyond
The Street, Barham, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6NY
Being a private garden concert we're unable to sell tickets in advance
Email Here to reserve your places
We suggest a voluntary contribution of £18 per person...Read more >>
Oysterband
SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £26
U25s £15
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
Rescheduled from 10th March 2021 due to Covid-19
Oysterband
Cla...Read more >>
Teddy Thompson, with Zak Hobbs
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £25
U25s £12
BOOK ONLINE HERE
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
“Here’s the thing,” Teddy Thompson sings frankly on his new album, “you don’t love me anymore. I can tell you’ve got one foot o...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Spring Tour 2022
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£28
£14 under 25s
Tickets subject to venue booking fee £1.25 each
Book Online Here
Covid guide-lines.
There is no longer any requirement to wear a mask in the venue.
We have had feedback that some concert attendees feel much happier...Read more >>
Albert Lee - SOLD OUT!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £25
Under 25s £15
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
Rescheduled from May 2020
Undoubtedly one of the finest guitarists the world has ever seen, Double Grammy Award Winner Albert Lee is also an accomplished ...Read more >>
Daphne's Flight
Re-scheduled from 2020
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £18
Offline (Cash or cheque in advance) £19
Pay on the Door £20
Under 25 yrs £9
Chris While Miranda Sykes Helen Wats...Read more >>
Show of Hands - The Dog Show Sessions
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £26
Under 25s £13
BOOK ONLINE HERE
Box Office Email
boxoffice@kent.ac.uk
SHOW OF HANDS AND TRACK DOGS UNITE
FOR ULTIMATE WEST COUNTRY-MEETS-MADRID
SPRING TOUR IN UK’S FIRST ‘THE D...Read more >>
The Gigspanner Big Band
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £20
Offline £21
Door £23
Under 25s £10
The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music...
Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally ...Read more >>
Belshazzar's Feast
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £15
Offline £16
Door £17
Under 25s £7
That’s All Folkies!
Farewell album & last concerts from Belshazzar’s Feast
After almost 30 years making music and performing toget...Read more >>
Luke Jackson - Sold Out!
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£16 offline
£17 on the door
£8 under 25s
Luke Jackson is a Singer-Songwriter from Canterbury.
Most Folk in the Barners need no introduction to Luke, he was 10 when his reputation first reached our ears...Read more >>
Fairport Convention Winter Tour 2022
DUE TO COVID, THIS WILL NOW BE MOVED TO 28TH FEBRUARY. THE VENUE WILL CONTACT ALL TICKETS HOLDERS
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets £30
Under 25s £15
Some previously sold returns now available book online HERE
Book by email at boxoffice@k...Read more >>
Miranda Sykes
Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start
Note later start time than usual
Tickets
£14 online
£16 on the door
£7 under 25s
FOLK IN THE BARN COVID REQUIREMENTS
Seeing as the number of deaths from Covid isn't falling and cases are still high, we shall be continuing with our ...Read more >>
Smith & Brewer
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£17 on the door
£8 under 25s
As with all our concerts, admission will require a Covid pass (proof of vax or neg lat flo test). Please stay away if you are feeling at all unwell or have been with someone that is,...Read more >>
Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
£15 online
£17 on the door
£8 under 25s
We've been requesting a covid pass for admission to concerts. As time passes it seems to me that the most effective safety measure is a negative lateral flow test. Please test be...Read more >>
The Albion Christmas Band
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets £23
Students £11
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book Online HERE
Book By Email HERE
The Albion Christmas Band
The Albion Christmas Show is a very popular show appealing to all ages. The tour sells out all over the co...Read more >>
St Agnes Fountain
Note change of Venue
Book Online HERE
Book by Email HERE
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £19
U25 £10
21st Anniversary Tour
Celebrating their 21st Anniversary, St Agnes Fountain have been called THE Christmas band for their constantly evol...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Booking open now!
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19 offline
£20 on the door
£9 under 25s
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer songwriters….and rip...Read more >>
Usher's Island
Doors 7.15pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £24
Under 25s £12
BOOK ONLINE HERE
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Box Office 01227 769075
Usher’s Island
featuring Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Michael McGoldrick an...Read more >>
The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
Doors 7.45pm for 8pm start (half an hour later than originally advertised)
Tickets
Full Price £17
Under 25s £8
Book Online HERE
Or By Email HERE
Box Office 01227 769075
Re-scheduled from November 2020
Put on yer ...Read more >>
Declan O'Rourke
Doors 6.45pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Online £18
Offline* £19
Door £20
Under 25s £9
ONLINE BOOKING WILL CLOSE AT MIDDAY, BUT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR.
COVID PREVENTION MEASURES WILL BE IN PLACE. NO ADMISSION ...Read more >>
Show of Hands - The Best One Yet
ONLINE BOOKING NOW CLOSED, BUT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON THE DOOR, CASH ONLY . DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR COVID PASS AND MASK, MANY THANKS
Doors 7pm for 7.45pm start
Tickets
Online £28
Offline £29
Door £32
Under 25 yrs £15
B...Read more >>
Le Vent du Nord - BOOKING OPEN NOW!
NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £18
U25s £9
Box Office: 01227 769075
BOOK ONLINE HERE
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent du Nord is a leading forc...Read more >>
Eddi Reader
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full Price £24
U25s £12
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
Rescheduled from Oct 2020
EDDI READER
‘40 Years Live’ - concert tour
Eddi Reader is per...Read more >>
Thea Gilmore - With Support from Simon Nicol
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full price £20
Under 25s £10
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
Rescheduled from Sept 2020
Thea Gilmore takes to the road for her first EVER tour performing completely solo. Fo...Read more >>
Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear
This event is re-arranged from August 2020. Those who booked tickets for 2020, they will still apply.
Doors 2.30pm for 3pm start
Tickets
Full Price £20
U25 £10
Under 12's Free
Email me to reserve a space and I will reply with ways to pay. debs @ folk in the barn do...Read more >>
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£17.50
£8 under 25s
BOOK TICKETS HERE
We're thrilled and grateful to have the use of this beautiful new Canterbury venue to bring you a couple of special summer concerts.
Despite being held after July 19th (Freedom Day) this concert will...Read more >>
Ross Ainslie & Tim Edey
The concert will now be available to view all week at your leisure.
Tickets
Minimum £10
Book HERE
You will need to register with this 'MyPlayer' app if you haven't already. Please make sure you do this in advance so you don't miss the start of the performance.
Ross Ainslie &am...Read more >>
Martyn Joseph
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
£18 online
£19 offline
£20 on the door
£9 under 25s
Choice of booking options on www.folkinthebarn.co.uk
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind blowing artist. Take everything you think you know about singer song...Read more >>
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
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
Tim Edey - BBC R2 Folk Awards Musician Of The...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 >>
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
Book by email HERE
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
Book Online HERE
Book by email HERE
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
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
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
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
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
Book by Email HERE
Book Online HERE
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
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
BOOK ONLINE HERE
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
Book by email HERE
Book Online HERE
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
Book by Email Here
Book Online Here
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
Book by email HERE
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
Book by email HERE
Book online HERE
“..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
Book Online Here
Phil Beer, best known ...Read more >>
Edgelarks
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets
Full £14
Under 25s £7
Box Office: 01227 769075
Book by email HERE
Book Online Here
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
Book by email here
Book Online Here
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
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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
BOOK ONLINE HERE
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
BOOK ONLINE HERE
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
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
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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
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
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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
BOOK BY EMAIL HERE
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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
Book by email HERE
Book Online HERE
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
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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 >>