We are thrilled to welcome Folk Legends Show of Hands, aka Steve Knightley & Phil Beer to Harwell Village Hall. After thirty remarkable years of non-stop touring Show of Hands, comprising Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, have announced that they will no longer tour together as Show of Hands for the foreseeable future. Whilst Phil … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Present Show of Hands →

Ninebarrow (Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere) are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding ‘like two halves of one voice’ and by Mercury Music Prize nominee Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon and Jay combine … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ninebarrow with support from Wednesday’s Wolves →

We are pleased to welcome back Ranagri to Harwell for the third time. Ranagri is an award winning folk band from Ireland and England. With a unique blend of instruments that includes voices, guitar, bouzouki, flutes, whistles, harp/electric harp, and bodhrán/drums, they create a sound that is both mesmerising and unforgettable. The band has recorded … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ranagri with support from Natalie Holmes →

We are pleased to welcome back Jacob & Drinkwater to Harwell as part of their 10th Anniversary Tour. UK alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6 Music and “inventive and thrilling” by R2 Magazine. Jacob's sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment; the fluidity … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Jacob & Drinkwater with support from Detta Kenzie →

We are pleased to welcome back The Dunwells, a successful Leeds based indie-folk-pop band with strong vocals, powerful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. Their debut album ‘BLIND SIGHTED FAITH’ was released to much global acclaim and spawned the singles ‘I COULD BE A KING’, ‘FOLLOW THE ROAD’ (performed on the NBC Jay Leno show) and the … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music presents The Dunwells with special guest Lucy May Walker →

Man The Lifeboats began life in a shanty-punk folk moshpit in 2016. Skinny Lister and Holy Moly & the Crackers were the two bands that lit the fire and blew the roof of the Garage that night. Fast forward 6 years and 100 gigs and counting and Man The Lifeboats are an established band ploughing … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Man The Lifeboats with support from Corrie Shelley →

We are pleased welcome back Merry Hell to Harwell Village Hall. The sound of dreams realised, joy unconfined, your favourite yesterdays returning and the promise of tomorrow. Merry Hell are all this and more. Founded in their native North West of England, Merry Hell is an eight-piece folk-rock band with a history, a pedigree and … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Merry Hell with support from Elsi →

After she went down so well when she appeared with The Dunwells in September, we are pleased to welcome back Lucy May Walker and The Dunwells to Harwell for a double bill of great music. Lucy May Walker is a Folkestone based Singer/Songwriter originally from Worcestershire. In 2018 Lucy May was discovered busking by Jeremy … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Lucy May Walker and The Dunwells Double Bill →

Sam Kelly will perform in Harwell for the first time in his trio format. Sam writes and arranges most of his material with his main musical collaborator, Jamie Francis. After meeting at university in Brighton in 2010 and discovering a common interest in roots music, Sam and Jamie began playing together in a folk band, … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents The Sam Kelly Trio with support from Sarah Yeo →

A father-son celebration of Ashley’s 80th birthday with words and music from a life in folk music and beyond. “My friend Ashley is the Godfather of Folk Rock. He made us a genre we couldn’t refuse” Bob Dylan Ashley Hutchings ‘The Guvnor’ formed Fairport Convention in 1967, a group that went on to invent British … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ashley Hutchings with special guest Blair Dunlop and support from Painted Sky →