Feast of Fiddles Silver Jubilee Tour at The Atkinson Southport Thursday 4 April

The Feast of Fiddles band-waggon trundles merrily on in its Silver Jubilee year. Born in Nettlebed on Valentine’s Day 1994 as a one off special concert, Feast of Fiddles has done 25 spring tours, 24 festivals and has 7 CDs to its name.

Not bad for a bunch of old folk-rockers!  This is a band of friends that puts on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun.  

Fiddlers Peter Knight (Gigspanner, Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention),  Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary (Lindisfarne) and Garry Blakeley (Band of Two) add the large range of fiddle playing styles to the rock back-line of guitars, keyboards, sax and accordion – all held together by legendary drummer Dave Mattacks.

A live music entertainment like no other on the circuit which is guaranteed to be enjoyed by even the most doubting of friends dragged along!

“Britain’s fiddling supergroup” – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2

“The best fiddle players of a generation” – fRoots

Their first live recording Live 01 was released in 2002 – quite a long wait for the increasing number of fans of the band. However it was only another two years before the next CD appeared – Nicely Wrong. Three more years before yet another live recording Still Live and then after another three years the first studio album Walk Before You Fly. You guessed it, another three years for the second studio album Rise Above It and with a slight break with tradition it’s taken four years to get to studio album number three. Fast forward and in 2017 their sixth album entitledSleight of Elbow was released.

FEAST OF FIDDLES – Spring Tour March/April 2019

March

25th ​Nettlebed​Village Club​01628 636620 nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

26th  ​Nettlebed​Village Club​01628 636620 nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

27th ​Tewkesbury​The Roses Theatre​01684 295074 rosestheatre.org

28th  ​Exeter​           Corn Exchange 01392 665938 exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

29th  ​Wimborne​Tivoli Theatre 01202 885566 tivoliwimborne.co.uk

30th  ​Hastings​St Mary in the Castle 01323 841414 www.spyboy.co.uk

31st  ​Chatham​The Brook Theatre www.iancutler.com tickets.medway.gov.uk

April

1st ​Bury St Edmunds​The Apex 01284 758000 theapex.co.uk

3rd  ​Hexham​           Queens Hall​01434 652477 queenshall.co.uk

4th  ​Southport​           The Atkinson​01704 533333 theatkinson.co.uk

5th ​Worcester ​           Huntingdon Hall 01905 611427 worcesterlive.co.uk​

6th ​Chippenham​           Neeld Arts Centre 01249 446699​neeld.co.uk

7th ​Milton Keynes​The Stables 01908 280800 stables.org

For more information and the latest news, please visit

http://www.feastoffiddles.co.uk/

“Sleight of Elbow is extensive, quirky and delightful” – RnR

“Absolutely awesome!” – Sue Marchant, BBC East

“Crabtree pumps his accordion as though he’s powering his own heartbeat and each and every violinist fiddles frantically. Impressive, high energy stuff” – Manchester Review