As you may have seen on social media, sadly Knight & Spiers are no longer available to perform their headline gig at Downend Folk Club this Friday. Unfortunately, John has tested positive for Covid-19. We wish him a speedy recovery and we will try and find a date for them to come to us in the future. We'll be contacting all ticket holders shortly, so please watch your inbox.

However, we're thrilled to say that the wonderful THREE CANE WHALE have agreed to step in at the last minute, so we'll see still have a brilliant evening of spellbinding music. We've been wanting to book Three Cane Whale for a long time, so we're very pleased that it's worked out for them to be with us at such short notice.

As intricate as a team of watchmakers, as spare as a mountain stream, uplifting and elegiac in equal measure, Three Cane Whale’s multi-instrumental acoustic music encompasses both a cinematic sweep and an intimate delicacy, in which "the aroma of muddy leaves and old nettles is almost tangible" (The Observer). Championed early on by Cerys Matthews, Three Cane Whale’s music has featured on BBC Radios 3, 4 and 6Music, as well as TV and film.

In 2019, the band recorded its fifth album, 303, in a set of linked locations in South Somerset. They’ll be summoning up these resonant landscapes in their live set, as well as playing a selection from their extensive back-catalogue and some brand new material. Three Cane Whale are Alex Vann (mandolin, mandocello, bowed psaltery, zither), Pete Judge (trumpet, tenor horn, harmonium, chimes & glockenspiels) and Paul Bradley (acoustic guitar).

Three Cane Whale will be joined on the bill by emerging singer-songwriter EVE APPLETON, who will get the evening underway with a short set.

Tickets for the event, which takes place at CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND on THIS Friday (18th March 2022), are available online HERE and from MELANIE'S KITCHEN in Downend (cash only). They are priced at £14 each in advance or £16 on the door.There will be a bar, stocking cider, soft drinks, wine, hot drinks and locally-brewed real ale from Hambrook-based HOP UNION BREWERY (formerly GWB). Audience members are encouraged to bring their own glass/mug/tankard/bucket, as well as reusable bottles for water, as part of the club’s drive to be more environmentally aware. There is a 50p discount for those bringing their own receptacles. There will also be sweet treats available at the bar courtesy of the Radstock-based GREAT CAKE COMPANY, as well as the “stealth raffle” which helps to fund the support artists.

If you have any other questions, please email [email protected]. Please note that any refund requests cannot be dealt with at this address (see below).

INFORMATION FOR EXISTING TICKET HOLDERS

All tickets for the Knight & Spiers concert are valid for this event. We very much hope that you'll join us... we've done our best to book a suitable replacement which we think you'll enjoy, and we're fantastically grateful to Three Cane Whale for making themselves available.

However, if you would prefer a refund, please email [email protected], where our Treasurer Ken will be able to process that for you. If you bought your tickets at Melanie's Kitchen, please go there for a refund. They are not able to refund tickets bought online.

Again, please bear in mind that it's still costing us the same amount to put on an evening of lovely music, so we'd love you to stay with us, but we appreciate that this isn't the concert you booked for, and so we will break our "no refunds" rule on this occasion. You must request a refund by 5.00pm on Thursday.

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