Broadside Ballads

Broadside Ballads at Bristol Folk House

A gig held at Bristol Folk House on Monday 18th May. The event starts at 20:00.


Transporting us to a rare time in Britain’s history, three of the UK’s most innovative, award-winning folk artists reinvent a collection of broadsides – daily song sheets sold for pence. Lisa Knapp, Marry Waterson and Nathaniel Mann lead a five-piece band who have scoured the collection at the Bodleian Libraries and beyond to bring the tradition to a new generation.

Successful in their own individual careers, this collaboration is a sparkling rarity that gets back brings the heart of old fashioned folk into the modern-day.

This is not nostalgia but rather, a look at the music that made us.

Age: 16+ (Under 18’s to be accompanied by an adult)

This is an unreserved seated show at Bristol Folk House, 40a Park St, Bristol BS1 5JG

Doors: 7.30pm
Start Time: 8.00pm
Finish: 10.00pm
£17.50 incl. booking fee

Entry requirements:

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