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A gig on Thursday 13th March. The event starts at 20:00.
Greenbank Folk Club presents Craven & Goblin Band - double headline show.
Bristol/Stroud based Folk band Craven perform traditional ballads with crafted arrangements. Their genre bending soundworld takes influence from punk, electronic dance and classical chamber music.
Approaching the heavy themes of traditional folk - life, death, war and poverty - with irony and wry wit, and finding queer and contemporary ideas in old songs, and bringing out new meanings for new contexts.
Their debut release, "Baby Vs Crow'' exemplifies this tongue in cheek attitude. A mixtape consisting of 6 traditional folk songs, it showcases their breadth of sound from the bright, punk-lead "Arthur McBride", to the darker "Crow on the Cradle'' with synth-like arpeggiation.
Goblin Band formed from sessions of the same name run out of the HobGoblin Music shop in central London, organised by a collection of young queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees looking to forge their own way into folk music. Through a fusion of harmony singing, fiddle, squeezebox, hurdy gurdy, recorders and more, Goblin Band deliver a charismatic alternative expression of English traditional culture in a way which is at once riotously joyful and deeply sincere.
Greenbank Folk Club is committed to developing our access & inclusion in every aspect of what we do. Please get in touch if you have any particular access needs or would like to make a suggestion for how we can do things better in the future. We encourage you to fill out our survey after each event so we can hear your thoughts - QR code available in the venue.
This event takes place upstairs at The Greenbank Pub, Easton, Bristol BS5 6DP - unfortunately there is currently no wheelchair access to this space as it's accessed by stairs.
£8 and £10 tickets are available in advance - tickets on the door will be £15. We strongly advise that you book in advance if you'd like to attend as we cannot guarantee there will be door tickets available if the event sells out.
Please tell your friends and share this event - live music and dancing only takes place with the support of the community around us.
We would like to thank our partner projects, The Greenbank, EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) and Arts Council England for their support in this project.
https://www.instagram.com/greenbankfolkclub/
linktr.ee/greenbankfolkclub
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Bristol/Stroud based Folk band Craven perform traditional ballads with crafted arrangements. Their genre bending soundworld takes influence from punk, electronic dance and classical chamber music.
Approaching the heavy themes of traditional folk - life, death, war and poverty - with irony and wry wit, and finding queer and contemporary ideas in old songs, and bringing out new meanings for new contexts.
Their debut release, "Baby Vs Crow'' exemplifies this tongue in cheek attitude. A mixtape consisting of 6 traditional folk songs, it showcases their breadth of sound from the bright, punk-lead "Arthur McBride", to the darker "Crow on the Cradle'' with synth-like arpeggiation.
Goblin Band formed from sessions of the same name run out of the HobGoblin Music shop in central London, organised by a collection of young queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees looking to forge their own way into folk music. Through a fusion of harmony singing, fiddle, squeezebox, hurdy gurdy, recorders and more, Goblin Band deliver a charismatic alternative expression of English traditional culture in a way which is at once riotously joyful and deeply sincere.
Greenbank Folk Club is committed to developing our access & inclusion in every aspect of what we do. Please get in touch if you have any particular access needs or would like to make a suggestion for how we can do things better in the future. We encourage you to fill out our survey after each event so we can hear your thoughts - QR code available in the venue.
This event takes place upstairs at The Greenbank Pub, Easton, Bristol BS5 6DP - unfortunately there is currently no wheelchair access to this space as it's accessed by stairs.
£8 and £10 tickets are available in advance - tickets on the door will be £15. We strongly advise that you book in advance if you'd like to attend as we cannot guarantee there will be door tickets available if the event sells out.
Please tell your friends and share this event - live music and dancing only takes place with the support of the community around us.
We would like to thank our partner projects, The Greenbank, EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) and Arts Council England for their support in this project.
https://www.instagram.com/greenbankfolkclub/
linktr.ee/greenbankfolkclub
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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