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Bof! Workshop and Dance

BOF! is an established East Anglian band with considerable experience in playing traditional French and Breton dance music. They have a vast experience of playing at clubs and festivals and for specialist dance groups in England and France. The members of BOF! play a variety of authentic instruments and sing.

Their line-up is:
• Simon Haines diatonic accordions
• Phil Lyons acoustic guitar / bass guitar / vocals
• Gwendal Moële vocals
• Val Woollard bagpipes / flute / recorders / desk bells

Bof!’s performance at Wingfield Barns will begin with a dance workshop to teach some of the simpler French and Breton dances. After a break, they will play for an evening “bal”. The songs and instrumentals they play is equally suitable for dancing and listening to, so in addition to a dance space, there will be a seated area for non-dancers.

​There is more information about Bof! on their website where you can hear samples of their music. www.bof-frenchdance.co.uk

Running times are as follows:
16.30-18.30 Workshop
18.30-19.30 Break 
19.30-22.00 Concert/Dance ​

Saturday 24th September

Workshop only £5 
Concert only £12
Workshop and concert £15

Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/554819

Dates for your diary

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Magic Floor Productions presents
Bouncers

Lucky Eric, Judd, Les and Ralph are the original men in black as they tell the tale of one night in a Northern disco in the 80’s in this outrageous parody of Saturday Night Fever! All the gang are out on the town, the boys, the girls, the cheesy DJ, the late night kebab man and the taxi home, all under the watchful eyes of the Bouncers. One of The National Theatre’s ‘Plays of the Century’! Magic floor productions are excited to take you back to the 80's with nostalgia, comedy and the morning after the night before. Come join us. 

Friday 30th September, 7.30pm

Tickets £12.50
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/550710/
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​He takes very real things that happen in life and makes you think afresh about them (Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2) 

A bit different and kinda groovy too (Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 2)
 
He's a fantastic musician, he's got a great voice and what a songwriter! What a glorious sound he makes (Frank Hennessey, BBC Radio 2)

Everybody should be talking about Mark Harrison (Classic Rock magazine)

Charismatic live performances (RnR magazine)

Totally and absolutely original (Mike Harding)

Fresh as morning sunshine and as sharp as a well-honed razor (Folkwords)
 
Great stage presence … innovative …… if Top Of The Pops was still around, he might well be on it (Jazz FM)

Mark Harrison Band

Acclaimed national touring artist Mark Harrison brings his unique music and band to Wingfield Barns.

MARK HARRISON (National + 12-string guitars/vocals)
Charles Benfield (double bass/vocals)
Ben Welburn (drums/percussion)

There is no one in music quite like Mark Harrison. With his unique and acclaimed rhythm section, he is widely considered one of the most original and interesting artists around.  His highly individual, all-original music has taken him and the band to some of the top venues and festivals in the UK, attracting acclaim wherever he goes. Recent appearances on BBC Radio 2, as guest on Cerys Matthews’s show and on the Pick Of The Week show, have further added to his growing reputation.    

Mark is a songster, and his songs cover all manner of non-standard subjects. With catchy tunes, lyrics than intrigue and engage, and striking rhythms, they make you smile, think and move. He takes elements of roots music, including folk, blues and gospel, to create something new that is very much his own genre. Each song is a snapshot of life or has a story to tell, like a 3-minute film or novel. 

A thrilling, rhythmic, finger-picker and slide player, with a very distinctive style, Mark tours extensively. He has released six albums which have been unanimously acclaimed across a wide range of areas of the music world, receiving a very great deal of airplay and highly enthusiastic reviews in the UK, Europe and the US, the latest being the double album THE ROAD TO LIBERTY. 

Saturday 1st October, 7.30pm

​Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/542065/
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​“….. an intense, deeply personal performance. Alternating between guitar frenzy and stripped back soundscapes, the fragility and vulnerability of the human spirit was laid bare in lyrics that cut to the bone. An awesome roller-coaster of a ride, and absolutely wonderful.” Beardy Folk Festival live review Festivals For All 

“Dan is a national treasure…. a profound, innovative and talented songwriter.” musomuso.com

​“For an album partly inspired by distance, barriers and locked-down-ness, people and connection ripple through The Glass Age." Arts Culture Mag 


“I defy anyone not to see shadows of Leonard Cohen in the literary quality of the writing…. Dan's emotive singing brings in a sense of isolation and yearning for the real human contact we still need.” Fatea Mag 

​‘The fabulous flute of Eliza Marshall’. – Peter Gabriel

Dan Whitehouse with special guest Eliza Marshall

​Dan Whitehouse The Glass Age tour with special guest (flautist) Eliza Marshall

Singer-guitarist Dan Whitehouse renews, reinvents and reimagines - revealing how he carefully nurtured his creativity during an imposed stay in Japan from January 2020 to June 2021. Mike Davies calls this collection of songs a "meditation on the way human experience and connecting has changed through the medium of virtual communication.”  

Dan uses his exceptional storytelling to explore the thin and fragile layer between digital and emotional life. Deeply poignant lyrics and atmospheric musical arrangements move the listener towards celebrating community spirit and connecting with authenticity.  He will sing all seven songs from The Glass Age along with a selection from his five previous albums and new collaboration Voices From The Cones, about the history and community of Stourbridge’s Glassworks. 

The night will be opened by flautist Eliza Marshall, who has worked with many of the world’s leading musicians such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, The Divine Comedy and Peter Gabriel. She’s toured with sarod guru Amjad Ali Khan, the Britten Sinfonia, Peter Gabriel, Ranagri and with her award-winning project Freedom To Roam.

Eliza’s solo work is influenced by her love of world music and combines incredible looped melodies from her flutes with spoken word and some surprises. 

Dan and Eliza will join musical forces for part of the evening’s magic.

Friday 14th October, 7.30pm

Tickets £15 
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/554745/
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Blake Morrison with The Hosepipe Band

THE BALLAD OF SHINGLE STREET
and other East Anglian poems

This is a performance of poetry with music featuring poet and novelist Blake Morrison reading from his collection Shingle Street and other more recent poems about East Anglia.
 
Blake’s readings are accompanied by original music composed and played by the multi-instrumentalist members of The Hosepipe Band.

Saturday 15th October 2022, 7.30pm

Tickets £10
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538366/
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Christina Alden and Alex Patterson

Christina Alden and Alex Patterson are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists from Norwich. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe – including a twenty three date tour with Show Of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections and main stage performances at some of the UK’s most prestigious folk festivals.
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‘A bright, lively collection of songs that plays so sweetly it evokes the sensation of a summer folk festival’ – The Guardian
★★★★★ – The Morning Star
★★★★ ‘Among the roots-world cognoscenti’ – RnR Magazine
‘Beautifully realised collection of songs and tunes’ – Folk Radio UK

‘Immensely talented musicians’ – fRoots

Sunday 20th November, 7.30pm

Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538991/
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India Electric Co.

India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical magpie’s nest”, (BBC Radio 3).  Blending traditional instruments, folk melodies and subtle electronic influences, they’ve extensively toured throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including UK shows at The London Palladium and Hammersmith Apollo.
 
After live sessions with BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, Glastonbury Festival appearances and BBC Introducing’s backing they released The Gap in 2020 with FRUK declaring them “one of the truly pioneering acts in folk music”.

“Two of the most extraordinary musicians, a phenomenal duo” - BBC Radio 2
**** “Bursting with invention and full of surprises.”  - The Telegraph
 **** “Classy pop” - The Scotsman

Friday 25th November, 7.30pm

​Tickets £14
Online sales via www.wegottickets.com/event/538987/
Drama is a crucial part of the programme of events and includes performances by professional companies. We are also delighted to host plays by local societies and are keen to promote events by students in local schools and by pupils of local music teachers.

Please call 01379 384505 if you would like to discuss Wingfield Barns hosting your community group performance.


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