Live music @ Ropery Hall
Snake Davis Band
20th September 2019 8pm £16/£18 | Buy TicketsReturning to their favourite local haunt is the Snake Davis Band. In demand with the biggest names on the British pop music scene, as well as visiting artists from overseas, Snake Davis is regarded as...More info
12 Silk Handkerchiefs
21st September 2019 7.30pm £13/£15 | Buy TicketsReg Meuross Presents 12 Silk Handkerchiefs, Songs & Storytelling Reg Meuross’s moving work of social and political history, inspired by Brian W. Lavery’s book The Headscarf Revolutionaries,...More info
Damien O’Kane & Ron Block
28th September 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsA Mad Dog Folk presention The humble banjo has long been the brunt of innumerable jokes. So here goes: “What do you get if you cross an American bluegrass banjo and an Irish ...More info
Sax on Sunday: Snake Davis & Sumudu
29th September 2019 7.30pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsThis month’s guest is Sumudu. Supremely talented singer-songwriter, Sumudu had her first break on BBC "Pebble Mill at One" aged 15. She's worked with Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Van Morrison and ...More info
Hue and Cry
4th October 2019 8pm £22/£24 | Buy TicketsA stripped back intimate show celebrating the 30th anniversary of the classic album Bitter Suite. Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane formed Hue and Cry in 1983 and the duo made a huge impact in the ...More info
Arcade: Heidi Talbot & Adam Holmes
11th October 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsFor the first time Ireland’s Heidi Talbot and Scotland’s Adam Holmes are joining forces to tour, write and record an album of original material together. Between them they have been nominated for ...More info
Aidan O’Rourke & Kit Downes
13th October 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsMulti-award winning fiddler, composer and producer Aidan O’Rourke (Lau) releases his new double album “365:Volume Two” on August 9 this year via Reveal Records. The 25-track deluxe double CD ...More info
Collister & Fix
18th October 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsWith the launch of a brand new CD coinciding with their UK October 2019 tour dates, Collister & Fix are in the throes of creating another beautiful mix of self-penned and emotionally intelligent i...More info
Ma Bessie and her Blues Troupe
19th October 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsBessie Smith was America’s most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era, and along with Louis Armstrong, a major influenc...More info
Kathryn Williams
26th October 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsBorn in Liverpool but now based in Newcastle, England, her work is characterised by delicate vocals and acoustic instruments. Her influences are varied, including Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Joni Mitche...More info
Sax on Sunday: Snake Davis
27th October 2019 7.30pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsSnake Davis is one of the music world’s best kept secrets. He is a saxophonist of almost unparalleled gifts who has played with the best in the business through a career spanning three decades. Y...More info
Catfish Keith
7th November 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsCutting-edge blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish’s innovative st...More info
The Tillers
9th November 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsHot Cincinnati four-piece bands, The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string-band-style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio...More info
KING SIZE SLIM and HALF DEAF CLATCH
15th November 2019 8pm £13/£15 | Buy Tickets21st Century Blues DOUBLE BILL SHOW Two very different approaches to One-man blues from two British Blues Award winning artists. KING SIZE SLIM and HALF DEAF CLATCH team up for this one-off show at...More info
John Otway and the Big Band
17th November 2019 7.30pm £16/£18 | Buy TicketsFrom the age of 9, John Otway knew he wanted to be a pop star but had to wait until 1977 and the rise of punk before his dream of fame and fortune would finally become a reality. Having caught the eye...More info
Talisk
23rd November 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsIn their five years, Scottish firebrands Talisk have stacked up several major awards for their explosively energetic yet artfully woven sound, including 2018’s Belhaven Bursary for Innovation and ...More info
Budapest Café Orchestra
28th November 2019 7.30pm £15/£17 | Buy TicketsChristian Garrick & the Budapest Café Orchestra (10th Birthday Tour 2009-2019) The BCO were established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. Led by Christian they pla...More info
Cua
30th November 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsSince issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, CUA have gone on to become a band that has gathered in more praise than most from all the best sections of the media. Awarding the albu...More info
O’Hooley & Tidow WinterFolk
6th December 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Sold OutJoin “one of British Folk's mightiest combinations” (MOJO), O'Hooley & Tidow, for an evening of beautifully performed original, contemporary, and traditional winter songs from their critically...More info
Chantel McGregor
7th December 2019 8pm £15/£17 | Buy TicketsA female guitar prodigy, at 14 years Chantel was told by major labels that she had a "great voice, but girls don't play guitar like that!" Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds Col...More info
Belshazzar’s Feast
14th December 2019 8pm £14/£16 | Buy TicketsOn tour with their celebrated Christmas show that mixes traditional folk music, seasonal material, stirring in classical, pop and music hall, all topped off with audience participation and lashings of...More info
Snake Davis and his Alligator Shoes
28th December 2019 8pm £19/£21 | Buy TicketsA big nine piece brassy, saxy and soulful band playing music that grabs your heart and moves your feet. The original, first and never forgotten ‘60s soul band formed by Snake, with Dave Bowie and...More info
