What’s On

Your guide to folk events in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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Cov & Warks Folk Events Listing

If you are planning any folk event in the CV postcode area – big concert, back-room singaround, online performance, dance display, or whatever, click here to email us, providing the following details:

  • Date, start-time and end-time
  • Name of venue
  • Type of event
  • Artists/performers appearing
  • Location including postcode
  • Description – including how to book tickets, web links, etc
Please note that information on this page is based on advertising and public announcements by the venues and/or events organisers.
While every effort is made to ensure that details provided here are correct, CVFolk cannot guarantee its accuracy which is why we include contact information for each event so that you can check and confirm if necessary,

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February – April 2025 Feb – Apr 2025
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Feb
20
Thu
Cancelled: Fairport Convention + Danny Bradley (venue closed) @ Stratford PlayHouse
Tickets
Feb 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Venue closing – watch for further updates

Fairport Convention have been entertaining music lovers for over half a century, having  formed in 1967. During that time the band that launched British folk-rock has seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same – Fairport’s passion for performance.
This year’s Winter Tour will present a mix of long-established Fairport favourites and some surprises from albums old and new.

Fairport Convention have won a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted their ground-breaking album Liege & Lief ‘The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time’. Their story has been celebrated with television documentaries on BBC Four and Sky
Arts.

The band features founding member Simon Nicol on guitar and vocals, Dave Pegg on bass guitar, Ric Sanders on violin, Chris Leslie on fiddle, mandolin and vocals. Fairport will be joined on stage by former member Dave Mattacks on Drums.

Our opening act for the tour is young singer/songwriter Danny Bradley, whose performance will be a wonderful start to your evening,

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Tags: Chris Leslie Danny Bradley Dave Mattacks Dave Pegg Fairport Convention Ric Sanders Simon Nicol Stratford Playhouse
Apr
16
Wed
Cancelled: Feast of Fiddles @ Stratford PlayHouse
Tickets
Apr 16 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Venue closing – watch for further updates

2025 and Feast of Fiddles set out on their Spring Tour once again – their 30th. Two storming performances at the New Forest Folk Festival and Fairport’s Cropredy Convention  in 2024 promoted what has become their 8th recording and another live offering at that. Born in Nettlebed on Valentine’s Day 1994 as a one-off special concert, Feast of Fiddles is a band of friends that puts on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun.  This year fiddlers Garry Blakeley (Band of Two), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Marion Fleetwood (Trad Arr, Sandy Denny Project), Tom Leary (Joe Brown), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band) and Simon Swarbrick (Merry Hell) bring a large range of fiddle playing styles to the rock back-line – all held together by legendary drummer Dave Mattacks. It’s not unheard of for past alumni to make guest appearances along the way so keep an eye open for tour news on the website. This is a live music entertainment like no other on the circuit which is guaranteed to be enjoyed by even the most doubting of friends dragged along!

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Tags: Brian McNeill Dave Mattacks Feast of Fiddles Garry Blakeley Ian Cutler Marion Fleetwood Simon Swarbrick Stratford Playhouse Tom Leary
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