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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Mar
15
Sat
The Silver Wye @ Temperance Café
Tickets
Mar 15 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Atmospheric electro-folk from this Midlands based quartet featuring John Parker on upright bass, Matthew Lakey on guitar, Ben Haines on drums and percussion, and fronted by songwriter and vocalist Wes Finch.

The Silver Wye has released two EPs of studio material and a Live @Temperance album, all available on their Bandcamp page.

They look forward to returning to one of their favourite venues this spring.

Watch and listen online on the usual streaming sites.

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Tags: Ben Haines John Parker Leamington Matt lakey Temperance Cafe The Silver Wye Wes Finch
Apr
6
Sun
Benji Kirkpatrick: “Bendrix: Slight Return” @ Temperance Café
Tickets
Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

In 2015, Benji Kirkpatrick presented his ‘Bendrix’ project; an exploration into the songwriting of Jimi Hendrix. Known for his pioneering and influential guitar work, Hendrix’s skill as a songwriter was often overlooked and the project (an hilarious amalgamation of respective names…) aimed to peel away the layers of guitar, psychedelia and the era to uncover the lyricism of Hendrix in a stripped back setting.

10 years on, in 2025, Benji reprises the project marking 55 years since the death of the ground breaking musician. Being his first real musical icon, Hendrix has been a big influence on Benji’s work, albeit in a somewhat subtle way as Benji is known for his exploits on the UK folk scene!

The full album, ‘Hendrix Songs’, released with the project will be performed live, with a little reworking here and there and a generous helping of newly worked up material from the guitarist’s catalogue.

“Songs like The Wind Cries Mary, May This Be Love and Angel reveal Hendrix as a sensitive writer, which balances out his reputation as an axe wielding showman. Some of the songs are a real challenge to bring into a solo acoustic setting but the journey of doing that is very rewarding and the material stands up to this kind of reinterpretation.” – BK.

As well as solo, Benji performs with Bellowhead and Seth Lakeman; was a member of Steeleye Span and Faustus and has worked with a plethora of musicians across the wider folk, roots and acoustic scene.

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Tags: Bendrix Benji Kirkpatrick Leamington Temperance The Silver Wye
March – April 2025 Mar – Apr 2025