In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Orkney born folk quartet FARA embark on a whistle-stop tour around the UK in 2025, returning to some of their favourite venues and towns from a decade of touring.
BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented collaboration, following the creative evolution of the classical composers inspired by folk, including their recomposition of Vaughan Williams’ 'Lark Ascending' as well as works by Holst.
Four times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards Megson create a truly unique brand of folk music. Now they embark on a new adventure; their first full UK tour featuring double bass legend John Parker (Nizlopi) in conjunction with a brand-new EP out in Spring 2025.
Join vibrant group Kit Downes, Lauren Kinsella and Robin Fincker, for an evening of modern and folk music with a repertoire of improvisation and original compositions.
Composer and sound artist Alice Boyd brings a new sound installation to Hall Two, featuring the sounds of King’s Cross’ green and blue spaces. This installation invites us to immerse ourselves in the vibrant soundscapes of the city, weaving together the natural ambience of the area with the voices of those who care for these cherished spaces.
Singer-songwriter and sound artist Alice Boyd brings folk-inspired harmonies, ambient electronics and field recordings to Hall Two, inviting us to ponder the intersection of human life and the landscapes we call home.
If there is one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the current English folk revival, it’s Eliza Carthy MBE. Kings Place proudly welcomes her back for a special gig as part of its birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Andrew Millham will be discussing his debut book, ‘Singing Like Larks’, and the remarkable relationship between birds and traditional folk songs as part of our birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Kings Place welcomes back The Wilderness Yet for this birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend. From 'The Thrush’s Anvil' to 'The Nightingale’s Lullaby', this is a folk trio that draws deep from the wealth of inspiration that birdsong offers.
One of England’s most revered folk performers, Martin Simpson, will be joined by the wonderful Liz Hanks on cello and Louis Campbell on guitar for a special concert as part of Folk Weekend at Kings Place.
Fiddle player and composer Miranda Rutter and Rob Harbron on concertina bring 'Bird Tunes', an exquisite new suite of folk tunes with birdsong at their core, to Kings Place as part of its birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the unofficial history of the English-speaking people. With gentle intelligence, he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. He returns to Kings Place for this special Folk Weekend gig.
Making his Kings Place debut, feted singer songwriter Tom Hickox launches his long awaited third album 'The Orchestra of Stories' in a vibrant show with an expanded, all-star orchestral line-up.
Produced by New York-based Adam Pietrykowski (whose genre-diverse work spans rock and contemporary classical), visionary duo The Rheingans Sisters' fifth album spans from baroque fiddle tunes to metal-inspired arrangements of folk ballads.
Triple BBC Scots Trad Music Awards nominees, Gnoss return to Kings Place with their forward-thinking take on traditional Scottish music and unique warmth to their live shows – as shown through three consecutive sellout appearances at the world-famous Celtic Connections festival.
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In a short space of time Damien Mullane has a musical CV that any veteran musician would be proud of. He has been described as a virtuoso with an avant-garde style of playing. Damien won numerous All-Ireland titles on both accordion and melodeon and began his professional career as the accordionist in the legendary Frankie Gavin's band De Dannan.
Frigg has captivated audiences worldwide with their fusion of Nordic folk music and various Western folk styles, a sound that the world music media has coined "nordgrass," referring to the band's bluegrass influences.
Peggy Seeger, the grande dame of American and British Folk music, returns to Kings Place as part of her last ever concert tour alongside her sons, Neill and Calum MacColl.
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Kings Place welcomes a father-son celebration of Ashley’s Hutchings’ 80th birthday with words and music from a life in folk music and beyond.
Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith return to Kings Place with their hotly anticipated next alchemic collaboration: an essential incantation to the summertime.
Artist in Residence Sam Lee presents a Great Harvest Feast, a musical feast at Kings Place, welcoming in the harvest season through song, with special guests to be announced.
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.
Honing his synthesis of folk and blues for over 50 years, Chris Smither, truly an American original, returns to the Kings Place to perform music from his vast song catalogue.
Take the finest exponents of their native Scottish fiddle styles, the finest backing in folk music, and some of the Highlands and Islands’ famed warmth and craic...distil over 25 years, and you get Kings Place favourites, Blazin’ Fiddles!