Past Events
From 2017 to 2019, the band toured London and Wiltshire, presenting workshops and performances. At Great Somerford they were joined by The Downton Chamber Choir, led by Sarah Collins.
2019
Great Somerford, Walter Powell School
Saturday 7.30pm, FULL SHOW
A riotous tale of passion and tragedy, set on Salisbury Plain in the 1840s against the backdrop of the Swing Riots, brought to life by spellbinding voices, fiddle wizardry and accordion. This show is accompanied by The Downton Chamber Choir.
Avebury Social Centre
Friday May 17th 7.30pm, FULL SHOW
The Henge Shop, Avebury
Friday May 17th 2 -3pm
Book Signing
Celebrating Age Wiltshire
Tuesday March 26th
10.30 – 12.30am The George Hotel, Amesbury.
2.00 – 4.00pm Salisbury Methodist Church.
Singing and Creative Writing Workshops
Salisbury Museum
March 23rd, Sat, 2.30 – 4.00pm
Discussion of the relationship between landscape and melody.
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
March 16th Sat, 2 – 4pm
Our Secret History in Song: Creative Writing Workshop
2018
Word on the Water – The London Book barge
Sept 15th Sat, 3pm
Captain Swing and the Blacksmith
Brixton Book Jam – Hootananny, Effra Road
June 4thMon, 7.30pm
A congenial, intelligent, unpredictable free event for readers and writers
2017
Tate South Lambeth Library
7th December, 7pm
Folk tales and song: an evening with
Beatrice Parvin
Map Studio Café
19th November 7.30pm
Art? Or Politics? It’s a riot: Female Voices
The Betsey Trotwood, Clerkenwell
25th September, 7.30pm
John Hegley & Friends at the Betsey Trotwood
The Ram Jam Club, Inventions and Dimensions
Kingston-upon-Thames
19th October, 8pm
Captain Swing and the Blacksmith
Clapham Books, Clapham Common
21st September, 7 – 9 pm
Book launch
The Ivy House, Community Pub, Nunhead
25th May, 7.30pm
Captain Swing and the Blacksmith