13th February: Lunchtime Concert – Pennyless (Violin & Guitar) – Folk/Roots

Our Tuesdays Till Two lunchtime concerts return on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) with a first appearance by local folk/roots duo Pennyless.

As ever, our pop-up café offering lots of home made sweet and savoury treats as well as hot and cold drinks will be open for the hour before the concert. After the concert the St John’s Community Support Hub will be open until 4.30pm, and will be serving a light meal from 2.30pm.

Admission is free, but we do ask those who can afford it to make a donation to help cover our costs. The suggested donation is now £6, our first increase since 2018.

About Pennyless:

Penny Stevens on violin and Les Woods on guitar form a distinctive and powerful sound as they range through the world of original and roots folk/world music. Pennyless have 6 albums to date after working together for 13 years. Expect a varied mix of up-tempo instrumentals and fanciful songs, high energy and fun!

“gorgeously quirky stuff, essential and eccentric folk rock at its best..” FATEA

“a highly enjoyable mix of English rebel folk and gentle musings” Musicians Union magazine.

6th December: Lunchtime Folk – Iryna Muha

Our final lunchtime concert of 2022 will be given by Iryna Muha, an Ukrainian born singer, songwriter, acoustic guitar and hurdy-gurdy player, with over 20 years experience in performing and writing both in the UK and internationally. Her songs, accompanied by guitar or hurdy-gurdy tell timeless stories of love, of belonging, of living – as well as of the darker side of Eastern European Folklore with tales of abandonment, plots, fighting battles, or preparing for death. Her traditional vocal style, lyrical and at times hypnotising, captures the listener’s imagination and lets it picture mystical sceneries and natural landscapes.

As ever St John’s will be open for an hour before the concert begins, with volunteers from the pop-up café team offering lots of home made sweet and savoury treats as well as hot and cold drinks. All profits from the café will go towards funding our future programme of events.

The concert will start promptly at 1pm. Admission is free, but we do ask those who can afford it to make a donation to help cover our costs. The suggested donation is £5.

You can find out more about Iryna and her various musical projects on her website.