MUSIC AT WAINSGATE
An annual series of music events is hosted by Dave Nelson at Wainsgate where musicians and audiences alike can make the most of the Chapel’s near-perfect acoustic.
Sun 3 Aug 2025 7pm
MATTHEW BOURNE & ALEX MILLING
“spartan, hypnotic and beautiful”
The Guardian on Matthew Bourne
Sat 13 Sept 2025 8pm
TRISTAN
”The best of the seventies brought to 2024” TOTO guitarist and singer Steve Lukather
Sun 21 Sept 2025 8pm
Andy Sheppard QUARTETS
“Boy was it a treat….(The band) jousted and wove together throughout, echoing ideas and layering textures with impeccable empathy.” Tony Benjamin, Bristol Beacon
Fri 26 Sept 2025 7.30pm
Shirley Smart Trio
Fri 26th Sept 7.30 Shirley Smart Trio
“..some of the most inventive use of the cello I’ve heard for some time.” Kind of Jazz
Earlier in 2025
Sun 6 July 2025 3pm
Salus Trio
“A communion of sounds, a delightful concert.”
“Extravagant sounds, a surprising original sound world. Loved the tangos!”
Fri 18 – Sun 20 July 2025
Folk/Acoustic Weekend
in association with BGR EVENTS
HEADLINERS include:
HANNAH SANDERS and BEN SAVAGE “Bewitching harmonies, tasteful twin guitars and a dreamy quality that lingers long after the music ends.” – Daily Express
JANICE BURNS and JON DORAN “They play lovely strings, they have gorgeous harmony arrangements. Really well crafted, intimate, beautifully understated.” – Karine Polwart
THE CHARLOTTE CARRIVICK BAND “If you are lover of new acoustic music, bluegrass, old time and swing you won’t want to miss this…”
REMORAE: folk and electronic musicians who bonded over a love of ‘genre-bending’ (Folk Radio UK) folk music.
And great FRINGE events including solo artists, local musicians – and finally a Ceilidh to bring to a close a weekend of amazing acoustic instrumental music. More info soon!
