Christina Alden & Alex Patterson at The Canopy Theatre

CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX PATTERSON Canopy Theatre, Hungate Church, Beccles 14^th March  8.00 p.m.

Christina Alden & Alex Patterson are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and a creative song-writing style that is both delicate and moving. Deeply inspired by the world around them, they have a keen environmental eye to craft stories with the natural world at its heart, reflecting on the relationship between humans and the wild.

They have toured extensively in the UK and Europe, including a twenty-three-date concert hall tour with Show of Hands (including Union Chapel and St David’s Hall Cardiff), a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections, headline and main stage performances at some of the UK’s most prestigious folk festivals and performances in Norway, Belgium, France and Ireland.

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Hadleigh Weekend one French Music and Dance April 24-26

• Suffolk
• Bands

The weekend of 24-26 April marks the ninth Hadleigh weekend of French dance and music. This year we have the fabulous Cosmos Chocolat a young band from the south of France, featuring diatonic accordeons, hurdy gurdy, bagpipes and violin. 

Other participating musicians include Bof!  Corbeau,  Duo Mistral, and Dave Shepherd

The weekend programme
Friday evening: Bal with Cosmos Chocolat and Corbeau
Saturday morning and afternoon: Music and dance workshops
Saturday evening: Bal woith Cosmos Chocolat and Bof!
Sunday afternoon: Bal with Duo Mistral followed by a music session for all

More details here on  Hadleigh French Weekend 
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East Anglian Traditional Music Trust at The Coddenham Centre

Dana Robinson at The Canopy Theatre

DANA ROBINSON – Canopy Theatre, Hungate Church Beccles Saturday 28th February 7.30 p.m.

After six long years, Dana Robinson (from Vermont, USA) is finally making plans to reboot touring in the UK in 2026 where he last toured in 2019 as a duo with his wife Sue (including a gig at the Seagull Theatre in Pakefield). The impact of the pandemic was keenly felt by musicians and others working in the cultural sectors in Vermont.

Sue went back to her career in the water resource management field and Dana has been running programmes and events for a couple of arts organisations at home, whilst gigging part-time. Now this cycle is closing, Dana is looking to be out in the world playing shows more regularly again, returning to his roots as a solo performer.

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Dana relocated to New England and settled in northern Vermont. He built a house on 30 acres near the Canadian border where he founded a popular bakery, café and music venue. Dana launched into full-time touring after the release of his 1994 debut CD, Elemental Lullabye and receiving a request to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Dana is a songwriter, guitarist and old-time fiddler who combines a warm, open-hearted singing style, with wry humour and astute observations about community and place. For over 30 years, Dana has been a fixture on the folk and acoustic music scene in the United States and the UK, playing his unique blend of songwriting with traditional influences.

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