Music in the Memorial Hall
All profits from events are for the upkeep and improvement of facilities at the hall for the benefit of the community. Tickets for under 16s are usually half adult price - please confirm before booking. This does not imply that all events are suitable for young children. Occasionally for larger events we also use St Andrew's church at Grinton as a venue.
If you prefer to pay by credit card, for many events it is now also possible to buy tickets through the WeGotTickets website but do note that this will incur a booking fee. Tickets are also on sale over the counter at Reeth Post Office.
All music events begin at 8pm with doors opening at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated below.
The seating is not numbered and is allocated on a first come, first served basis - if you have mobility issues or, for example, need to be sure of a space for a wheelchair, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us in advance.
Click here to download a printable list of events.
For further information or to book tickets contact Glen Steward 01748-884989 or email: [email protected]
Regular attendees will know that while we serve hot drinks in the interval, the audience are welcome to bring along their own refreshments or to fetch drinks from one of the nearby pubs. The owners of The Buck have kindly offered a 5% discount on food and drink to anyone attending one of our events – just mention this when you order.
If you prefer to pay by credit card, for many events it is now also possible to buy tickets through the WeGotTickets website but do note that this will incur a booking fee. Tickets are also on sale over the counter at Reeth Post Office.
All music events begin at 8pm with doors opening at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated below.
The seating is not numbered and is allocated on a first come, first served basis - if you have mobility issues or, for example, need to be sure of a space for a wheelchair, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us in advance.
Click here to download a printable list of events.
For further information or to book tickets contact Glen Steward 01748-884989 or email: [email protected]
Regular attendees will know that while we serve hot drinks in the interval, the audience are welcome to bring along their own refreshments or to fetch drinks from one of the nearby pubs. The owners of The Buck have kindly offered a 5% discount on food and drink to anyone attending one of our events – just mention this when you order.
Bard Edrington V and Karina Wilson
Saturday 19th October 2024
Bard Edrington V and Karina Wilson’s sound come from the wide open vistas of New Mexico’s diverse landscape. Songs that embrace and capture the history, howling winds and flowing arroyos of the land of enchantment. As his name indicates, Bard is first and foremost, a storyteller, with a tie to a timeless tradition of storytelling - winter nights, dying embers, fortuitous gathering, type storytelling. Karina Wilson’s mesmerizing violin and vocals drip with empathetic emotion for the tale being expressed. She brings the depths of classical understanding of how deeply notes communicate into the salted songs of honky tonk. Touring in support of his fourth solo album, Tired and Branded, the duo entertain with upbeat fiddle and banjo songs and loping ballads.
Tickets £16 (£18 on the door)
Bard Edrington V and Karina Wilson’s sound come from the wide open vistas of New Mexico’s diverse landscape. Songs that embrace and capture the history, howling winds and flowing arroyos of the land of enchantment. As his name indicates, Bard is first and foremost, a storyteller, with a tie to a timeless tradition of storytelling - winter nights, dying embers, fortuitous gathering, type storytelling. Karina Wilson’s mesmerizing violin and vocals drip with empathetic emotion for the tale being expressed. She brings the depths of classical understanding of how deeply notes communicate into the salted songs of honky tonk. Touring in support of his fourth solo album, Tired and Branded, the duo entertain with upbeat fiddle and banjo songs and loping ballads.
Tickets £16 (£18 on the door)
Stonewalls of Dent was written while on a break in our 2023 tour. We spent a few days in Dent enjoying the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and the fog.
While there I learned about the sheepherding culture and admired the miles upon miles of stone walls. The song is about a forbidden love between a sheep herder and a maiden from the High Hall in Dent. They would meet at a stonewall and leave notes for one another. “By the gray stonewalls of Dent, where the oak grows tall and bent. I will lay and wait for you my love, by the gray stonewalls of Dent”
While there I learned about the sheepherding culture and admired the miles upon miles of stone walls. The song is about a forbidden love between a sheep herder and a maiden from the High Hall in Dent. They would meet at a stonewall and leave notes for one another. “By the gray stonewalls of Dent, where the oak grows tall and bent. I will lay and wait for you my love, by the gray stonewalls of Dent”
Briar & Bramble
Saturday 2nd November 2024 (NB Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start)
Please note that this is not a Memorial Hall event – tickets are only available from the link below.
Modern Folk duo Briar & Bramble present an evening of winter songs, dark tales, superstitions and more, delivered through songs and stories ranging from melodic ballads to more upbeat, catchy, sing along, festival style pleasers.
Mike Turnbull is a multi-instrumentalist who writes well crafted songs with a story to tell, influenced by his home region of the Lake District and further afield. A seasoned performer on his trademark tenor guitar plus mandola, mandolin and kick drum, he has played at many venues, festivals and events. Kate Hewson who has a real passion for stories, folklore and music, accompanies on shruti box, mandolin and tenor guitar.
For more information see the band’s website or email: [email protected]
Tickets £10, concessions (under 16 and senior) £6.
Please note that this is not a Memorial Hall event – tickets are only available from the link below.
Modern Folk duo Briar & Bramble present an evening of winter songs, dark tales, superstitions and more, delivered through songs and stories ranging from melodic ballads to more upbeat, catchy, sing along, festival style pleasers.
Mike Turnbull is a multi-instrumentalist who writes well crafted songs with a story to tell, influenced by his home region of the Lake District and further afield. A seasoned performer on his trademark tenor guitar plus mandola, mandolin and kick drum, he has played at many venues, festivals and events. Kate Hewson who has a real passion for stories, folklore and music, accompanies on shruti box, mandolin and tenor guitar.
For more information see the band’s website or email: [email protected]
Tickets £10, concessions (under 16 and senior) £6.
Bruce Molsky
Friday 15th November 2024
Bruce Molsky is a self-described street kid from the Bronx who opted out of college and big city life in the 70s to live in a cabin in Virginia and learn authentic Appalachian mountain music at the feet of its legendary pioneers.
Today Bruce is one of the most revered ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music. For decades he’s been a globetrotting performer, ethnomusicologist and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. He’s also received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators such as Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler and many more.
On stage Bruce transports his audience to another time and place, with his authentic feel for, and unearthing of, almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. Seducing audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit, he is renowned for making the largest venue feel like an intimate living room session.
Tickets £17 (£19 on the door)
Bruce Molsky is a self-described street kid from the Bronx who opted out of college and big city life in the 70s to live in a cabin in Virginia and learn authentic Appalachian mountain music at the feet of its legendary pioneers.
Today Bruce is one of the most revered ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music. For decades he’s been a globetrotting performer, ethnomusicologist and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. He’s also received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators such as Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler and many more.
On stage Bruce transports his audience to another time and place, with his authentic feel for, and unearthing of, almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. Seducing audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit, he is renowned for making the largest venue feel like an intimate living room session.
Tickets £17 (£19 on the door)
Martin Harley
Friday 29 November 2024
Martin Harley has been making music and touring the world for over twenty years, exploring roots, blues and slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as ‘spellbinding’. He has released nine albums to date, four recorded on home soil and four across the Atlantic in Texas and Nashville.
Martin’s solo shows are known for mixing excellent musicianship and songwriting with a down to earth sense of humour and tales of three decades of world travel.
His recent award nominations include, AMA instrumentalist of the year, Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Acoustic Blues artist. Notable appearances include Glastonbury Acoustic and Avalon stages, Beautiful Days, Royal Albert Hall, Union Chapel, Bluebird Nashville, Tønder Festival, The Troubadour LA and at home round the fire pit with his two daughters!
Tickets £18 (£20 on the door)
Martin Harley has been making music and touring the world for over twenty years, exploring roots, blues and slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as ‘spellbinding’. He has released nine albums to date, four recorded on home soil and four across the Atlantic in Texas and Nashville.
Martin’s solo shows are known for mixing excellent musicianship and songwriting with a down to earth sense of humour and tales of three decades of world travel.
His recent award nominations include, AMA instrumentalist of the year, Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Acoustic Blues artist. Notable appearances include Glastonbury Acoustic and Avalon stages, Beautiful Days, Royal Albert Hall, Union Chapel, Bluebird Nashville, Tønder Festival, The Troubadour LA and at home round the fire pit with his two daughters!
Tickets £18 (£20 on the door)
Jackie Oates & John Spiers – Christmas Show
Friday 6 December 2024
Multi award-winning contemporary folk artists Jackie Oates and John Spiers meld together their shared love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with their fine voices and expertly played acoustic instruments. Audiences can look forward to a fresh, uplifting and poignant evening. Their festive concerts are a beautiful and heart-warming antidote to the materialism that can be a feature of the Christmas season. The duo perform captivating traditional Christmas carols and tunes from England and beyond.
Tickets £16 (£18 on the door)
Multi award-winning contemporary folk artists Jackie Oates and John Spiers meld together their shared love of English traditional folk tunes and songs with their fine voices and expertly played acoustic instruments. Audiences can look forward to a fresh, uplifting and poignant evening. Their festive concerts are a beautiful and heart-warming antidote to the materialism that can be a feature of the Christmas season. The duo perform captivating traditional Christmas carols and tunes from England and beyond.
Tickets £16 (£18 on the door)
Coming up in 2025 - details to follow
Eliza Carthy with Jennifer Reid
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Gaz Brookfield (not a Hall event - see his website for details)
The Sam Kelly Trio
Guy Davis
The NE Street Band - The Songs of Bruce Springsteen
The Often Herd
O'Hooley & Tidow
Abba Girls
Winter Wilson
Nick Parker
Urban Folk Quartet
John Tams
Himmerland
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Rag Mama Rag
Andy Irvine
The Wilderness Yet
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Gaz Brookfield (not a Hall event - see his website for details)
The Sam Kelly Trio
Guy Davis
The NE Street Band - The Songs of Bruce Springsteen
The Often Herd
O'Hooley & Tidow
Abba Girls
Winter Wilson
Nick Parker
Urban Folk Quartet
John Tams
Himmerland
Chris While & Julie Matthews
Rag Mama Rag
Andy Irvine
The Wilderness Yet
