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June 5th: Connolly Hayes
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June 5th: Connolly Hayes

Connolly Hayes – the electrifying UK Blues Awards 2025 nominees for UK Band of the Year and Album of the Year – are turning heads internationally with their unforgettable fusion of blues, rock, and soul. This powerhouse group features five long-time friends Jess Hayes, Frankie Connolly, Beau Barnard, Joe Mac, and Andy Wilder. Their debut album, ‘Remember Me’, released in the summer of 2024, was an instant hit, earning Pick of the Month honours from the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association. Just months later, they followed up with ‘Live at Echo Zoo Studios’, an EP that’s already capturing attention. But the best is yet to come – the band is currently hard at work on their highly anticipated second album, set for release in 2026. With two of the most soulful voices in the business, virtuoso guitar and keys, and a rhythm section that grooves harder than anyone else, Connolly Hayes are building a reputation for unforgettable live performances. If you haven’t caught them yet, now’s the time – trust us, you won’t want to miss this ride!

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12 June: Isla Croll
Live Music

12 June: Isla Croll

Isla Croll Quartet featuring Nils Kavanagh (BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist 2024., Young Irish Jazz Musician 2022), Sam Green and Benedict Stephens Isla Croll has been quietly rising upwards in the British jazz scene for a number of years now. Though still young, her soulful voice and visceral delivery of American Songbook classics have earned her a reputation amongst peers and critics alike for heartfelt connection and virtuosic performance. She’s recently featured with the Sam Every Big Band in Pizza Express Soho, and the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama Big Band in the Dora Stoutzker Hall with Dennis Rollins. She’ll be performing alongside her critically acclaimed trio, featuring Nils Kavanagh on Piano (BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist), Sam Green on Drums (Tom Ollendorff, Paula Gardiner, Huw Warren…), and Benedict Stephens, one of the most in demand double bassists in Wales. With strong influences of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James, it’ll be a night of storytelling and Swing. We hope to see you there!

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Isla Croll
Live Music

Isla Croll

Isla Croll Quartet featuring Nils Kavanagh (BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist 2024., Young Irish Jazz Musician 2022), Sam Green and Benedict Stephens Isla Croll has been quietly rising upwards in the British jazz scene for a number of years now. Though still young, her soulful voice and visceral delivery of American Songbook classics have earned her a reputation amongst peers and critics alike for heartfelt connection and virtuosic performance. She’s recently featured with the Sam Every Big Band in Pizza Express Soho, and the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama Big Band in the Dora Stoutzker Hall with Dennis Rollins. She’ll be performing alongside her critically acclaimed trio, featuring Nils Kavanagh on Piano (BBC Young Jazz Musician Finalist), Sam Green on Drums (Tom Ollendorff, Paula Gardiner, Huw Warren…), and Benedict Stephens, one of the most in demand double bassists in Wales. With strong influences of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James, it’ll be a night of storytelling and Swing. We hope to see you there!

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13 June: Eastern Strings - The fourth & last of our festival of Four World Music Concerts
Festivals & Events

13 June: Eastern Strings - The fourth & last of our festival of Four World Music Concerts

The fourth concert in the Festival of World Music is a celebration of the sounds of the Middle East. We welcome the Bristol-based duo Eastern Strings of Daphna Sadeh-Neu (double bass) and Knud Stüwe (oud) for their first performance at the Old Chapel. Their instrumental music is distinctive and exquisite, drawing together a tapestry of musical culture from across the Middle East and their performances combine world music energy with classical precision and characterful improvisations. They will be joined by special guest, Özcan Ateş, vocalist and master of the ear-catching traditional bağlama, a seven-stringed, long-necked lute central to Turkish and Kurdish folk traditions. His playing is intense and musically enriching and his vocals are lyrical, emotional and poignant. The trio’s performances of an eclectic mix of Kurdish, Turkish, Ladino and Middle Eastern traditional songs and music have been described as visceral, evocative and full of surprise. Immerse yourself in these sumptuous worldly musical delights expertly plucked and sung by the ensemble in this, the finale of Calstock Arts’ journey around ‘Our Music Planet’. Have a listen: https://youtu.be/2wY87UTTQGo?si=9jE7EwltDVCOefSt Middle Eastern music refers to the music of the various countries and cultures in the Middle East region, including countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, amongst many others.

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Eastern Strings - The fourth & last of our festival of Four World Music Concerts
Festivals & Events

Eastern Strings - The fourth & last of our festival of Four World Music Concerts

The fourth concert in the Festival of World Music is a celebration of the sounds of the Middle East. We welcome the Bristol-based duo Eastern Strings of Daphna Sadeh-Neu (double bass) and Knud Stüwe (oud) for their first performance at the Old Chapel. Their instrumental music is distinctive and exquisite, drawing together a tapestry of musical culture from across the Middle East and their performances combine world music energy with classical precision and characterful improvisations. They will be joined by special guest, Özcan Ateş, vocalist and master of the ear-catching traditional bağlama, a seven-stringed, long-necked lute central to Turkish and Kurdish folk traditions. His playing is intense and musically enriching and his vocals are lyrical, emotional and poignant. The trio’s performances of an eclectic mix of Kurdish, Turkish, Ladino and Middle Eastern traditional songs and music have been described as visceral, evocative and full of surprise. Immerse yourself in these sumptuous worldly musical delights expertly plucked and sung by the ensemble in this, the finale of Calstock Arts’ journey around ‘Our Music Planet’. Have a listen: https://youtu.be/2wY87UTTQGo?si=9jE7EwltDVCOefSt Middle Eastern music refers to the music of the various countries and cultures in the Middle East region, including countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, amongst many others.

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June 19 Robin Ince - Let the Quiet Ones Rise
Comedy

June 19 Robin Ince - Let the Quiet Ones Rise

A night of stories and poetry with Robin Ince, author of Bibliomaniac and NormallyWeird & Weirdly Normal, twice winner of author of the year from the bookseller’s association, winner of Celebrity Mastermind and house of Games, and for 16 years the host of The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4. In the words of Stewart Lee, “Robin is like a piece of a Jenga puzzle – pull him out and a lot of things would collapse. Without Robin, comedy would be a very different shape and a generation is grateful.” Robin Ince is many things. A multi award winning comedian, author, broadcaster, bibliomaniac and a populariser of scientific ideas. He is perhaps best known as the former co-host and co-creator of the Sony Gold Award winning BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. As a stand up Robin has toured the world and as an author he has written four acclaimed books, including Bibliomaniac, earned him the prestigious Booksellers Association Author of the Year award. His fifth, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal was published in May 2025. He co-created the Cosmic Shambles Network and created the groundbreaking science variety night Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People which has been adapted worldwide. He has received an Honorary Fellowship of UCL, an honorary doctorate from Royal Holloway College (University of London), and is a fellow of the British Science Association

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20 June: Cara Dillon
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20 June: Cara Dillon

Few voices linger in the soul like Cara Dillon’s. A towering figure in Irish music, she has earned global acclaim and countless awards, including the Meteor Award for Best Irish Female and four BBC Folk Awards. For close to 30 years, she has occupied a singular space in folk music. Her voice—deceptively delicate yet emotionally devastating—evokes something timeless and elemental. Central to her remarkable career is her husband and collaborator, Sam Lakeman, whose role as composer, producer, and performer has been pivotal in shaping Dillon’s sound. Their intimate live shows feature acoustic sets drawn from her extensive discography. Classics like “Black Is the Colour” and “The Parting Glass” appear alongside new material from ‘Coming Home’, her landmark 2024 release, which seamlessly weaves spoken word and song in a profound meditation on identity and emotion. From her early days in Óige and De Dannan, through the major-label corridors of Warners and Rough Trade, her music has travelled far beyond folk’s usual borders and continues to defy boundaries—from chart-topping remixes, Disney soundtracks, to the hit TV series Derry Girls. As Mojo magazine once wrote, Dillon possesses “quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice.” With ‘Coming Home’, she affirms that legacy—not simply as a singer, but as a storyteller of rare emotional depth; her voice, as always, lingers long after the last note fades.

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Cara Dillon
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Cara Dillon

Few voices linger in the soul like Cara Dillon’s. A towering figure in Irish music, she has earned global acclaim and countless awards, including the Meteor Award for Best Irish Female and four BBC Folk Awards. For close to 30 years, she has occupied a singular space in folk music. Her voice—deceptively delicate yet emotionally devastating—evokes something timeless and elemental. Central to her remarkable career is her husband and collaborator, Sam Lakeman, whose role as composer, producer, and performer has been pivotal in shaping Dillon’s sound. Their intimate live shows feature acoustic sets drawn from her extensive discography. Classics like “Black Is the Colour” and “The Parting Glass” appear alongside new material from ‘Coming Home’, her landmark 2024 release, which seamlessly weaves spoken word and song in a profound meditation on identity and emotion. From her early days in Óige and De Dannan, through the major-label corridors of Warners and Rough Trade, her music has travelled far beyond folk’s usual borders and continues to defy boundaries—from chart-topping remixes, Disney soundtracks, to the hit TV series Derry Girls. As Mojo magazine once wrote, Dillon possesses “quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice.” With ‘Coming Home’, she affirms that legacy—not simply as a singer, but as a storyteller of rare emotional depth; her voice, as always, lingers long after the last note fades.

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26 June Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories
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26 June Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories

“Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories” is an exciting new show from Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs. It comprises dramatic tales from Celtic Lands, told in words and music, with harp violin and concertina. Mike and Barbara are not only great storytellers and musicians, they are also both accomplished offshore sailors. In this show, their tales are set on the sea, in the sea, and beside the sea. They are rich with insight. They are engaging, exciting, moving and amusing. The audience is taken on a voyage of adventure, drama and magic, but they are always brought safely home. Since the Bronze Age, bards have declaimed battle honours, genealogies, histories and stories, both to entertain and also to endorse the positions of their rulers. By camp fires and hearths, families told tales to entertain and to educate both adults and children. As late as the nineteenth century, travelling storytellers in Cornwall told tales in return for bed and board. Mike O’Connor OBE is a well known storyteller, with a deep knowledge of legend and folk tale, and a great skill with language. A bard of Gorsedh Kernow, he is respected as a violinist, song writer and musicologist, and is known to many for his music for “Poldark”. Barbara Griggs is a skilled and sensitive musician and a fine storyteller. She too is a bard as well as being a Gorsedh harpist. Her music has been described as having “breath-taking” beauty.

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Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories
Community

Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories

“Alan Dall and the Sea of Stories” is an exciting new show from Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs. It comprises dramatic tales from Celtic Lands, told in words and music, with harp violin and concertina. Mike and Barbara are not only great storytellers and musicians, they are also both accomplished offshore sailors. In this show, their tales are set on the sea, in the sea, and beside the sea. They are rich with insight. They are engaging, exciting, moving and amusing. The audience is taken on a voyage of adventure, drama and magic, but they are always brought safely home. Since the Bronze Age, bards have declaimed battle honours, genealogies, histories and stories, both to entertain and also to endorse the positions of their rulers. By camp fires and hearths, families told tales to entertain and to educate both adults and children. As late as the nineteenth century, travelling storytellers in Cornwall told tales in return for bed and board. Mike O’Connor OBE is a well known storyteller, with a deep knowledge of legend and folk tale, and a great skill with language. A bard of Gorsedh Kernow, he is respected as a violinist, song writer and musicologist, and is known to many for his music for “Poldark”. Barbara Griggs is a skilled and sensitive musician and a fine storyteller. She too is a bard as well as being a Gorsedh harpist. Her music has been described as having “breath-taking” beauty.

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