..."the best gig on the North Sea..." - Dave Pegg
Feast of Fiddles return to Cromer!
Press and Media Release - 17th March 2024
‘Festival Warms Up With Return of Folk-Rock’s Finest
Fiddle Band’
A feast indeed! Not just folk or folk-rock, not just lots of fiddlers
but a musical extravaganza covering almost every genre. Feast of Fiddles offer
a musical journey full of joy, passion and lots of fun.
Born at Nettlebed Folk Club in Oxfordshire on Valentine’s Day 1994 as a
one-off special concert, this folk-rock big band now brings its 30th
Anniversary Spring Tour to Cromer. Their
achievements over the years include completing twenty-eight spring tours,
twenty-six festival appearances including Cromer, and seven albums, which is
not bad for a band that was only doing one concert! Folk on the Pier producer,
Scott Butler is delighted to bring them back to Cromer Pier on 25th
April as a warm concert up before the main festival in May, itself in its
twenty-sixth year.
Recently described by the Nottingham Post as “a musical journey with a
breath taking wall of sound” and “Absolutely awesome!” by Sue Marchant formerly
of BBC East, they are a musical super group offering some of the best fiddle
players of a generation. Featuring Gary Blakeley ( Band of Two, the Tabs), Ian
Cutler (Bully Wee Band), Marion Fleetwood (Trad Arrr, Sandy Denny Project), Simon
Swarbrick (Merry Hell), Tom Leary (Joe Brown) and Brian McNeill (Battlefield
Band), held together by legendary Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks with
Hugh Crabtree ‘the boss’ and driving force behind the band on melodeon and
vocals.
Booking Details:
‘An Evening with Feast of Fiddles’
Pavilion Theatre – Cromer Pier
Thursday 25th April 2024
Doors 7.30pm – Concert 8.00pm
All seats £27.00
Box Office 01263 512495