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Gig History
(in no particular order)
Folk Clubs and Acoustic Music Clubs:
Ely Folk Club, Cambridgeshire
Redbourn Folk Club, Hertfordshire
AcoustiCity, Colchester in Essex
Wessex Acoustic Folk Club, Pimperne in Dorset
The Woodlark Folk Club, Lambley in Nottinghamshire
Baldock & Letchworth Folk Club, Baldock in Hertfordshire
Newport Folk Club, South Wales
Folk at the Oak, Corsham in Wiltshire
Folk in the Barn, Whitehaven in Cumbria
The Clarence Folk Club, Blackpool
Black Swan Folk Club, York
Hungry Horse Acoustic Folk Club, Little Stanney in Cheshire
Cheque-mates Folk Routes Club, Hopwas in Staffordshire
Folk At The Swan, Bedworth in Warwickshire
Bingham Folk Club, Nottinghamshire
Common Folk, Pelsall in walsall
The Club Upstairs, Cumnor in Oxfordshire
Brewood Folk Club, Staffordshire
The Great Knight Folk Club, Northampton
The Marr's Bar, Worcester
Acoustic Routes, Cambridge
The Cannon Live, Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire
The Brown Cow, Mansfield
Sunny Bank Folk Club, Wheaton Aston in Staffordshire
The Song Loft, Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes
The Fletch, Coventry
Nortwich Folk Club, Cheshire
The Chase, Burntwood in Staffordshire
The Tump, Brinklow in Warwickshire
The Woodman, Stourbridge
Ride A Cock Horse, Banbury
The Unicorn, Ivetsey Bank in Staffordshire
Biddulph Up in Arms, North Staffordshire
Styvechale, Coventry
Herga Folk Club, Hatch End in Middlesex
Jug of Punch, Birmingham
The Boggery, Solihull
Hitchin Folk Club (support), Hertfordshire
The Red Lion (support), Birmingham
Bristol Folk House (support)
Festivals:
Sidmouth Folk Week, Devon
Priddy Folk Festival, Somerset
Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival, Hampshire
Derby traditional music and arts festival
Brampton Live, Cumbria
Chester Folk Festival, Cheshire
Saul Folk on the Water Weekend, Gloucestershire
Salisbury Folk Festival, Wiltshire
St Ives September Festival, Cornwall
Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Kirklees
Cornwall Folk Festival, Wadebridge
Bideford Folk Festival, Bideford in Devon
Swanage Folk Festival, Dorset
Fylde Folk Festival, Fleetwood in Lancashire
Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival, Cheshire
Wheaton Aston Festival, Staffordshire
Wallingford BunkFest, Oxfordshire
Spratton Folk Festival, Spratton in Northamptonshire
Woodworks Festival, the Forest of Marston Vale in Bedfordhire
Burntwood Folk Festival, Burntwood in Staffordshire
Baggeridge Folk Festival, Staffordshire
Miskin at Easter, Miskin in South Wales
Alcester and Arden Folk Festival
Godiva Festival, Coventry
Crick Boat Show, Crick in Northamptonshire
Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival, Bromborough in the Wirral
Maghull Day of Music, Maghull in Merseyside
The Red Lion Free Folk Day, Whittlesford in Cambridge
Bedworth Folk Festival, Bedworth in Warwickshire
St. George's Day Festival, Birmingham
Heritage Open Days in Coventry and Birmingham
IWA National Waterways Festival
Steventon Folk Weekend, Oxfordshire
B91 Music Festival, Solihull
St. Valentine's Folk Festival, Sutton Coldfield
Newport Pagnell Festival by the River
Coventry Heritage Weekend, Coventry
Black Country Boating Festival, Dudley
Royal Oak Music Festival, Kington in Herefordshire
Chapelfields Music Festival, Coventry
Bishop's Castle Lammas Festival
Wolverhampton Folk on the Farm
Pubs, theatres and miscellaneous:
Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
David Hall Arts Centre, South Petherton in Somerset
The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Whitefriars Olde Ale House, Coventry
Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa in Warwickshire
The Bridge Inn, Topsham in Devon
The Wilkes Head, Leek in Staffordshire
Ebbesbourne Wake Village Hall, Wiltshire
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead
Victoria Square, Birmingham
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
The Pheasant, Stone in Staffordshire
Boars Head Hotel, Middlewich in Cheshire
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The Chestnut Tree, Coventry
The Royal Oak, Kington in Herefordshire
CIBC Napton Boat Rally, Napton in Warwickshire
The Cutweb Great Internet Get-together, Radcot on Thames in Oxfordshire
Lower Precinct Shopping Centre, Coventry
The Olde White Rose, Bilston
The Old New Inn, Llanfyllin in Powys
The Guildhall, St Ives in Cornwall
Cathedral Ruins, Coventry
Priory Square, Coventry
Priory Theatre, Kenilworth in Warwickshire
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Dudley Winter Ales Fayre
The Green Man, Clifton Campville in Staffordshire
Priory Gardens Visitor Centre, Coventry
St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry
The Globe Hotel, Topsham in Devon
Wheaton Aston Village Hall, Staffordshire
artSites Birmingham at Perry Beeches school, Birmingham
Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
High Barn, Essex
The Maudslay Pub, Coventry
The Burton Hotel, Kington in Herefordshire
Prince of Wales, Birmingham
Tin Angel, Coventry
Bredons Norton Sailing Club, Worcestershire
City Tavern, Birmingham
Bench and Bar, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Cosy Hall, Newport in Shropshire
Castle Inn, St Ives in Cornwall
The Kettle & Wink, St Ives in Cornwall
The Sheaf of Wheat, St Ives in Cornwall
Chase Terrace Scout HQ, Cannock in Staffordshire
Standard Triumph Social Club, Coventry
Other Info
"ISAMBARDE are a folk band with tremendous energy and enthusiasm. They are the unusual and winning combination of Chris's driving guitar, Emily's incisive fiddle playing and Jude's lyrical oboe coupled with great full on vocal harmonies. They play a great set and are an asset to any festival bill. Book 'em!!"
PHIL BEER
"Isambarde are a really good young band. They’re good to listen to, good to look at and it’s very obvious that they enjoy performing.”
VIN GARBUT
“Driving acoustic guitar rythms woven together by silken melodies on oboe and fiddle.”
CATH MUNDY and JAY TURNER