Heading south this weekend to play at The Cabbage Patch in Twickenham. Sunday 8pm. (Got all my Martin Carthy CDs in the car to play on the way. I didn’t realise I had so many!).

County Durham tonight - The Candlelite Club in Newton Aycliffe. South to Twickenham this weekend, The Cabbage Patch on Sunday night.

What a fabulous, uplifting evening in Beverley - thank you @jezlowe.bsky.social - was good to meet you!…amazing music, songs and lots of laughs. Looking forward to listening to the CD. @anniehornerglis.bsky.social and I will see you again with the Pitman Poets in June :-)

Solo tonight at Beverley Folk Club, at the ‘C’ Club on Wylies Road at 8pm. Looking forward to it! On to The Candlelite in Newton Aycliffe on Wednesday.

The late Joe Ely at Calgary Folk Festival about ten years ago. We did a workshop together, then talked for ages about Texas, County Durham and how much we both loved Canada. I look star-struck. I was!

Solo gig tonight at Roosters Brewery in Harrogate, starting at 7.30pm. See you there.

Solo at South Shields tonight (Sunday) at 7.30 at The Bowling Club. Harrogate on Wednesday…

Live dates for the first 3 months of 2026, more coming in April and May and then it’ll be Pitmen Poets time!

Thanks to everyone for supporting me in 2025. Thanks too for helping make my album “Oubliette” such a success. Looking forward to 2026, with solo gigs, Bad Pennies gigs, a tour with The Pitmen Poets, a trip to Canada with Keelo and the publication of novel no.5! And better times for us all.

Our last gig of the year, Gateshead Glasshouse, was a great way to end 2025. Seasons greetings everybody, and see you on January 8th at The Black Swan in York.

Two great shows for us yesterday at #Gateshead’s #Glasshouse. Thanks to crew and to ev who came along. Happy Christmas.

Thanks to everybody at Toft House in Middlesbrough last night. Great venue, lovely sold-out audience. Nice to meet up with old friends like Pete Davies and Steve Wilson. On to Bishop Auckland.

Middlesbrough sold out tonight (Saturday). 8 seats left for Bishop Auckland Town Hall on Monday last time we checked.

Two sold-out gigs to start The Bad Pennies ”Winter Wanderings” tour. We’re having a fine old time too!

Last solo gig of the year for me (before the Bad Pennies tour begins) is at The Bird in Hand in Stafford this coming Friday December 5th.

North Country 19/20 "A Call for the North Country" www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgfT... Written by @jezlowe.bsky.social and performed with his band The Bad Pennies #MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶

Whitby Rifle Club this Sunday at 3pm!

Whitby on Sunday afternoon! Wow!!

This just came out of the blue. Read on for the important person in the story. www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/rememberin...

Solo in Durham tonight (Old Cinema Laundrette) and Whitby next weekend (Rifle Club, Sunday 30th) - two of my very favourite places in the UK. Like living time machines. And much more.

This coming Friday (Nov 21st) I’m playing solo at one of North East England’s quirkiest, cutest, most popular (and cleanest!) venues, The Old Cinema Launderette in Durham. 7.30 start, limited tickets available.

Everyone seemed to have a fab time at The Young Uns birthday gig at the weekend. I certainly did. Great audience for me, and the lads really are something special. (Ta for pic Maureen).

The Bad Pennies will be “Winter Wandering” in December. 6th - Otley / 7th - Coddington / 12 - Middlesbrough / 15 - Bishop Auckland / 17 - Cramlington / 18 - Embleton / 19 - Green Hammerton / 20 - Beetham / 21 - Gateshead (2 shows). Not many tickets left for most of them!

Looking forward to this coming Saturday night when I’ll be at Middlesbrough Town Hall to help The Young Uns celebrate their 20th anniversary, along with Janice Burns and Jon Doran.

A lot of our December gigs are almost sold out. More seats have been made available for the two Gateshead Glasshouse shows. Details on our website.

I’ll be dropping by on Friday to sing a few songs. Any requests? events.livetoyourlivingroom.com/checkout/vie...

Fine time at Dartford Folk Club’s 52nd birthday last night. Redbourn tonight for me.

Heading south this week - Dartford WMC (Tuesday), Redbourn Old School House (Wednesday), Beeston British Legion (Friday) and then a mad dash to Cullercoats Watch House (Saturday). Thanks to everyone at Harthill and Batley last weekend.

Bad Pennies will be at Batley Town Hall on Saturday (Oct 4th) with Kimbers Men and Stanley Accrington. Starts at 6pm.

Solo tonight at Stourbridge Folk Festival - Katie Fitzgerald’s at 8.45. See you there.

Sunderland tonight. The Blue Bell in Fulwell. Roker roar still echoes.

One more Bad Pennies gig before our December tour - dates for that coming next week. (Already selling out! Wow!!)

We had a great time at Fenton Folk Festival over the weekend. Thanks to Paul and Karen for inviting us. Next Bad Pennies gig is at Batley Town Hall on October 4th for the Cleckheaton Festival people.

The Bad Pennies are heading to Stoke on Trent today for Fenton Folk Day! Town Hall at 7pm.

Collector’s item! A copy of my novel “Piper’s Lonnen” with the first two chapters replaced by opening section of “The Cutting Edge” by Jeffery Deaver”. Quite a feat by the printer. Offers to…

Busy week ahead - solo at Red Lion, Birmingham (Wed 17th), Hungry Horse, Ellesmere Port (Thurs 18th), Wetherby Folk Club (Fri 19th) and with The Bad Pennies at Fenton Folk Day, Stoke (Sat 20th). Finally, Sunday 21st, chatting with Tim Walker on BBC Radio Lincolnshire about my new album “Oubliette”.

This week’s run of gigs ended at Newport, South Wales last night. Thanks to everybody that came along. Next stop, The Red Lion Birmingham next Wednesday, The Hungry Horse Ellesmere Port on Thursday and Wetherby Folk Club on Friday. Then The Bad Pennies at Fenton Folk Festival in Stoke on Saturday.

Back from three fab gigs in Scotland. Thanks to everyone at Glenfarg, Penecuik and Bishopbriggs. Next stop, London next Monday at The Cellar Upstairs.

September begins in Scotland for me, with gigs at Glenfarg, Penecuik and Glasgow. A busy rest of the year for me, ending with The Bad Pennies Christmas Tour - details to follow.

Pleasance Courtyard at Edinburgh Fringe was mobbed last night. So many shows, so many people, so much hustling and bustling. Good luck to all the performers and companies. Hope I get a crowd at the Ukrainian Centre tonight.

Edinburgh Fringe - some of the shows coming up. I’m there on Sunday evening.

Join us next year 31st July - 7 August 2026. A limited number of season tickets are now on sale (online only) at 2025 Super Early bird rates. This is the lowest these tickets will be. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets/

Edinburgh Fringe this weekend, Ukrainian Centre, Sunday 7.30pm

I reached Number 4 on the International Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart last week with my new album. I’m the only Brit in the top 40 unless Van Morrison counts, and I reckon he’d say not.

Edinburgh next week!