Fri27Nov
Chris Watson
Ministry of Sound · London
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Bellowhead, the English contemporary folk band, play Royal Festival Hall in London on 27 November 2026 at 19:00.
Bellowhead play Royal Festival Hall in London on 27 November 2026, 19:00. Bellowhead is an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016 and reformed in 2020. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties.
The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section, and its members played more than 20 instruments between them while all performers sang. Jon Boden, Pete Flood, Brendan Kelly, Benji Kirkpatrick, Rachael McShane, Andy Mellon and Ed Neuhauser are in the line-up for the date. The band has a history with the venue's wider Southbank Centre: towards the end of 2007 they became Artists in Residence there.
The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences.
Jon Boden is a singer, composer and musician, best known as lead singer and main arranger of Bellowhead.
A son of folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris, he was brought up in Shropshire.
He was best known for his work with the folk band Bellowhead, but also played with three-piece Faustus and the folk/comedy duo Belshazzar's Feast.
Sam Sweeney is a multi-instrumental English folk musician.
Justin Thurgur is a British trombonist and composer/arranger.
Royal Festival Hall
London
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