This December we're excited to welcome Alex Hart and Her Band over for a cosy night of gorgeous music for this Candlelit Sessions Christmas Special .
A BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee, Jack Cooksonaddresses significant issues like male mental health stigma, disconnection from nature and technology obsession. Despite exploring these challenging themes, his songs maintain an underlying sense of hope.
The Garrison Gallery and Patchwork Studios present the Tim Burton edition of their Hilloween Extraveganza! (Night)
The “ Titan of Twang “ and the “ Concertina Crooner” team up in this dynamic new folk/acoustic duo. Geoff Lakeman and Rob Murch grace the Patchwork Studios stage tomorrow night (Thursday) for this month’s Candlelit Sessions.
Whether lamenting a love lost, celebrating the calming beauty of nature or relating the epic tale of a struggle at sea, Craig’s songs are informed by experience, observation, vivid imagination and a desire to take his music “deeper into folk”.
This is a must for any of you ska and dub lovers out there
The Barefoot Bandit are brilliantly unique, blending elements of Ska, Dub and Rock, as well as their effortlessly catchy brass and ear-worm vocal lines. Moments of electronica, combined with tight live instrumentation and ever bright brass.
Pogo Presents
★ THE MAKER HEIGHTS WEEKENDER ★
in collaboration with Patchwork Studios
Ska / Reggae / Punk
FIDGET AND THE TWITCHERS
DROP IN THE OCEAN
KILL THE GUN
BURNING BRIDGES
A 27 year old soul singer/songwriter currently living in Newquay, Cornwall
True foxes are a rising folk/americana family duo, are quickly gaining popularity in the South West and beyond.
Soulful vocals, ear worm song writing, ethereal harmonies and melodic bass lines, accompanied by guitar, ukulele, banjo, and piano. True Foxes are poised for a monumental year in 2024.
Roger Beaujolais is considered one of the top jazz vibes players in Europe. He has recorded numerous records as a band leader, and signed to the “Acid Jazz” label in the 90’s, he had a number 1 hit in the USA jazz/funk charts. Today he mostly performs with his quartet and trio that include some of the very top jazz musicians that we have in the Uk playing virtually acoustic jazz , playing many of his own original compositions plus hard bop classics.
WORD. Please join us up the hill for an evening of poetry, spoken word, flash fiction and maybe even a bit of comedy. Come along and support our local wordsmiths.
This event is FREE but as ever, donations are welcomed to reinvest back into the venue to enable to future of events like this one. Doors open at 7pm and we usually kick off around 7:30pm.
Ho! Feast your festive ears on this Candlelit Christmas Special, a twist on the monthly format. With three revered musicians taking to the stage, each established in their own right, and combining their talents throughout with duo and trio medleys of holiday cheer and songs crafted specifically for one night only. This is guaranteed to be a truly unique folk experience, not to be missed.
MC Vegas & DJ XL perform tunes celebrating 50 years of hip-hop.
United By Music are bringing October Drift to Patchwork Studios! Fresh off the back of their countrywide tour on release of their second album, Somerset indie rock outfit October Drift are making their way down the country and up the Hill for a special show this September. Their High energy live performances have seen them selling out venues even before a single was released, catching the attention of crowds accross the country and and has seen them playing support to the likes of We are Scientists and Editors in recent years. Seemingly sonically forged in the 90’s, their synthesis of British Shoegaze and dirty US Grunge has seen them championed by radio’s Steve Lamaq and has pulled comparisons to industry giants such as Interpol and The National. This tour has included iconic venues such as The Roundhouse in London, and we have the honour of closing this tour out in the intimate patchwork space. This is the last chance in the country to see this band on this tour, and what a perfect setting for it! It should go without saying that this is a show not to be missed.
Chainska Brassika represents London's iconic underground ska scene, having established themselves as one of the hottest UK acts in the genre. Born and bred in South London, the band has won the World Reggae Champion title, collaborated with the legendary Toots Hibbert, entertained thousands on stadium tours alongside Madness and graced countless festival stages, from Glastonbury to Rototom Sunsplash. The rabble rousers are bringing a weekend of live acts and DJs on the scene to Maker Heights, promising world class ska, reggae, hip hop, dancehall and festival sounds. So save the date and join Chainska for a high-energy weekend that promises to get you bouncing from start to finish.
Never mind whoever the new superheroes of funk are said to be this week… in our eyes nothing can compete with these firm festival favourites, an ever-powerful body of funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop. This is a rebirth for Cantaloop; still embodying unity and community as ever, but very much switching things up in a performance sense. In embracing their cut and paste technology and a newfound willingness to transform, Cantaloop have fused their organic funk and digital beats into one, cutting up in the studio to bring that mix of ‘old school, new flavour' to the live stage.
Gwil Sainsbury helped push alt-J into the mainstream, before opting to leave the Mercury Prize winning band in 2014. Since then, he's been looking at music in a fresh way and building his own electronic music project from the ground up.
LOOR represents the culmination of these efforts. It's about the connection between the personal and the technical, moving between pumping experimental dance music and sonorous, atmospheric songwriting.
