C o n c e r t s - 2026
from a cappella three-part harmonies to luscious instrumental arrangements.
Their visit to us in December 2023 was a great success and we are very much looking forward to their return.
Entrance £15 cash or card on the door.
Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm.
January 13th 2027 - Gren Bartley
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Gren Bartley writes songs with the instinct of a folk artist and the detail of a craftsman. Drawing on older traditions without sounding trapped by them, he has developed a style that feels warm, immersive and entirely his own.
Across a run of acclaimed releases, he has built a reputation for records that are atmospheric, melodic and unmistakably his own. His new album Sunsets, Circles and Waves was released in May 2026. Recorded live in complete takes with no overdubs, it captures the warmth and intimacy of a real performance while deepening the reflective, immersive quality that runs through his work.
“He’s invented his own kind of music… and everything about it is class” - BBC Radio
“Constantly outstanding song writing” - fRoots
Entrance £14 cash or card on the door.
Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm.
December 16th 2026 - The Wilderness Yet
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Join us in celebrating the Christmas season with The Wilderness Yet's Christmas show, based on their album 'Turn the Year Round', featuring secular re-writes of classic carols and carefully arranged seasonal favourites.
Taking their name from a Gerard Manley Hopkins classic, this Sheffield-based trio fuse the clear, charismatic vocals of former BBC Young Folk Award finalist Rosie Hodgson with the fine, sensitive fiddling of Rowan Piggott and the deft guitar of Ben Filmer-Sankey. All three musicians are clearly steeped in traditional music, but also have unique creative voices. Independently, they have earned audiences’ esteem as consummate musicians; together, they weave an eclectic tapestry of traditional and original songs and tunes;
February 17th 2027 - Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Extraordinary English acoustic guitar virtuoso Chris Newman and legendary Irish harpist, Máire Ní Chathasaigh, are award-winning internationally celebrated icons of Celtic folk music. Their music is rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous, and above all, inventive, moving and beautiful.
Their performances are a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced with striking new compositions, pieces from Chris’ groundbreaking solo album 'Breaking Bach’ - and what The West Australian calls his "delightfully subversive wit”!
“This celebrated duo took the place by storm. Stately Carolan tunes, jazzy Django-ish numbers, dazzling Doc Watson style flat picking fliers, driving Irish dance tunes - this pair can nonchalantly do the lot. Guitar players applauded and went sadly home to burn their instruments!” - Belfast Telegraph
Entrance £14 cash or card on the door.
Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm.
March 17th 2027 - Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Kathryn & Sean have long established themselves as one of British folk music’s most rewardingly enduring partnerships. Bonded by an unseen alchemy, they have entwined their professional and personal relationship into an enviable class act of imaginative songwriting and musicianship. They have twice won the coveted 'Best Duo' title at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, as well as ‘Best Duo’ at the Folking.com awards and Spiral Earth awards. They consistently deliver assured, distinctive performances whether live or recorded.
In three decades of performance they have never been trapped in a groove – always bold and innovative, mixing traditional song arrangements with their self-penned material which reels from the bitter to the sweet, the wry to the sad, the political to the passive. "These guys are something very special" - Acoustic Magazine
Entrance £15 cash or card on the door.
Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm.