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Future live dates

09 April: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Solo, and w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here
 
11 April: Palace, St Gallen, Switzerland
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
Tickets available here

12 April: Trafo, Jena, Germany
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here

13 April: Nová Libeňská Synagoga, Prague, Czech Republic
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here 

14 April: Silent Green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here

15 April: Hafenklang, Hamburg, Germany
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
Tickets available here

19 April: Theatreship, Canary Wharf
Solo, supporting Joseph Decosimo 
Tickets available here

26 April: ALICE, Copenhagen, Denmark
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here 

27 April: INTONAL Festival, Malmö, Sweden
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here 

29 April: EartH, Hackney
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Bridget Christie, Milkweed, Spitzer Space Telescope, Resonant Bodies
Tickets available here

30 April: Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury
w/ Sullow, Resonant Bodies, Gil Shani, The Sprigs
Tickets available here

10 May: Donaufestival, Krems, Austria
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here
 
11 June: Old Church, Stoke Newington
w/ Sullow, supporting Eric Chenaux
Tickets available here

09 July: Waterintobeer, Brockley
Solo, supporting Jay Hammond

27 August: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, supporting Walt McClements
Tickets available here

31 August: End of the Road Festival, Dorset
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
Tickets available here

Previous live dates:

2025

26 January: Cafe Oto, Dalston
As part of the Milkweed orchestra
15 February: NCI Centre, Cambridge
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Able Noise
16 February: Strange Brew, Bristol
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Otis Jordan and Sam Mcloughlin
21 February: Drygate, Glasgow
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Sam Grassie
22 February: Hallé St. Peter’s, Manchester
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Able Noise
23 February: The Crescent, York
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Pefkin
01 March: St John's College, Oxford
Solo (residency day 1)
O2 March: St John's College, Oxford [matinee]
Solo (residency day 2)
​02 March: Cafe Oto, Dalston
w/ Moor Mother, Elaine Mitchener, Imani Mason Jordan, Shovel Dance Collective
29 March: Rage Sacree @ Petit Bain, Paris, France
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, France, Rien Virgule, Fulmine​


2024

26 January:
The Ivy House, Nunhead
Solo, supporting Alasdair Roberts
03 February: Spring Bank Arts, New Mills 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
15 February: The Bedford, Balham
Solo, supporting 
Meursault 
23 February: Centrala, Birmingham
Solo, with Thorpe & Morrison, Buttonhead and big grooz
24 February: Common Ground, Oxford
Solo, Oh Community! all-dayer
25 February: Bishops House, Sheffield
Solo, with Laura Hegarty
28 February: Folklore Society, Camden
Solo, supporting Milkweed 
02 March: Tregaron
Solo, Gwyl Ffynnon Garon festival
23 March: Strongroom Bar, Shoreditch
Solo, Wrong Speed Records all-dayer​

Shovel Dance Collective Spring Tour
05 April: The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
w/ Van Zon, Milkweed
06 April: 
Notre Dame aux Riches-Claires, Brussels
BRDCST Festival
07 April: Lutherse Kerk, The Hague
Rewire Festival
09 April: Hyde Park Folk Club, Leeds
w/ Jennifer Reid

10 April: Firth Hall, Sheffield
w/ Jennifer Reid
11 April: The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow
w/ 
Anna O'Neill, Harry Gorski-Brown
12 April: The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle
w/ Dawn Terry, Milkweed

13 April: St Michael’s Church, Manchester
w/ Elspeth Anne

14 April: Strange Brew, Bristol
​w/ Sholto Dobie, Glorias Navales

19 April: Kings Place Folk Weekender, London
w/ Haress
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24 April: Cecil Sharp House, Camden
w/ The Greater London Banjo Trio, supporting Milkweed
02 May: Waterintobeer, Brockley
w/ The Greater London Banjo Trio, Kari Watson / Alex McKenzie, Kiran Leonard / Josh Barfoot
15 May: Waterintobeer, Brockey
Solo, supporting Sophia Djebel Rose & Raoul Eden
01 June: The Green Note, Camden​
Solo - At Fargrounds album launch
05 July: Roskilde Festival
w/ Shovel Dance Collective​
18 July: Hopscotch Taprooms, Crystal Palace
Crooked Stem Sessions: solo and w/ Sullow, John McGrath
25 July: Deptford Folk Club, The Endeavour
Solo, with floorspots
13 August: Cecil Sharp House, Camden
Solo, supported by Fen
17 August: Nan Moors, Todmorden
Solo, supported by Joe Brookes & Edd Sanders
18 August: House show, Liverpool
Solo, with Haress
24 August: Line Up festival, Malvern
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
​01 September: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham
Solo, as part of the Weird Walk rooftop bar takeover
14 September: Alter Festival, Aarhus
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
06 October: MOTH Club, Hackney
w/ Milkweed, supporting PG Six
19 October: The Tin, Coventry 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
25 October: Gregynog Hall, Powys
solo, with Alula Down & Haress
27 October: Dog and Duck, Bognor Regis
solo, supported by Hoverdonkey
08 November: Cody Dock, Newham
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Angeline Morrison, Elias Mattar
09 November: Theatreship, Isle of Dogs
w/ The Greater London Banjo Trio (Quartet), Seb Stone, Sam Grassie, Gwena Harman, Robin Gillan & Gemma Khawaja, Mikey Kenney
11 November: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, supporting Miriam Gendron​
13 November: State 51 Factory, Shoreditch
w/ Sullow, supporting France 

Shovel Dance Collective Autumn Tour:
20 November: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective 
21 November: Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Bell Lungs
22 November: St Mary Magdalene Church, Clitheroe 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
23 November: Where Else?, Margate
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Benedict Drew
24 November: Con Club, Lewes
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Hoverdonkey

05 December: Cafe Oto, Dalston 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective - Residency day 1, with Caroline Kraabel & Liu Zhuyang
06 December: Cafe Oto, Dalston 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective - Residency day 2, with Alula Down, Bridget & Kitty, Gwena Harman, Seth Randall-Godard
07 December: Cafe Oto, Dalston 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective - Residency day 3, with Rory Salter & Billy Steiger

08 December: Cafe Oto, Dalston (Matinee)
Solo, with CA Conrad - A Cast of Flowers launch gig, with readings from Oisin Roberts & D Mortimer
19 December: St Giles, Cripplegate
Solo, as part of large-ensemble continuous improvisation
21 December: SET Lewisham
w/ members of Shovel Dance Collective, Rowe Irvin & others - Illuminations closing event
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2023
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Shovel Dance Collective tour
11 February: White Hotel, Salford
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Quinie 
12 February: Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Quinie
13 February: Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Quinie
14 February: Glad Cafe, Glasgow
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Quinie
16 February: Strange Brew, Bristol
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
17 February: Florence Park Community Centre, Oxford
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
18 February: The Ivy House, Nunhead
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & The Goblin Band
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23 February: The Social, London
MOOF 11 launch - solo, with Jules Smith
22 March: Waterintobeer, Brockley
w/ GUE, Mckenzie/Phillips/Han trio, Tom Mills
29 March: Moth Club, Hackney
Broadside Hacks Song Circle, with Naima Bock, Aga Umja, Jon Wilkes (host)
​01 April: Fair Play Festival, Manchester
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
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Spring tour - First Leg
31 March: The Triangle, Shipley
Solo, with Elspeth Anne
02 April: Bishop's House, Sheffield
Solo, with Elspeth Anne
03 April: Traverse Theatre Bar, Edinburgh
Solo, with Helena Kay
04 April: Bustle & Buzz, Kirkcaldy
Solo​
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10 April: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, with Steve Gunn & David Moore
20 April: Cecil Sharp House
w/ Sullow, & Jim Ghedi 
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Spring Tour - Second leg
22 April: Old Electric Shop, Hay-on-Wye
Solo, with the British Space Group 
23 April: Babar Cafe, Hereford

Solo, with Bushelbag Carollers
24 April: The Prince Albert, Stroud
Solo, with Elspeth Anne & Bushelbag Carollers
25 April: The Happy Bap, Bishop's Castle
Solo, with Elizabeth Still
26 April: Thrive, Cambridge 
Solo, with C Joynes
28 April: Folklore Rooms, Brighton
Solo, with Iona Lane
29 April: Green Note, Camden
Solo, with Iona Lane
01 May: Boat-Ting, London
Duo w/ Emily Shapiro 
02 May: Lavender Vespers, Glastonbury 
Solo
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23 May: The Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn
Solo, with Mike Gangloff and C Joynes

27 May: AB Club, Brussels
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Mike Gangloff, Venediktos Tempelboom 
13 June: Waterintobeer, Brockley
w/ GUE, Regan Bowering & Tom Betteridge
18 June: Cecil Sharp House
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, London Sacred Harp, Dawn Terry
23 June: Strange Brew, Bristol
Solo, with Human Leather, DJ Shitmat, Acid Morris
04 July: MOTH Club, Hackney
Solo, with the Goblin Band
04 August: MOTH Club, Hackney
w/Shovel Dance Collective & Gwennifer Raymond
10 August: Sidmouth Folk Festival
Solo, and w/ Shovel Dance Collective
26 August: Northgate Folk Festival
Solo, and w/ Shovel Dance Collective
01-03 September: Supersonic Festival
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
30 September: King Alfred Theatre, Golders Green
Solo, Excellent Music all-dayer
07 October: Cafe Oto, Dalston
w/ Sullow, supporting Sir Richard Bishop
​08 October: District, Liverpool
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, at The World Transformed​
23 October: MAP studio cafe, Camden
Solo, Folk in the Cellar
25 November: Villa Bota, Bruges, Belgium
Solo, with Glenn Jones, GR, Lazzaro
30 November: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, with Genghis Cohn & Yate Surge
09 December: Grand Junction, Paddington
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Kiran Leonard, & Sam Grassie 
SDC Christmas Gig


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2022
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15 January: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Durational large group improvisation, w/ Caroline & friends
27 January: waterintobeer, Brockley
Betwixt & Between 8 launch, w/ Sullow and The Silver Field
28 January: Kings Place, Islington 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & John Francis Flynn
05 February: waterintobeer, Brockley
Solo, with Musicians of Bremen
25 February: The Ivy House, Nunhead
Solo, with Laura Victoria, Fay Hield
26 February: Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green 
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Otto Willberg / Hannah Marshall / Sam Andreae, Shit Creek, Jennifer Walton

SXSW 2022
17th March: Convention Centre, Austin, Texas
w/ Shovel Dance Collective

18th March: Sellers, Austin, Texas
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Sinead O'Brien, Gentle Stranger,

Katie J Pearson, Broadside Hacks

24 March: Folkestone Contemporary Folk Festival
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
9 April: Fox & Firkin, Lewisham
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Do Nothing, Suep, The Uglies

Spring tour with Alex Rex:
18 April: Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham
Solo, with Alex Rex

19 April: Prince Albert, Stroud
Solo, with Alex Rex & Boss Morris​

21 April: Paper Dress, London
Solo, with Alex Rex & Green Seagull


18 May: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, with Gwennifer Raymond
20 May: Cafe Oto, Dalston
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Eli Winter & Cameron Knowler
12 June: The Blue Moon, Cambridge
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus
18 June: The Ivy House, Nunhead
Shovel Dance Collective summer solstice celebration
28 June: Avalon Cafe, Bermondsey
Solo, with Alex Rex & Gg
10 July: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
29-30 July: Unwedding
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
12-14 August: Supernormal Festival
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
25 August: Kingsplace, Kings Cross
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Broadside Hacks
​01-04 September: End of the Road festival
w/ Shovel Dance Collective
24 September: Green Note, Camden
Solo, with Alasdair Roberts - matinee show
29 September: Waterintobeer, Brockley
Solo, with Rowan Coupland
01 October: Green Door Store, Brighton
Tatty Seaside Town all-dayer, solo

12 November: Waterintobeer, Brockley
BRÅK - duo w/Colin Webster

17 November: Ivy House, Nunhead
Sullow, with Kiran Leonard
20 November: Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury
Solo, with Gentle Stranger, Warm London, Hot Wood, Daniel Burnley, Spencer
30 November: Jago, Dalston
Solo, supporting Antony Hurley
10 December: St John at Bethnal Green
Shovel Dance Collective Christmas gig, with Angeline Morrison and Amardeep Singh Dhillon
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2021
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20 June: Cafe Oto, Hackney
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & C Joynes
20 June: Hilly Fields, Lewisham
midnight gig w/ Shovel Dance Collective
16 July: Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle
Solo, with Hawthonn, Rotten Bliss
22 July: Babar Cafe, Hereford
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Bushel Bag Carollers

24 July: Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
w/ Shovel Dance Collective, Hay Meadow Festival
02 August: MOTH Club, Hackney
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Thyrsis
12 August: Lion Coffee & Records, Clapton
Solo, with Eli Carvajal
11 September: The Brunswick, Brighton
Solo, Brighton and Hove Folk Festival
21 September: Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Broadside Hacks
20 September: Archie's, New Mills
Solo, and w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Broadside Hacks
01 October: Mascara Bar, Stamford Hill
Solo, with Sasha Wilde, Silent Star, Trouble Wanted 
05 October: Waterintobeer, Brockley
Solo, with Howie Reeve
07 October: Cafe Oto, Dalston
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Caroline
11 October: SJQ, Dalston
Solo, with Agathe Max, Jem Dalton, Simon Drinkwater

10 December: Limehouse Town Hall
Christmas gig, w/ Shovel Dance Collective & friends
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2020
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08 February: Lampenfieber, Berlin
Solo, with Jake Bellissimo
14 February: Sister Midnight, Lewisham
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Lou Terry, Piglet
23 February: Evening Star, Brighton
Solo, with You+TH
26 February: The Harrison, Kings Cross
Solo, with Night House, Anjana Vasan
27 February: Village, Brighton
Solo, with Danny Goring,  Karandash
29 February: MOTHER-SHIP, Wicken Fen
Solo collaboration w/ Sam Amos & Studio Morison
21 March: Quarantunes livestream
Solo, with JASPER, Lou Terry, Falle Nioke, Vanity Fairy
28 March: Quarantunes livestream
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Anrimeal, Jon Collin, Brighde Chaimbeul
20 May: MOTHER-SHIP online reprise
Solo collaboration w/ Sam Amos and Studio Morison
19 June: Sister Midnight birthday livestream
w/ Shovel Dance Collective & Lou Terry, Bath Days, Scrounge, Daddy's Leather Goat
04 September: Garden show, Herne Hill
Solo, with Yadayn, Ana Benlloch
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2019
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22 February: The Ivy House, Nunhead
Solo, with Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness,
Sophie Crawford
24 February: House show, Whitechapel
Solo, with Benjin, dbh
21 March: Donau115, Berlin
Solo, with Le Ton Mité, Melman
3 May: The Doublet, Glasgow
Solo, with Quinie, Adnan
24 May: The Ivy House, Nunhead
Solo, with Thomas McCarthy, Ian Kennedy & Sarah Lloyd
31 May: The Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn
Solo, with Irons, FloraDora
04 July: Babar Cafe, Hereford
Solo, with Haress
03 August: Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
Solo, Supernormal Festival
05 August: Green Note, Camden
Solo, with Burd Ellen
08 September: Partizan Brewery, Bermondsey
Solo, with Stick in the Wheel, Ian Kennedy & Sarah Lloyd
13 October: St Paul's Crypt, Bristol
Solo, with Ka Bird
03 November: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, with Brighde Chaimbeul
16 November: Braich Goch, Machynlleth
Solo, with Benny
14 December: Lewisham Art House
Solo, and w/ Shovel Dance Collective
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2018

08 April: De Koffe Pot, Hereford
Solo, with Oort
09 April: Canon Frome Court, Herefordshire
Solo, with Cath & Phil Tyler, Alex & Louis
07 July: The Bog, Shropshire
Solo, Hay Meadow Festival, with Alula Down, Haress, Toby Hay
30 September: Arts Cafe, Hither Green
Solo, with Mike Cooper, Paul Flood & Richard Sanderson, Cath Roberts & Dee Byrne, Finglebone
24 November: GAS, Glasgow
Solo, with Sarah Kenchington, Tarantula
10 December: Cafe Oto, Dalston
Solo, with Victor Herraro, William Rees
12 December: Shortwave Cafe, Bermondsey
Solo, with Cunning Folk and floor singers
18 December: SET Dalston
Solo, with Eli Carvajal, Rosyn, Florence Lawrence Chorus
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