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Gigspanner Big Band

Sat 10 Apr 2027 7:30pm

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Gigspanner Big Band

Sat 10 Apr 2027 7:30pm

Coming soon

Sat 10 Apr 2027 7:30pm

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Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road Bradford-on-Avon UK

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Steeleye Span legend Peter Knight celebrates his 80th birthday with his virtuoso trio

The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music…

2027 marks the 80th Birthday year of Gigspanner Big Band founder Peter Knight, and this concert is one of three special Birthday celebrations featuring special guest, Troy Donockley. Troy is a member of Finnish ‘Symphony Metal’ giants, Nightwish and is globally acclaimed for his skillful playing of the uilleann pipes.

Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’.

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Beginning life as a trio – with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack – the line-up has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Duo’) and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.

While Peter Knight, as part of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s line-up, helped invent a brand of folk rock that is still influential today, John Spiers, has had an equally profound impact on the landscape of traditional music over the last two decades.

Music of intelligently crafted brilliance

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