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Von Hertzen Brothers (Acoustic Enough) | Finnish progressive rock visionaries Von Hertzen Brothers, return to the UK in October 2026 for a very special run of intimate seated theatre shows. Celebrating 25 years as a band, the Finnish band will present a unique live experience unlike anything they have previously brought to UK audiences. The band wryly describe these performances as acoustic “enough” - while the songs may be reimagined away from their usual electric rock set-up, these shows are anything but stripped back. Far from a simple “unplugged” set, these shows interpret the band’s music in a way that is intimate, expansive and more immersive than ever before. The three brothers, Mikko, Kie and Jonne Von Herzen are joined on stage by their bandmate, multi-instrumentalist Markus Pajakkala whose impressive array of instruments goes far beyond a traditional acoustic set-up. The brothers themselves also show off their insane musical skills, each playing multiple instruments and taking turns on drums, keyboards, guitars, vocals, percussion and whatever else is on hand. Presented in seated theatre and cabaret style venues, these evenings are designed to bring audiences closer to the songs and stories at the heart of the music. Spanning the band’s rich […]

Rival Consoles: One of the UK’s most influential creators of electronic music, Rival Consoles, returns with a brand new audio-visual live show, centred around his new album Landscape from Memory — marking a new chapter in an ongoing quest for refinement and evolution.

Folklore Sessions Presents; Noah Guthrie + Support November 7th | The Folklore Rooms £18adv | 18+ Americana singer-songwriter Noah Guthrie's sound has been described as possessing Chris Stapleton's country/rock grit with the authenticity of Jason Isbell. The unique soulfulness in his richly textured voice and the unmistakable Southern influence in his music makes him capable of conveying emotion as only a handful of artists can in today's musical landscape. Noah's latest album, Oddly Flexible, is a bittersweet reflection on growing up and the disorienting changes that come with it. The album explores the contrast between the freedom and wonder of childhood imagination with the harsh realities of adulthood. Noah speaks on things he's learned and, often more importantly, things he has unlearned. Despite the overwhelming weight of changing times, here's an undercurrent of hope that each new day brings a chance to find perspective and healing. Noah has built a strong following through powerful live performances, social media and television. He has released three critically-acclaimed albums. He has also performed on NBC's Today Show and Tonight Show, Hallmark Channel's Home & Family, and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. The producers at the hit FOX TV show, GLEE, discovered his YouTube […]

Folklore Sessions Presents; Noah Guthrie + Support November 7th | The Folklore Rooms £18adv | 18+ Americana singer-songwriter Noah Guthrie's sound has been described as possessing Chris Stapleton's country/rock grit with the authenticity of Jason Isbell. The unique soulfulness in his richly textured voice and the unmistakable Southern influence in his music makes him capable of conveying emotion as only a handful of artists can in today's musical landscape. Noah's latest album, Oddly Flexible, is a bittersweet reflection on growing up and the disorienting changes that come with it. The album explores the contrast between the freedom and wonder of childhood imagination with the harsh realities of adulthood. Noah speaks on things he's learned and, often more importantly, things he has unlearned. Despite the overwhelming weight of changing times, here's an undercurrent of hope that each new day brings a chance to find perspective and healing. Noah has built a strong following through powerful live performances, social media and television. He has released three critically-acclaimed albums. He has also performed on NBC's Today Show and Tonight Show, Hallmark Channel's Home & Family, and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. The producers at the hit FOX TV show, GLEE, discovered his YouTube […]

Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band Melting Vinyl presents Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band, The Long Road Tour 2026 + special guests at The Komedia on Wednesday, 11th November. Doors 7.30 pm Seated £28 + booking fee in advance / £32 on the door 14+ Under 16’s to be accompanied Komedia main space Following a hugely successful run of shows, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards Band return in Autumn 2026. Best known as the co-founder of the revered folk phenomenon Show of Hands. Steve Knightley’s latest work blends poetic songwriting with a cinematic acoustic sound; the band’s ‘folk noir’ style has won over audiences across the UK. Featuring David Delarre, John Parker and Evan Carson, the show combines songs from the Winter Yards album with powerful new material written on the road – stories of landscape, community and the changing world around us. Steve Knightley, a highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and musician, occupies a prominent position in the folk/acoustic and roots music scene. Quotes from the band: David Delarre (guitar) “Steve’s songs create a landscape, and the band gets to colour it in. It’s a really exciting way to play.” John Parker (double bass) “There’s […]

Folklore Sessions Presents An Dannsa Dub + Support November 11th, The Hope & Ruin £14adv | 18+ Nominated for Live act of the Year 2023/24 at the MG Na Trad Awards & The Scottish Altrnative Music Awards. An Dannsa Dub (The Dub Dance in Gaelic) is the brainchild of dub vocalist & producer Tom Spirals and Scottish traditional musician Euan McLaughlin formed in 2020. The project fuses the mystical energy and instruments of traditional Scottish music and Gaelic song with the heavy, meditative, driving basslines digital dub music. Music is one big conversation. And few projects live at the heart of it like An Dannsa Dub. Born from a love of traditional Scottish folk, dub reggae and dance music, together they summon the joyous, communal energy of a cèilidh and a sound system session. Their name comes from the Gaelic for "The Dub Dance". Their sound celebrates the ancient Gaelic and West African rhythms that influenced reggae, which in turn, via sound system culture and dub's pioneering remixes, produced modern dance music. Their live shows and recordings are a seamless, pulsating fusion of all this and more.

Folklore Sessions Presents; Possessed by Paul James + Support from James Brute November 11th 2026 | £15adv The Folklore Rooms | 18+ Possessed by Paul James is the acclaimed one-man musical project of Texas singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Konrad Wert. Blending folk, blues, Americana, and roots music with raw emotion and electrifying energy, Wert delivers unforgettable performances that are as heartfelt as they are powerful. Armed with a battered acoustic guitar, foot percussion, and a voice that shifts effortlessly from tender storytelling to soul-stirring intensity, he creates a sound far bigger than one person should. His songs explore resilience, redemption, love, and the human experience, earning him a devoted following and critical acclaim as one of the most captivating live performers on the Americana circuit.

Folklore Sessions Presents; Quaking Aspens + Winnipeg, MN + Drainfly November 13th | The Hope & Ruin £8adv | 18+

Folklore Sessions Presents; Samuel Nicholson + Support Friday 11th November | £10adv The Folklore Rooms | 18+ Samuel Nicholson is a cathartic songwriter, an impassioned singer, and a gifted guitarist. With his love of music set alight by listening to Motown records in the car with his mother, corrupted by hard rock records handed down by his father, and finally formed by his own forays into jazz, folk and experimental music of decades past. Nicholson's last album, Birthday Suit, came after years of searching and longing - serving as a dysfunctional self-portrait and a love letter in equal parts, dancing from electrifying guitar solos to naked vulnerability. Having spent the past two years locked away in the studio, Nicholson returns to the stage for three intimate headline shows, with the release of new music in sight.

Folklore Sessions Presents; Slow Leaves + Support £15adv | The Folklore Rooms November 14th | 18+ "I don't write sad songs, I write lonely songs," declares Slow Leaves in the liner notes to his 2025 album In Solitude, For Company. His assertion could serve as a thesis statement for a body of work with recurrent themes of love, loss, loneliness, memory, and time. Slow Leaves is the project of Winnipeg's Grant Davidson. Awarded Western Canadian Music Awards Songwriter of the Year, his folk and psych-rock inclinations though rooted in fingerpicking songwriter of the past, roam freely in today's post-genre landscape. On his newest release and sixth Slow Leaves album of new material, The Ruins of Things Unfinished, Davidson explores his thoughts on ambition and the long setting sun of a life dedicated to art and family. "I've somehow made a career of self-perceived failure," he writes. "I've often reflected on whether that mindset fulfills its own prophecy: quite possibly. But I think at heart, I'm not seeking greatness, at least not outside my own little world. Or maybe I've simply given up on misplaced ambitions. My ambition now is a life of greatness in small spaces, a private fame in […]

Folklore Sessions Presents; Track Dogs The Folklore Rooms | 7.30PM November 15th £20adv | 18+ Track Dogs are an international band formed in 2006 in Madrid with a name deriving from the dark subterranean world of the New York subway system. They are an eclectic line up of acoustic guitar, electric base, trumpet, cajon and stunning four-part vocal harmonies. Their sound is best described as "sunshine-y songs thriving on dark themes behind irresistible rhythms". Those familiar with the band will know that Track Dogs have always dabbled in different styles from Americana and blue grass to folk and even blues. With over 11 albums, and performances from Glastonbury to the Royal Albert Hall, Track Dogs continue make a name for themselves. Sometimes deadly serious, sometimes showing a finely tuned sense of humour - they will always get you tapping your feet and before you know it you will be up and dancing! "A rare combination of four great players who also have superb voices creating stunning individual vocal performances and the almost inevitable perfect harmonies. The playing is outstanding, the harmonies superb and it is joyful throughout, just give it a listen" Music Riot UK "Genre busting acoustic music built […]

Folklore Sessions Presents; Track Dogs The Folklore Rooms | 7.30PM November 15th £20adv | 18+ Track Dogs are an international band formed in 2006 in Madrid with a name deriving from the dark subterranean world of the New York subway system. They are an eclectic line up of acoustic guitar, electric base, trumpet, cajon and stunning four-part vocal harmonies. Their sound is best described as "sunshine-y songs thriving on dark themes behind irresistible rhythms". Those familiar with the band will know that Track Dogs have always dabbled in different styles from Americana and blue grass to folk and even blues. With over 11 albums, and performances from Glastonbury to the Royal Albert Hall, Track Dogs continue make a name for themselves. Sometimes deadly serious, sometimes showing a finely tuned sense of humour - they will always get you tapping your feet and before you know it you will be up and dancing! "A rare combination of four great players who also have superb voices creating stunning individual vocal performances and the almost inevitable perfect harmonies. The playing is outstanding, the harmonies superb and it is joyful throughout, just give it a listen" Music Riot UK "Genre busting acoustic music built […]

Abigail Lapell | Folklore Sessions Presents; Abigail Lapell + Support The Folklore Rooms | 18+ November 16th | £13.50adv Call it prairie noir or Canadiana desert rock: Toronto's Abigail Lapell sings haunting, gorgeous modern folk songs. She's won three Canadian Folk Music Awards, including English Songwriter of the Year and Contemporary Album of the Year, reaching #1 on Canadian folk radio and over 48 million streams across digital platforms. Lapell tours widely across North America and Europe, performing on vocals, piano, harmonica and finger style guitar. Her JUNO-nominated album, Anniversary, was released May 2024 on Outside Music. Last year, Lapell released Anniversary & More Songs About Love, an extended companion to Anniversary.

Folklore Sessions Presents; Outpost Drive + Support The Prince Albert, Brighton November 18th 2026 £18adv | 18+ Outpost Drive will hit the road this November for their debut headline run, The Outpost Tour, celebrating the release of their highly anticipated debut album The Outpost. For the first time ever, the transatlantic Country/Americana duo will bring their full-band live show across the UK, welcoming audiences into the world of The Outpost. Fans can expect a night where raw storytelling, cinematic soundscapes, soaring harmonies, and fearless emotion collide. Following a breakout year including performances at C2C Festival at The O2 Arena, The Long Road Festival, and Country Calling, alongside a rapidly growing global fanbase, The Outpost Tour marks a bold new chapter for one of the most exciting emerging acts in modern Country/Americana.

Jetstream Pony + Firestations Melting Vinyl presents: Jetstream Pony + Firestations at A L P H A B E T, Brighton Friday 27th November Doors 7pm £12.50 + booking fee / £14.50 on the door Age restrictions 18+ Jetstream Pony are a mix of post-punk and power pop, featuring Beth Arzy (The Luxembourg Signal/Trembling Blue Stars) on vocals and percussion, Shaun Charman (original drummer of The Wedding Present/The Popguns) on guitar and vocals, Kerry Boettcher on bass and vocals, Mark Matthews (The Dentists) on guitar, and Tom Levesley on drums. The band has released five 7-inch singles, two EPs, and two LPs, including last year’s acclaimed ‘Bowerbirds and Blue Things’, praised for its variety and development, which features a track with lead vocals by Eleni Poulou (The Fall). The most recent release is a 10″ vinyl version of their very well-received live session for the Riley & Coe show on BBC6 Music. All releases have received enthusiastic reviews and radio play worldwide. The band have played across Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway and the UK. This will be the band’s first gig back in Brighton for 18 months! Firestations is an art-pop band from London. New album ‘International Dust’ is […]

Folklore Sessions Presents; Kirsteen Harvey + Support November 11th 2026 £15adv | 18+ Scottish singer-songwriter Kirsteen Harvey (Acoustic Live Artist of the Year 2026 SLMA) is an independent Glasgow based artist, who grew up listening to a huge variety of musical genres which have played an influential role in shaping her signature sound. She aims to offer something different and unique to her listeners by creating and sharing her own music and lyricism, which is sprinkled with elements of pop and folk. Kirsteen has successfully gained recognition from radio stations and press from Scotland and beyond. Her tracks have been supported by the likes of BBC Radio Scotland, the SSE Hydro and The Scottish Sun. Her online presence has significantly grown since February 2023, with over 190k followers across socials, and her videos being recognised by Amy MacDonald, Marti Pellow, and reposted by the likes of Lewis Capaldi, The Kinks and Noah Kahan. Kirsteen's debut E.P 'Unpredictable' was recorded at Chem19 Recording Studios and was released in December 2023. Kirsteen then answered the mass call from fans to release Scottish music with her 'Wee Tunes from Home' E.P in March 2024 which has 2 million streams already. Kirsteen received funding […]

Danalogue - Melting Vinyl presents Danalogue + special guests + Live AV by Innerstrings (Overmono, James Holden, Sabres of Paradise etc) at The Green Door Store, Brighton on Friday 4th December Doors 7pm £16.50 + booking fee / £21.50 on the door Standing Age restrictions: 18+ Following a sold-out Melting Vinyl and Brighton Festival gig, Danalogue returns with his octane club/live crossover that promises a good night out! Dan (alogue) is a founding member and producer of The Comet is Coming and Soccer96 and weaves hypnotic analogue synths, pulsating drum machines, and cosmic textures into an electrifying live experience. In the face of an imminent AI music takeover, the show is 100% live, as Danalogue uses fingers and adrenaline to adjust hardware on the fly, evolving ethereal dream states into high-energy acid-dancefloor explosions. The set includes adaptations of the single ‘Sonic Hypnosis’ and tracks from his debut solo album ‘Teleportations.’ Live AV by Innerstrings (Overmono, James Holden, Sabres of Paradise, etc.).

Folklore Sessions Presents; Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet + Support December 4th | ALPHABET £20adv Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet move with ease and confidence between swampy jazz, raucous brass, fractured funk, blues balladry, and gorgeous folkloric textures. Connolly's powerhouse vocals lead the charge, blending mischief, protest and vulnerability into something fiercely human and utterly live. Honeyfeet holds all of this together with a groove and a commitment to musical freedom. The lineup consists of Lorien Garth Edwards on bass, Ellis Davies on guitar, John Ellis on keyboards, Biff Roxby on brass, and Phill Howley on drums form a fluid and fearless musical unit. At the heart of Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet is the indomitable Ríoghnach Connolly, whose voice is equal parts fierce, tender and fearless, connecting ancestral song traditions with contemporary storytelling. She has won the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Award for Best Folk Singer and BBC Radio 2's Folk Singer of the Year. In early 2025, she joined Annie Lennox on stage at the Royal Albert Hall for "Sisters: Annie Lennox and Friends," a landmark concert that raised funds for The Circle, Lennox's global feminist organisation. Sharing the bill with artists including Celeste and Nadine Shah, Connolly brought her singular […]

Departure Lounge Melting Vinyl presents Departure Lounge + special guests at The Rosehill on Saturday 12th December Doors: 7pm / Start 8pm Tickets: £12.50 + booking fee / £14.50 on the door Standing Age restrictions: Over 16s, under 16’s to be accompanied by an adult Departure Lounge return to Brighton, one of their spiritual homes (the other is Nashville) for a special headline show at The Rose Hill on Saturday 12th December. They’ll be showing off tracks from their forthcoming album, Field Conditions and upgraded versions of old favourites, as well as songs from 2021’s Transmeridian, including the single, Australia, which featured R.E.M.’s Peter Buck on guitar. The four-piece recording line-up of Chris Anderson (aka Crayola Lectern), Simon Edwards, Lindsay Jamieson and Tim Keegan will be augmented by Tim’s son Quincy. “These four friends from different musical backgrounds came together originally with the stated aim of ‘creating music to soothe the troubled soul’. Citing influences including Robert Wyatt, Nick Drake, Talk Talk, Lou Reed, Arvo Pärt and Cocteau Twins, the band’s diverse tastes are reflected in the music they create. Departure Lounge could be said to embody a lost age of reflective, experimental pop music which came to the fore […]

Joan As Police Woman With Her Trio Melting Vinyl, in association with Reveal Records, proudly presents JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN with her trio: performing the entire classic debut album REAL LIFE Sunday 21st February 2027 7.00pm Seated £35 adv/£40 on the door Komedia main space Age restrictions: 14+, under 16’s to be accompanied Joan Wasser, known professionally as Joan As Police Woman, is a critically acclaimed New York-based artist. As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, she defies easy categorisation by crafting her own sound that blends various genres. She has released ten albums of original material, two cover albums, and an anthology. Beyond her solo career, Wasser is a sought-after collaborator. She’s a member of Iggy Pop’s touring band and performs with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express. Her collaborative spirit has led her to work with Tony Allen, Lou Reed, Anohni & The Johnsons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, David Byrne and many other notable musicians around the world. Sunday Times • ‘Sensational’//Uncut • ‘This is breathtakingly goodmusic’//Mojo • ‘full of meditative beauty…ravishing and lovelorn’//TheGuardian • ‘a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane’//Q • ‘Beautiful’//The Times • ‘The coolest woman inpop’//The Economist […]