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Following the highly successfulWinter Folk and Autumn Folk shows held at the Canopy Theatre, the same team present another special seasonal show.
Following the highly successfulWinter Folk and Autumn Folk shows held at the Canopy Theatre, the same team present another special seasonal show.
This time the event is to raise funds for the Blossom Charity which helps people live their best lives by offering workshops, coaching and makeover days to those going through health challenges, life changing events or who lack the confidence to take control.
Based in Eye, Suffolk, Blossom has helped over 1,000 people since its launch in 2013, through a range of courses that support well-being, build confidence and bring the joy back to life.
Find out more atwww.theblossomcharity.co.uk [//www.theblossomcharity.co.uk]The show will feature original, contemporary and traditional songs for the summer season in the wonderful setting and excellent acoustics of the Canopy Theatre.Featured artistsPeter and Jane are a husband and wife duo from Suffolk, who love making music.
Their original songs and tunes are influenced by the broad spectrum that is the folk genre and their performances always include a joyful selection of traditional material, arranged to suit the duos voices and instruments.
These instruments include flute, whistles, guitar, banjo and small pipes.Whether playing Scottish airs, Irish jigs & reels, or singing bluegrass favourites, traditional ballads or one of their own songs Peter and Jane have an accomplished and thoughtful style centred around close harmony between instruments and voices.They have performed at many folk festivals including Ely, Bungay, Bury and the Harlequin Fayre, played at folk clubs across the region and supported top Canadian singer/songwritersDan McKinnon andJames Keelaghan when they Performed at the Canopy Theatre in 2024 and 2025 respectively.Most recent album The Travellers Cloak was released in 2025 to excellent reviews in FATEA and Songlines magazines and Folk London and gained good radio coverage..
Check out their youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClj0s2I7uFWT4pTiDnIWz7A and their websitehttps://www.peterandjane.co.uk"...they have used their creative skills and strong vocals to weave together a collection of songs and tunes of the highest order." - FATEA MagazineSilver Moon are Suffolk based husband and wife duo Martin & Sarah Lovett.
Martin has been a member of various bands (including 90's folk/rock band Instant Chaos!) and various duos as well as performing solo.
He sings, plays guitar, tenor guitar, guitarlele and percussion and writes songs (including the Anglian Tales song cycle telling stories of real life, myths and legends of East Anglia, which was premiered at the Beccles Charter Day celebrations in 2017).
He has supported double FATEA Award-winnerHannah Scott several times at the Canopy Theatre.Sarah sings and plays percussion and she and Martin have been playing together as a duo since 1999 with a wide range of styles from folk to Americana to pop, having performed at many venues across Suffolk and Norfolk as well as a number of folk festivals further afield (including the Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival) and Lowestofts Gig On The Green.
Sarah is also an Award-winning author with stories published in regional and national magazines.Jolly Good Company are a new folk collective of friends who play various instruments and love to sing.
The members live and perform regularly at local Folk sessions in Norfolk and Suffolk and at afternoons arranged by the East Anglian Traditional Music Trust around East Anglia and some of them have performed at previous shows at the Canopy Theatre.
They sing some lively chorus songs which audiences are encouraged to join in with.As well as online, tickets can be purchased via the Ticketsource telephone box office on 0333 666 3366 for the same booking fee.
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