Threlkeld Village Hall

A stylish delivery of Americana, with well-crafted, tasteful arrangements and the ability to bounce ideas around the stage. Powerhouse bass, mandolin, fiddle and three-part harmony make a fuller sound than expected from an acoustic trio. Tickets £15 (£7.50 under 18s).

Sam Kelly’s band The Lost Boys is one of the most exciting bands to have entered the folk scene in the last 20 years with a reputation as one of the best live acts. Sam is releasing a new album in 2025 which will feature Sam’s signature eclectic arrangements of traditional folk songs, seamlessly interspersed with stunning original music from the pen of Sam and his Lost Boys, performed for us by Sam with two members of the band – Jamie Francis and Graham Coe. Tickets £16 (Under 18 £8).

Voted ‘Best Band’ twice at the Scottish Jazz Awards, Rose Room are Scotland’s leading ensemble influenced by the Gypsy Jazz genre. Sharing a love of Swing music and the style of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their “vigorous and vivacious” performances go “down a storm” with any audience as they serve up their 1930s ‘Hot Club’ standards, Gypsy Jazz favourites and self-penned originals with virtuosity, verve and panache recreating the excitement of Rive Gauche Paris. Tickets £16 (£8 under 18).