Alistair Anderson’s 75th Birthday Bash
Please note that Alistair Anderson’s 75th Birthday Bash is being recorded and streamed by Folkscape Live. If you do not wish to be videoed, please speak to a member of our staff.
You can buy tickets for the livestream at www.folkscape.live.
Alistair Anderson is internationally recognised as a master of the English Concertina and a leading performer on the Northumbrian Pipes.
Founder and co director of Folkworks 1986 – 2009, Alistair marks his 75th birthday with a concert in support of the Folkworks Youth Summer School. The Summer School returns this year following a break because of the pandemic. Proceeds from the concert will support bursaries for young people for who financial circumstances may be a barrier to taking part.
If you can’t make the concert, you can still help by making a donation to the Folkworks Summer School Bursaries here.
He will be joined by special guests including; Nancy Kerr, Bradley Creswick, Dan Walsh, Andy May, Sarah Hayes, and a well known Northumbrian musician who was a director of the Folkworks Summer School.
“The concertina emerges as a flexible and sensitive instrument… it is amazing what he can achieve” – The Guardian
“He remains one of this country’s most majestic and inclusive instrumentalists” – Colin Irwin, fRoots
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Stage times:
7.30pm – Doors
8pm – 8.50pm Set One
Interval
9.20pm – 10.20pm Set Two
Please note timings are subject to change.
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