Feast of Fiddles
Friday 21.45 -
This band got together in 1994 as a one-
This year’s touring band consisted of Garry Blakeley, Ian Cutler, Hugh Crabtree, Marion Fleetwood, Dave Harding, Tom Leary, Dave Mattacks, Brian McNeill, Simon Swarbrick and Martin Vincent. Festival dates almost always involve Simon Price on drums.
Whoever is involved, it’s a big sound which encompasses a very wide range of material and of course a load of beefed up traditional music along the way. Each fiddle player brings their own unique style but it’s a big show band of friends enjoying each other’s company and music to the full. “No other entertainment like it on the circuit” according to Wimborne’s Tivoli Theatre manager Charlie North-
Be prepared for a huge dynamic range and ready to laugh, dance, sing and maybe even shed a tear. It’s all part and parcel of a Feast of Fiddles concert!
“Absolutely awesome!” -
“Britain’s fiddling supergroup” -
“The best fiddle players of a generation” -