Eliza Carthy & The Restitution | 30th Anniversary Tour

2022 marks the 30th career anniversary of the outstanding English folk musician Eliza Carthy MBE, and we are delighted to be the opening venue for the anniversary tour by this legendary singer and fiddler and proud Yorkshirewoman. 

Eliza Carthy turned pro (or quit college, depending on if you ask her or her dear departed mam) in March 1992. Since then, she has toured all over the world, danced with Hugh Masekela in Ghana, and crossed the Prairies, the Alps and the waters of Lake Titicaca, all for the sake of playing the fiddle and spreading the word of English traditional music. She is also President of the English Folk Song and Dance Society.

 To mark this significant milestone, 2022 sees the release of four Queen Of The Whirl EPs with her band The Restitution, a crack team of musicians made up of her colleagues and counterparts. The Eps feature fantastic re-recordings of some favourite tracks from past 30 years, including some from her three Mercury Award nominated albums. 

Seeing these "greatest hits" live, Queen Of The Whirl is her celebration of thirty years of silliness, profundity, and music reimagined,.

From Billy Bragg to Peggy Seeger, from The Ratcatchers to The Imagined Village, from bloody boots in Trafalgar Square to the moors of North Yorkshire, and everywhere in between. It?s been quite a ride. Join us!