Feast of Fiddles
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Feast of Fiddles £24.80
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About the show
This performance by the celebrated band Feast of Fiddles marks the 40th Anniversary of the Local Musicians' Christmas Bash which originally took place at The Eldon Arms in Reading and continued there until its 31st year. It then moved to The Butler where this show will be the final event in this long-running series. There will be ONLY 100 advanced sale unreserved seats available at this show with limited standing room at the rear of The Left Wing venue at The Butler, Chatham Street, Reading.
The show will be in two halves running to two hours of fabulous music from this band now in its 32nd year. Yes it's fiddles but so much more!
Featuring - Feast of Fiddles
The celebrated 11-piece collective combines the colossal talents of some of Britain's top fiddlers in a flourish of fretwork – Fairport Convention's Chris Leslie, Steeleye Span's brilliant bowman Peter Knight, Bully Wee Band's Ian Cutler and ex Battlefield Band's Brian McNeill joining forces with Garry Blakeley (Band of Two) and Tom Leary (John B Spencer Trio/Albion Morris). The sizzling "backing band" is led by band founder Hugh Crabtree on accordion and iconic folk-rock drummer Dave Mattacks, who has played with Fairport, Steeleye and Richard Thompson as well as the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John and Chris Rea. Now living in the USA, the master drummer has played on a staggering number of diverse recordings. Also in the engine room are John Underwood and Martin Vincent on acoustic and electric guitars and Dave Harding on bass – virtuosos all.