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Fairport Convention

Sunday 2nd Jun 2019

location_city Glee Club, Birmingham

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Fairport Convention

English folk band formed in the late 60s - credited as being the first electric folk band.

Current line-up features Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie and Gerry Conway. Former influential fiddle-player Dave Swarbrick died in 2016.

The band received a "Lifetime Achievement" award from the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2002.

Key releases include "Unhalfbricking", "Liege and Lief" and "Full House".

Glee Club

The Arcadian
Bromsgrove Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B5 4TD

Website

https://www.glee.co.uk/birmingham

Telephone

0871 472 0400