Downend Folk & Roots

• Music / Reviews

  Review: Belinda O’Hooley, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Clarity, honesty and heart-stopping freedom’

  Could O'Hooley be the anti-Farage asks our reviewer

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Charlotte Carrivick, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Electricity crackles from her fingertips’

  The flatpicking guitarist extraordinaire comes to Christchurch

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Sam Kelly Trio, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Utterly irresistible’

  A Bristol artist on the rise was in support

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• Music / folk

  Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – April 2026

  Sea shanties, 70s folk-rock superstars, incredible singer-songwriters and homages to the greats

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Sherburn Bartley Sanders, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Old-fashioned, no-nonsense folk’

  A night in Downend feels like a celebration of simpler times

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• Music / gig listings

  Bristol’s month in Folk & Roots – March 2026

  There's folk wherever you look as Spring comes to Bristol

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: the Often Herd, Downend Folk & Roots – ‘Dust motes through sunbeams”

  Bluegrass from Newcastle warms up a wet South West

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• Music / folk and roots

  Bristol’s month in Folk and Roots – February 2026

  There's more roots than folk this month with plenty for bluegrass and country fans in the mix

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