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Recent Events

Throughout the past two years I have been working with Nick Gill of

Oxford Classic Jazz as a duo, appearing at North Parade Market,

Jane's Enchanted Tea Garden and many other one off bookings. 

Additionally we have broadcast several livesteam gigs which can be

viewed on the Oxford Classic Jazz facebook page.

October 2023 - Banbury Canal Day

September 2023 - Busking around Wallingford Bunkfest

Summer 2023 - regular appearances at Larkins Enchanted Tea Garden

July 2023 - Eurovision concert at Warwick Folk Festival

 

October 2022 - Banbury Canal Day

September 2022 - Wallingford Bunkfest saw workshop

                        Cobbles and Cogs Steampunk weekend

 

July 2022 - Whitby Steampunk Weekend

December 2021 Oxford Christmas Market

July 2021 - Whitby Steampunk Weekend

 

January 2020 - Stroud Wassail

January 2020 - Gaydon Steampunk Fair

December 2019 - Oxford Christmas Market

September 2019 - Wallingford Bunkfest

September 2019 - guest soloist with Oxford Classic Jazz Band at CND concert

August 2019 - Cropredy Festival Fringe

June 2019 - Headington Festival

May 2019 - Lyme Regis Busking Festival

April 2019 - Off the Rails Steampunk Festival

December 2018 - Oxford Christmas Market

June 2018 - Headington Festival

May 2018 - Hereford Steampunk Festival

January 2018 - busking at Milton Keynes Unconventional Market

December 2017 - Oxford Christmas Market

December 2017 - singing and sawing own composition "Sundown" as part of the Solstice Shorts national festival organised by Arachne Press

October 2017 - Banbury Canal Day and Folk Festival

September 2017 - Wallingford Bunkfest

August 2017 - Cropredy Festival Church concert and busking appearances around the village!

June 2017 - Hereford Steampunk Weekend, Bicester Big Lunch, Headington Festival

December 2016 - Solo spots at Oxford Christmas Market, Oxfordshire Stars charity concert and Consensio choir concert.  

Guest member of Linda Watkins and Friends band for Banbury Folk Club Concert

Support act to the Magical  Christmas Tree show at Banbury Folk Club.

Busking spot at Bicester Christmas Market

October 2016 - Banbury Canal Day and Banbury Folk Festival

September 2016 - Wallingford Bunkfest solo performances at the Riveride Stage, George Hotel and on the Singing Train)

Charlbury Street Festival

August 2016 - Ludlow Green Festival

August 2016 - Cropredy Festival - performances in festival warmup concert at St Mary's Church

and around the village during the festival

July 2016 - guest artist with the Oxford Classic Jazz Band at the Prince of Wales Pub, Iffley

June 2016 - Bicester Big Lunch

June 2016 - Headington Festival

May 2016 - Banbury Town Mayor's Variety Show

May 2016 - semi finalist in Britain Does Variety, performing in Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering

May 2016 - Banbury Old Town Pary

January 2016 - solo guest artist in Sister Mary McArthur's Big Sunday Show - Cockpit Theatre London

 

December 2015 - soloist at Oxfordshire Stars fundraising concert, St Michael's Church, Oxford.

 

October 2015 - solo concert on my boat roof at Banbury Canal Day!   Banbury Folk and Hobby Horse weekend - solo busking around the town. 

 

September 2015 - Bunkfest, Wallingford - winner of best solo busking act

 

September 2015 - featured in WI Life magazine

 

August 2015 - Played at Cropredy Festival warmup concert - solo and accompanying jazz pianist Nick Gill

 

July 2015 - Rickmansworth Folk Festival

 

June 2015 - Represented the UK at the inaugural International Musical Saw Festival in Vienna

 

June 2015 - appearance at York Folk Festival, assisting at sawing workshop with Charles  Hindmarsh

 

May 2015 - Headington Festival

 

May 2015 - Performed at Oxfordshire Stars concert in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care

 

April 2015

Added a bit of sawing quirkiness to the Oxford Folk Festival!   

 

February 2015

Live radio interview and performance on BBC Radio York with fellow Euro Sawchestra members Charles Hindmarsh and Ken Bainbridge - plus quite a lot of ensemble sawing around the city!

 

January 2015

Soloist at St Mary's Church concert in Banbury

 

October 2014

Played at both the Banbury Canal Day and around the town at Banbury Folk Weekend

 

September 2014

Wallingford Bunkfest - played at George Hotel and around the town

 

August 2014

Performed at Cropredy Festival warmup concert in st Mary's Church, Cropredy, Oxon.

 

JJuly 2014

Banbury Old Town Street Party 

Sawed through a selection of 1940's tunes 

 

May 31st 2014

Headington Festival
Street performer


May 26th 2014

Jour de La Scie - Paris
Organised and performed in two open-air concerts as part of

the International Sawchestra.

 

March 2014

Banbury's Got Talent Finalist

Played the Dr Who theme in grand final concert at Banbury's Mill Theatre

in front of a panel of entertainment industry judges.  


April 2014

Britain's Got Talent
TV appearance as half of "Saws Crossed" musical saw duo

with Charles Hindmarsh. 



October 2013

Banbury Folk Festival

Assisted at Charles Hindmarsh's saw workshop

 


July 6th 2013

Euro Sawchestra Concert in Sheffield
Solo and ensemble playing in celebration of Sheffield Steel

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