Caroline the Musical Saw Lady
incorporating "Marlene and Her Musical Saw" and "Miss Lorelei Lucas the Sawing Siren"
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