EMILY MAE WINTERS

Support: Chaz Thorogood

Thursday 2nd June

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

Fast rising star on the U.K. Folk/Americana scene Emily Mae Winters has that rare quality in a singer that makes critics reach for the superlatives. Described as having a voice that “stops you in your tracks” and “arresting, enthralling, tantalising” by Americana UK, Winters combines straight-to-the-heart bittersweetness with her own unique passion and drama in performance. Emily Mae Winters’ exquisite songs which sit between the stormy seas of folk and country are influenced by artists including Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

Tickets £15 on the door
Unicorn Theatre, Medieval Abbey Buildings, Checker Walk, Abingdon, OX14 3JB

Tickets can be bought in person from:
Frend & Co, 29 Broad St, Abingdon, OX14 3LH

WeGotTickets Link - Tickets £16.50 including booking fee

PayPal Tickets Link - Tickets £15.80 including booking fee

GERRY COLVIN

SPECIAL EVENT

Friday 2nd September

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

In the 1970’s Gerry joined pop band ‘The Man Upstairs’. They released three singles and toured with ‘The Smiths’.

In the early 1980’s he co-founded and fronted the legendary John Peel favourite skiffle-cowpunk indie outfit ‘Terry & Gerry’. This seminal band toured Europe and the USA and appeared on countless Radio and TV shows including “The Tube” and “The Old Grey Whistle Test”. Their five singles and album all reached No.1 in the indie charts. In 2010 Cherry Red released ‘Let’s Get the Hell Back to Lubbock’, the definitive ‘Terry and Gerry’ compilation.

Tickets £15 on the door
Unicorn Theatre, Medieval Abbey Buildings, Checker Walk, Abingdon, OX14 3JB

Tickets can be bought in person from:
Frend & Co, 29 Broad St, Abingdon, OX14 3LH

WeGotTickets Link - Tickets £14.30 including booking fee

PayPal Tickets Link - Tickets £15.80 including booking fee

THE LOST NOTES

Support: Hugh Blaza

Thursday 8th September

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

The Lost Notes are a 5-piece band based in Worcestershire and Birmingham. The principal songwriters are Ben and Oli. Oli likes folk and Ben digs jazz. Both are stubborn. Each seeks to exert their own subtle influence on the music. The result is part folk with a drag of soul roots, a slug of gospel, or downright country with a thump of jazz around the edges. They write songs for chin-strokers, foot-stompers, head-nodders and those who like to partake in the dark art of inarticulate dancing and hollering. All delivered in glorious 3 part harmonies.

JACOB & DRINKWATER

Support: Anna Renae

Thursday 6th October

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

UK alt-folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater have been called “stand out new folk” by BBC6 Music and “inventive and thrilling” by R2 Magazine. Jacob’s sweeping vocals never fail to captivate, delivering many a spine-tingling moment. The fluidity and precision of his finger-picking underpinned by Drinkwater’s nimbly rhythmic double base is at times sweetly soaring, haunting, percussive and, driving the layers of depth, are a perfect counterfoil.

CHRISTINA ALDEN & ALEX PATTERSON

Support: Craig Joiner

Thursday 10th Nov

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

Christina Alden and Alex Patterson are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists from Norwich. They have been playing and singing together for the last seven years and have toured extensively in the UK and Europe – including a twenty-three date tour with Show Of Hands, a show at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections and main stage performances at some of the UK’s most prestigious folk festivals.

RANAGRI

Support: Patrick Griffin

Thursday 8th Dec

Doors: 7pm | Support act: 7.15pm | Main act: 8pm

Alt folk band Ranagri are 4 Irish and English musicians; combining Voices, Guitar, Bouzouki, Flutes, Whistles, Harp/Electric Harp, Bodhrán/Drums. Since forming, Ranagri have recorded three studio albums at Grammy Award Winning Record Label Stockfisch Records, with their latest record ‘Playing For Luck’ released in 2019.

About Us

Music At The Unicorn is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers. We bring brilliant musicians, singers and songwriters to Abingdon and we also give opportunities to local upcoming musicians. We give them a stage and let them play to an appreciative and knowledgeable audience.

Huge thanks to all our supporters, to Frend & Co for selling our tickets and to The Friends of Abingdon for continuing to look after the Unicorn Theatre.

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Who has played at the Unicorn?

Richard Thompson, Show of Hands, Reg Meuross, Steve Tilston, Bob Fox, Dave Swarbrick, The Lark Rise Band, Phil Beer, The Dylan Project, Julie Felix, Strawbs, The Albion Band, Richard Digence, Ashley Hutchings Rainbow Chasers, Chris While and Julie Matthews, Little Johnny England, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Tyde, Fay Hield Trio, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Benji Kirkpatrick & Blair Dunlop, Gilmore & Roberts, O’Hooley & Tidow, Lady Maisery, Hannah James & Sam Sweeney, Faustus, Kings of the South Seas, Leveret, Gordon Giltrap, Megson, Dan Walsh, Louise Jordan, The August List, The Askew Sisters, Charlie Dore, The Willows, Megan Henwood, Jess Vincent, Seth Lakeman, Ninebarrow, Charlotte Campbell, Martha Tilston, Hannah James & Tuulikki Bartosik, Dalla, Said The Maiden, The Urban Folk Quartet, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, Lucy Ward, Megan Henwood & Jackie Oates, Edwina Hayes, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, IOTA, The Gerry Colvin Band, Moonrakers, Three Pressed Men, TRADarrr, Anna Ryder, Sally Barker, David Nachmanoff, Me For Queen, Duotone, Elizabeth and Jameson, Dave Pegg and AJ Clarke!