Enjoy an intimate evening enjoying Fairport Convention's acoustic take on folk-rock music from the band renowned for inventing the British folk-rock scene in the 1960s. Fairport are winners of the coveted BBC Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award and their classic Liege and Lief has been voted most influential folk album of all time by Radio 2 listeners.
Fairport Convention
Event Details
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Market Street
Bury
Manchester
The Met BL9 0BWJavascript is required to view this map.
Artists Performing at this Event
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Fairport Convention | Fairport Convention is often credited with being the first English folk-rock band. Fairport, formed in 1967, rapidly developed from playing cover versions of American 'west coast' music to an individual style which melded rock music with traditional English tunes and songs. Like their... | british, british folk, folk, folk rock, folk-rock |
