CANTERBURY: Cathedral Lodge

THU 6TH JUN, 2013 Doors 7pm for 8pm start

Formed in 1967's 'summer of love', Fairport Convention have been delighting audiences for 45 years making them one of the most enduring bands to emerge from the fertile 60s music scene. Hailed as the originators of British folk-rock music, the band is still as vibrant and inventive as ever.

"We’ve played in Canterbury before but we always enjoy coming back here,“ says Simon Nicol who co-founded the band.. "In fact, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge is one of our favourite venues and we particularly look forward to playing there again.

As well as Simon Nicol on guitar and lead vocals, Fairport Convention features Dave Pegg on bass and backing vocals, Chris Leslie on fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and lead vocals, Ric Sanders on violin and Gerry Conway on drums and percussion.

Fairport Convention has won a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted Fairport’s groundbreaking album Liege & Lief 'The Most Influential Folkrock Album of All Time'.

Advance price £18 / £16 concessions (0ver 60 ladies 65 gents, full time students, registered disabled, 16 and under) £2 extra to buy on the door