Pretty//Ugly: Goblin Band

Pretty//Ugly presents a night of queer folk radical traditionals

Goblin Band

"They can play and they can sing and they’re fearless..."

"The band we've been waiting for"

- MARTIN CARTHY

“One of the most magnificent things this listener has heard in a long, long time.”

-MOOF Mag

“They throw down challenges, invite questions, and warm hearts.”

-Sidmouth Herald

Goblin Band are a four-piece English traditional folk band based in London. The band formed in the wake of the pandemic from small sessions organised by young, queer, folk obsessive friends looking to forge their own way into traditional music. This gave rise to a band of multi-instrumentalists firmly rooted in the music of England, concerned with representing a perspective that confronts the nation’s social and political history of class struggle, industrialisation and colonialism. Through a fusion of harmony singing, fiddle, squeezeboxes, hurdy gurdy and more, Goblin Band deliver a charismatic and unruly alternative expression of English traditional music both riotously joyful and deeply sincere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt-laPpfJek

https://www.instagram.com/goblin.band/

https://goblinbanduk.bandcamp.com/album/come-slack-your-horse

Show organized by Pretty//Ugly:

https://www.instagram.com/prettyuglyshows/

Presale/door prices adjusted: our events are set up by volunteers in favour of supporting DIY touring acts, but it is getting ever more risky to plan and book events – please support the community and buy your tickets early! Presale closes 18.00 on day of the show.