Local folk-rock favourites return for their annual show!  

Jon Palmer Acoustic Band are an award winning, high energy, 6-piece folk, roots and rock & roll band based in West Yorkshire, where they have built a strong reputation as an exciting live act. Jon Palmer, who writes all the band's songs, is a prolific songwriter who draws on his folk roots as well as more contemporary themes. The band are accomplished musicians and no strangers to the intimacy of a club setting, the warmth of a theatre, or performing on a full-blown festival stage.

Join us for a special evening of remembrance and celebration.

Watch Mark Currie’s film “Memories of Wartime” and celebrate the re-launch of Dr Jason Knowles’ book “Otley - Memories of World War Two”.

The evening will feature guest speakers and live music from a brass quintet and singer, all honouring the enduring spirit of VE Day.

Soprano: Debbie Scherer

Alto: Molly Austen

Tenor: Alison Owen-Morley

Baritone: Sarah Jobson

SaxShades was formed in 2001 by Debbie Scherer and Sarah Jobson and has existed in our current line up since 2016. With a standard saxophone quartet instrumentation of soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, SaxShades plays a wide range of music from Baroque to Rock and just about everything in between.

Critically acclaimed storyteller James Rowland returns with his captivating mix of theatre, comedy and music.

“Joyful” ★★★★★ The Guardian

LEARNING TO FLY sees James tell the story of a remarkable friendship he made when he was a lonely, unhappy teenager with the scary old lady who lived in the spooky house on his street.

It's about connection, no matter what the obstacles; about love’s eternal struggle with time; about music and its ability to heal.

It's also about her last wish: to get high once before she died.

Uplifting, big hearted and hilarious.

Catherine Strachan grew up in Aberdeen, where she benefited from a superb start to her musical education thanks to the local authority music service and local youth orchestras. Catherine studied modern and baroque cello performance with Myra Chahin and Alison McGillivray at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly RSAMD), and followed this with an MA in baroque performance practice at the University of York.

A rare chance to hear the music of the US band Steely Dan played live. The Steelers, a 9-piece band comprising musicians from around the UK, will perform a selection of timeless classics from such iconic albums as Pretzel Logic, The Royal Scam, AJA, and Gaucho.

2022 MG ALBA Musician of The Year nominee Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spell-binding interpretations on the fiddle. His debut album was recorded with four time GRAMMY winner Jesse Lewis (who has worked with the likes of Bela Fleck and Yo Yo Ma) and launched at Feakle Traditional Music Festival in County Clare, accompanied by renowned guitarist, Dennis Cahill (Martin Hayes; The Gloaming).

The Bridge is Cuba’s most internationally acclaimed guitar duo. With their musical empathy, Eduardo Martín and Ahmed Dickinson transform their concerts into a vehicle that connects, incorporates and juxtaposes their different generations; and the spiritual journey that drives their thrilling yet soothing performances.

Like many other Cubans or Caribbean, they enjoy a natural sense of rhythm. The guitar is their favoured instrument, which idiomatically conveys all the melodic and rhythmic intricacies of South America's cultural diversity.