Belshazzar’s Feast start with traditional folk music, add a touch of classical and jazz, throw in a bit of pop and music hall, and top it off wry humour for a unique live experience that has made them one of the most popular duos in English folk music.

Now in their twenty-first year together, Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson of Belshazzar’s Feast bring a wealth of talent to the stage.

Paul Sartin is a member of the multi-BBC Radio 2 Award-winning big band Bellowhead and of Faustus. Consultant and Director of the Andover Museum Loft Singers, he is author of ‘Community Choirs Collection – Folk’ published by Faber Music, an editor of music publications, and a BASCA-nominated composer whose commissions include works for the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, and Streetwise Opera.

While Paul Hutchinson is the founder member of the innovative and progressive folk band, The Playford Liberation Front. His highly successful folk trio Hoover the Dog has recently morphed into the quartet Pagoda. Paul’s own compositions were published in 2012 (Food For Thought) and a second volume is in the pipeline.  He is the resident accordion tutor at Cecil Sharp House and is a seasoned tutor at Folkworks and Halsway Manor and leads ensemble workshops far and wide, and is gaining impressive media coverage from his new band Pagoda Project.

Belshazzar’s Feast – May 2016 Tour Listings

Tues 3^rd– Fri 6^th  House Party (workshop course and concert) at Halsway Manor, Nr Crowcombe, Somerset
01984 618274 / halswaymanor.org.uk

Thurs 5^th Concert – open to all. Halsway Manor, Nr Crowcombe, Somerset
01984 618274 / halswaymanor.org.uk

Sun 8^th  Lydbrook Village Hall, Glos. 01594 544 321

Weds 11^th Willows Folk Club, Kirkham, Lancs. 01253 640 959 / thewillowsfolkclub.co.uk

Thur 12^th St. Thomas Church Hall, Stanhope, co. Durham 01388 528 673 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Fri 13^th People’s Hall, Sedburgh, Cumbria 01539 620 125 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Sat 14^th St. Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook, Co. Durham 01388 765 002 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Sun 15^th Shap Memorial Hall, Cumbria 01931 716 273 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Weds 18^th Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham redlionfolkclub.com

Thurs 19^th The Place Theatre, Bedford 01234 354 321 / theplacebedford.org.uk

Fri 20^th Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St. Edmunds 01284 488 279 / 07749 299 377 / milkmaidmusic.co.uk

Sat 21^st Shepley Spring Festival shepleyspringfestival.com

Sun 22^nd  Shepley Spring Festival shepleyspringfestival.com

Thur 26^th St. Mary’s Church, Wycliffe, Co. Durham 01833 627 540 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Fri 27^th Heads Nook Village Hall, Brampton, Cumbria 01228 561 147 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Sat 28^th Lesbury Village Hall, Northumberland 07719 243 170 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Sun 29^th Bardon Mill & Henshaw Village Hall, Northumberland 01434 344 424 / highlightsnorth.co.uk

Mon 30^th Exmouth Festival exmouthfestival.org.uk

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