15th August 2020 • 6pm or 8:45pm • Sheffield & Online
The Nest Collective invites you to enjoy a beautiful outdoor concert with Rowan Rheingans and Jim Moray.
The Nest Collective invites you to enjoy a beautiful outdoor concert with Rowan Rheingans and Jim Moray.
This August, we are gathering in beautiful green spaces in London, Bristol and Sheffield to hear extraordinary live music.
In the simple way that people have done for thousands of years, we will come together around the fire to enjoy music, food, drink, and the company of others.
For those of you that can’t join us in person, we’re very excited to be bringing the magic of music and nature to you in your homes via our Campfire Club: Live online broadcasts. Simply purchase a digital live-stream ticket to tune in for the early evening performances (6pm – 8pm) from the comfort of your home. Each broadcast will be presented by folk singer Sam Lee, who will introduce you to the two artists performing around the campfire that evening.
We are very excited to be presenting this series in partnership with Friends of the Earth. They want to double tree cover as part of our fight against climate and nature breakdown. Doubling tree cover could remove 10% of the planet-wrecking emissions in the UK annually. Find out more about Friends of the Earth’s tree campaign, and sign the petition calling for the government to double tree cover, by visiting their website here.
We are thrilled to share the line up of outstanding artists who we will be featuring across the series:
• Saturday 8th August in London: Sam Amidon, Hannah Read
• Wednesday 12th August in London: The Hut People, Kadialy Kouyate
• Saturday 15th August in Sheffield: Rowan Rheingans, Jim Moray
• Wednesday 19th August in Bristol: Dizraeli, Kitty Macfarlane
• Saturday 22nd August in London: Millicent Chapanda, Germa Adan
• Wednesday 26th August in London: Nick Hart, Ewan McLennan
There will be no on-site catering available; you are welcome to bring your own food. Please do not bring your own alcohol, as we will be running a bar.
Rowan Rheingans
Rowan Rheingans is an award-winning fiddle player, banjoist, songwriter and theatre-maker widely regarded as one of the foremost innovators in folk music today. Best known for her work with acclaimed bands Lady Maisery, The Rheingans Sisters and Songs of Separation, Rowan has won two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (‘Best Original Track’ in 2016 & ‘Best Album’ in 2017) and is a six-times nominee. Her duo The Rheingans Sisters are currently nominees for the prestigious ‘Best Duo/Band’ award at the the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Her debut theatre show ‘Dispatches on the Red Dress’, co-written with Liam Hurley, premiered at this years Edinburgh Fringe and won a Fringe First Award as well as nominations for the Carol Tambor ‘Best of Edinburgh’ Award and the Filipa Braganca Award for Best Emerging Female Artist. Rowan’s debut solo album The Lines We Draw Together is out now.
“vivid songwriting and composing… spectacularly beautiful” – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
Jim Moray
Jim Moray is an English folk singer, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums, piano, melodeon, bass) and producer. He has received multiple nominations over the years from BBC Folk Awards and BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, winning Album of the Year for 2004’s Sweet England and Horizon Award for best newcomer at the latter. 2008 album Low Culture won the fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2008 and was also the MOJO Folk Album of the Year.
★★★★ “clearly evokes the early folk revival spirit” Mojo
★★★★★ fRoots
★★★★ Songlines
Keeping you safe
We are taking a number of measures to help everyone feel safe during these concerts, including:
In return, we ask that you:
Our audiences say:
“The music of all the Campfire Club gigs I went to was outstanding, but what really makes them special is the atmosphere – beautiful, intimate venues, attentive listening and lovely people really make these idyllic ways to spend an evening.”
“This event was phenomenal. I cannot wait until I have an opportunity to attend another one. It was well organised and the musicians were something else. I certainly didn’t feel as though I was in Peckham, but some enchanted woodlands.”
“Walking into a wonderland of nature with beautiful music and people, it made me feel wonderfully elated.”
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