Chris While & Julie Matthews

Tickets £18
Doors open 7.30pm, starts 8pm.
This gig is for a seated audience.

One of the finest and most loved duos on the British and World folk/roots stages.

“They light up the room with their amazing energy”James Taylor

"Truly gifted human beings" Richard Hawley

With over 30 years of unrivalled musical partnership and gathering numerous nominations, awards and critical acclaim along the way, much beloved British singer-songwriters Chris While and Julie Matthews celebrated a quarter of a century last year as one of the best loved and most prolific female duos to come out of this country.

They have played more than 2,600 gigs, appeared on over 100 albums, written hundreds of original songs and reached millions of people around the world. They are also part of female super group, Daphne’s Flight (Helen Watson, Melanie Harrold & Miranda Sykes) and Christmas band, St. Agnes Fountain with Fairport’s Chris Leslie. Now, 31 years after their debut, they sound as fresh and vital as ever.

2024 marked their 30th anniversary and saw the release of their 12th studio album,Days Like These

2025 sees them on another packed out Autumn Tour

"it's a real honour just to be an audience member but I've had the added honour of standing on a stage with them playing along in the background, things like that I'll treasure forever, truly gifted human beings"Richard Hawley

"Chris While is the best singer in England" Eddi Reader

Froots simply called Julie Matthews 'awesomely talented'.

Chris While (vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, bodhran and percussion) & Julie Matthews (vocals, piano, guitar, mandolin and bouzouki) are stunning singers, songwriters, musicians and performers whose energy and commitment to their craft and their audience is boundless.

They are two of the best and most hardworking musicians on the world folk roots scene, both are highly regarded producers and they record everything that they are involved in at their own studio in a small pennine town far from the Londoncentric music industry. They truly are inspirational women. 

"The undisputed queens of British folk duos continue to come up with the goods,1st class songs delivered with to die for harmonies, immaculate musicianship & melodies that lodge themselves in your brain."  The Guardian 

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