MFF26: FRANKIE ARCHER & The Pegwells – Festival Club Friday
See three of the best emerging English folk acts in Band On The Wall, the vibrant hub venue of Manchester Folk Festival. This event is a bustling club environment and a great way to end your night at Manchester Folk Festival.
The event runs from 11pm – 1am. Due to the late nature of the event the age restriction is 18+.
Frankie Archer (Full Band Set)
Frankie Archer has exploded onto the electrofolk scene with music that transcends stereotypes using a combination of manipulated samples, synths, drum tracks and earthy Northumbrian fiddle and voice to capture her audience. Her aim? To shake up genres and traditions, challenge perspectives and call for a fairer future.
Winner of the 2023 Christian Raphael Prize, Frankie has been featured on ‘Later… With Jools Holland’ and championed by tastemakers at BBC Radio 2 and 6Music. Following the release of her debut EP ‘Never So Red’ (November, 2023), she has supported the likes of The Futureheads and The Last Dinner Party.
With her unique live set turning heads wherever she goes, Frankie is quickly establishing herself as one to watch in the alternative space.
The Pegwells
The Pegwells are a band of folk playing the old time tunes of the Appalachian mountains. The band was formed in 2021 by Bianca Wilson (banjos) and Rebekah Bouche (guitar) as a way to claim space in a scene that marginalises non-male and non-white people.
We’re here to expand ingrained ideas of who this music belongs to and why; highlighting and dismantling the erasure of black contribution to traditional banjo and fiddle music.
We are on a mission to embody a fuller, more honest history, that tracks the heritage of these tunes back to West Africa as well as here to the British Isles. Through this act of reclamation, our aim is to re-establish this music we love as a site and means of radical inclusion. Folk for the folk!
Artists on stage: 11.00pm
Curfew: 1.00am
Stage: The Venue
Audience: Cabaret Standard
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