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Churchfitters in action
Churchfitters in action
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Join us at the Wilton Community Centre, West Street, Wilton (SP2 0DG) on Sunday 8th December 2024 to see this excellent band on their 'Christmas Cracker' tour. Show starts at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).
Team
Team
We are a small group of live music lovers putting on occasional folk and roots music events in Wilton, just outside Salisbury. All profits from these events will be shared between the local branch of Riding For The Disabled and the Wilton Community Centre.
Studios
Studios
Our venue is the Community Centre in Wilton - there will be a cash bar with a limited range available (real ale, lager, wine, soft drinks) and a raffle!
Tickets
Tickets
Tickets are £15 in advance or £18 on the door.
About the Churchfitters
About the Churchfitters
Described by Phil Beer as “Great band...very cool Celtic rock outfit. Very different”, the Churchfitters are a folk band like no other. A bass guitar made out of a frying pan. Heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw. Foot-stompingly fast fiddle mixed with infectious funk-rock bouzouki. And traditional tunes reinvigorated with mesmerising jazz sax.
The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments - adding flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar, ukulele, stand up dustbin bass and a sackful of percussion to their ensemble. And let’s not forget the unique ‘bing-bong’ machine made out of hack-saw blades.
Throw in some exquisite harmonies, a slew of startlingly original songs and a few jokes that create instant rapport and you’ve got a high energy show that always leaves audiences cheering. How do you adequately describe such a musically diverse, uplifting band? You leave it to Mike Harding, a self-confessed ‘huge, huge fan’. He calls them 'totally brilliant and beautiful'.
DAVE PEGG, FAIRPORT CONVENTION AND CROPREDY FESTIVAL :
"I knew as soon as I saw Boris's instruments that the Churchfitters were going to be interesting. However, on watching their set I can honestly say that they are the most musically inventive quartet that I have seen in decades. They received a standing ovation from the festival. Go and see them and you will understand why. A must.”
CHESTER FOLK FESTIVAL :
"Stunning, energetic performances, inspired arrangements, superlative stagecraft."
"These are musicians who know how to wring every last drop of passion from a song...Organisers !!!…book this band, you won’t be disappointed."
"Their act is full of energy, excitement and fun...so good that they turned a packed audience into a hollering horde, unwilling to let them go..."
DAVE PEGG, FAIRPORT CONVENTION AND CROPREDY FESTIVAL :
"I knew as soon as I saw Boris's instruments that the Churchfitters were going to be interesting. However, on watching their set I can honestly say that they are the most musically inventive quartet that I have seen in decades. They received a standing ovation from the festival. Go and see them and you will understand why. A must.”
CHESTER FOLK FESTIVAL :
"Stunning, energetic performances, inspired arrangements, superlative stagecraft."
"These are musicians who know how to wring every last drop of passion from a song...Organisers !!!…book this band, you won’t be disappointed."
"Their act is full of energy, excitement and fun...so good that they turned a packed audience into a hollering horde, unwilling to let them go..."
