News: Fairport Convention celebrate 55th anniversary with Winter Tour 2022

including a Date at Tivoli, Wimborne

Having entertained music lovers for over half a century, 2022 sees Fairport Convention celebrate the 55th anniversary of the band’s original formation back in 1967. During that time, the group that launched British folk-rock has seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same – Fairport’s passion for performance.

The band’s original members met in 1966, rehearsing on the floor above Simon Nicol’s father’s medical practice in a house named “Fairport” in Muswell Hill, London. The building’s name would lend itself to the band’s moniker upon their 1967 formation.

This year’s Winter Tour has just kicked off and presents a mix of long-established Fairport favourites and some surprises from releases old and new, including their latest album, Shuffle & Go, which was released just before lockdown in 2020.

Fresh off of the back of their hugely successful Autumn live dates, the upcoming tour will see the band play iconic venues such as London’s Union Chapel, Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music and the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds.

Having entertained music lovers for over half a century, 2022 sees Fairport Convention celebrate the 55th anniversary of the band’s original formation back in 1967. During that time, the group that launched British folk-rock has seen many changes, but one thing has remained the same – Fairport’s passion for performance.

The band’s original members met in 1966, rehearsing on the floor above Simon Nicol’s father’s medical practice in a house named Fairport in Muswell Hill, London. The building’s name would lend itself to the band’s moniker upon their 1967 formation.

Fairport Convention Winter tour 2022
Wed 2nd Feb – Tewkesbury, The Roses Theatre
Thur 3rd Feb – Exeter, The Corn Exchange
Fri 4th Feb – Swansea, Taliesin Theatre
Sat 5th Feb – Bath, The Forum
Sun 6th Feb – Winchester, Theatre Royal
Tue 8th Feb – Solihull, The Core
Wed 9th Feb – Lincoln,New Theatre Royal
Thur 10th Feb – Stockton-on-Tees, ARC
Fri 11th Feb – Leeds City Varieties Music Hall
Sat 12th Feb – Bridlington, Spa Centre Theatre
Sun 13th Feb – Manchester,RNCM Theatre
Tue 15th Feb – Canterbury Colyer, Fergusson Hall
Wed 16th Feb – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
Thur 17th Feb- Worthing, The Connaught Theatre
Fri 18th Feb – London, Union Chapel
Sat 19th Feb – East Grinstead, Chequer Mead Theatre
Sun 20th Feb – Loughborough, Town Hall
Tue 22nd Feb – Milton Keynes, The Stables
Wed 23rd Feb – Peterborough, Key Theatre
Thur 4th Feb- St Albans, St Albans Arena
Fri 25th Feb – Wimborne, The Tivoli Theatre
Sat 26th Feb – Farnham, The Maltings
Sun 27th Feb – Bury St Edmunds, The Apex
Tue 1st March- Walsall, Walsall Arena
Wed 2nd March- Whitley Bay. Playhouse
Thur 3rd March- Morecambe, The Platform
Fri 4th March- Southport, The Atkinson Theatre
Sat 5th March- Buxton, Arts Centre

Links
https://www.fairportconvention.com
https://www.facebook.com/FairportConvention1