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A Winter Union – Downend Folk & Roots – December

There’s the smell of mulled wine in the air, hundreds of people muffled up against the December night, the finest Folk choir in the country harmonising beautifully, there are sparkles and woolly hats and an expectant hum that there will be magic again. It can only be the Downend Folk and Roots Christmas shindig. TheContinue reading “A Winter Union – Downend Folk & Roots – December”

A Winter Union – Folk House – December 2022

Ok. It can all begin now. The halls can be decked, the Holly boughs bought in, the fa-la-las can be sung. The Trees can be trimmed, the lights can be turned on, stockings can be hung. A Winter Union are touring so the world can be made festive. This is the seventh Christmas that BenContinue reading “A Winter Union – Folk House – December 2022”

A Winter Union – December 2021

So here it is, a Downend Folk Christmas, and everybody’s starting to have fun. In this very strange end to a(nother) very strange year Christ Church is hung with lanterns, lights twinkle on various trees and familiar faces gather to sing and smile, to exchange greetings and catch up with end-of-year chat and to listenContinue reading “A Winter Union – December 2021”