To celebrate their tenth anniversary, The Urban Folk Quartet have announced that they will be setting out on a 12-date UK tour this autumn.

Hailing from the West Midlands, The Urban Folk Quartet have carved out a name for themselves with their high energy live shows and eclectic folk sound that takes in influences from all sorts of global music genres. 

After temporarily expanding to an eight-piece line-up for a series of festival appearances over the summer, including performances at Shrewsbury Folk Festival and Green Man Festival, the group are now back to their four-piece roster of Joe Broughton (fiddle, mandolin, guitar), Paloma Trigás (fiddle), Tom Chapman (percussion) and Dan Walsh (banjo).

Writing on their official Facebook page, the band said: “We've had an incredible time this summer, celebrating our tenth year with a few quartet shows and a load with the extended line-up. We zipped up and down the country, got to experience some of the best festivals the UK has to offer and met some brilliant people along the way. 

“We've really been knocked out by the response you gave to our new music and can't wait to share our upcoming album with you later in the year.” 

Their latest album – tentatively titled On The Things We Can Change – will be the band’s seventh studio album, and is scheduled for release later this year or in early 2020. It is the follow up to 2016’s Live III.

The Urban Folk Quartet tour dates:

Friday 27 September – Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset
Thursday 3 October – The North Wall Arts Centre, Summertown, Oxford
Friday 4 October – Derby Folk Festival, Derby
Thursday 10 October – The George, South Molton Devon
Friday 11 October – St Mary’s Church, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot
Sunday 13 October – The Place, Bedford
Friday 8 November – Threlkeld Village Hall, Threlkeld, Cumbria
Saturday  9 November – Prohibition Bar, 2Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Friday 15 November – Blaxhall Sessions, Blaxhall Village Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Friday 22 November – The Vyne Theatre/ Berkhamstead Arts Centre, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Wednesday 27 November – Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, Lincs
Saturday 30 November – The Swan Hotel, Maldon, Essex

For tickets visit The Urban Folk Quartet’s official website

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