# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: THREE outstanding roots musicians from across the British Isles are teaming up for a night of country blues music at the Port, Falcon's Nest, Port Erin.

Karen Macleod, Gerry Cooper and John Gregory will be performing in the round on Friday, February 20 2026.
This means all three musicians will be on stage at once, swapping stories and songs.

This is a free ticketed night of country blues! Pay what you feel on the night to help us to continue to bring live music to the Isle of Man.

Karen Macleod - "Could we be on the cusp of a folk blues revival?" David Osler - Blues Matters magazine! After hearing Karen’s latest album Low Road

Karen's from the Midlands, & is an accomplished fingerstyle guitarist and singer who plays an eclectic mix of Country Blues, Ragtime, American folk, Country and Bluegrass and also writes her own material. She spent two years living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia before hoboing across the USA on freight trains - you can expect to hear influences of these experiences in her well-crafted instrumentals and original songs.
Karen’s latest album Low Road has received several great reviews and has been featured on CERYS MATTHEWS BLUES SHOW on BBC Radio 2.

Gerry Cooper, originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and living in West Yorkshire, has recorded several albums as a soloist, as part of a duo with Phil Snell and as a trio with Bessie’s Blues.
The vast majority of his repertoire is country blues from the 1920s and 1930s and his favourite 'old time' blues artists are Blind Blake, Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Johnson, Tampa Red , Blind Willie Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy. More modern influences are Roger Sutcliffe, Steve Phillips, Stefan Grossman, Michael Messer, Catfish Keith and the late Woody Mann, all of whom he counts as friends.

John Gregory aka Blue John - who lives in the Isle of Man - has been performing country blues for nearly two decades.
Over the past few years he has toured the British Isles with some of his acoustic blues heroes from the US - Ari Eisinger (from Philadelphia), the Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo (from Boston) and Toby Walker (from New Jersey).
He has performed many times with blues legend Mississippi John Hurt’s biographer Dr Phil Ratcliffe and has travelled to Chicago to play Big Bill Broonzy’s guitar as well as opening shows for fingerstyle legend Duck Baker, jazz great Martin Taylor, blues rockers The Fabulous Thunderbirds and many others.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/castletown/country-blues-in-the-round-the-port-falcons-nest/200029584709001
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, performances, live-music, art, country-music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Castletown
- **state**: IM
- **country**: Man, Isle Of
- **location**: Falcon's Nest Hotel
- **lat**: 54.085274561343
- **long**: -4.7588533391798
- **full address**: Falcon's Nest Hotel, Age Isle of Man, Promenade, Port Erin, IM9 6AF, Isle of Man, Castletown, Man, Isle Of

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest being held?
  - **A:** Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest takes place on Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Falcon's Nest Hotel, Age Isle of Man, Promenade, Port Erin, IM9 6AF, Isle of Man, Castletown, Man, Isle Of.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest?
  - **A:** Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest is organized by Live Roots Music IoM.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Castletown, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Country Blues in the Round @ The Port, Falcons Nest sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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