Featuring
• An evening concert with special guests
• The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff – rare performance of our critically acclaimed theatre show
• YTV – our Lockdown TV show returns for a one-off special, with an array of guests and fun features.
• Family concert – in which we’ll be joined on stage by local young’uns to perform our favourite songs we’ve written with primary school kids over the years
One night in Stockton On Tees, three teenagers heard strange sounds coming from the backroom of a pub. They went in. They heard people singing songs they’d never heard before. Songs without instruments. Songs in their accents. Songs about places they knew. Folk songs. They joined in. Because they were the youngest ones there by several decades, they were soon labelled The Young Uns.
20 years on they’ve carried their unfortunate name around the world, from Sydney to Vancouver, from Radio Tees to Radio 4, won three BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and gained a reputation for singing life-affirming songs of social conscience in immaculate three-part harmony. But as well as their 20th anniversary, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle will each be celebrating their 40th birthdays on tour!
SPECIAL GUESTS
JEZ LOWE - bard of the north, social sonneteer, voice of the people, friend and hero. Jez’s songs and fellowship have been a lighthouse for us ever since we started singing together
JANICE BURNS & JON DORAN - one of the finest duos around. Based in Newcastle, they blew us away when they came to one of our singing weekends. It will be a real treat to have them with us.
Full Day Schedule Below –
11am-12noon – Family Concert
1pm – 2pm – Young’uns TV – Live podcast
3pm – 5pm – The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
6.30pm – 11pm – The Young’uns & Friends
*Times may change – Special guests to be announced soon.
Tickets available for the Full Day, Evening Concert or Family Concert.
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