

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sam Baxter & Merle Harbron / Helen Gentile and Lewis Wood
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Two brilliant duos on one night!

About the bands:

Sam Baxter &amp; Merle Harbron

Sam Baxter and Merle Harbron are an Anglo/Scottish duo creating dynamic, full-bodied arrangements of contemporary and traditional music. Using fiddle, drones and voice, the pair build vibrant musical landscapes, weaving together melodic lines inspired and improvised from traditional songs and dance music.

Two highly-skilled musicians, Sam Baxter and Merle Harbron create intimate performances that in an instance can pivot from reflective and nuanced to driving and energetic. Together, they are a force of nature; captivating audiences with their infectious interplay and magnetic musical spirit.

The duo’s debut (and self-titled) recording, is the perfect showcase of what they do best: traditional tunes and songs performed with gumption, nuance, warmth, and ferocity (not all necessarily at the same time). Drones thrum, fiddles glide and screech, voices float above gentle plucking, and bows dig into strings - warping and distorting, walls of sound are built and dismantled.

Merle Harbron is an independent composer, musician and singer with an extensive knowledge and experience of folk and traditional music. Born in the North East of England and hailing from the West Highlands of Scotland, Merle has married an array of musical styles in her work including Irish, Scandinavian and Eastern European folk. Other influences include Contemporary Classical and Early music.

Sam Baxter is an interpreter, arranger, and performer of traditional music. Skillfully blending electric/acoustic guitars, drones, fiddle and voice, he creates deeply personal performances filled with warmth and emotion. Through his music, he explores stories of love and loss, queer narratives, songs of industry, nature and social injustice.


Helen Gentile &amp; Lewis Wood 

Helen Gentile &amp; Lewis Wood (Threepenny Bit and Granny’s Attic respectively), perform an evocative set of tunes from the balfolk canon on clarinet and fiddle. The duo combines the talent of two musicians who are firmly embedded into the folk music community in England. Their material comprises traditional, contemporary and original European folk dance music, with loose, ever-evolving arrangements creating space for improvisation and showcasing the interplay between the instruments. In 2024, Gentile and Wood released their first studio album, Violet Sky, produced by Tarren’s Alex Garden. Described by Songlines as ‘folk dance at its finest’, it was also nominated for Album of the Year by Bright Young Folk. Whether playing for dance or in concert, the duo are sure to leave dancers and listeners spellbound.

Acclaim for Helen Gentile &amp; Lewis Wood:

“Absolutely superb” - James Fagan

“The clarinet and fiddle interweave seamlessly and the playing is faultless” - Songlines

“Totally enchanting” - FATEA
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/whitchurch/sam-baxter-and-merle-harbron-helen-gentile-and-lewis-wood/200029217678321
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music, dance, concerts, performances
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/whitchurchfolkclub/1941086?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=whitchurch-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Whitchurch
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Parish Hall Whitchurch
- **lat**: 51.230286850001
- **long**: -1.3376314237092
- **full address**: Parish Hall Whitchurch, 28 London Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7LQ, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Whitchurch Folk Club (https://allevents.in/org/whitchurch-folk-club/17550887)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parish Hall Whitchurch, 28 London Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7LQ, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Whitchurch Folk Club
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, live-music, dance, concerts, performances
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sam Baxter & Merle Harbron / Helen Gentile and Lewis Wood ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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