Popular Cornish folk singer/musician Will Keating and world renowned Banjo player John Dowling are joining forces in February 2022 playing at Cornwall's historic churches as part of their Candlelit Concerts tour.
Award winning song-writer Will Keating has been honing his live performance skills entertaining crowds in Cornwall, the south west, London, north Wales, and beyond, spreading old Cornish songs to new audiences and telling stories of Cornwall’s rich history & heritage.
During the pandemic, Will streamed live, weekly, from his home in Falmouth, to a global audience, receiving a letter of thanks from the Lord Lieutenant on behalf of HM the Queen for the community support.
John Dowling’s Banjo playing has won him high accolades from across the globe. He is a previous winner, and twice finalist, of the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk awards.
He also became the first non-American to win the USA National Bluegrass Banjo Championships held in Kansas at the tender age of 21.
John also featured alongside Jools Holland and Courtenay Pine on TV ‘s ‘Play it again’ teaching the banjo to stand-up comedian Frank Skinner.
The full schedule for the tour is as follows:
The Candlelit Concert Tour - February 2022
Tuesday, February 1 St Just Church, St. Just-in-Penwith
Wednesday, February 2 St. Hilary Church, St Hilary
Thursday, February 3 3rd St. Martin + St. Meriadoc, Camborne
Friday, February 4 Holy Trinity Church, St Austell
Saturday, February 5 Truro - Venue TBC
Monday, February, 7 Coad's Green Methodist Church, Coad's Green
Tuesday, February 8 Newquay Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel
Thursday, February 10 St Pirans Church, Perran-ar-Worthal
Friday, February 11 St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin
Saturday, February 12 Budock Parish Church, Budock Water
Wednesday, February 16 St. Anthony–in–Meneage Church, St Anthony
Thursday, February 17 St Symphorian Church, Veryan
Friday, February 18 St. Ia’s Church, St Ives
Saturday, February 19 St. Mary’s Church, Penzance
Wednesday, February 23 St. Constantine Church, Constantine
Thursday, February 24 St. Agnes Church, St Agnes
Tickets are available from www.willkeatingcornwall.com/tickets
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