Sam Sweeney Solo
Sat 21 Jun
|St Mary's Church Guildford
with support by Elye Cuthbertson Fiddle players' workshop 2:00 - 4:30 pm, Concert 7:00 pm
Time & Location
21 Jun 2025, 14:00 – 22:00 BST
St Mary's Church Guildford, Quarry St, Guildford GU1 3UA, UK
About the event
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Nominated Musician Of The Year
“one of the defining fiddle players of his generation” Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“The fiddler with the Midas touch… an English equivalent of the great Irish fiddle player Martin Hayes.” **** The Guardian
Sam Sweeney played a brilliant, sold out concert at St Mary’s when he came to Guildford on his first totally solo tour in 2023. We invited him back as soon as we heard he was embarking on another tour. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend an intimate evening with Sam as he shares a few stories and his favourite tunes. There’s also good news for musicians! Sam will again be holding a workshop for fiddle players in the afternoon.
We’ve also asked Elye Cuthbertson to open the evening concert for Sam. Elye is an alumni of the National Youth Folk Ensemble and was…