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£18.50. Doors 2pm. Show Starts 2.45pm. (Unreserved Seated)

Part of Commoner's Choir Get Off Your Arse! Weekend.

The legendary and charismatic Peggy Seeger – singer, songwriter, feminist icon, Ewan MacColl’s partner and muse – is the undisputed queen of folk and political song. Here she will be in conversation talking about her life as both a singer and songwriter and a committed activist who has been involved in a lifetime of protests.

"Peggy Seeger – this sparky woman has done so much, lived so much, crammed so much in. Most of all, she has informed our appreciation of British and North American folk music, like very, very few people have. Then factor in her multiple roles in illuminating the folk, political song and feminist scenes and how her songs have enriched the folk idiom, and you have somebody worth getting amazed about." (Ken Hunt, fRoots)

Much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow have been propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune for Sally Wainwright’s hit BBC1/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’, earning them global admiration, appearances on TV, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and concerts that sell out months in advance. Belinda and Heidi’s boundless songwriting has been described by The Independent as ‘defiant, robust, northern, poetical, political folk music for the times we live in.’ Nominated four times for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.