Start time: 8pm
Come along to dance at The Big Ceilidh at Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green on Saturday 2nd May!
Live music from Banter is sure to get you moving. Don’t worry if you don’t know your strip the willow from your right hand star, the evening is fully inclusive and no experience is necessary – caller Martin Clarke will guide you through the moves!
Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon & concertina, Nina Zella on keyboards & vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, guitar, bass & vocals and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar & vocals. Four fine musicians whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy stretching the limits.
Formed in 2015, they realised that a common love for the living traditions of English song and dance music was at their core and began to pursue it’s evolution, bringing in flavours from a wider palette of musical influences.
They have gained a reputation for being powerfully unique in the English traditional music genre. Their popularity has placed them in great demand to perform at many of the UK’s largest festivals including: Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Folk East, Oxford Folk Week, Wickham Festival, Gate To Southwell Festival and Towersey Festival as well as internationally at European festivals such as Rudolstadt (Germany) and Costa festivals in Portugal and Ibiza.
Although just four people, they create a huge sound and have been described as the world’s smallest big band.
Who better than award winning dance musician Martin Clarke to guide you through the moves? Martin knows exactly how how to get you moving with years of experience as both a ceilidh musician and a caller at major festivals throughout the UK.