Goblin Band formed from sessions of the same name run out of the HobGoblin Music shop in central London, organised by a collection of young queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees looking to forge their own way into folk music. This gave rise to a band of multi-instrumentalists firmly rooted in the folk music of Britain, interpreted via the leftist tradition concerned with folk’s relationship to the history of the working classes, capitalism, and colonialism. Through a fusion of harmony singing, fiddle, squeezebox, hurdy gurdy, recorders and more, Goblin Band deliver a charismatic alternative expression of English traditional culture in a way which is at once riotously joyful and deeply sincere. Goblin Band have already received a Quietus Feature and Guardian’s Folk Album of the Month. They are also integral cogs in London’s new folk movement, centred around the Broadside Hacks Folk Club and their regularly sold-out events at Hackney’s Moth Club. They have played alongside many musicians forming the new folk-vanguard in the UK - Daisy Rickman, Shovel Dance Collective, Milkweed, Junior Brother - as well as some of the genre’s living legends - Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy and Martin Simpson. Doors 7.15pm Spitzer Space Telescope 7.45pm Goblin Band 9pm Stone Nest is an old building and unfortunately can only accommodate manually operated wheelchairs via a temporary ramp; please contact [email protected] to let us know if you require this. Presented by Broadside Hacks and Stone Nest. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.