An evening amidst the warmth and magic of By Our Hands We Make Our Way, in the company of two excellent experimental contemporary folk artists. BEN MCELROY Ben is an ambient/folk musician originally from The Wirral but now living in Nottingham. He combines acoustic instruments (guitar, viola, clarinet, whistles and vocals) with a laptop to create folk-inspired soundscapes, described as 'shivering seabeds of sound by The Guardian. Ben has been writing music since his teens and over the years has honed his sound, bringing in more instruments and finding influence in artists including Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Richard Skelton and Brian Eno. Ben's latest album, Beacons of the Wilderness, released in late 2023, was described as an evocatively curated and wonderfully weird albumunsettling, enchanting, and downright odddeliciously eccentric by Songlines. http://benmcelroy.co.uk/ http://benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/ R.DYER Brighton-based artist R.Dyer uses loop pedal, musical saw, saxophone, nose flute, found sounds, homemade instruments and household objects to create performances which move from baroque-pop to mesmerising soundscapes via acapella folk songs and stories about dogs in trainers. Their debut album Little Victories, released in December 2022, marks and celebrates moments in time, each song an avant-folk narrative woven together with found sounds, field recordings, snatches of speech and delicate vocals. Freq described it as an extraordinarily humane and nuanced piece, an implausible lifeboat fashioned from flashes of brightness and beauty, full of fondness for human beings at their gently eccentric best. R.Dyer live performances are warm, unique, singular; full of charm, laughter, chaos and humanity. http://rdyermusic.com/home https://rdyermusic.bandcamp.com/ + possibly one more artist TBC Tickets are £7 in advance (£10 on the door). All ages. BYOB. Nobody turned away for lack of funds. By Our Hands We Make Our Way, Unit 42, Sneinton Market, Freckingham St, Nottingham, NG1 1DQ. Illustration by Melanie Pegge.