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Malmesbury’s first Guitar Festival featuring John Etheridge
4 guitar centred acts including the legendary Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge
Think Timothy Taylor from a CAMRA Award Winning pub (2026), great music, cool vibes and fantastic meat-free food. How better to spend a weekend?
Visit Malmesbury town centre, Malmesbury Abbey, go for a river walk. It really is a great opportunity to head away for a weekend. Base yourselves at our lovely pub but enjoy the wider offering of our lovely town too.
Tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FEWA
Sat night only featuring John Etherdige £15
Sun only featuring Toby Hay, Picture Framers Duo and Christie & Griffin £20
Weekend including all 4 acts £30
Starting us off on the Saturday night is John Etheridge who rightly enjoys a glowing reputation throughout the jazz world and beyond and has been described by Pat Metheny as, “One of the best guitarists”. He is a prodigiously gifted and creative player whose approach to music can only be described as ‘eclectic’ as he refuses to accommodate or even acknowledge artificial musical boundaries.He is a regular guest on Jazz Line-up -most recently a live duo set from the Bath Festival with pianist John Horler, and is often a guest on Radio3’s In Tune programme.
Sunday sees a triple bill of artists from Welsh instrumentalist Toby Hay, Jazz duo Gina Griffin and Andy Christie (who you may have seen at our Sofa Sessions) and local folk outing The Picture Framers.
Toby Hay is a Welsh guitarist and composer based in the Cambrian Mountains, renowned for his intricate, nature-inspired instrumental folk music. His work, deeply connected to landscape, memory, and Welsh hiraeth, includes albums like The Gathering and New Music for the 12 String Guitar, often featuring his own Cambrian Records label.
Gina and Andy perform original arrangements of jazz standards and Hot Club. Gina’s unique command over the violin, often scat singing in harmony is mesmerising and Andy’s clean polished jazz guitar in the vein of Metheny and Etheridge underpins the violin harmonies perfectly. This is classic perfect Sunday music vibes.
The Picture Framers are Viv Sherman, a singer and songwriter based in North Wiltshire. Guitarist for Pack Horse Ceilidh band and occasionally other bands too. Often seen playing in music sessions in his local area. Viv also uses melodeon to achieve drones, chords and simple melodies in the songs to compliment Chez’s banjo playing. The other half of The Picture Framers is Chez Dunford, an independent musician performing both self-penned and traditional folk songs. Based in Bristol and the Forest of Dean. She plays piano accordion, banjo and occasionally trumpet. Chez is a theatre maker, circus artist and community practitioner using music and story to connect people.
All is the gorgeous Hayloft setting of The Three Cups Inn
We serve lovely meat free meals and pizzas and serve real ales – usually Timothy Taylor, HPA and Bristol Beer Factory.
We do Barista coffee, loose leaf teas and a range of great soft and alcoholic beverages including many Zero offerings.
Nearest parking Station Road, then head up Mill Lane and down Abbey Row (about 8 mins walk in total)
Stay at Malmesbury Burton Hill Camp Site or at a local Air BnB.
The venue has stairs.