03/06/2026
Introducing your headliners for Q***r Folk Songs
on Fri 19 June at The Old Library!
Q***r Folk Songs: Sophie Crawford & George Sansome
What began as independent curiosity evolved into a shared project after the pair discovered a surprisingly rich archive of q***r folk songs - stories of q***r love, gender nonconformity, and coded expression that had often been obscured or reinterpreted over time.
Since 2021 the project has expanded rapidly with residencies at Britten Pears Arts, the Glasshouse and the EFDSS; an annual residential course at the National Centre for Folk Arts; an annual Q***r Folk Festival and Q***r Ceilidh Dance Parties which have been attended by more than 6000 people. Despite the broad scope of Q***r Folk’s activities the seed and beginning of Q***r Folk was music, songs and archival research.
Performing with guitar, bouzouki and accordion, George and Sophie bring these foundational songs vividly back to life with warmth, wit and care, revealing just how present q***r voices have always been within the folk tradition.
This is part of their wider tour around the UK which starts on Thursday in Newcastle, down to Todmorden Sheffield, Evesham! We’re do lucky to have them coming all this way down to Kernow later this Pride Month.
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