Peter Barton Management Presents

15/08/2026

There are musicians who play the songs… and then there are musicians who were PART OF THE STORY.

KATIE SPENCER & ALAN THOMSON
LIVE AT BARNOLDSWICK MUSIC & ARTS CENTRE

If the music of JOHN MARTYN means something to you — Solid Air, May You Never, One World, Small Hours, Bless The Weather, Grace & Danger — then you really need to know about this very special night.

ALAN THOMSON wasn't watching the John Martyn story from the sidelines. He was right there in the middle of it.

Alan spent years touring, recording and making music alongside the legendary John Martyn, his wonderfully expressive fretless bass becoming part of that extraordinary musical landscape where folk collided with jazz, blues, rock and improvisation.

And MARTIN BARRE fans will know exactly how special Alan is too. Alan has also been a major musical collaborator with the legendary former Jethro Tull guitarist, bringing that unmistakable musicianship to another great chapter of British progressive, folk and rock history.

This is a musician who has spent a lifetime being called upon when world-class artists want something DIFFERENT. SOMETHING SPECIAL. SOMETHING MUSICAL.

And now he's coming back to our tiny cellar in Barnoldswick.

Joining Alan is the quite extraordinary KATIE SPENCER — a guitarist and songwriter whose music seems almost perfectly designed to inhabit the same late-night world as John Martyn.

Think beautiful fingerpicked acoustic guitar…jazz-inflected chords…
space and atmosphere…echoes of Bert Jansch and Michael Chapman…the songwriting sensitivity of Joni Mitchell…
…and that wonderful sense that absolutely NOTHING needs to be rushed.

Katie and Alan's acclaimed Hurt In Your Heart project explored John Martyn's music with enormous affection and sensitivity, including a breathtaking interpretation of the atmospheric masterpiece “Small Hours.”

This is John Martyn's musical DNA being passed from one generation to another.

Alan brings the memories, experience and instinct of actually having made music alongside John.

Katie brings a new generation of songwriting and extraordinary acoustic guitar playing.

Together they create something genuinely beautiful.

And imagine hearing it UP CLOSE in the intimate surroundings of Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre.

Two exceptional musicians, beautiful instruments, wonderful songs and an audience close enough to hear every movement of the strings.

If your record collection contains John Martyn, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Joni Mitchell, Michael Chapman, Fairport Convention, Nick Drake or Richard Thompson…

You may just have found your night.

Please share this with the John Martyn, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre and British folk lovers in your life.

Tickets available now on this link

Katie Spencer and Alan Thomson Matinee at Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre

14/08/2026

SHE’S COMING BACK TO BARNOLDSWICK… RACHEL CROFT RETURNS!

After a wonderful response to her last appearance, we are absolutely delighted to announce that the extraordinary RACHEL CROFT is returning to Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre in JANUARY 2027 — and we’ve added a very special SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW!

If you witnessed Rachel here last time, you’ll already know why we wanted her back.

Dark, cinematic, haunting and incredibly powerful, Rachel is one of those rare artists who can completely silence a room from the very first note.

Rachel's combination of breathtaking vocals, atmospheric guitar and beautifully crafted songwriting makes her music absolutely PERFECT for an intimate venue like ours.

Her last Barnoldswick appearance was something very special. DON’T MISS HER RETURN.

Please LIKE • SHARE • TAG somebody who needs to discover Rachel Croft.

Tickets on this link

Rachel Croft 2027 at Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre

13/08/2026

WOODSTOCK 1969 → BARNOLDSWICK 2027

RIC LEE & TEN YEARS AFTER ARE COMING BACK TO BARNOLDSWICK!

There are bands with history… and then there are bands who MADE HISTORY.

In August 1969, TEN YEARS AFTER walked onto the stage at WOODSTOCK and unleashed one of the most electrifying performances of the entire festival.

"I'M GOING HOME" became the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend.

More than half a century later, the incredible RIC LEE — the man behind the drums at Woodstock — is STILL driving Ten Years After from behind the kit.

And in January, they're bringing that history, that music and that unmistakable British blues-rock fire BACK TO OUR TINY CELLAR IN BARNOLDSWICK.

Just think about that…

From playing in front of hundreds of thousands at WOODSTOCK to playing just a few feet away from you at Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre.

Six decades of blues, boogie, rock 'n' roll and one of the greatest legacies in British rock.

If you've seen Ten Years After at Barnoldswick before, you'll already know how special these nights are.

If you haven't…THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.

A genuine Woodstock veteran. An iconic British band. A tiny intimate venue.

This could be one of those nights when our little cellar feels like the centre of the rock 'n' roll universe.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW — DON'T LEAVE THIS ONE TOO LATE.
https://www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.com/ten-years-after-2027