Sons of Town Hall
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Wed 14 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Hepscott Parish Hall Hepscott,
Morpeth,
Northumberland,
NE61 6LN
Book
Adult £12
Telephone 01670 514031
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Thu 15 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Appleby HUB Chapel Street,
Appleby,
,
Cumbria,
CA16 6QR
Book
Adult £12 | Child £6
Telephone 017683 52902
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Fri 16 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Gilsland Village Hall Gilsland,
Northumberland,
CA8 7BE
Book
Adult £12 | Unwaged £10 | Child £8
Telephone 07944 994405
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Sun 18 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Great Whittington Village Hall Great Whittington,
Northumberland,
NE19 2HA
Book
Adult £12 | Child £8
Telephone 07814 677554
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Tue 20 May 2025 - 6:00 pm
Blyth Library Bridge Street,
Blyth,
Northumberland,
NE24 1DJ
Book
Adult £10
Telephone 01670 620201
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Wed 21 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Wingates Village Institute Wingates,
Northumberland,
NE65 8RW
Book
Adult £12 | Child £6
Telephone 01669 620512
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Thu 22 May 2025 - 7:30 pm
Allendale Village Hall Leadgate,
Allendale Town,
Hexham,
Northumberland,
NE47 9PR
Book
Adult £12 | Child £8
Telephone 07854 982721
A Sons of Town Hall show is more than a concert, it’s an immersive experience unlike any other. American songwriter/author David Berkeley and British songwriter/producer Ben Parker are the men beneath the hats in the transatlantic folk duo. They’re also the stars of the hilarious radio-theatre podcast series Madmen Cross the Water. Sons of Town Hall is creating an entirely new performance genre: Part live concept album, part performance art, the pair conjures their timeless mythic universe under the aliases Josiah Chester Jones and George Ulysses Brown, 19th-century vagabonds who travel the world in a hand-built boat to escape troubled pasts and search for adventure and love. The Sons weave wild stories between their heartbreaking and rousing songs, taking audiences on a deeply imaginative trip every show.
For fans of Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Waits, and Monty Python alike, concertgoers are uplifted and inspired, transfixed and transformed, in awe of Sons of Town Hall’s harmonies, and drunk on adventure and the tragic beauty of the human condition.
Running time: 90 mins plus interval
‘Seamless vocal harmonies…stories of sea voyages, betrayal and desolation… a more coherent concept you’ll be pushed to find.’ – The Observer
‘It’s part balladry, part performance art, and totally cool… Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here.’ – Philadelphia Inquirer
‘Amazing… Equal parts care and craftsmanship, joy and sorrow, it is a splendour to behold….They simply exist on a different plane than everyone else, as does their album.’ – Folk Radio UK
‘A study in beautiful storytelling through song.’ – RNR Magazine