7.30pm - Main Auditorium
Since their debut in 1969, Steeleye
Span have been one of the most influential names
in British roots music. Pioneers of folk-rock, steeleye
span changed the face of folk music forever,
taking it from small clubs into the world of gold discs and
international tours.
Members have come and gone over the years, with past and present
lineups virtually a Who's Who of the British folk scene, but
Steeleye has always remained an institution, at the forefront of
the genre they helped define.
Steeleye Span 2011 finds Maddy Prior - the voice of
Steeleye for 36 years back at the helm of a line-up featuring band
stalwart and fiddler extraordinaire Peter Knight, Rick Kemp on
bass, Peter Zorn and Julian Littman on Guitars and Liam Genockey on
the drum stool.