Methera at the Allen Valleys Folk Festival
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“Seriously stylish playing that’s putting the sparkle back into the tradition”
Verity Sharp, Late Junction
We are really excited to be announcing that Methera will be performing on the Sunday afternoon of our 2026 festival.
Methera is a unique ensemble: a string quartet with roots firmly planted in English traditional music. Their national tours, BBC Radio 3 broadcasts and collaborations have helped them establish a reputation as a scintillating live act, blazing a trail through the uncharted territory that lies between folk and chamber music.With a change in line-up in 2025, Lucy Elkiss (cello), Grace Smith and Emma Reid (fiddles) and Miranda Rutter (viola) combine a deep knowledge of traditional music with a wide range of other influences and expertise and a deep sense of musical interaction. Newly composed pieces sit alongside timeless traditional material; their music is both sophisticated and earthy, groundbreaking and familiar, enchanting and thrilling.
Methera at the Allen Valleys Folk Festival? We can’t wait!
Festival weekend passes go on sale locally in person on 21st March at St Cuthbert's Church Hall from 10:00am to 12:00noon, then online at 7:00pm on Sunday 22nd March.
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