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Brighton has always been a breeding ground for new bands and exploratory music. This tour features the foremost representatives of the city's most exciting and critically acclaimed musical export of recent times, the Willkommen Collective – a loose-knit community of musicians and bands sharing lo-fi, nu-folk and alt-country roots.

Beloved of Brian Eno, Guy Garvey and Bob Harris, The Leisure Society made national headlines last year with an Ivor Novello nomination and will be joined by Sons of Noel and Adrian – The Willkommen's post-folk orchestra recently seen touring with Mumford & Sons and playing alongside Laura Marling.

This concert will begin at 8pm.

Jesca Hoop was born in Southern California to strict Mormon parents. She grew up singing traditional folk tunes in four-part harmony, but soon broke away from this background, becoming a homesteader and working with children. As a nanny for Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan’s three children, Hoop gained both musical experience and notoriety; Waits said of Jesca, 'Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night'. Following exposure through radio station KCRW, Jesca toured with Polyphonic Spree, Mark Knopfler, Andrew Bird and Elbow – with Guy Garvey also dueting with Hoop on her latest acclaimed album Hunting My Dress.

‘One of alternative folk-pop’s most arresting recent arrivals, singing like an outcast angel and writing like a restless explorer’ – The Sunday Times

‘There’s a thin line between genuine eccentricity and precious affectation of weirdness, but Jesca Hoop walks it well’ – The Guardian

‘Exudes oodles of charisma and originality, thanks mostly to Hoop’s delightfully freaky take on traditional folk convention‘ – BBC Music

This concert will begin at 8pm.

• November 15th 2009
Featuring Paul Mosely, Kristyna Myles, Lisa-Marie Glover and James Rea

• January 30th 2010
Featuring Kev Fox, Ivan Campo, George Borowski and Alexis McLean
• Alexis McLean – Top country songstress, played at Glastonbury and is praised by Guy Garvey from Elbow
• George Borowski – referred to as 'Guitar' George in the song Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, he is simply a legend
• Kev Fox – has suported Karima Francis and is headlining all over the UK having just finished a very successful tour of Ireland
• Ivan Campo – one of Manchester's top bands, period!