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Award winning songwriter Jez Lowe returns with his toe-tapping folk music quartet The Bad Pennies for a night of good-humoured seasonal music and stories from North-East England. They are a full sounding folk music band who have been playing their songs and music of Northern England for a decade and a half around the folk festivals, clubs and concert stages of the world.

“Acoustic simplicity coupled with electric vitality” was how they were described in their early days, and with half a dozen albums to their credit, along with solo albums by Jez and by other members of the group, their following has continued to increase.

Strong harmonic vocals, backed by outstanding instrumental back-up on guitar, cittern, fiddle, fretless bass, keyboards and Northumbrian Pipes, have made them one of Britain’s top attractions on the folk/acoustic/celtic circuit.

The 'Get Yer Skates On' tour takes in a whistle stop tour of the music and traditions of County Durham, Tyneside and Northumberland with Jez Lowe's trademark songwriting artistry and a good dose of laughs along the way.