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Tonight’s triple bill brings together both familiar and lesser-known traditions from Europe’s Celtic territories. Pennoù Skoulm, originally formed in 1982, collectively represent a veritable Who’s Who of contemporary Breton music, comprising fiddlers Jacky Molard and Christian LeMaitre, flautist Jean-Michel Veillon, uilleann piper Ronan Le Bars and guitarist Nicolas Quemener. Twenty years on from their sole cassette release, they reunited in 2009 to record its resplendent follow-up, Trinkañ.

With their colourfully instrumental-based sound, the young quintet King Chiaullee are successfully putting Manx music back on the Celtic map. They’re joined here by Manx Gaelic singer Greg Joughin, plus Scottish and Welsh guests Rachel Hair, Malcolm Stitt and Jamie Smith. Galician outfit Marful draw on café jazz and dance-hall music from the 1930s-50s as well as their native Celtic traditions, creating a vibrant Latin-tinged sound fronted by charismatic vocalist Ugia Pedreira.

Tickets:  £16