Dele’s Afrobeat pedigree is impeccable. He was keys player and a musical director in Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and subsequently with Fela’s son Co founding & leading Femi Kuti’s Positive Force. Dele’s pulsating live shows demonstrate his vision of Afrobeat – one that is faithful to the original blueprint, but also clearly bears Dele’s own DNA, expanding the horizons of the genre.
After a year of performing worldwide, award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is back on tour, with his biggest one to date. Join him as he talks about this wild world, and his journey to make sense of it, in The Aurator!
Returning to the stage as an acoustic artist throughout May/June 2024, Toby Jepson brings you the stories and music of a ‘lifer’ in the music business, along with a retrospective run through the songs that have made him an enduring character of the UK rock scene for over 35 years.
Alex Turner, Joe Talbot of IDLES, Jamie T, Florence Welch and Orlando Weeks are among those who have hailed Willie J Healey as a unique talent. Having completed a run of support dates with Florence + The Machine this past January, opened as special guest this spring to Jamie T at his Finsbury Park show, and toured throughout Europe with Arctic Monkeys this summer and appeared on Jools Holland.
To cap it all off, Willie finds himself back at The Crescent in May!
The Crescent and York Palestine Solidarity Campaign invite you to a fabulous charity fundraiser for Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP).
Local Music Teaching Hero Pete Mitchell brings his large and diverse gang of students to the Crescent for their annual showcase.
York Literature Festival returns to The Crescent for a music-focused Sunday afternoon double-bill.
York Literature Festival returns to The Crescent for a music-focused Sunday afternoon double-bill.
Pale Blue Eyes are a young electro-modernist guitar group, formed in South Devon in the southwest of the UK.
The current Tom Robinson Band will play a 23 date tour in October/November 2024 showcasing those first two albums, in tribute to the original band members. The setlist has been chosen by fans via an online poll, and will include some album tracks from the era that have never previously been performed live. Alongside Robinson on bass, the band features Faithless drummer Andy Treacey, guitarist Adam Phillips from the Richard Ashcroft Band, keyboard virtuoso Jim Simmons and Northern soul singer Lee Forsyth Griffiths on acoustic guitar.