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We are absolutely over the moon to announce the first Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday the 3rd of September hosted by The Magpie Arc and the English Folk Dance and Song Society. And what a line-up we have for it too! A superb mix of legendary, award-winning andContinue reading “Our Own Indoor Music Festival!”

Gigs in June and the amps are already warming up! The band are live at the Cast in Doncaster on the 9th, the Town Hall, Biddulph on the 10th and are Sunday night headliners at the fantastic Beardy Folk Festival on the 19th. Ticket links and further details of these and all other 2022 gigsContinue reading “Gigs In June!”

We are very excited to announce our first gigs and festivals for 2022, kicking off with two shows at Doncaster and Biddulph, followed by a round of summer festivals, and then Manchester Folk Festival in October. More autumn/winter gigs for this year are to be announced shortly at Bury St Edmunds, Grantham, Ropetackle and Sheffield,Continue reading “Live at last!”

We’re very delighted to announce today that we are playing the main stage at the legendary Cambridge Folk Festival on Saturday the 30th of July. The full festival runs from the 28th to the 31st and is a fantastic family friendly event set in the city itself. What a line-up it is this year! YouContinue reading “Cambridge Folk Festival 2022”

Tuesday the 21st is the last UK Christmas post day so why not make it a folkin’ good Xmas for that special someone and say it with the gift of music?! We have special offer CD and limited edition 10″ vinyl bundles of our three EP’s available from our Bandcamp store here so get inContinue reading “Special Christmas Offer Music Bundles!”

Tomorrow is the last Bandcamp Friday before Christmas and the event where they waive all their revenue for artists that use the platform, so it’s a particularly good day for us if you buy our music and merch. We have a small amount of our limited edition Cinnabar prints signed by Nancy Kerr available andContinue reading “A Magpie Christmas!”

It’s only 49 shopping days till Christmas so why not show your loved ones how much you care by saying it with the gift of music? We have set up special offer discount bundles for our three EPs on CD and vinyl and you can buy these at our Bandcamp store here. TMA xx

The band are delighted to announce the release today on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and all good streaming services of a 12-song compilation album of their first three EPs, imaginatively titled “The First Three EPs”. You can access the link to the most popular services here so dive in to your favourite for aContinue reading “Three EPs Compilation Album Now Streaming!”

The Magpie Arc have been announced as the Sunday night headliners on the 19th of June at the Beardy Folk Festival in the beautiful parkland surroundings of Hopton Court in Shropshire. Beardy is a fantastic three-day family-friendly festival and always sells out so if you fancy a weekend of great music and food then checkContinue reading “The Magpie Arc – Beardy Folk Festival – 19th June 2022”

The Magpie Arc are now on Spotify, Apple Music and all major streaming services, so please head over to your favourite one and “follow” us there. You can helpfully click here for Spotify and here for Apple Music. We have a special “streaming only” compilation album called “The First Three EPs” being released on theContinue reading “TMA – Streaming Now!”