After loads of requests from people for whom London is a bit too far to go we are delighted to say that we are partnering with the beautiful Victoria Hall in Settle and will be hosting our very first Indoor Festival of Folk North) there on Saturday the 18th of October where we will have the same outstanding line-up as we had at Cecil Sharp House last February.

Playing on the day are Edgelarks, Frankie Archer, The Bookshop Band, Sam Carter, The Magpie Arc AND…..only “The Guvnor” of all things folk rock himself, Ashley Hutchings, who will be in conversation with Matthew Bannister and will be telling tales of Fairport, Steeleye, the Albions, his life and his new email friend, Bob Dylan.

Anyone who was at our day in London will tell you how special it was to hear Ashley talk and that alone will make your day!

Limited tickets are available and it is sure to be a sell-out so don’t hang around and grab yours now for folk, food, facilities and a nice warm autumn sit down all in the company of some of the UK’s finest musicians.

Get your tickets at the link here – The Indoor Festival of Folk (North)

See you there!

TMA xx 🖤🤍💜

In the run up to our new album which will be out in the autumn we have slashed….yes SLASHED is the only word we can use to describe it….our prices on all music bought directly from the band, so if you have a gap in your The Magpie Arc collection then now is your time or get a value for money present for someone you think will like us and spread the word.

Check them out here – The Magpie Arc Online Shop

And our autumn gigs are flying so if you live in or near Doncaster, Settle (which is the first of our own one day festivals in the north and is aptly named the Indoor Festival of Folk (North) with us, Edgelarks, The Bookshop Band, Frankie Archer, Sam Carter and the main man of all things UK folk rock, Ashley Hutchings, being interviewed by broadcaster Matthew Bannister), Newcastle, Reading, London, Nuneaton (for the Ragged Bear Festival with The Men They Couldn’t Hang and loads of other great artists), Cardiff, Gloucester, Bury or Bilston (near Wolverhampton) then get your tickets now.

Click here for Oct/Nov gig details – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

See you out there somewhere!

TMA xx

All our October/November 2025 gigs are now on sale and we’re very delighted to be variously returning to either the scene of past crimes as they say in detective series and places we’ve played before or else opening up new pork markets as they say in politics and visiting places for the first time. And all with our friend and fantastic guitar player Sam Carter.

So if you live in or near Doncaster, Settle (which is the first of our own one day festivals in the north and is aptly named the Indoor Festival of Folk (North) with us, Edgelarks, The Bookshop Band, Frankie Archer, Sam Carter and the main man of all things UK folk rock, Ashley Hutchings, being interviewed by broadcaster Matthew Bannister), Newcastle, Reading, London, Nuneaton (for the Ragged Bear Festival with The Men They Couldn’t Hang and loads of other great artists), Cardiff, Gloucester, Bury or Bilston (near Wolverhampton) then be there or be square!

All tickets/information is available at the link below and YES you will be hearing and be able to buy new music from us then too!!! 😀

Click Here For Oct/Nov Gigs – https://themagpiearc.com/live/

See you there.

TMA xx

We’re very sad to announce that following our upcoming gigs in April and our appearance at the Ely Folk Festival in July our colleague, friend and “Chairman of The Magpie Arc Board”, Martin Simpson, will be leaving the band.

Martin has exciting new solo plans afoot and wishes to devote all his professional time and energy into seeing those through to fruition over the next few years.

He’s kindly given us a good few months notice though so we’d be delighted if you’d join us somewhere on the April gig trail to make each of the shows one to remember and help us bid him farewell.

We’re returning to Gateshead, Sheffield and Exeter and coming to Oxford, South Petherton and Bath for the very first times and all details are at the live page of our website here…

The Magpie Arc April Gig Info And Ticket Links

We’ll be in touch soon about future plans, including our new album which will be released in the autumn but in the meantime we’ll see you out there on tour soon.

TMA xx

Thank you to everyone who came out to see us at our gigs and at our own Indoor Festival Of Folk 2025 in London a week or so ago.

We are back out live in April playing in Gateshead, Sheffield, Exeter, Oxford, Bath and South Petherton and info/tickets are available from the link here…

The Magpie Arc Live Dates

As ever we have special offer CD’s and vinyl bundles of all our music and some copies left of the coloured vinyl limited edition of our Top 10 Official chart album Glamour In The Grey all available from our webshop here…

The Magpie Arc CD’s and Vinyl

And free postage and packing on our band t-shirts which you can see at the link here…

The Magpie Arc T-Shirts

Finally the next Indoor Festival of Folk in London will be on Saturday the 7th of February 2026 so do save the date for another great day of folk, food, facilities and a nice warm winter sit down.

Thanks for your support as ever and will see you out there live in April.

TMA xx

So, it’s that time of year again where throughout the world on January the 25th men in ill-fitting kilts and highland dress (like our Findlay and Alex) discover their inner Scotsman and expound amateur-dramatically about haggis, mice, excise men and Tam O’Shanter and his trusty steed Meg in celebration of the great Robert Burns.

AND it’s also the time where we offer our version of Robert Burns beautiful song Ae Fond Kiss as a download single on Bandcamp for £1.25 or pay what you wish with 100% of the proceeds going to an excellent cause.

This year we’ll be sending the money to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation set up by the late Doddie Weir, the instantly recognisable, larger than life Scottish international rugby player after his diagnosis with Motor Neuron Disease which seeks to support sufferers, aid research and increase the awareness of this devastating and as yet incurable illness.

A huge amount of you have supported this already by buying the single in past years but if you can see your way to spreading the word about it or buying it as an email gift via Bandcamp for someone you love music with then that would be amazing.

Here’s the link now….

The Magpie Arc – Ae Fond Kiss Charity Single

Thanks everyone!

TMA xx 🖤🤍💜

Hi Folks,

We’ve got Black Friday deals and free postage and packing on all music bought directly from the band so if you’re looking for something for your folk loving friends/family or significant other then head to our shop via the link here….

The Magpie Arc CD’s and Vinyl

There’s some copies left of the coloured vinyl limited edition of our Top 10 Official chart album Glamour In The Grey with special offers on all CD/vinyl bundles at the link above and we have a discount and free P&P on our band t-shirts which you can see at the link here…

The Magpie Arc T-Shirts

Also tickets are flying for our Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House in London on the 8th of February which features us, Edgelarks, The Bookshop Band, Sam Carter, Frankie Archer and BBC’s Matthew Bannister interviewing the legend of UK folk rock Ashley Hutchings so if you fancy a day with some of the finest folk artists in the UK plus food, facilities (yes, toilets) and a nice warm winter sit down then check out the details and grab your tickets at the link here…

The Magpie Arc Indoor Festival of Folk 2025 And Gig Tickets

Details of all our February and April gig dates are at that link too, so again, grab your tickets now if you’d like to see us live.

Thanks for your support as ever!

TMA xx

MADNESS! Cutting our OWN throats, gawd luv us! Never mind the width FEEL the quality. We’ll have a word with the MANAGER and see what WE can do….etc. etc.

We posted YESTERDAY in error that today is BLACK FRIDAY which was total NONSENSE, sorry!

So we are now declaring TODAY the 8th of November 2024 a special magpie PURPLE FRIDAY and from NOW till Saturday we have BIG discounts on ALL music bought DIRECTLY from us via OUR webshop so whether it’s the START of your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING for folk lovin’ friends or the END of a crap week pressie for YOURSELF then NOW’S the time to DIVE IN.

Head over to the SHOP page on OUR website by clicking HERE now and REMEMBER for every £1 spent 1p goes towards FLYING LESSONS for our Findlay to help GET HIM OFF Arran cos the ferries are BROKEN!!!!

WHY all the SHOUTY CAPITAL LETTERS?!!! We DON’T KNOW, we’re NOT sales people, it just seems like a GOOD IDEA!!!!

Also more new gigs announced for 2025 so for all details click HERE

Phew!

TMA xx

We’re delighted to announce that the fantastic Frankie Archer will be joining us for our Indoor Festival of Folk at Cecil Sharp House in London on Saturday February the 8th!

Frankie is making huge waves on the UK folk scene after her appearance on Jools Holland’s BBC show a few months ago and now completes our line-up of the awesome Edgelarks, the brilliant Bookshop Band, the superb Sam Carter, the (insert your own adjective here…) Magpie Arc and…..AND…..”The Guvnor” of UK folk rock himself, Ashley Hutchings, in conversation with Matthew Bannister.

So, an indoor one day winter festival with food, drink, facilities (yes okay, toilets!) a nice warm sit down and some of the best folk artists in the UK. Sound good?

Not to strum our own banjo but that line-up is tremendous! 

The day starts just after lunch, finishes in time for the trains home and we’d love to see you there so if you’re up for it then grab your tickets from the link below now but be quick as they are limited…

For The Indoor Festival Folk 2025 Tickets – Click Here

TMA xx