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The pub is the focal point for a vibrant local community, where you can find morris dancers, folk sessions, vintage car gatherings, CAMRA meetings and much more. Thursday night is our regular Folk Session, with Celtic Folk on the third Wednesday of the month, and the Shifting Sunday Session on the second Sunday.
Our Fleecey Folk gig series runs Sept-June, welcoming award-winning artists for around the World class.
All welcome.


Nigel Night V3 – Sat 20 Sept 2025 - see you again in 2028
The third edition of the world-famous, record holding gathering of Nigels! Registration is open, click to read more

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Mar 173 min read


Molly & Border afternoon - Sun 28 September 2025, 2-4pm
Fleece-based Asum Gras Molly is delighted to host an afternoon of Border Morris and Molly Dancing with Molly No-Mates, Elemental Border Morris, Hawthorn and Hare and Asum Gras Molly.

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Mar 141 min read


Fleecey Folk: Goblin Band - Sun 28 Sep 2025, 8pm, £18
"They can play and they can sing and they’re fearless...When I saw Goblin Band singing recently, I just thought, “Why didn’t I think of that?...They go back to versions that we were too snotty to touch and they turn them into stomps!” - MARTIN CARTHY

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Mar 132 min read


A Flavour of the Fleece – Taste & Tour - Mon 29 Sept 2025, 6.30pm, £38
Explore our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries.

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Mar 101 min read


Fleecey Folk: Tom Kitching, Where There's Brass - Wed 1 Oct 2025, 8pm, £18
A love letter to the waterways, and a rallying cry for what they can be in the future.
Stories old and new interwoven with a specially composed suite of music, underpinned by Tom's long term accompanist, the brilliant Nordic mandola player Marit Fält.

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Mar 71 min read


Bretforton Silver Band Anniversary Celebration (Free) - Sat 4 Oct 2025, 1pm afternoon & 6pm evening
Bretforton Silver Band are celebrating 130 years with a full day of music and memories in the The Fleece Inn orchard.
An evening of live music with performances from invited brass bands: Arrow Valley Brass, Alcester Victoria Silver Band, Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band, and of course Bretforton Silver Band.
The evening will round off with music from The Lockdown Layabouts, bringing a party atmosphere to finish the celebrations.

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Mar 51 min read


Fleecey Folk: Heather Ferrier Trio - Sun 5 Oct 2025, 8pm, £15
Stockport-born accordionist, clog dancer and composer is changing the perceptions of alt-folk and the accordion as an instrument, all on her own terms.

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Mar 41 min read


Autumn Ceilidh - Thu 9 October 2025, 7:30pm, £10 (£5)
Our monthly ceilidh night hosted by the Fleece Ceilidh Band, with a seasonal theme.

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Mar 31 min read


Apple & Ale Weekend - Fri 10 to Sun 12 October 2025
Our annual cider making weekend, complete with real ale festival. Music, morris and merry making in our Autumnal apple orchard.

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Mar 21 min read


Fleecey Folk: Damien O’Kane & Ron Block - Tue 14 Oct 2025, 8pm, £18
Two of the most innovative banjo players and resonant singers in the world today, on tour with their stellar band, featuring Scotland’s Duncan Lyall on bass and moog and Ireland’s Steven Byrnes on guitars and percussion.

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Mar 12 min read


Fleecey Folk: Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver - Thu 16 Oct 2025, 8pm, £20
Two of folk's most fearless innovators, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver fuse their deep-seated love for English and Irish folk traditions into a vibrant project that's as grounded in tradition as it is daring in innovation.

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Feb 281 min read


A Flavour of the Fleece – Taste & Tour - Mon 20 Oct 2025, 6.30pm, £38
Explore our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries.

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Feb 261 min read


Fleecey Folk: Dallahan - Tue 28 Oct 2025, 8pm, £19
Forged in Scotland and Ireland's traditional music scene, but drawing on the music of the Balkans and North America, Dallahan take their listeners on a journey. Traversing styles and countries of the world in a dazzling live show, they create their own unique brand of World-folk delivered with stunning virtuosity.

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Feb 201 min read


Fleecey Folk: Trip - Sun 2 Nov 2025, 8pm, £19
TRIP, born out of the vibrant Glasgow traditional music scene, unite the kindred Celtic traditions of Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria and the Isle of Man.

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Feb 181 min read


Fleecey Folk: Banter - Thu 6 Nov 2025, 8pm, £19
Banter’s concerts are a vibrant celebration of music, blending masterful musicianship with infectious energy and a touch of humour. Expect foot-stomping rhythms, soulful vocals, and a rich tapestry of instruments, from Simon Care’s expressive melodeon to Nina Zella’s soaring keyboards and vocals. Add Tim Walker’s versatile percussion, brass, and guitar, and Mark Jolley’s bass, fiddle, and harmonies, and you’ll understand why they’ve been called “the world’s smallest big band.

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Feb 161 min read


Fleecey Folk: Andy Cutting & Gudrun Walther - Tue 11 Nov 2025, 8pm, £16
The duo of Walther and Cutting unites two extraordinary musicians, acclaimed in their home countries and beyond.
With just a diatonic accordion, violin, and vocals, they create an electrifying yet intimate experience. Their music thrives on spontaneity, free from rigid arrangements, allowing each performance to unfold organically—like a deeply felt conversation.

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Feb 102 min read


Fleecey Folk: Ainsley Hamill with Sam Kelly and Toby Shaer - Sun 16 Nov 2025, 8pm, £18
Mix Heather Small & Julie Fowlis and you’ve got singer songwriter Ainsley Hamill, merging traditional Scottish folk with a modern touch.

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Feb 12 min read


A Flavour of the Fleece – Taste & Tour - Mon 17 Nov 2025, 6.30pm, £38
Explore our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries.

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Jan 301 min read


Jeremy Johnson - Live at the Fleece, Fri 21 Nov 2025
Cross-genre singer-songwriter Jeremy Johnson will be performing live alongside his band.

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Jan 251 min read


Fleecey Folk: Tamsin Elliott Trio - Sun 23 Nov, 8pm, £19
Tamsin is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and film-maker with roots in the traditional dance tunes of the British Isles, joined here with long term collaborators Sid Goldsmith (cittern/concertina) and Rowan Elliott (fiddle).

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Jan 201 min read
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