From The Glasshouse At Christmas
With The Magpies, Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles and Amelia Coburn
Merry. Bright. Christmas dinner for your ears.
Introducing “From the Glasshouse”: A Winter Wonderland of Musical Delights!
Experience the magic as talented artists from near and far fill our enchanting sonic sanctuary with unforgettable performances. The series hosts a range of music – from soulful folk, infectious pop, leftfield electronic, and more. All designed to uplift your spirits.
Hear special one-off performances, rare intimate sets and the occasional surprise guest, all in the laid-back surroundings of Sage 2.
Opt for Cabaret seating to get closer to the stage and enjoy a relaxed ambiance with candlelit tables.
From the Glasshouse is a chance for you to discover your new favourite artist, in the place where music lives and grows.
This month’s leafy line-up features: The Magpies, Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles and Amelia Coburn.
Need to know
Price: Pay what you decide for all seating
Stage Times: announced nearer showtime
Age: under 14s must be accompanied by an adult
Folk Session
Join us in the bar during the interval for a folk session, curated by our former Glasshouse Artist in Residence Anna Hughes, featuring players including Holly Clarke (also a former Artist in Residence!), and Janice Burns. Bring yourselves, your instruments and your voices – all levels and experience welcome!
Meet the artists
Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles
‘Envelope-pushing’ accordion and percussion duo, Thatcher and Knowles defy the preconceptions of what their instruments can do, breaking with tradition while tactfully adopting it as a foundation for playful experimentation. Their live show is one of both raucous energy and sympathetic intensity, incorporating drums, synths, keys and vocals into an unapologetic brew of colourful and creative composition. Their debut album ‘Emergency of the Female Kind’ showcases a spectrum of humanness rarely captured in just 46 minutes and the pair’s undaunted attitude to kicking off a genre revolution.
Amelia Coburn
From tales of vengeful widows and moonlit stream-of-consciousness to songs filled with whimsical romance, Amelia Coburn has a knack for making the unusual sound timeless. Her work is populated with characters she meets in the dark shadows of literature, film noir and travels in unfamiliar lands. She threads Tin Pan Alley melodies through European folk music and torchlit jazz with a blur of psychedelia and baroque pop.
A finalist in the BBC Folk Awards, Amelia’s beguiling North Eastern stage presence and live performances are captivating, dynamic and leave audiences stunned.
Her debut studio album produced by Bill Ryder-Jones is set to be released in Spring 2024.
The Magpies
Transatlantic folk band The Magpies are quickly becoming one of the most exciting acts on the UK roots scene. Combining sublime harmonies with exquisite musicianship and songwriting, Bella Gaffney (banjo, vocals), Holly Brandon (fiddle, vocals) and Ellie Gowers (guitar, vocals) effortlessly meld Anglo and American traditions. Their latest album – Undertow – has been exceptionally well -received, garnering a quarter of a million streams on Spotify, a place in the Official Folk Chart Top 40 and a live session on BBC Radio 2. The trio have toured extensively, with UK festival highlights including Glastonbury, Cambridge and Shambala and internationally in USA, Canada and Europe.
