Time
7:00 pm - 01:00 am
(Site opens at 5:30 pm)
Price
From £140
Capacity
40 participants
Your Guest Musician
Our guest musicians come from every corner of the musical world, so who will be singing with the Nightingales is part of the anticipation. We’ll reveal your musician nearer the time.
Your Host and Nightingale
The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small, brown, unremarkable-looking bird, but they possess one of nature’s finest singing voices. The English population winters in Sub-Saharan Africa in the western countries like Sierra Leon and Senegal, returning to the very same thicket they were born in arriving in early to mid-April. They spend April to the end of May mating and nesting where we can encounter the extraordinary display of the males’ courtship song, famous for his all-night broadcast.
Sam is a folksinger, song collector, activist, nature conservationist, guide, and presenter. With three critically acclaimed albums - his debut receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination - he works holistically in challenging the sound and purpose of our indigenous music in the 21st Century.