Award-winning folk duo While & Matthews play in Derbyshire on autumn tour (aff)
Hard-working folk musicians Chris While and Julie Matthews will perform in Derbyshire during their autumn tour.
Chris and Julie have played more than 3,300 gigs, appeared on over 100 albums, written hundreds of original songs and reached millions of people around the world since their debut 32 years ago.
They have been nominated ten times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the Best Song, Best Duo, Best Live Act categories, winning Best Duo in 2009.
Their beloved song The Waiting Room, inspired by the story of foundling Tom Yeo, led to Chris and Julie appearing on Long Lost Family’s ‘Born Without Trace – What Happened Next’ on ITV1 in August 2026, exposing the duo to their biggest audience yet.
Derbyshire fans will have the opportunity to hear Chris and Julie’s magical music performed live at Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills on October 9. The duo will also be performing at The Greystones in Sheffield two nights earlier, on October 7, 2026. As performers they are unrivalled, their obvious joy of performing together shines through and the incredible harmonies they produce really bring their songs to life. Their energy and commitment to their craft and audience is boundless and infectious.
Chris (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bodhran, banjo and percussion) and Julie (vocals, piano, guitar, mandolin and bouzouki) record everything that they are involved in at their own studio in a small Pennine town near Sheffield.
Tickets cost £18 to see While & Matthews in New Mills, available from wegottickets.com/f/22749. Tickets to their gig in Sheffield cost £24.20, available from www.ents24.com.