Martin Simpson Concert History

Martin Simpson (born 5 May 1953, Scunthorpe, England) is an English guitarist of some renown. In the 1970s he teamed up with legendary singer June Tabor; together they recorded three albums.

Martin Simpson Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024) (Page 5)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 21, 2010
Martin Simpson Ashover Parish Hall Chesterfield, United Kingdom
May 16, 2010
Martin Simpson Folk Club Nailsea, United Kingdom
May 15, 2010
Martin Simpson The Newhampton Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
May 10, 2010
Martin Simpson Colchester Arts Centre Colchester, United Kingdom
Sep 17, 2009
Martin Simpson Queen Elizabeth Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2009
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Cara Dillon / Diana Jones / Lucinda Williams / Paul Brady / Oumou Sangare / Eddi Reader / Martin Simpson / Blazin' Fiddles / Imelda May / Lau / Jim Moray / Martin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden & Seamie O'Dowd / Watermelon Slim / Crooked Still / Bella Hardy / New Rope String Band / The Treacherous Orchestra / Megan And Joe Henwood Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Aug 01, 2009
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Booker T. Jones / Cara Dillon / Los Lobos / Diana Jones / Hot Club Of Cowtown / The Saw Doctors / Beth Nielsen Chapman / Martin Simpson / Blazin' Fiddles / Lau / Jim Moray / Martin O'Connor, Cathal Hayden & Seamie O'Dowd / Hayes Carll / Jon Boden / Crooked Still / Bella Hardy / The Shee / Megan And Joe Henwood / The Treacherous Orchestra Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 30, 2009 –
Aug 02, 2009
Cambridge Folk Festival
Mumford & Sons / Lucinda Williams / Los Lobos / The Zutons / Imelda May / Hayes Carll / Alela Diane / Susan Tedeschi / Oumou Sangare / Crooked Still / The Saw Doctors / Eddi Reader / Paul Brady / Bellowhead / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Cara Dillon / Beth Nielsen Chapman / Lau / Rupa & The April Fishes / Martin Simpson / Pete Molinari / Hot Club Of Cowtown / Jim Moray / Bella Hardy / Diana Jones / The Treacherous Orchestra / Blazin' Fiddles / Sunday Driver / Watermelon Slim & The Workers / The Shee / Genticorum / The Demon Barbers / Calan / Edward II / Brian McNeill / Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings / Steamchicken / New Rope String Band / Megan & Joe Henwood / The Waterson Family / Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds / Booker T. / Bryony Lemon & Friends / Ed Hope & Friends / Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden & Séamie O’Dowd / Ella Edmondson / John Smith / Megson / Ruairidh Macmillan / Spiro Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Nov 09, 2008
Martin Taylor / Martin Simpson

Martin Taylor / Martin Simpson at Old Town School Of Folk Music

Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nov 05, 2008
Martin Taylor / Martin Simpson Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Seattle, Washington, United States
Nov 04, 2008
Martin Taylor / Martin Simpson Dimitriou's Jazz Alley Seattle, Washington, United States
Oct 31, 2008
Martin Simpson / Martin Taylor

Martin Simpson / Martin Taylor at Aladdin Theater

Aladdin Theater Portland, Oregon, United States
Jul 19, 2008 –
Jul 20, 2008
Truck Festival 2008
Laura Marling / Noah & The Whale / Frank Turner / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Camera Obscura / Okkervil River / The Lemonheads / YACHT / The Magic Numbers / Stornoway / Daedelus / Ulrich Schnauss / Dodgy / Emmy the Great / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / These New Puritans / TTNG / Maps / Neil Halstead / The Nextmen / Television Personalities / Chapterhouse / Rolo Tomassi / PVT / Jonquil / Johnny Foreigner / Riz MC / Richard Walters / ALTERN 8 / Spectrum / Martin Simpson / Kyte / Post War Years / Pivot / Danny & The Champions Of The World / Piney Gir / Strategy / Rachael Dadd / Witches / Fighting With Wire / Thomas White / The Early Years / Little Sister / Lovvers / SixNationState / The Coal Porters / Walter Schreifels / Le Volume Courbe / King Cannibal / The Research / Alphabet Backwards / The Epstein / D.P. / Oliver Wilde / Ralfe Band / Aphasia / Youthmovies / Thomas Truax / Ian McLagan & The Bump Band / Little Fish / Shao Dow / Munch Munch / So So Modern / Orphan Boy / Dead Kids / Cats In Paris / Fonda 500 / Winnebago Deal / Paris Motel / Antony Elvin / Easy Tiger / Milk Kan / The Tamborines / KTB / Luke Smith / Co-Pilgrim / The Winchell Riots / Buttonhead / The Novellos / Retribution / Indigo Moss / Ye Nuns / James Rutledge / Family Machine / Restlesslist / Ruth Minnikin / Jali Fily Cissokho / Morrison Steam Fayre / Borderville / This Is Seb Clarke / Carlos Santan / Gabriel Minnikin / The Wishing Stones / Holton's Opulent Oog / The Marmadukes / Load.Click.Shoot / Dusty Sound System / Olivia Brown / Eamon Hamilton / The Drug Squad / the bronsteins / Mephisto Grande / Tristan & The Troubadours / the european union / The Youngs Plan Show all bands
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Truck Festival 2008 Steventon, England, United Kingdom
Jul 29, 2007
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Lau / Nanci Griffith / Newton Faulkner / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / Solas / Four Men and a dog / Martin Simpson / Fiddlers' Bid / James Hunter / Bellowhead / The Unthanks / Ruthie Foster / Ricky Skaggs / Shooglenifty / Last Orders / Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 28, 2007
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Kate Rusby / Last Orders / Joan Baez / Bellowhead / Solas / Le Vent du Nord / Martin Simpson / Show of Hands / Fiddlers' Bid / Martha Tilston / Bruce Cockburn / The Unthanks / Diana Jones / Toots & The Maytals / Fanfare Ciocarlia / Four Men and a dog / Ruthie Foster / Sharon Shannon / Shooglenifty Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 26, 2007 –
Jul 29, 2007
Cambridge Folk Festival
422 Dance Band / Alabama 3 / Allison Moorer / Bellowhead / Breabach / Brian McNeill / Bruce Cockburn / C.J.Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana band / Diana Jones / Emily Maguire / Fanfare Ciocărlia / Fiddlers' Bid / Four Men & A Dog / Haugaard & Høirup / Jackie Oates / James Hunter / Jaune Toujours / Jenna Reid / Joan Baez / Kate Rusby / Kris Drever / Last Orders / Lau / La Vent du Nord / Lisa Knapp / Mabon / Makendoo / Martha Tilston / Martin Simpson / Mike & Ali Vass / Nanci Griffith / Newton Faulkner / Nick Barraclough & The Burglars / No I.D. / Oysterband / Rachel Unthank & The Winterset / Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder / Ruthie Foster / Seasick Steve / Sharon Shannon / Shooglenifty / Solas / Steve Earle / Stömp / Toots & The Maytals / Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / Under One Sky / The Waterboys / Show of Hands / Wild Willy Barrett Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dec 12, 2006
Martin Simpson St. David's Hall Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2005
Martin Taylor / Martin Simpson The Customs House South Shields, England, United Kingdom
Nov 13, 2004
Eric Bibb / Martin Simpson / Ruthie Foster The Customs House South Shields, England, United Kingdom
Jul 31, 2003 –
Aug 03, 2003
Cambridge Folk Festival
Afro Celts / Alasdair Roberts / The Angel Brothers & Satnam Singh / Anna Massie / Back Of The Moon / Berrogüetto / Bob Fox & The Hush / Boo Hewerdine / Brian McNeill / The Broken Family Band / Danú / Dervish / Eckie / Elephant Talk / Eliza Carthy Band / Flook / Gráda / John Hammond / John McCusker & Phil Cunningham / John Spiers & Jon Boden / Julian Cope / Keith Pearson's Coup De Grass / KilBride Brothers / Kirsty McGee / La Bottine Souriante / Laura Cantrell / Linda Thompson / Martin Simpson / The Music From Bagpuss / Nancy Kerr & James Fagan / NOI.D. / Oi-Va-Voi / Orchestra Baobab / The Pack / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Roddy Frame / Ron Sexsmith / Roseanne Reid / The Saw Doctors / Shooglenifty / Steve Earle / Uiscedwr / The Waifs / Whapweasel / Yonder Mountain String Band Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Dec 3, 2013
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Wild Willy Barrett, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [652-small]

Wild Willy Barrett

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [653-small]

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [654-small]

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Post-festival blues, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [064-small]

Post-festival blues

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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The Saw Doctors, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 30, 2009 [995-small]

The Saw Doctors

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 30 - Aug 2, 2009
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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River Matthews, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [308-small]

River Matthews

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Daoirí Farrell, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [309-small]

Daoirí Farrell

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Lau, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [310-small]

Lau

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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The Eskies, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 27, 2017 [311-small]

The Eskies

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 27 - 30, 2017
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Wild Willy Barrett, Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 26, 2007 [325-small]

Wild Willy Barrett

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 26 - 29, 2007
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Cropredy Festival on Aug 8, 2019 [802-small]

Cropredy Festival
Aug 8 - 10, 2019
 Cropredy, England, United Kingdom
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Cropredy Festival on Aug 8, 2019 [803-small]

Cropredy Festival
Aug 8 - 10, 2019
 Cropredy, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
Acoustic
English
Celtic
British Folk
Traditional British Folk
Acoustic Guitar
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Latest Setlist (08/08/2019):

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  1. St. James Hospital
  2. Blind Willie McTell
  3. Joe Bowers
  4. Palaces of Gold
  5. Heartbreak Hotel
  6. Blues Run the Game
  7. Nine Dollar Shot
  8. Dark Swift and Bright Swallow
  9. Ken Small
  10. Henry Gray
  11. Never Any Good

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 2 concerts
2023 1 concert
2022 2 concerts
2021 1 concert
2019 2 concerts
2018 4 concerts
2017 2 concerts
2016 13 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 2 concerts
2013 7 concerts
2012 10 concerts
2011 5 concerts
2010 31 concerts
2009 4 concerts
2008 5 concerts
2007 3 concerts
2006 1 concert
2005 1 concert
2004 1 concert
2003 1 concert
2002 1 concert
2001 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Martin Simpson had?

Martin Simpson has had 102 concerts.

What genre is Martin Simpson?

Martin Simpson is most often considered to be Folk, Acoustic, English, Celtic, British Folk, Traditional British Folk, and Acoustic Guitar.

When was the last Martin Simpson concert?

The last Martin Simpson concert was on March 23, 2024 at The Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe, United Kingdom.

What setlist does Martin Simpson play live?

The songs that Martin Simpson performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 08, 2019 concert at Fairport's Cropredy Convention in Cropredy, England, United Kingdom:

  1. St. James Hospital
  2. Blind Willie McTell
  3. Joe Bowers
  4. Palaces of Gold
  5. Heartbreak Hotel
  6. Blues Run the Game
  7. Nine Dollar Shot
  8. Dark Swift and Bright Swallow
  9. Ken Small
  10. Henry Gray
  11. Never Any Good

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