BBC FOLK AWARDS ~ BEST LIVE ACT
Celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking performances, The Demon Barbers are set to embark on an exciting anniversary tour. Known for blending traditional British folk music with high-energy dance, the award-winning band will be touring a unique show, featuring reimagined arrangements from their acclaimed back catalogue.… Read more
We’re excited to get started on our plans for our new Youth Theatre and will be showcasing & delivering workshops on Sunday 28th January 2024, at Left Bank, Leeds, as part of our FREE Open Day!… Read more
This must be our earliest Christmas present yet…
We’re excited to announce that The Demon Barbers will be regrouping for Christmas this year, providing the live music for Breaking Tradition’s festive extravaganza, The Lock In ‘Christmas Carol’, thanks to financial support from Help Musicians!… Read more
We’ve just had our 3rd pressing of Disco At The Tavern!
To celebrate (and to make space for the new stock!)… Read more
We have seen over 150 dance groups join us at our ‘Lock In’ and ‘Demon Barbers XL’ performances over the past few years and we are on the lookout once again!… Read more
The Demon Barbers are looking for a freestyle breaker to perform as part of their shows at The Astrolabe Theatre Tent, Glastonbury this year.… Read more
The Demon Barbers are looking for singers to take part in a project with Cleckheaton Folk Festival and Creative Scene, an arts project that commissions, programmes and produces projects in North Kirklees, West Yorkshire.… Read more
Arts Council England award The Demon Barbers & Breaking Tradition dance company funding for a new children’s Folk & Hip Hop Dance extravaganza!… Read more
Thanks to everyone who voted for us at this year’s Folking Awards!
Produced by Grammy Award winners Donal Hodgson and Kipper
And you can buy a copy direct from us (via Paypal) for only £12 inc p+p!… Read more
The Demon Barbers XL is now taking bookings for Festivals in 2016
This year they’ve captivated capacity crowds at Festivals like Glastonbury, Cambridge, Warwick, Shrewsbury, Sidmouth and more with their original, dynamic, high energy music & dance extravaganza ‘Disco At The Tavern’.… Read more
The Demon Barbers XL is coming to Birmingham Town Hall on Thu 22nd Oct and we’re currently looking for dance groups to display outside the venue prior to the show at 7.30pm
These displays have been very successful over the past few years with around 150 dance groups with more than 2000 dancers displaying before and after our shows.… Read more
We have two fancy dress parties this Summer!
Fri 31st July – Sidmouth Folk Festival
Wed 12th August – Broadstairs Folk Festival
This year’s theme is DISCO!!… Read more
”This really is a mind-blowing album with so much good stuff. It has to be an award winner this time next year”
‘They’re like a folk analogue of Ian Dury & The Blockheads, who had their own form of music subversion and made dance music perfectly acceptable to the rock/pop/punk community in the late 70s’
“Not so much that veritable melting pot, but a cauldron of cauldrons, an alloy of more precious metals than you can poke a stick at…..just… Read more
“This make-over of astounding proportions is refreshing in its scope and inventiveness and deserves to win awards in plenty”
“The result: An album that pushes traditional music forward, whilst being a bundle of fun at the same time. Here’s to another 15 years”
Our very own fiddle player and singer Bryony Griffith’s solo album Nightshade has been nominated for Best Trad Folk Album in The 2015 Spiral Earth Awards!… Read more
We are now sending out press/media copies of ‘Disco At The Tavern’
Are you involved in Radio/TV/Press? Run a festival or theatre?… Read more
Celebrating 15 years of mayhem!
Our new album by Grammy Award winning producers Donal Hodgson and Kipper.… Read more
