Hector Gannet + Cosmic Cat + The Early Purple

Hector Gannet, from North Shields on Tyneside, are masters of a kind of

new, modernist folk music, taking their name from an ill-fated trawler

which sank in the North Sea under heroic circumstances in 1967. Hector

Gannet’s musical incarnation began to draw attention when they wrote

and performed music to accompany vintage footage of the North East

heritage of shipbuilding and fishing as part of a project for the BFI, and a

tour supporting Sam Fender soon followed. Hector Gannet has toured

widely since, including support slots with Sea Power, Lanterns on The

Lake, Peter Doherty and Kathryn Williams, plus two North American

adventures and, more recently selling out Sage Hall Two in Gateshead.

Hector Gannet’s second album, The Land Belongs To Us, was released

to acclaim in 2023. MOJO awarded four stars: “Pointedly political,

natural-world-advocating folk rock.” Uncut proclaimed “North Shields’

answer to Crazy Horse.”

Hector Gannet are now back in the studio preparing a forthcoming

release for November, after a busy summer which seen the band playing

a stadium gig with Sam Fender at St James Park Newcastle, a gig in a

brewery with folk legends Lindisfarne, and also playing at Muncaster

Castle as part of the superb boutique Krankenhaus festival curated by

Sea Power in the Lake District.

You can catch Hector Gannet when they head out on their pre-winter

‘Last Smoke Before Sail’ tour

+ Cosmic Cat

+ The Early Purple

Doors: 7pm 🚪

Tickets via Skiddle £8 adv (plus booking fee) or £10 on the door.🎟

http://skiddle.com/e/36658248

Live music until 11pm!

Open til late