One Night In Nashville

One Night In Nashville comes to Gloucester Guildhall on Saturday 13 February, starting at 8:00 PM. It's a country music show fronted by band leader Maria Jordan, and it's built around the atmosphere of Nashville's honky tonks and songwriter rounds rather than a straight covers set.

The set mixes modern and classic country hits from Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Taylor Swift, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Kacey Musgraves and Johnny Cash, and weaves in Jordan's own original music. The band describes the night as the UK's only true Downtown-Nashville and Honky Tonk experience, and that's where the focus lies: on the buzzing, songwriter-led feel of the Nashville scene rather than just running through a list of known songs.

Jordan is a Manchester musician, and the show is her project. The setlist pulls from both ends of the genre, with the older names like Parton and Cash sitting alongside more recent ones like Stapleton and Musgraves, and her own songs mixed in between. It's a broad reach across country music, from the classics that defined the sound to the hits coming out of the US now.

The venue is Gloucester Guildhall on Eastgate Street, the county's premier arts venue. It was built in 1890 on the site of Sir Thomas Rich's Blue Coat School and opened in 1892. A major refurbishment between 1985 and 1988 earned it the reputation of 'The County's Liveliest Venue', and it's hosted national acts like Radiohead, Muse, Primal Scream, Lily Allen and Pete Doherty, alongside comedians like Frankie Boyle and Dara O'Brien. Tickets are £25 for standing and balcony seating, and the show starts at 8:00 PM.