Harvest Fest III: Josephine Illingworth + Jonique

Josephine Illingworth headlines Rough Trade Denmark Street on Monday 30 November, part of the third year of Harvest Fest. It's a night with two acts on the bill, and it's being staged in aid of Peckham's Pecan Foodbank, with an art market running alongside the music. The room holds around 50 people, so it's a small one.

Illingworth is a London experimental folk artist and former chorister. She won the BBC Tune Into Nature music prize and has over 30 million streams to her name. She returns in 2026 with Bright Things I Found In The Dark, an EP she wrote and recorded while living in churches on pilgrimage. That background as a chorister sits close to the surface here, and the pilgrimage story gives the new songs a specific, quiet place to come from.

Opening for her is Jonique, formerly of the alt-rock duo Fräulein. She works in a blend of alternative rock and folk that's taken her across the UK and Irish music scenes, with showcases at The Great Escape Festival and Ireland Music Week. Between her and Illingworth, the night leans into the folk end of things, though from two different angles.

The music runs from 19:00 to 20:45, with tickets at £6. A couple of practical things to keep in mind: the room is small, and there are no public toilets or bar on site, so it's worth planning your evening around that.