Folk trio Little Red, with support from Jess Tuthill and Lee Switzer-Woolf, play the Rising Sun Arts Centre, which is celebrating 150 years.
Little Red play the Rising Sun Arts Centre on Friday 30 October, with support from Jess Tuthill and Lee Switzer-Woolf. The night is presented by Future Transmissions, and it happens to fall during a bit of a milestone for the venue: the Rising Sun is celebrating 150 years.
Little Red are a folk trio from the South of England, made up of Ian Mitchell, Ben Gosling and Hayley Bell. They describe their own songs as having a dark and playful wit, and they list Neil Young, PJ Harvey, First Aid Kit and Elliott Smith as influences. That mix of folk and indie-rock edges comes through in the way critics have talked about them, too: one called their sound "deliciously dark folk with a twist", while another noted its "beauty and the beast like cadences". Tom Robinson of BBC Radio 6 said he'd play them again because they're so good.
They're the main draw of the evening, but they've got two support acts to warm things up: Jess Tuthill and Lee Switzer-Woolf. Between the three acts, there's enough on the bill to keep you there for the whole night, and with the Rising Sun marking 150 years, it's a bit more than just another Friday gig.
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Doors open at 8:00pm, and the music starts at 8:30pm. General admission is £7.50, which comes to £8.30 with the £0.80 booking fee. The venue is at 30 Silver Street, Reading RG1 2ST.
