Scottish funk-rock trio High Fade play Down By Here with blues-rock support from Virgil & The Accelerators.
High Fade play Down By Here on Tuesday 2 February, with Virgil & The Accelerators opening. It's a double bill of funk-rock and blues-rock, and the night runs from 7pm to 10:30pm.
High Fade are a Scottish funk-rock trio fronted by Harry Valentino on guitar and vocals, with Oliver Sentence on bass and Heath Campbell on drums. They started out busking the streets of Edinburgh and have since become one of the most ferocious touring acts on the circuit, pulling from funk, rock, disco, jazz, metal, punk and soul. They release through their own label, RPN Records — short for 'Rippin' Records' — and have two albums under their belt: the debut Life's Too Fast (2024) and the follow-up Twice As Nice, which came out in May 2026. They've played Boomtown, Suwannee Hulaween and Glastonbury, where they were billed three times in a single day back in 2024.
Supporting them are Virgil & The Accelerators, fronted by European Blues Award winner Virgil Van Der Merwe. He first burst onto the British blues-rock scene fifteen years ago and later took home Best Guitarist at the European Blues Awards. The band's albums have been named 'Album of the Year' by Classic Rock Magazine and #2 Album of the Year by Blues Rock Review in the US.
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Between the two, you've got a Scottish trio that blends funk and disco with punk and metal, and a blues-rock outfit led by an award-winning guitarist. The whole thing takes place at Down By Here, 210 High St, Swansea SA1 1PE, on Tuesday 2 February, from 7pm to 10:30pm.
