Tickets £12 online from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/447271

In person from Mrs Middleton’s Shop, School Green Road, Freshwater.

“I don’t come from anywhere particularly” says Robyn Hitchcock “but as much as I come from anywhere l come from this diamond shaped Island at the bottom of England.”

Throughout his 40 year plus career that has spanned the world and 22 studio albums this wonderful and most English of songwriters has never forgotten or lost touch with the Isle of Wight and especially our little corner around Freshwater. His music takes him him around the world and he’s currently based in Nashville but it’s this Island he consistently returns to for grounding, recuperation and inspiration. He’s written some of his finest songs whilst staying here and his hugely acclaimed 2015 album “The Man Upstairs” was recorded following a winterlong stay at Freshwater Bay.

Those songs really come to life when performed live and accompanied by his great gifts as a story-teller and his off beat monologues fired by a vivid imagination an evening in his company is always a hugely engrossing and enjoyable experience. It’s immediately clear that you are in the presence of a peculiarly warm and potent personality and for Robyn his appearance here at The Memorial Hall fulfils a much cherished long lasting ambition that’s been with him since childhood.

Opening the evenings proceedings we’re delighted to be able to present the very wonderful Paul Armfield making his his first appearance in West Wight for a couple of years. A huge talent and captivating performer Paul’s music career has been taking a back seat for a while whilst he has been busy transforming the fortunes of the Island’s cultural hub Quay Arts in Newport.  Thankfully he has found time recently to write and record a whole new batch of songs and he’ll be airing some of these along with choice picks from his extensive back catalogue when he appears at the Memorial Hall.

The doors for the evening will open at 7pm and there will be plenty of unreserved seating and a bar.