King Courgette

Consanguineous Vegetable String Band from York playing hoedown, bluegrass, cajun and folk music in venues and muddy fields up and down the land

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Good Friday electric reincarnation rock happenings on your doorstep. Plus it's free, which given the price of electricity, is pretty good value. Hope to see you there. 🎸🥁🎹

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Rocking the boat @ArtsBargeYork with the fantastic @youngthugsrecs where we unveiled our new electric rock direction to ourselves and a passing swan. 🦢🎸

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"Who wants to hear Nine Pound Hammer? Six Pound Hammer? Three Pound Hammer? Anyone? Hello?" Thursday night out with Big Bertha (eagle-eyed viewers can just make her out in the centre there!!) @fulfordarmsyork with the excellent @Hailbailsbop 🎵🎸🎙️🍺

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We love playing @fulfordarmsyork. Last time they let us scribble all over their wall . . . at least I think they did. We'll find out, cos we're going back: Thursday Aug 22nd (8pm) with the awesome @Hailbailsbop from Leeds. See you there.🍺💃🕺🎙️🌟 https://t.co/Ipb5V8WXdw

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Two fabulous musicians joined us at @blackswanfolkie Festival. Rhubarb Rachel from Leather'O and Beetroot Billy who basically is: the one and only Billy Kemp! One day, we're hoping professional musicians might outnumber the rest of us in King Courgette. 🎻🎼🎻

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Almost every festival we've played over the last few years has gone out of business. (Coincidence? Definitely.) Here's one that hasn't. The @BlackSwanHotel Folk Festival 2019. We're on at 7.10pm Sunday. Plenty of treats all weekend. It's free too. Do come along 🎸🎻🎤🎶🥁

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Playing a three-hour encore of Jack of Diamonds with special guests Billy Kemp and Mikkelsson @BlackSwanHotel "Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds." Later, the lady in the front row revealed that her card was in fact . . . the three of spades. 🎻🎙️🎶

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The annual @riponcathedral beer festival is a wonderful opportunity for us to sing catchy songs about foodstuff, while also trying out our much-rehearsed "optically harmonious triangular composition" stage formation.

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We're hosting a three-headed folk and Americana wingding @blackswanfolkie with the superlative fingerpicker Billy Kemp (from Nashville) on tour and the very great Mikkelsson (from York). Tickets available from @LittleAppleBook 🎻🎙️@York_Gigs Hope to see you there!

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Playing a super-full sweaty Teapot @yorkfringe to a fab audience. Thanks for having us. (Actual tea out of sweaty teapot: probably not a good idea.) 🎸🎙️☕️

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We're playing @yorkfringe today, Sunday at 2pm Parliament Street in The Teapot. Yes. You can still make it. Give your day some purpose. Run!!!!

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Playing violin in stereo for the very first time @blackswanfolkie with help from Rhubarb Rachel

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Great interview @theyorkmix with Roland Wall, whose final Black Swan Folk Festival is this weekend. We're honoured to be playing. His fave folk act is apparently "Blackbeard's Tea Party" which is the strangest spelling of King Courgette we've ever seen! https://t.co/I1nJz6FHj3

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Impressive feat of simultaneous "breathing in" captured just before our Ripon Cathedral Beer Festival set @riponcathedral #bandsbackstage

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String Bean Slim in action @fulfordarmsyork supporting @thewashboardres - he loved them so much, he bought the T-shirt, his first new one since 1917.

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Looking forward to playing the @blackswanyork Folk Weekend. We're playing Sunday June 3rd (9pm) but strongly suggest you attend the entire three days. @York_Gigs @blackswanfolkie

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Putting our stamp (get it?) on The Post Office Club York with the super-talented @cornerlaughers and Nashville's finest #BillyKemp

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Playing @fulfordarmsyork Thur Nov 2nd with two great bands: Snakerattlers and @Terryandgerry for a night of Rattlerock, Skiffle and Hoedown.

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Proud to be hosting @cornerlaughers #BillyKemp (and KC) at The Post Office Club York. Reserve tickets @LittleAppleBook or contact us.

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Courgette bluegrass shenanigans @yorkbarbican B-Fest. Thanks for having us and for the superb 200-beer rider! 🍻