The Road to Peterloo

Thursday 31st October, 1:15pm

Pete Coe (vocals, bouzouki, melodeon and banjo), Laura Smyth (vocals, english concertina & cello) and Brian Peters (vocals, concertina, melodeon, guitar and fiddle)

The Road to Peterloo tells the story of the 1819 ‘Peterloo Massacre’ in Manchester, through ballads composed at the time.
Leading folk musicians Pete Coe, Laura Smyth and Brian Peters trace the background from the Napoleonic Wars and the poverty of cotton weavers, to the Luddite uprising and the terrible events of August 16th, when mounted soldiers charged a peaceful crowd of pro-democracy demonstrators and killed or injured hundreds of people with their sabres. They also sing of the legacy of Peterloo, the Chartists and the struggle for fair votes.

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