Awake Arise: A Winter Show For Our Times

A winter concert in London in the blues, country and folk style, staged in Hall One at Kings Place, the arts centre in King's Cross with a regular programme of concerts and shows.

Awake Arise: A Winter Show For Our Times is a blues, country and folk production, three styles that share American roots. Blues grew from the work songs and field hollers of the Deep South, country from the string music of the American South and Appalachia, and folk from songs passed down orally and later performed by singer-songwriters. The title places the show in the winter season and frames it around the present day.

Hall One is the main concert hall at Kings Place on York Way, in King's Cross. The venue hosts concerts and shows throughout the year, and its programme has long included classical, jazz and world music alongside spoken word and theatre. For listeners who follow roots music, a concert-hall setting offers a seated, focused way to hear songs in the traditions that shape these styles.