Cutashine Christmas Ceilidh

A Christmas ceilidh by Cutashine, the London-born hoedown and barn dance collective, staged at the Fox & Firkin in Lewisham, south-east London. Its music sits within blues, country and folk.

Cutashine brings together instrumentalists, dancers and callers who have been playing hoedown and barn dance music across the UK for over a decade. The group grew out of the squat and warehouse parties of London, and it runs square and ceilidh dances at venues in the capital.

Its line-up combines double bass, mandolin, guitar, banjo and fiddle, the instrumentation of a classic bluegrass ensemble, with flat-foot dancers, energetic dance callers and singers. The show is built around participatory dancing, with the callers guiding the floor through each sequence.

This Christmas edition returns to the Fox & Firkin after the group's earlier roadblock sessions there, and is aimed at anyone wanting seasonal dancing and live music. The Fox & Firkin is a concert and performance venue on Lewisham High Street in south-east London.