Tryckster – 30 years of madness!

14th March 2026 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

Tryckster ply a boisterous trade in foot-stomping energetic tune-led songs about the state of the world and how we fix it. The band came into being following a St Patrick’s Night session in Cockermouth back in 1996, so this event celebrates their 30years of contribution to the local folk scene, in the venue that’s been an important part of their musical journey.

The band’s sound is driven by catchy tunes on fiddle (Mark Newport), flute (Yvonne Reay-Bennett) and mandolin (Neil Reay-Bennett) as foils to the songs of Dave Camlin (guitar) and Neil, underpinned by a solid rhythm section of drums (Craig Hoggarth) and bass (Joanne Brainiff). Like a familiar comet in a darkening firmament, they return to the Kirkgate to inspire hearts and minds with new songs and tunes from their forthcoming album, as well as old favourites. Bring your dancing shoes!

“Raucous yet finely lathe-turned, crafted with a toe-tapping nudge of anti-globalisation and anti-privatisation, their river of music has the rhythm of the earth in its boots.”(Andrew Darlington, Rock ‘n’ Reel)