Jon Wilks - Glastonbury (Avalon Acoustic Sessions)

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Jon Wilks - Glastonbury (Avalon Acoustic Sessions)

Saturday 30 January 2027 · Doors 19:15

The Avalon Club (Avalon Suite), Glastonbury

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Jon Wilks - Glastonbury (Avalon Acoustic Sessions) is on Saturday 30 January 2027 at The Avalon Club (Avalon Suite), Glastonbury, with doors at 19:15. Tickets start at £17.60, including the booking fee.

Jon Wilks Described by The Quietus as one of the driving forces of the London folk scene, Jon Wilks is a folk singer, songwriter and acclaimed fingerpicking guitarist rooted in English folk traditions, memory and place. His stand-out talent has received regular acclaim from publications including The Guardian, Uncut, Songlines, MOJO and RNR, and he was recognised with a double-page feature in Guitarist magazine. Wilks has released five solo albums, one EP and one compilation to date. His fourth album, Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost, was named Folk Album of the Month by The Guardian. His fifth and most recent solo album, Needless Alley (September 2025), received widespread critical praise, including four-star reviews from MOJO, RNR and Songlines. Described by Wilks as ‘a patchwork of memories — what you’d find if you rummaged around in my head for an afternoon’, Needless Alley marks a shift from his earlier, more traditional repertoire towards a collection of largely original, autobiographical songs. Both lyrically and sonically, the album looks back to the music he connected with in his teens, shaped by early songwriting instincts and formative band experie...

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