FOLK rock legends Fairport Convention will be performing in Bridgwater as part of their Spring UK tour from May.

The award-winning group kick off their 51st year on the road inside London’s famous Union Chapel on May 11, before ending up north on June 10th at New Brighton’s revamped Floral Pavilion.

On June 7 the critically-acclaimed band will be playing in Bridgwater Town Hall. The band has won a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award; Radio 2 listeners voted Fairport’s ground-breaking album Liege & Lief 'The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time'; and their story has been celebrated with a major documentary on Sky Arts television.

Fairport Convention features Simon Nicol on guitar and vocals, Dave Pegg on bass guitar, Chris Leslie on fiddle, mandolin and vocals, Ric Sanders on violin and Gerry Conway on drums and percussion.

"I know that at some point in the individual lives and experiences of our fans, something Fairport has done has reached into them and made an impact and a connection,” says founding member Simon Nicol.

“They may have nothing else at all in common, but at our gigs we are at the centre of their personal Venn diagram.”

The cocnert will take place in the Town Hall at 7.30pm on June 7, and tickets cost £25 each and can be purchased from http://bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk/event/bacpresentsfairportconventionatthetownhall/.