The Chair Concert History

The Chair are an eight-piece folk band from Orkney, islands off the tip of northern Scotland. They formed in 2004, after the success of a one-off appearance at the Orkney Folk Festival.

The Chair Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024 - 2025)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jan 24, 2025
Upcoming
Fara / The Chair

Celtic Connections Festival

Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jul 30, 2023
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Angelique Kidjo / Imelda May / Fisherman's Friends / Judy Collins / Catrin Finch / The Chair / Cimarron / Le Vent du Nord
Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 27, 2023 –
Jul 30, 2023
Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Rufus Wainwright / The Proclaimers / Arrested Development / Imelda May / Stornoway / Angélique Kidjo / Jesca Hoop / Kate Rusby / Ibibio Sound Machine / The Longest Johns / Oi Va Voi / James Yorkston and Nina Persson / Gangstagrass / Fisherman's Friends / Kiefer Sutherland / Blue Rose Code / Elephant Sessions / Ferris & Sylvester / Grace Petrie / Niteworks / Breabach / The Vanguards / Daoiri Farrell / Gnoss / Angeline Morrison and The Sorrow Songs Band / The Ayoub Sisters / The Chair / Síomha / Hannah Scott / Clare Sands / George Boomsma / Nigel Wearne / Amy Papiransky / Catrin Finch and Cimarrón / Jinda Biant / Flyte / Symbio / Frog On A Bike / Georgie Buchanan Trio / Elsi / Sam Wilkinson / Sebastian Schub / Niall McNamee / me + deboe / The Sharon Shannon Trio / Eliza Carthy & The Restitution / Lady Blackbird / Folk Camps Party Band / Siobhan Miller Band / Abhainn / Mari Mathias / ghostgirl / Milly Upton / Etaoin / Before Breakfast / MT Jones / Good Habits / Ellie Gowers / Eddy Smith & The 507 / Le Vent du Nord / Brian McNeill / Julian Taylor Band / St. Lundi / Baskery / Blood Harmony / Amy Laurenson / Beth Malcolm / Chloe Matharu / Michael McGovern / Cerys Hafana / Gwilym Bowen Rhys / Lleuwen / Pedair / Emily Fraser / Max Bianco / Simeon Hammond Dallas / Honey & The Bear / The Smith & Brewer Band / Fèis Rois / Doug Levitt / Núria Graham / Ben & Dom / Emily Simmons / Marie White / Anna Ling / elkyn / Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell / NAALA / Broadside Hacks / Imlac / Judy Collins / William Prince / Maya Delilah / Akram Abdulfattah / Hollie Cook / Armagh Rhymers / Mikey Kenny / Sons of Town Hall / Hub Band Project / Faith I Branko / Granny's Attic / Pavey Ark / The 29th Funktion / Jenny Colquitt / Isabella Coulstock / Hector Shaw / Frankie Archer / Rob Green / Chris Cleverley / Dominie Hooper / Rossa Murray / Steve Amos / Rachel Hill / Bob Whale / David McCann / Transneptunian Objects / Nick Cope / 3Sticks / Urban Folk Theory / The Henry Girls Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Aug 25, 2018
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Parker Millsap / William Prince / Melissa Horn / Michael McGoldrick Band / John McCusker / John Doyle / Gawurra / Soren Huss / Sharon Shannon / Tyler Childers / The Chair / Jeffrey Foucault / Skerryvore / The Lone Bellow / Elephant Sessions / Lankum / Niels Hausgaard / The Bros. Landreth / David Ramirez / Gordie Mackeeman and His Rhythm Boys / Richard Inman / Dan Sultan / The Brother Brothers / Jolie Holland / Samantha Parton / William Crighton / Luke Winslow-King / Nive Nielsen / Paul Cauthen / All Our Exes Live In Texas / Darlingside Show all bands
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Tønder Festival Grounds Tonder, Denmark
Aug 24, 2018
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Sam Kelly / Sam Outlaw / Tami Neilson / Colter Wall / Skerryvore / Skipinnish / Michael McGoldrick Band / John McCusker / John Doyle / Vishtèn / Tide Lines / Mike Andersen Band / Shaka / Otis Grand / The Dead South / Oysterband / JD McPherson / Sophie Zelmani / The Secret Sisters / Luke Winslow-King / Caamp / The Brother Brothers / Joey Landreth / All Our Exes Live In Texas / The East Pointers / Pretty Archie / 3hattrio / William Crighton / Dan Sultan / coig / The Chair Show all bands
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Tønder Festival Grounds Tonder, Denmark
Jun 08, 2017 –
Jun 11, 2017
Eden Festival 2017
Cat Power / Boney M / Agnes Obel / Gogol Bordello / Alice Russell / Jazzanova / Alabama 3 / Admiral Fallow / Auntie Flo / Featurecast / The Hempolics / Talisk / Elephant Sessions / Kismet / Dub Phizix & Strategy / Rory McLeod / Fleck / The Chair / Emma Gillespie / Heron Valley / Harri & Domenic / Asbo Disco / Psymmetrix / Have Mercy Las Vegas / Gnoss / Jungle (DJ Set) / Mr Motivator / Gypsy Disco Show all bands
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Raehills Meadows Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 26, 2016
Tonder Festival
"Tonder Festival" / Rosanne Cash / John Leventhal / The Steel Wheels / Peatbog Faeries / The Chair / The Dead South / Folkeklubben / The Barra MacNeils / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Shooglenifty / Dustbowl Revival / Hudson Taylor / King James and the Special Men / Tim O'Brien Show all bands
Tønder Festival Grounds Tonder, Denmark
Jul 25, 2013 –
Jul 28, 2013
Cambridge Folk Festival
Amadou & Mariam / Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet / Bella Hardy & The Midnight Watch / Bellowhead / Blair Dunlop / Breabach / Brian McNeill / Capercaillie / Darrell Scott / Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo / Emma Sweeney / English String Band / Ewan McLennan / Frigg / Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar / Heidi Talbot / Heritage Blues Orchestra / Jamie Smith's Mabon / Jim Moray's Silent Ceilidh / John Hegley / Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman / Korrontzi / KT Tunstall / Larkin Poe / Le Vent du Nord / Levellers / Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin & Donal Lunny aka LAPD / Lucy Rose / Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / Martin Simpson / Mokoomba / Monster Ceilidh Band / Mud Morganfield / Nick Mulvey / Patty Griffin / Peter Buckley Hill / Ross Couper & Tom Oakes / Rusty Shackle / Sam Lee & Friends / Sketch / State Of The Union / Steeleye Span / The Bombay Royale / The Brass Funkeys / The Chair / The Mavericks / The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure / The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / The Staves / The Waterboys / The Willows / Thea Gilmore / Tommy Emmanuel / Valerie June / We Banjo 3 / Willy Mason / Matt Tighe & Tad Sargent / Cara Winter / Marika Hackman / Ellie Rushbridge / Luke Jackson / Dead Rat Orchestra / Rachael Dadd & Ichi / Jarlath Henderson / Janet Devlin / Hudson Taylor / Common Tongues / Robyn Sherwell / Hot Feet / Boho Dancer / Freya Roy / A Band Of Buriers / JP Cooper / Blue Rose Code / Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker / Ballina Whalers / Luke Sital-Singh / Hladowski & Joynes / CC Smugglers / We Were Evergreen / Jess Morgan / Liz Lawrence / The Black Feathers / Sam Brookes & Magic Lantern / The Young Folk / Joe Innes & The Cavalcade / Fiona Bevan / Woodpecker Wooliams / The Cadbury Sisters / Cocos Lovers Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 19, 2013
Hebridean Celtic Festival
"Hebridean Celtic Festival" / Capercaillie / Battlefield band / Lau / The Chair / The Travelling Band / Darrell Scott / Iain Morrison / The Hot Seats / Rusty Shackle / The Dirty Beggars
Various Venues Stornoway, United Kingdom
Aug 04, 2011 –
Aug 07, 2011
Wickham Festival 2011
Richard Thompson / Teddy Thompson / Kate Rusby / Eddi Reader / Bellowhead / Rolf Harris / The Webb Sisters / Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra / The Men They Couldn't Hang / Peatbog Faeries / Mary Coughlan / Coast / Skerryvore / Kathryn Tickell / Kan / The Treacherous Orchestra / The Spooky Men's Chorale / The Shee / Gilmore & Roberts / The Chair / Tickled Pink / Saltfishforty / Brendan Power / Tim Edey / Jackie Leven / Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers / The Outcast Band / John Otway & The Big Band / Lori Watson and Rule of Three / Roy Bailey & Tony Benn / David Newey & Shona Kipling / Maurice Dickson and Catherine Ashcroft Show all bands
Wickham, Hampshire, UK
Aug 30, 2009
Towersey Festival
"Towersey Festival" / Karine Polwart / Edward II / Steve Tilston / Flo Rida / Chris Smither / The Chair
Village Festival Grounds Towersey, United Kingdom
Jun 03, 2009 –
Jun 06, 2009
Sweden Rock Festival 2009
Tracenine / Deathstars / Amon Amarth / Pain! / Volbeat / Flogging Molly / ZZ Top / Seventh Wonder / Over The Rainbow / Twisted Sister / Kamelot / Riot / Journey / Soilwork / Hot Leg / Immortal / Europe / Heaven & Hell / Abramis Brama / Babylon Bombs / Blaze Bayley / Chains / Dream Theater / Eric Sardinas / Grand Magus / Impellitteri / Johnny Winter Band / Marillion / Powderhog / Sevendust / Stormzone / The Outlaws / Tim "Ripper" Owens / Unleashed / Voivod / Amberian Dawn / Black Tooth / Bullet / Crucified Barbara / Demon / Electric Boys / Foreigner / H.E.A.T. / Helstar / Hysterica / In Flames / Jon Oliva's Pain / Lita Ford / Motörhead / Rage / Tank / The Tubes / Torch / Tyketto / Uriah Heep / Blackfoot / Candlemass / Dan Baird / Deströyer 666 / Enforcer / Fourever / Hammerfall / Hindenburg / Innocent Roise / Lujuria / Neal Morse / PILGRIMZ / The Chair / Thor / UFO / Vains of Jenna / Witchcraft / forbidden Show all bands
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Norje Havsbad Sölvesborg, Blekinge, Sweden
Aug 03, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / John Hiatt / Joan Armatrading / Judy Collins / Seth Lakeman / Eric Bibb / Altan / Tim O'Brien / Karine Polwart / Kila / Devon Sproule / Lisa Knapp / Beoga / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Elizabeth Cook / The Chair / Noah and the Whale / Jeana Leslie / Siobhan Miller / Nanci Griffith Show all bands
Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Aug 02, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Cambridge Folk Festival" / Allen Toussaint / Eric Bibb / Peatbog Faeries / Altan / Tim O'Brien / k.d. lang / Karine Polwart / Kila / Devon Sproule / Imagined Village / Lisa Knapp / Elizabeth Cook / Beoga / The Chair / Nanci Griffith / Martha Wainwright / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Chris Wood / Mauvais Sort / 6 Day Riot Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Jul 31, 2008 –
Aug 03, 2008
Cambridge Folk Festival
3 Daft Monkeys / 6 Day Riot / Allen Toussaint / Altan / Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba / Bella Hardy / Beoga / Billy Bragg / Brian McNeill / The Chair / Cherryholmes / Chris Wood / Devon Sproule / Eliza Carthy / Elizabeth Cook / Eric Bibb / Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers / Frank Turner / Grupo Fantasma / Heidi Talbot / Hot 8 Brass Band / The Imagined Village / Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller / Joan Armatrading / Richard Hawley / Judy Collins / k.d. lang / Karine Polwart / Kíla / Laura Marling / Levellers / Lisa Knapp / Martha Wainwright / Mauvais Sort / Mawkin:Causley / Megson / Michael McGoldrick Band / Noah & The Whale / Peatbog Faeries / Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson / Ruth Notman Trio / Seth Lakeman / The Shivers / Tim O'Brien / Tunng / The Waifs / Whapweasel / Wheeler Street Show all bands
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Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [998-small]

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Cambridge Folk Festival on Jul 31, 2008 [970-small]

Cambridge Folk Festival
Jul 31 - Aug 3, 2008
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Imelda May, Stage 1 (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [118-small]

Imelda May, Stage 1 (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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The Henry Girls, Stage 3 (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [116-small]

The Henry Girls, Stage 3 (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Hollie Cook, Stage 2 (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [117-small]

Hollie Cook, Stage 2 (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Transneptunian Objects, Stage 3 - open stage (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [115-small]

Transneptunian Objects, Stage 3 - open stage (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Angélique Kidjo, Stage 1 (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [114-small]

Angélique Kidjo, Stage 1 (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Fisherman's Friends, Stage 1 (Sunday), Cambridge Folk Festival 2023 on Jul 27, 2023 [113-small]

Fisherman's Friends, Stage 1 (Sunday)

Cambridge Folk Festival 2023
Jul 27 - 30, 2023
 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
United States
Classic Rock
Blues
Progressive Rock
Taiwan Pop
Scottish Folk
Chinese Indie
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Latest Setlist (08/24/2018):

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  1. Shigan Goeika
  2. Tetsugoshi Mokushiroku
  3. Ringo no Namida
  4. Uchu karano Iro
  5. Sarashi Kubi
  6. Ningen Shikkaku
  7. Shinagawa Shinju
  8. Dodarebachi
  9. Akutoku no Sakae
  10. Inochi Urimasu
  11. Dunwich no Kai
  12. Soukoku no Ie
  13. Akumu no Tenjou-in
  14. Kyofu!! Fujitsubo Ningen
  15. Cho Shizen Gensho
  16. Hari no Yama
  17. Tanoshii Natsuyasumi
  18. Jigoku no Heavy Rider
  19. Namahage

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Concerts Per Year:

2025 1 concert
2023 2 concerts
2018 2 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 1 concert
2013 2 concerts
2011 1 concert
2009 2 concerts
2008 3 concerts

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