Findlay Napier

November 11th 2026 - Findlay Napier
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH

Winner of the MG Alba Composer of the Year 2025 Findlay Napier is widely regarded as one of the
finest performers on the UK music scene. He is as comfortable on the main Stage of Cambridge
Folk Festival with folk rock supergroup The Magpie Arc as he is in an intimate acoustic show in
the back room of a pub. This fact was further highlighted when Napier was the first solo act ever
to be nominated for Live Act of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music awards in 2018.

​In 2025 he was chosen, alongside Kate Rusby and Richard Thompson, to compose an original
song for BBC Radio 2’s “21st Century Folk”. He performed his song “Firecracker” on live on The
Jeremy Vine Show and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row.

​"... one of the finest songwriters and storytellers of the contemporary Scottish folk scene." Folk
Radio UK (Glasgow)
"Coming on like a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright ... A superbly crafted compilation of Songs" Acoustic Magazine (Glasgow)

​Entrance £14 cash or card on the door.

Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm