what’s on: Fresh Thursday // Claire Vine + Lucy Huzzard

Fresh Thursday is a weekly event where we serve you new and unusual live music alongside home cooked meal.

We created Fresh to encourage listeners to take a chance on artists they haven’t heard before & discover something completely new. You can expect great new & unusual music alongside a communal home-cooked meal in a relaxed, seated atmosphere with candles and board games. The programme spans a wide range of genres well suited to a chilled Thursday evening, with plenty of time to chat before and after performances. Occasionally there might be a little dancing at the edges! Lots of people come on their own and make friends and there is a choice of individual seats and communal tables. 

Claire Vine is a folk singer and songwriter based in Machynlleth, Wales. Her solo project fearlessly explores urgent themes of land rights, oppression, climate change and inequality, in timeless songs that sound like they’ve always existed. Using subtle electronics to layer her voice into a haunting choir, she creates a space for her listeners to collectively feel the grief expressed in her music, offering a moment of shared catharsis. She is also a skilled song-interpreter, delivering classics from the traditional/folk revival canon with a new and profound humanity.

Claire Vine released her debut solo album We Carve Our Path on 13 March 2026 on Bristol-based community label Cuculi Records, who also released her debut EP Tunnel in 2020. With a thread of unequivocal political urgency running throughout, this evocative collection features five original songs and five highly inventive interpretations of songs drawn from the traditional canon and the repertoire of folk legends Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl. She has also recently been granted the DYCP grant from Arts Council England, supporting her to develop her singing and songwriting craft alongside working on a series of collaborative song-writing workshops relating to climate justice and climate grief.

Claire is a member of long-running psychfolk band Hands of the Heron, contributing songs and arrangements to albums 13 Moons and Quiet Light, and touring extensively at venues and festivals across the UK. She also collaborated with dronefolk project Woodfolk for their EP Oak, and performs with respected vocal/percussion ensemble Tryani Collective.

Luzy Huzzard – With one foot on the dancefloor at all times, Lucy Huzzard brings a love of groove and dance music to her solo set, interwoven with her songwriting of the personal and political. On melodeon and foot percussion, her set promises to be a joyful, soulful and groove-driven call to move your feet, and lift your heart.

These evenings are all about culture, community and making new music accessible. If you’re able to choose a Cobalt Supporter ticket, your extra contribution genuinely helps us continue to deliver these events.