Fringe In The Round - JudgeJamesJOW
Tue 06 Jan
|The Bristol Fringe
Duo between celebrated trumpeter Pete Judge and James Gow on cello & tenor guitar! This event is ticketed. Ticket link in long description.


Time & Location
06 Jan 2026, 20:00 – 22:00
The Bristol Fringe, 32 Princess Victoria St, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BZ, UK
About the event
https://hdfst.uk/e143905 A game of three musical halves, all featuring Pete (trumpeter with Get The Blessing, Eyebrow, Three Cane Whale, etc) and James (cellist with Eleven Magpies, Dau, etc). Two short solo sets showcasing new compositions and approaches will be followed by a longer combined set as 'JOW', their deliciously uncategorisable acoustic instrumental duo. JOW's music, as featured on BBC Radio 3 and 6Music, blends jazz and improvisation with elements of folk and classical chamber music. Last autumn they performed beneath Luke Jerram’s “Gaia” installation in Bristol Cathedral; here’s your chance to catch them in the intimacy of Fringe In The Round's hygge-HQ.
Press quotes:
"stately trumpet lines of lament & renewal soar gently above earthy cello sounds and together weave an English landscape" (Music at the World Junction)
“somehow doing so much with so little” (Jazz Stroud)
"there is no ego to this, just musicians playing organic music. They musically lean…




