St Patricks Day Celebration with Joe & The Temperance Two
Tue 17 Mar
|The Bristol Fringe
It's St Patrick's Day with Joe Mansfield & the Temperance Two and they are bringing traditional string band tunes into the Fringe, and no better place to be on this glorious day for some old-time fiddling, driving guitar, and frailing banjo delivered with enough grit and groove to lift any crowd!
Time & Location
17 Mar 2026, 20:00 – 23:00
The Bristol Fringe, 32 Princess Victoria St, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BZ, UK
About the event
It's St Patrick's Day with Joe Mansfield & the Temperance Two and they are bringing traditional string band tunes
into the Bristol Fringe, and no better place to be on this glorious day for some old-time fiddling, driving guitar, and frailing banjo delivered with enough grit and groove to lift any crowd! So get here early, line up your Guinness' and prepare yourself for a night full of Irish cheer! Formed in late 2021 through Bristol’s rich scene of trad acoustic sessions Joe Mansfield & the Temperance Two are united by a shared passion for Appalachian folk music. Fiddler and vocalist Joe Mansfield was joined by guitarist Kai Carter (Kai & Hollis) and Yannick Allerton (Barbican) on clawhammer banjo. Rooted in swift, hypnotic rhythms and tight chordal drive, the trio cut their teeth hosting sessions in punk pubs and busking outside student bars, before moving onto stages for wider fol…