American folk musician Woody Guthrie (pictured) is the subject of a charity event at the People’s History Museum. Will Kaufman’s Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin’ is billed as a ‘live documentary’, featuring performances of Guthrie’s songs in context of the period he was active – namely the Dust Bowl, the Depression and the New Deal eras. The evening will include a pre-screening ‘hot one-bowl supper’ with Kaufman, singer, multi-instrumentalist and professor of American literature and culture at the University of Central Lancashire, plus a Q&A and the chance to purchase his book, Woody Guthrie, American Radical. All proceeds from the event will go towards the People’s History Museum.

Sat 24 Nov, People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, M3 3ER, Tel: 0161 838 9190, doors open 6pm, performance 7pm, performance, supper & drink £20, performance only £10, www.quaytickets.com

Sat 24 Nov
Words:
Joshua Gordon
Published on:
Thu 22 Nov 2012