About Us

About ten years ago, Phil Caton recognised that there was a need for a venue in Penrith where musicians and singers could perform live in front of an audience. Over the years, the format changed slightly and we started to invite professional artists to headline the night, with a Plug 'N' Play slot at the start of the evening. We have seen some amazing performances from international stars like Tommy Emmanuel, John Renbourne, Kieran Halpin, Bob Brozman, Martin Stephenson, Kristina Olsen and the late Isaac Guillory.

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5 days 16 hours ago

Dear Plug and Players,

We have an opportunity to get Clive Carroll up a little early on the 5th of May to do a workshop for us. There are two options available but that only makes the organisation much more difficult, so if we get an...

4 weeks 4 days ago

The exceptionally talented Danny Hart from Hadrians Union will be holding a Banjo Workshop at 4pm on sunday 7th April, preceding the Hadrians Union gig. Entry to the workshop alone will be £5 but the combined workshop and gig entrance...

14 weeks 1 hour ago

THE first Plug 'n' Play of 2013 at Penrith Playhouse on Sunday was a great start to the year — it seemed to embody the whole spirit of music in Cumbria and provided a taste of good times to come.
Although to begin with, there were only a...

29 weeks 3 hours ago

The current season of Plug and Play is almost at an end, and what a season it has been so far!  We’ve had some great acts performing on our modest stage and the room has been filled to capacity on many occasions, which is a significant...